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Offline Living-In-Clip

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« on: March 21, 2001, 03:06:33 PM »
Guess what?!? The GBA came out today. Does anyone plan on importin\' one?

As always, Ebay is flooded with them, which is where I plan on pickin\' mine up along with F-zero, Mario, CastleVania.....
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« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2001, 04:22:25 PM »
yes, the long awaited system is here, although ill wait and try it out before i think about buying it..
i just saw a tony hawk preview for gameboy advance, and that looked great.  this stuff looked really good for a handheld, i dont travel much thats why ill wait before picking it up.. but so far it looks great, really smooth, and its puny i heard!!
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« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2001, 11:44:36 PM »
Yeah I was really excited about this until I heard the screen is terrible. It turns out the colors are even more washed out than on the GBC.

I was expecting alot better, Obviously the graphics are better but what diffrence does it make if the screen is crap. Then again the batteries do last alot so thats probably the tradeoff, sound ain\'t too good either supposedly.

I\'ll probably get one anyway, I love novelty items :D

Not to mention four player gaming with a hub and one copy of the game is absolutely THE best idea in videogaming since the head shot was invented!
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« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2001, 01:45:06 AM »
****ty screen=no fun. I have a GBC collecting dust for that reason, and I\'m not wasting money on another one til they learn how to backlight the ****ing screen...
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« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2001, 05:35:13 AM »
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****ty screen=no fun. I have a GBC collecting dust for that reason, and I\'m not wasting money on another one til they learn how to backlight the ****ing screen...


Backlighting the screen is a ***** on the battery. You would have to switch batteries every week if you wanted that.

BTW, Calm Down. Its not going to hurt you.
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« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2001, 07:10:52 AM »
I\'m glad it doesn\'t have a backlight. It would probably last two hours at most. It\'s bad enough my Game Boy Pocket lasts a lousy 4-5 hours before I have to replace the batteries.
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« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2001, 03:36:20 PM »
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Yeah I was really excited about this until I heard the screen is terrible. It turns out the colors are even more washed out than on the GBC.
 

That\'s not what I heard.  I heard the screen was surprisingly good.  It could desplay SNES graphics and actually look good.  And the fact that the screen is bigger is another plus.  I also heard the backlit screen was easier to see under dimmer lights than the GBC\'s was.
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« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2001, 07:14:56 PM »
There have been people saying both things about the screen. But the most I\'ve heard, is that its a lot better than the GBC\'s (larger, more colorful, etc).

 Me? I\'ve already imported/pre-ordered one and am waiting for mine to come in the mail (anyday now) along with F-Zero (Mario Kart Advance later. Y\'know, stuff that isn\'t very Jap-text heavy. I do know a lot of Japanese, though)
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« Reply #8 on: March 22, 2001, 11:41:27 PM »
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Backlighting the screen is a ***** on the battery. You would have to switch batteries every week if you wanted that.

BTW, Calm Down. Its not going to hurt you.



So? You guys cant afford some rechargable batteries? I was going to import it until I found out the screen will be as ****ty as GBC\'s... Even if they don\'t make it backlit, theres no reason to make the plastic screen cover so damn reflective. Hurray! I can see my reflection! :(

BTW, I fear no handheld... although a few years back I did get my ass kicked by a Sega CD who was pretty pissed at me... :D
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« Reply #9 on: March 23, 2001, 02:51:26 AM »
I have not seen it, but are you sure they have a reflective plastic thing over the screen?  If it\'s anything like the the Neo Geo Pocket\'s screen, it\'s going to be great.
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« Reply #10 on: March 23, 2001, 03:47:42 AM »
650,000 Sold on Day 1. With 24 million to be sold worldwide by next year.

This one is gonna be hot. And will picking it up instantly when lands down under :)
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« Reply #11 on: March 23, 2001, 07:09:03 AM »
Guys... geeze--Don\'t get so worked up about it it freakin\' gets here. Yeah, there have been some sites bashing the screen *coughcough* *cough whyaminotsurprisedcough* but many others really like it. Its like the GBC and NGPC, I\'m pretty sure. Backlighting it... would just really wear on the batteries, and battery life is really important.

 Sheesh! Some places have been complaining about the light and stuff... Well thats what you get a Nyko Wormlight for... duh!
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« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2001, 10:04:36 AM »
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BTW, I fear no handheld... although a few years back I did get my ass kicked by a Sega CD who was pretty pissed at me... :D


Seriously though, who hasn\'t? Sega CD was a mean MoFo. :D

Almost as mean as the Saturn. Now if you wanna talk about an alchohol induced ass-whuppin........
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« Reply #13 on: March 23, 2001, 11:22:04 PM »
Still not considering buying/importing/pre-ordering one? Well, check out the news on THPS 2! It had one fully playable level and was compared to the DC version (gfx wise). Also, the GBA will get an all new Metroid.

 First Rayman, then THPS 2, then... what? Something that will blow those out of the water, too? (what has rare got cooking??)
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« Reply #14 on: March 24, 2001, 02:17:39 PM »
I\'m going to import one when the damned price goes down, but right now my money is on importin a Gamecube
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