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...good, but not great.
I played one today, and I could also have purchased it, but no-one was able to lend me £144.99 - ah well. :-D
Anyway, it's, as many people expected, rather hard to handle. It is just a little too small, and I'm sure if played for long stretches of time, there'll be some cases of sore hands. The buttons are in the correct places, however, and the D-pad especially feels great, but it's just the general shape of the thing that's a problem. Maybe it's just that I've got big hands, but maybe not - as my mate said it felt uncomfortable for him too. Not even half as bad as it could've been though.
And this backlit feature - yeah, it's good, and a lot easier to see the game properly, and I could actually tell if the console was actually on when playing Doom, though, so that's good. The problem is, it drains out a lot of the battery when you're using this feature, and you'll have to spend more time recharging, which can be annoying, but at least we can now see the screen in proper colour. Good stuff.
So basically, if you've not got a GBA, then get this when it comes out, but if you've already got a GBA, then there really isn't much point here.
Overall, an improvement, but if you've got the GBA, don't bother.
I played one today, and I could also have purchased it, but no-one was able to lend me £144.99 - ah well. :-D
Anyway, it's, as many people expected, rather hard to handle. It is just a little too small, and I'm sure if played for long stretches of time, there'll be some cases of sore hands. The buttons are in the correct places, however, and the D-pad especially feels great, but it's just the general shape of the thing that's a problem. Maybe it's just that I've got big hands, but maybe not - as my mate said it felt uncomfortable for him too. Not even half as bad as it could've been though.
And this backlit feature - yeah, it's good, and a lot easier to see the game properly, and I could actually tell if the console was actually on when playing Doom, though, so that's good. The problem is, it drains out a lot of the battery when you're using this feature, and you'll have to spend more time recharging, which can be annoying, but at least we can now see the screen in proper colour. Good stuff.
So basically, if you've not got a GBA, then get this when it comes out, but if you've already got a GBA, then there really isn't much point here.
Overall, an improvement, but if you've got the GBA, don't bother.
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It looks like it will handle like the pocket Gameboy... which felt odd to start with but ended up just fine.
Well, I suppose doing that wouldn't be too bad.
You'd only get about £30 for a GBA though.
You'd only get about £30 for a GBA though.
Aw.. I was going to sell my GBA to get one. I'll just do that anyway :D.
I haven't had the chance to play one yet but they do look hard to handle as they look as if they wouldn't sit comfortably in your hands. I will probably stick to my GBA for the time being.
...good, but not great.
I played one today, and I could also have purchased it, but no-one was able to lend me £144.99 - ah well. :-D
Anyway, it's, as many people expected, rather hard to handle. It is just a little too small, and I'm sure if played for long stretches of time, there'll be some cases of sore hands. The buttons are in the correct places, however, and the D-pad especially feels great, but it's just the general shape of the thing that's a problem. Maybe it's just that I've got big hands, but maybe not - as my mate said it felt uncomfortable for him too. Not even half as bad as it could've been though.
And this backlit feature - yeah, it's good, and a lot easier to see the game properly, and I could actually tell if the console was actually on when playing Doom, though, so that's good. The problem is, it drains out a lot of the battery when you're using this feature, and you'll have to spend more time recharging, which can be annoying, but at least we can now see the screen in proper colour. Good stuff.
So basically, if you've not got a GBA, then get this when it comes out, but if you've already got a GBA, then there really isn't much point here.
Overall, an improvement, but if you've got the GBA, don't bother.
I played one today, and I could also have purchased it, but no-one was able to lend me £144.99 - ah well. :-D
Anyway, it's, as many people expected, rather hard to handle. It is just a little too small, and I'm sure if played for long stretches of time, there'll be some cases of sore hands. The buttons are in the correct places, however, and the D-pad especially feels great, but it's just the general shape of the thing that's a problem. Maybe it's just that I've got big hands, but maybe not - as my mate said it felt uncomfortable for him too. Not even half as bad as it could've been though.
And this backlit feature - yeah, it's good, and a lot easier to see the game properly, and I could actually tell if the console was actually on when playing Doom, though, so that's good. The problem is, it drains out a lot of the battery when you're using this feature, and you'll have to spend more time recharging, which can be annoying, but at least we can now see the screen in proper colour. Good stuff.
So basically, if you've not got a GBA, then get this when it comes out, but if you've already got a GBA, then there really isn't much point here.
Overall, an improvement, but if you've got the GBA, don't bother.
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