Game Boy Micro?

Im surprised nobody has posted anything about this yet. (If so then i missed it)

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

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?

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

I like it  If the price is right i\'ll pick one up.

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

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

great, yet another gameboy for the tech hungry consumers to suck up

[Evi]

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.

hey we mentioned the point already $$$

[Evi]

It still needs to be brought up again, and again, and again, and...

It\'s just SO FREAKIN\' STUPID!!

Looks cool!

[Evi]

Originally posted by pstwo
Looks cool!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I guess we all have our own opinions.

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

[Evi]

I didn\'t say money was stupid. I sad the Game Boy Micro was stupid.

This is one of the stupidest moves I\'ve seen Nintendo pull in a long time.

Are they that out of touch with consumers?

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.