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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: Lord Nicon on May 21, 2005, 09:50:34 AM
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Im surprised nobody has posted anything about this yet. (If so then i missed it)
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Instead of reinventing the Game Boy, Nintendo looks to latch onto the iPod, and other fashionable technological gadgets, with its shrunken down and customizable new Game Boy Advance System. By Andrew Anderson
Posted Wednesday, May 18th 2005
Nintendo head of marketing Reggie Fils-Aime once again whipped yet another Game Boy product out of his coat pocket in the middle of the Nintendo E3 press conference this year. Last year he presented us with the Nintendo DS. This year we have the Game Boy Micro, a Game Boy Advance device engineered to an even smaller size.
As the name implies, the Game Boy Micro is small enough to fit just about anywhere. The unit measures 4 inches wide, 2 inches tall, and 0.7 inches deep, and it weighs in at 2.8 ounces. Its weight is similar to most small Nokia 6000 series cell phones. Nintendo had to reduce the screen size to 2 inches in order to fit into the smaller form factor, but the picture will look sharper due to a tighter dot pitch. We found text to be harder to read due to the reduced screen size. However, action-oriented gameplay did not suffer from the loss of display size. The Micro will use a rechargeable Lithium-ion battery, and the screen will offer adjustable brightness settings.
The unit comes in a silver color, with reflective A, B, and shoulder buttons. The front buttons are closer together, but this arrangement does not affect gameplay. The shoulder buttons are large and easier to reach than those on the Game Boy Advance SP. The front faceplates, much like the Xbox 360, will be interchangeable with different replacement faceplates. At the show, Nintendo displayed more than 30 designs, from a variety of reflective color pallets to fractal designs to popular Nintendo characters.
The unit will be able to play all existing Game Boy Advanced titles, but it won\'t be able to play Game Boy or Game Boy Color games, since the unit no longer has the legacy Game Boy cartridge support. Nintendo is making no qualms about the fact that the Micro is more of a marketing design than a gaming design. The purpose behind the Micro is to reach a broader market that focuses on form over function. In a written statement, Nintendo of America senior vice president George Harrison said, "We\'re making the gorgeous Game Boy Micro for image-conscious folks who love video games."
The Game Boy Advanced Micro is set to appear this fall before the start of the holiday season. Nintendo did not release price information or detail what faceplate options will be available at launch.
Game Boy Micro @ Gamespot (http://hardware.gamespot.com/Story-ST-17557-1991-x-x-x)
The loss of backwards compatibility doesnt seem to be too great. That and the fact that this does nothing new but look pretty it seems. What is nintendo thinking?
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It\'s a disappointment, imo. I was expecting the new GBA model to incorporate MP3 and MPEG-4 capabilities.
Not interested.
Nintendo is making no qualms about the fact that the Micro is more of a marketing design than a gaming design. The purpose behind the Micro is to reach a broader market that focuses on form over function. In a written statement, Nintendo of America senior vice president George Harrison said, "We\'re making the gorgeous Game Boy Micro for image-conscious folks who love video games."
Disappointing
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I like it :) If the price is right i\'ll pick one up.
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What\'s Nintendo thinking? Answer: $$$$$
All the way to the bank with this one. Not sure if any of it will be mine, though. Really depends on the price.
The only thing interesting to me is that I have every other kind of Game Boy. Bastard Nintendo has me right where it wants me, heh.
-Dan
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Probably my eyes would hurt trying to understand what\'s happening in that tiny screen and probably it would mess with my nerves trying to push the right buttons with my "huge" thump
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great, yet another gameboy for the tech hungry consumers to suck up
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This thing is so small, I saw some guy holding it. You\'d have to be 6 years old for your hands to be the proper size. I don\'t see the point of them releasing this.
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hey we mentioned the point already $$$ :D
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It still needs to be brought up again, and again, and again, and...
It\'s just SO FREAKIN\' STUPID!!
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Looks cool!
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Originally posted by pstwo
Looks cool!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I guess we all have our own opinions.
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Originally posted by EviscerationX
It still needs to be brought up again, and again, and again, and...
It\'s just SO FREAKIN\' STUPID!!
Hey money aint stupid :p
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I didn\'t say money was stupid. I sad the Game Boy Micro was stupid.
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This is one of the stupidest moves I\'ve seen Nintendo pull in a long time.
Are they that out of touch with consumers?
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actually, they are in touch with thier spending habits
mainstream trendies will suck this thiing up when it just plays the same games thier old one did.
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Yeah Blade, I disagree. Nintendo will make a quick bucket of cash on this over the holiday season. Especially when parents head to the store and laugh at the price of the PSP, heh.
-Dan
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Originally posted by mm
mainstream trendies will suck this thiing up when it just plays the same games thier old one did.
I see what you\'re saying here. Don\'t get me started about the metrosexuals that have all these gay aftermarket cell phone mods and love to show them off.
Personally I like the micro because it\'s miniscule. It would serve a pupose for me. I hate carrying around an ipod and my mobile as it is. If all these devices were credit-card sized and could fit into my wallet then I\'d be a happy commuter.
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Hey, different strokes for different folks.. I guess.
I think the SP should be their focus. Micro seems to be a waste of money when the SP is better designed and cheaper to produce.. with a bigger screen..
It won\'t fit in your jeans pocket quite as easily as the Micro.. but who cares?
For Nintendo\'s sake, I hope it sells. I sure as hell know I\'m not buying one..
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I see this as nothing but two things.
1: A cheap cash in on the trend of making things smaller for those techno-geeks. :D
2: A way to compete with the PSP.
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DS is alreadying owning the psp.
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And even if DS wasnt surpassing PSP in sales that thing wouldnt have harmed PSP at all.
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If the psp has a price drop it would own all.
None of Nintendo\'s handhelds look sexy or as cool as the psp.
It\'s just so darn expensive.
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just to show you just how small the micro thing is...
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Nice pic. Funny thing is the PSP is 10x more powerful but only 3x the size. ;)
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Originally posted by clips
just to show you just how small the micro thing is...
Only a kid can play that thing
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That\'s probably not true. It\'s not like the PSP is just wide enough to be usable. If you move your hands a couple inches closer together, the buttons are about the same.
-Dan
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Wow, not only milking software anymore but hardware as well. Nintendo is going downhill fast.
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Originally posted by JP
Wow, not only milking software anymore but hardware as well. Nintendo is going downhill fast.
Yes, remind me of that when Sony releases a Pstwo...wait..they already have.
Doh!
It\'s a hardware revision. They know it\'s not something to bank on., just something to throw out there for those who will buy it.
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it\'s more than a hardare revision
it\'s a lame excuse to suck more money
how many people bought a pstwo when they already had a ps2?
nintendo knows morons will buy the GBmicro just because
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And whose fault is that? Nintendo should cater to the market, if the market is there. It\'s a wise business choice. So , what\'s the problem?
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POP CULTURE :p
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exactly, makes me sick
:rpissed:
lined up like cattle to throw cash away
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;)
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Originally posted by mm
exactly, makes me sick
:rpissed:
lined up like cattle to throw cash away
Then don\'t buy it. On the other side, there is nothing wrong with someone buying it if they have the income to do so.
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pop culture....guess you\'ll be first in line
so your saying nintendo shouldn\'t be focusing on the next gen gameboy and just keep releasing rehashes
riiiight
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Nintendo does shit to turn a profit. This is exactly why they are not going downhill or disappearing or going third party.
If you don\'t want the new hardware, don\'t buy it. Just like you probably didn\'t buy Game Boy Pocket when it came out.
I don\'t see what the controversy is. It\'s a tiny Game Boy. OK, moving on...
-Dan
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is my point
they are in 3rd place this last generation for a reason
PSP crushes anything they\'ve done to date in the handheld market.
lets say they didnt release the micro and put out a handheld that could do GC graphics but sold for 99$. PSP would be the Lynx 2.0
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Originally posted by mm
pop culture....guess you\'ll be first in line
so your saying nintendo shouldn\'t be focusing on the next gen gameboy and just keep releasing rehashes
riiiight
No I won\'t. I have no need for it, but there is a demographic for the product. Big deal.
I am sure Nintendo is also doin\' R&D for the next generation GB. Just because they devote some small resource to this, does not mean they are not working on something else.
And yes, graphics wise the PSP crushes any Nintendo handheld , but what handhelds are selling the most? The gameboys, SP and DS.
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His point has nothing to do with him wanting to buy it or not.His point is that people follow the trend of pop culture, the very same the industry created,"feeds" and exploits.
There is the dilemma between a)quality, meaningfulness and artistic creativity that is followed by risk and b)the quantity, trendy, stereotyped vague creativity that is followed by quaranteed quick profit.
And profit is the only thing that matters to people not the combination of the two.
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The fact of the matter is, if there is something to sell, why shouldn\'t the company make the product and sell it? It doesn\'t hurt the industry in the least.
This is just something for those people who want something smaller. Big whoop.
This release does not in the least hurt Nintendo or any of it\'s products. They release this, turn some quick cash and go about their business. What is a big deal about that? If people want the product and will buy it, why complain?
I\'m sorry, but I don\'t see the big deal. You people act like there is some kind of honor code in the industry, something saying this shouldn\'t be released, because it doesn\'t further technology. That simply is not true.
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pop culture creates a non existing sense of need for things that you dont need.And a commercial is supposed to do just that.
The industry works with tricks to create this feel.The thing is that we are starting to underestimate our creative side for materialistic and "wealthy" life because we are made to think like that.Thats how capitalism works.We are being bombarded with unneeded BS everyday to bring profit to the industry.
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K then make a thread about pop culture and get out.
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beg me
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No.
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Are you and him the same person? :p
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PSP is pop culture creation, it screams "LOOK AT ME I HAVE EVERYTHING IN ONE LOL LOL", complain about it more.
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Nintendo can shove it up their ARSE....
Where is my GOD DAMN DS games (proper ones ..not SD or advance gimicy conversions) Nintendo ?
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like i said, nintendo in 3rd place
look for a repeat performance
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Uni - quit posting useless stuff and stay on topic, otherwise don\'t post in this thread.
MM - Nintendo is comfortable in third place. They have their audience and they make a killing off of the handhelds.
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mm, you\'re more MTV gen then anyone here, buying only whats the most popular.... the shame.
i bet there\'s nothing you have that isn\'t the BEST out of the range huh ;)
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if you combine GC/game boy sales nintendo is in 2nd in the videogame market!
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soully, please return to your tree hut
thanks
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Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
Uni - quit posting useless stuff and stay on topic, otherwise don\'t post in this thread.
MM - Nintendo is comfortable in third place. They have their audience and they make a killing off of the handhelds.
I am on topic.Nintendo is part of the industry and works the same way
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Originally posted by Unicron!
I am on topic.Nintendo is part of the industry and works the same way
No, you are ranting on about being force fed products no one wants and how things work. You are not adding a valid reason to why the Micro should or shouldn\'t be in the market place.
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Bah like always you are twisting my words.
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like i said...Where is my GOD DAMN DS games (proper ones ..not SD or advance gimicy conversions) Nintendo ?
What Nintendo needs to do is start delivering on games... rather then fiddle around with what hardware they have.
I find it funny that they take a swipe at Microsoft and Sony ...saying that they are the company that Do thrather than say they will do.
But over the past 12 months.... How many AAA games have been launched on the GC..or GBA or DS ?
Not many.....
Mini GBA ====== Pumping that empty well one more time.
oh and p.s.
They Should be more worried about getting more people to buy and use their DS more...
mine has been collecting dust the past 2 months .....
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Originally posted by mm
soully, please return to your tree hut
thanks
I\'m posting from my tree hut.
hows the sewers goin?
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Mini GBA ====== Pumping that empty well one more time.
To bad that "well" isn\'t empty.
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It\'s not an empty well, but I agree that the DS should be a focus now.
Still make GBA games (for they can be played on the DS anyway) but focus more on the DS.
The DS will have a nice library by the end of the year, but right now it\'s really my least-used portable.. including the GBA.
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ok maybe not empty..
But the DS should take some of Big N\'s Attention.
Mind you
We fo have...Very intresting titles such as
Lost in Blue
Another Code
and Nintendo Dogs..
yes i said Nintendodogs.
But We needs more :(
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Originally posted by mm
soully, please return to your tree hut
thanks
The number of times you\'ve said that: 645,456,245,434,546,112,334,545
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Like Nintendo admits ; the Micro is Nintendo\'s own "Mac Mini".
It\'s a marketing oriented product to
reach out to new consumer levels.
It\'s neither bad nor great.
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Originally posted by ooseven
But We needs more :(
http://www.psx2central.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=36624
-Dan
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teh microsoft yboy will pwn all!
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