New PSP Rival - GBA Micro Released - Full Details

[wraggster]

Another rival of sorts for the PSP and to be honest while its no match in power it has the fashion icon and a back catalogue of games that no console can match plus a great emulation and homebrew scene, heres the info:


Nintendos new Micro version of the Gameboy Advance has been released, <a href="http://www.success-hk.com/affiliatewiz/aw.asp?B=112&A=50&Task=Click" target="_blank">Success HK</a> are the first online company ive seen with it on, lets check out the cool pic:

<img src="http://www.success-hk.com/success/images/item/GBMJ2B9R5P4.JPG">

The Price for the GBA Micro is $115 or about £60 in UK money.

Heres the onsite description:

Now Nintendo takes aim at the pocket of your tightest jeans with the tiny Game Boy Micro system, quite simply the smallest and sleekest Game Boy product that Nintendo has ever created. It's thinner than a cell phone, as chic as an MP3 player and as fun as a Game Boy In an instant it attracts attention and positions the image-conscious player as someone on the cutting edge of cool.

The sporty, silver metal Game Boy Micromeasures a mere 4 inches wide, 2 inches tall and 0.7 inches deep, allowing it to sit comfortably alongside today's hippest technological gadgets. It weighs an astonishing 2.8 ounces, or about the weight of 80 paper clips. Yet Game Boy Microhas the same processing power and plays the same games as Game Boy Advance SPmodels, complete with standard face controls and gleaming shoulder and Start/Select buttons that literally shine.

With Game Boy Micro everyone plays with style. A removable face plate gives owners the option to buy replacements to customize the look of their systems again and again with new colors and designs. Most notably, its 2-inch backlit screen shines with incredible power, rendering games in startling clarity with fantastic colors on the best Game Boy screen ever. For the first time, users can adjust the brightness of the screen to adapt to indoor lights or outdoor sunshine.

The Gameboy Advance has a great <a href="http://gbaemu.dcemu.co.uk" target="_blank" >Emulation and Homebrew Scene</a> and the GBA Micro will be fully compatible.

More info at <a href="http://www.success-hk.com/affiliatewiz/aw.asp?B=112&A=50&Task=Click" target="_blank">Success HK</a>

[slayer2psp]

lame its way over priced i hate nintendo and all of there gba's.why cant they come out with a portable with some power instead of the same old stuff in a new package. nintendo is for little kids they have nothing to offer most adult gamers they should just go away they just dont get it dead last in the console race they cant even out sale the xbox and no one even buys the xbox in japan but yet the box is a better seller then the gamecube world wide. and why and the hell cant you buy a Component cable for the game cube in a store for 480p you can only get them online what the f**k and they say ther new system wont be in HD ANOTHER WHAT THE F**K the things nintendo does and say make no sense to me at all they hate the hardcore they only care about the non gamers because they are the only people not sick of the same old stuff that they do

[crispana]

lame its way over priced i hate nintendo and all of there gba's.why cant they come out with a portable with some power instead of the same old stuff in a new package. nintendo is for little kids they have nothing to offer most adult gamers they should just go away they just dont get it dead last in the console race they cant even out sale the xbox and no one even buys the xbox in japan but yet the box is a better seller then the gamecube world wide. and why and the hell cant you buy a Component cable for the game cube in a store for 480p you can only get them online what the f**k and they say ther new system wont be in HD ANOTHER WHAT THE F**K the things nintendo does and say make no sense to me at all they hate the hardcore they only care about the non gamers because they are the only people not sick of the same old stuff that they do

Holy shit! Use a comma and maybe a carriage return every now and then.

[pepegomez]

well slyer2psp ur right but the real reason why id buy it, is cuz of the new games. jsut think about zelda. the games develop by themself with every new console. and i love zelda. ufortunatly its not possible to play it on psp :), ok at least the gba games are possible :)

[lockethevaliant]

lame its way over priced i hate nintendo and all of there gba's.why cant they come out with a portable with some power instead of the same old stuff in a new package. nintendo is for little kids they have nothing to offer most adult gamers they should just go away they just dont get it dead last in the console race they cant even out sale the xbox and no one even buys the xbox in japan but yet the box is a better seller then the gamecube world wide. and why and the hell cant you buy a Component cable for the game cube in a store for 480p you can only get them online what the f**k and they say ther new system wont be in HD ANOTHER WHAT THE F**K the things nintendo does and say make no sense to me at all they hate the hardcore they only care about the non gamers because they are the only people not sick of the same old stuff that they do

Wow...How old are you? You sound like a 9-12 years of age since you can't you correct punctuation. You probably love playing GTA and say stuff like "Die ****ing pigs.", "Where's my ****ing money you whore.", and "Do this feel good with my blank in your blank(hot coffee)" People like you shouldn't even play GTA even if your over age 30.

I'm an adult and I love Nintendo. If it wasn't for their NES..Video games wouldn't have exploded like they did.

Nintendo gave us the thumb stick and a rumble pack. Then Sony stole it.

And I'm sick of noobs say "I'm not buying it cus its not online or have HD...its not uber enough for me" wow..when did a console "NEED" to have this? I know its NEXT-GEN but shit...that doesn't mean it's going to suck..when was it about what the console has then what games are for it.

You noobs today are so ungrateful..If nintendo never made a console you would of probably never had squaresoft...or they would of made final fantasy for computer or Sega..You would of never had playstation, because there wouldn't of been an SNES.Playstation was born from a cancelled CDROM SNES project. If it wasn't for Nintendo you would still be playing your Sega and Atari or whatever.

I am the victim of the OVER hyped PSP. PSP has a shitty game line up.The only decent games I want are in Japan (e.g. Breath of fire 3, Tales of Eternia) but that really doesn't matter since I have them both for PSX.

[nonzero]

Whilst I agree that all Sony products are an exercise in style over substance I still can't stop buying their damn shiny goodies...

Nintendo on the other hand offer solid products with killer games but they do concentrate on the non gaming audience a bit too much.

The Micro (whilst it looks superb and will appeal to an entirely new demographic) isn't required in any way shape or form as the other consoles in the range do what it does. If it had been introduced at a bargain basement price of around £35.00 - that would have been a different story.

Staying on the Nintendo train, I can't wait for the Revolution - hopefully the Big N will crack it this time or it will be the Sega route for them... :(

[chronoswing]

No one is saying Nintendo's old stuff sucked, Nintendo was great back in the day. But come on... This is 2005, not 1990. Nintendo needs to get on the ball. Gamecube would of been great had it not had such a weak game lineup. You would be lucky if a good game was released on gamecube once every 2-4 months. But it more like once every half year.

And why bother with all these GBA's? Nintendo has turned into some money grubbing whore lately on the handheld market, There is 3 GBA's out now, wtf? Right after everyone has just picked up GBA SP's and DS's now nintendo wants you to come and buy ANOTHER GBA? I mean come on! Maybe if this GBA actually did something that the other one's didn't then sure. But all these redesign's of the GBA do the exact same thing the last one did. Aside from SP which brought a backlight. But that's where it should of stopped, SP. Then is just another product for Nintendo to go and shove in our faces going "LOOK ITS SMALLER, YOU WON'T LOOK LIKE A DORK NOW WHEN YOU PLAY IT IN PUBLIC!!!" But the reality is, you look like a dork period when you play ANY handheld system in public.

About the big N's next-gen console, I honestly dont care about it's power, a console's power is only measured by its games. I hope Nintendo is smart this time around, gets some better third party support, and release good games less than 6 months apart from eachother. Because honestly I hope their selling point isn't the fact that its backward's compatible with all Nintendo systems. Which I give 6 months or even less before thats cracked and you can just load roms off the sd cards. Paying for 10-15 year old games is just stupid. Considering all Nintendo is gonna do is buy the rights from half of those dead companies and just make the money themselves. When they should be giving those games away. N64 games are the only games they should charge money for.

[DCRich]

ok, I can't help it. gotta give my 2cents on this matter as well. While the PSX was originally an add-on CD for SNES. The fact that Nintendo basically scrapped it goes to show how little vision they have for the future.

As far as what is needed for a system to fully succeed, things like online play and hdd are essential in todays market. Without online, a home console will surely not be successful. And the fact that Nintendo's target audience are kids shows their lack of knowledge in the industry. Being that majority of game players are those that grew up with the NES, that age group is basically 20 to 35.

Now, while I do like the micro. I may even buy one. But seriously, it's nothing new. No work is needed for that particular system to succeed. It is simply a re-design of an ancient system, aside from the GBA stuff. No different than the release of the PSTwo.

Nintendo was once a great company....but I fear that unless they mature, they will surely fade.

And, lockethevaliant, for you to call gamers of today noobs....honestly now, that makes you sound quite childish. I have been playing games for over 20 years, and think that power is important in a console, although not the only thing. The games are ultimately what make or break a console. But, if a system does not have the hardware to handle what is needed for a great game in todays standards, it will fail.

Just to add another point, I always thought that the sega master was far superior to the NES, but poor marketing killed it. It was technically better, and I kinda wish sega would still make systems.

[-KarmA-]

ok, I can't help it. gotta give my 2cents on this matter as well. While the PSX was originally an add-on CD for SNES. The fact that Nintendo basically scrapped it goes to show how little vision they have for the future.

As far as what is needed for a system to fully succeed, things like online play and hdd are essential in todays market. Without online, a home console will surely not be successful. And the fact that Nintendo's target audience are kids shows their lack of knowledge in the industry. Being that majority of game players are those that grew up with the NES, that age group is basically 20 to 35.

Now, while I do like the micro. I may even buy one. But seriously, it's nothing new. No work is needed for that particular system to succeed. It is simply a re-design of an ancient system, aside from the GBA stuff. No different than the release of the PSTwo.

Nintendo was once a great company....but I fear that unless they mature, they will surely fade.

And, lockethevaliant, for you to call gamers of today noobs....honestly now, that makes you sound quite childish. I have been playing games for over 20 years, and think that power is important in a console, although not the only thing. The games are ultimately what make or break a console. But, if a system does not have the hardware to handle what is needed for a great game in todays standards, it will fail.

Just to add another point, I always thought that the sega master was far superior to the NES, but poor marketing killed it. It was technically better, and I kinda wish sega would still make systems.

Your right no difference. Other than the fact Sony isnt charging a lot more than the current PS2 at the time. Looks like Nintendo is trying to appeal to the cliche' I-pod type trendy niche market.

Great post. Pretty much sums up how I feel. And still, even with the "revolution" (great marketing hype word) announcements, the only info we had at first was you can "pay" to DL old nintendo/SNES games (which most fans or old schoolers, and by "old school" I am talking play Mario Bros. in the arcade, not N64, have on emulators anyhow).

They need to move forward like you said. And grow with the market to appeal to me again. But some current comments from THQ about Nintendo making strides to keep with the market sure sounds promising.

But enogh rumors Nintendo, give us facts.

[xuphorz]

wow, it was a gba micro thread that turned into a nintendo debate.
i'll go head and reval my next gen plans
2 nintendo revolution
one for me and my bro, so we can do all the free online games together

[nexis2600]

FYI, Buygame2.com in HK has them for sale now. I would buy one if I had that much to blow. Even though I think it's a total rip off and a waste of money (i have a DS & sp). Yet i for some reason am drawn to the famicom one.

[Cap'n 1time]

If and when this thing drops down to about $40, id gladly buy it... the GBA had some great games (16-32 bit is obviously what nintendo does best). This thing is sexy.. but it is hardly a PSP, DS, and certainly not a GPX2 rival.

[Shinobe]

If and when this thing drops down to about $40, id gladly buy it... the GBA had some great games (16-32 bit is obviously what nintendo does best). This thing is sexy.. but it is hardly a PSP, DS, and certainly not a GPX2 rival.

sounds like u need a used first gen GBA :D

[dougpr]

Ok, it's tiny and can even fit on your keychain. So what? The games are still going to be big space hogs, especially GB/GBC games. This might appeal to those pirates that can flash several games onto their one GBA flash cart and carry the system with the one cart inside in one tiny package.

It's not as powerful as a DS or PSP, but isn't that the whole reason why they can make it so tiny? PSP is kinda a pain to carry around unless you have big pockets or a bag.

I do kinda hope it flourishes, because the GBA is the last vessel of great 2D gaming and if it can continue to sell, companies will continue to make games for it. GBA:SP's still outsell both PSP's and DS's combined don't they?

But the fact that cartridges are still so bulky will hinder how great the "tiny" feature is to the average consumer.

[Humbug]

another excuse for nintendo to bring out some old crap in a new way...

[Cap'n 1time]

sounds like u need a used first gen GBA :D

well i have one... and a SP. in fact I have a plain one unopened. Im a collector of pretty things... and this is a pretty thing ;)

[nexis2600]

I do kinda hope it flourishes, because the GBA is the last vessel of great 2D gaming and if it can continue to sell, companies will continue to make games for it. GBA:SP's still outsell both PSP's and DS's combined don't they?

Nope. Since the PSPs release. the PSP has been outselling the GBA in the USA. I believe only for 1 month did it actualy outsell the psp.

[nexis2600]

Wow...How old are you? You sound like a 9-12 years of age since you can't you correct punctuation. You probably love playing GTA and say stuff like "Die ****ing pigs.", "Where's my ****ing money you whore.", and "Do this feel good with my blank in your blank(hot coffee)" People like you shouldn't even play GTA even if your over age 30.

I'm an adult and I love Nintendo. If it wasn't for their NES..Video games wouldn't have exploded like they did.

Nintendo gave us the thumb stick and a rumble pack. Then Sony stole it.

And I'm sick of noobs say "I'm not buying it cus its not online or have HD...its not uber enough for me" wow..when did a console "NEED" to have this? I know its NEXT-GEN but shit...that doesn't mean it's going to suck..when was it about what the console has then what games are for it.

You noobs today are so ungrateful..If nintendo never made a console you would of probably never had squaresoft...or they would of made final fantasy for computer or Sega..You would of never had playstation, because there wouldn't of been an SNES.Playstation was born from a cancelled CDROM SNES project. If it wasn't for Nintendo you would still be playing your Sega and Atari or whatever.

I am the victim of the OVER hyped PSP. PSP has a shitty game line up.The only decent games I want are in Japan (e.g. Breath of fire 3, Tales of Eternia) but that really doesn't matter since I have them both for PSX.

*YAWN*
Im 22, I work for a living making gba games. You're post is soo full of crap it's not funny. Anybody who cries *oh nintendo inovated this and that and others are only just ripping off them* are gamers who are really freaking blind.

I mean really look at it from the start. Nintendo made a home console. That right there they just ripped off ralph bear. OMG!! God, Nintendo has used idea's from other companys just as much as sony, sega & others have. It's nothing freaking new.

The only thing you have fallen victim to is never growing out of being a blind fanboy.

[lockethevaliant]

*YAWN*
Im 22, I work for a living making gba games. You're post is soo full of crap it's not funny. Anybody who cries *oh nintendo inovated this and that and others are only just ripping off them* are gamers who are really freaking blind.

I mean really look at it from the start. Nintendo made a home console. That right there they just ripped off ralph bear. OMG!! God, Nintendo has used idea's from other companys just as much as sony, sega & others have. It's nothing freaking new.

The only thing you have fallen victim to is never growing out of being a blind fanboy.

How am I a fanboy when I own like every system and play them daily? All I'm saying is give Nintendo the Credit they deserve. You wouldn't be playing your Playstation if it wasn't for Nintendo because Sony one day wouldn't of been "Hell let's make a game console" hell no.

And when I'm talking about noobs I mean the little kids who open their mouth saying shit and don't know about video game history..little kids who think we got all this gaming in one day and don't know what companies played a role in video game history.

If it wasn't for Fusajiro Yamauchi who founded Nintendo(selling the card game, Hanafunda) in 1889, also one faithful night on 1975 where Yamauchi decided to enter the Home video game world, and also Shigeru Miyamoto who created all the nintendo characters we love today. Or even David Rosen the founder of Sega.

Where would video games be today? You should give credit to where its due.

[Cap'n 1time]

No one is denying the fact that nintendo has done some great things, but you really have no reason to complain... what did nintendo have exactly? a console with a two button controller and some kind of light gun... that concept was around about 10 years before nintendo came up with their game and watch system (lcd gaming was around before that too). the only thing nintendo has done is make some great first party games, and select some great third party companies.

and sony actually had plans to work with nintendo. perhapes you should look that up on wikipedia too mr. Yamauchi (no i didnt know how owned nintendo originally, and honestly, i couldnt give a flying **** who did. its the now im worried about)

neither you or nexis (that monkey?) are really making much sence.. it sounds like your just trying to make an idiotic argument about... well im not even sure, and nexis is falling into your trap.

and how the hell the history of a company has anything to do with the respect of the current console escapes me. Its who makes the best stuff now that sells a console and always will... guess what! i love my C64.. mabey i should shut throw out my modern computer becasue C64's concept was around first... no mabey i should throw out my C64 because it isnt as powerfull... NO. respect what you have, but dont bitch about the now... and dont make useless arguemnts that go nowhere.

[nexis2600]

How am I a fanboy when I own like every system and play them daily? All I'm saying is give Nintendo the Credit they deserve. You wouldn't be playing your Playstation if it wasn't for Nintendo because Sony one day wouldn't of been "Hell let's make a game console" hell no.

And when I'm talking about noobs I mean the little kids who open their mouth saying shit and don't know about video game history..little kids who think we got all this gaming in one day and don't know what companies played a role in video game history.

If it wasn't for Fusajiro Yamauchi who founded Nintendo(selling the card game, Hanafunda) in 1889, also one faithful night on 1975 where Yamauchi decided to enter the Home video game world, and also Shigeru Miyamoto who created all the nintendo characters we love today. Or even David Rosen the founder of Sega.

Where would video games be today? You should give credit to where its due.

My god you make me laugh even more. Where is your damn credit for Nolan Bushnell, Ralph Bear, & Gunpei Yokoi?

I mean god if your going to kiss nintendo's ass. Atleast thank the right people. Hell with out Gunpei Yokoi, nintendo would not be where they are now. I mean god he is even the father of the Gameboy series let alone the famicom, game & watch series, & all of nintendo's early adventures into video games. Lets not forgoet he is responcible for Metroid, Kid Ikarus and couple of other nintendo series we are so fond of.

Where is your credit for nolan bushnell who is pretty much the father of the video game industry and atari?

Where is your credit for Ralph bear who is the father of home consoles?

Where is your credit to sony for actualy expanding the video game market? I mean god are you dumb enough to belive that if we had no sony the market would still be as big of an industry as it is now? If you do, you really need to brush up on your history.

Talk about not giving credit where credit is due.

[lockethevaliant]

My god you make me laugh even more. Where is your damn credit for Nolan Bushnell, Ralph Bear, & Gunpei Yokoi?

I mean god if your going to kiss nintendo's ass. Atleast thank the right people. Hell with out Gunpei Yokoi, nintendo would not be where they are now. I mean god he is even the father of the Gameboy series let alone the famicom, game & watch series, & all of nintendo's early adventures into video games. Lets not forgoet he is responcible for Metroid, Kid Ikarus and couple of other nintendo series we are so fond of.

Where is your credit for nolan bushnell who is pretty much the father of the video game industry and atari?

Where is your credit for Ralph bear who is the father of home consoles?

Where is your credit to sony for actualy expanding the video game market? I mean god are you dumb enough to belive that if we had no sony the market would still be as big of an industry as it is now? If you do, you really need to brush up on your history.

Talk about not giving credit where credit is due.


lol too bad Gunpei Yokoi died right after making the Virtual Boy

Im not even talking about those other guys...just yelling at a lil kid who hates nintendo and why he shouldn't...why did you even have to butt in?

[nexis2600]

lol too bad Gunpei Yokoi died right after making the Virtual Boy

Im not even talking about those other guys...just yelling at a lil kid who hates nintendo and why he shouldn't...why did you even have to butt in?

I'm 22, a GBA game developer with 3 years of industry experience, The author of psp port of neopop (ngpsp), have probably owned more nintendo systems then you (nes, snes, n64, NR-Gamecube, virtual boy, gb brick, gbc, gba, gbasp, ds & probably a micro if i become impulsive enough to buy it) & happens to know that your facts on gunpei are rather off. He actualy had left nintendo after the virtual boy was considered a failure (not after making it) and founded a new company who went on to develope the wonderswan for bandai. He died in an accident long after leaving nintendo.

You're the one who is a little kid, that or an adult with a superiority complex.

--edit--
Here you go. Actualy forgot to add in about making the gb pocket after the Vboy. He died little over a year after leaving nintendo.

Did you know they dedicated the first wonderswan game in his honour called gunpei?

http://www.nintendoland.com/home2.htm?profiles/g_yokoi.htm

Gunpei hands in his resignation
The 15th August 1996, only weeks after the lauch of the Game Boy Pocket, Gunpei handed in his resignation. He said that it did´nt had anything to do with the failure with the Virtual Boy, he just wanted to start his own company named Koto Laboratory. Even after his resignation he continued to corporate with Nintendo and Nintendo that was going to release some of his corporation's new products. Koto Laboratory began producing different LCD keychain games and other such items. During his time at Nintendo (around 30 years!), although of all the success of his products, the success new turned to his head and he always talked about Nintendo rather than taking all the honor himself. He died in a tragicall car accident in October 4:th in 1997, 57 years old.

[Cap'n 1time]

hey, im the only adult with a superiority complex around here.