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Captain Bryan
05-20-2005, 05:13 PM
Nintedo unveils the Gameboy Micro

Source (http://www.theregister.com/2005/05/18/nintendo_unveils_micro/)

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Nintendo is to re-release its Game Boy Advance SP handheld games console in a new slimline casing and re-brand it as the Game Boy Micro, the company announced yesterday.

The Micro's 10 x 5 x 1.8cm silver shell is pitched at consumers who have become accustomed to stylish personal music players rather than the boxy, plastic game consoles of yore. The Micro weighs a mere 79g.

And in a touch borrowed from the mobile phone world, the Micro's face-plate slips off past the 2in backlit colour display, allowing Nintendo to sell punters replacement covers in different colours and styles. Speaking of the display, Nintendo said the screen has its own brightness control.
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My opinon of this is.. no. Small is cool. But there's a problem with something like this getting that small. You can hardly see the damn screen and the thing looks too akward to use.

1godzillafan
05-20-2005, 05:16 PM
Damn that's tiny.

Captain Bryan
05-20-2005, 05:26 PM
And a conversation me and SJB had to go along with it.:)

eSJayBee says:
That looks TOO small for a pocket console
eSJayBee says:
I couldn't imagine comfortably holding that thing during a full game
Captain Bryan says:
Same.
Captain Bryan says:
Maybe it would be good for a RPG or something that doesn't require button pushing every second. But no mario or anything.
eSJayBee says:
Tetris!
eSJayBee says:
:(
Captain Bryan says:
hehe
eSJayBee says:
Kick it
eSJayBee says:
The Gameboy is MADe for Tetris
eSJayBee says:
Can Gameboy be Gameboy without Tetris?
eSJayBee says:
The answer is 'no'
Captain Bryan says:
I think it would be kinda cool if they made something like the powerglove for a GB or PSP or something. But instead of having a glove with a controler put on top of it they made it so you'd push the buttons finger tip to finger tip.
eSJayBee says:
meh
eSJayBee says:
A powerbelt
eSJayBee says:
Like Captain N
Captain Bryan says:
Where you move your hips to move?
eSJayBee says:
I wasn't thinking that but sure. That oculd work
Captain Bryan says:
hehe
eSJayBee says:
How about the gun for B, A, select and start?
eSJayBee says:
Depending on where you aim and shoot
eSJayBee says:
That would be good exercise
Captain Bryan says:
It could work.
eSJayBee says:
No joke
Captain Bryan says:
I've always thought they need to do something like this for the PC.
Captain Bryan says:
But, not like shoot somewhere for a and whatnot.
Captain Bryan says:
There would be a little D pad on the handle of the gun, and you push left and right for strafe and up and down for forward and back, and the gun serves as a mouse.
eSJayBee says:
That would be neat, too.
eSJayBee says:
Though the aiming idea can also work as exercise. Similar to how DDR is viewed.
Captain Bryan says:
Yep.

Drakon
05-21-2005, 04:35 AM
I'll stick to an SP, thank you.

Capt. Obvious
06-16-2005, 09:52 PM
god, it looks like playing ANY game on there where you have to move the control pad would be damn near impossible to play