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Offline Living-In-Clip

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Gameboy Advance. SP - Launch. Anyone get one?
« on: March 23, 2003, 04:08:10 PM »
Well, the new highly portable (and backlit!) GBA SP has launched. And all indications seem to be that they are in limited quanities. Has anyone picked up one? I got one today, but was only able to find one and that was at a rinky-dink Wal-mart in the smallest town around.

First impressions are mixed. It is stylish, that\'s for sure. Flip down face is nice and very next-gen. However, the button placement seems cramped and the new \'L\' and \'R\' buttons are abit to small for my liking...

The big thing is the light. My god how it improves things.. CastleVania: COTM , one of the darker games ever, is now bright as I could ever want it to be..Very sweet indeed.

Not a bad entry for the GBA line, but I can\'t help and think this should of been the original model and the button placement could of been worked on.

Anyone else have any thoughts?
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« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2003, 05:14:33 PM »
I have some thoughts, yes.
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« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2003, 05:20:08 PM »
Then..how about you share them, Jumpy?
Hmm?
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« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2003, 05:35:34 PM »
I\'ll let you know my thoughts when mine arrives next week (imported the black one).  I did mess with a friends a bit and walked away impressed.  It\'s compact design, improved screen, and improved sound push this thing far beyond the "GBAServicePack" that some people are touting it as for it\'s SP acronym.  This is what the GBA should have been at launch.
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« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2003, 05:46:53 PM »
My friend has one. What is there to say question mark. It\'s smaller, cooler looking, cramps your fingers still after short play time, backlit screen, worth owning if you do/don\'t have a GBA already.
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« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2003, 06:57:35 PM »
I didn\'t get one. My brother and I are fully satisfied by my GBA w/Afterburner.

I do feel tempted, though. :) The SP is one attractive piece of gaming hardware.
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« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2003, 07:43:15 PM »
Circuit City is including a free game this week...
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« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2003, 07:50:48 PM »
Speaking of GBA SP and games....Here is the reason I bought mine.



Yes! A brand spankin\' new Castlevania game..CastleVania: Aira of Sorrow, to be released May the 7th. I will no longer need to go blind, squinting at the screen for over 10 hours.
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« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2003, 08:23:36 PM »
I already own a GBA.  I do not feel the need to spend money on something because of its shape and something that should have been included with the original.
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« Reply #9 on: March 23, 2003, 11:56:01 PM »
I won\'t buy one as it closely resembles a calculator I had in the eighth grade.
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« Reply #10 on: March 27, 2003, 04:37:48 AM »
My initial thought about the SP : "DAMN that\'s ugly! Looks like it\'s taken a fall down ugly tree and hit every single branch on the way down. Yuck. Egad. I\'ll never even touch that thing. I think I\'m going to be sick. Bobo, hold me up.... ooh... *faint*"

Now I want one. And I want it bad. I do own a GBA, but... hell, I think I\'ll sell it and get a GC and an SP. I\'m stuck between a rock and a hard place here; I\'m all outta dough, and I just HAVE to get a GC or the SP... with Prime and Zelda... I can\'t resist anymore... and I got a voucher that\'d get me 15% off a GC\'s price. Or SP\'s. Dangit.

About around 5th of April, I will own a new Nintendo console..
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« Reply #11 on: March 27, 2003, 06:19:34 AM »
I got a GBA already. I\'m not gonna bother getting the SP.
The special battery is a drawback imo. On vacation in other
countries, how the hell would I be able to recharge that
thing ? I just wanna have the comfort of popping in 2
AA batteries. And oh yeah... the lack of standard headphone
plugin is a drawback, especially if I\'m traveling by train.
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« Reply #12 on: March 27, 2003, 09:16:47 PM »
With Zelda now and Def Jam Vendetta on deck, I didn\'t have the money I expected to spend on an SP...  But don\'t worry, Nintendo, as soon as I come up with cash to burn, it\'s yours. :D

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« Reply #13 on: March 27, 2003, 09:28:19 PM »
Wait how much are these again? I played the metriod on it and i was very wowed. Its amazingly comfortable, (for me at least). Its friggin sweet, and the sound isnt terrible. I still want headphone jacks dammit.
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« Reply #14 on: March 27, 2003, 09:53:13 PM »
$100 USD, probably around $110 if you can find the headphone adapter too.  I\'m not sure if that\'s out yet.

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