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In June 2001, Nintendo released the Game Boy Advance in the United States and the United Kingdom. With the promise of 32-bit games, and the ability to play any Game Boy game containing the 'Official Seal of Quality' released since the first Game Boy in 1989, people traded in their Game Boy Pockets and Game Boy Colors for what they thought was going to be a promising handheld console.
However, most of the games released were just ports of the games people already had, and those that were new weren't exactly amazing. Eventually, all the hype died down, some sold their Game Boy Advances, whilst others kept them for the few titles promised that actually looked good - Mario Kart: Super Circuit for example.
However, there was another reason why the Game Boy Advance sold so well initially. At the same time the Game Boy Advance was originally announced, so was the GameCube (then called Project Dolphin). Nintendo promised a link cable that would allow the Game Boy Advance to be used both as a controller and seperate screen for compatable GameCube games. Again, so far Nintendo fans have been disappointed as only one title is compatable with this cable, it's not even by Nintendo, and can only be used to transfer data in this game.
The Game Boy Advance has been the victim to a lot of criticism since it's release in the first year of the millenium. The main criticism was that the Game Boy Advance doesn't have an internal light, unlike the Game Gear from the early 1990s, and that the screen itself was too dark. Nintendo retalliated claiming that to include a backlight would make the Game Boy Advance bulky and would drain the batteries very quickly, yet in recent months, an unlicensed product called the Afterburner has become available to anyone who either wants to modify their Game Boy Advances, or you could by them pre-installed.
Nintendo seem to have realised now that their dark and hard to see screen is quite a major problem in that it's putting gamers off Game Boy products (except the wormlights that is) and if the customers aren't happy, Nintendo wont make as much money as they potentionally could.
So what have Nintendo done about it?
I don't know whether many of you noticed it, but a while ago, Nintendo dropped the price of the Game Boy Advance and shops have been selling them for between £60 and £65. A price drop didn't seem to unusual, afterall, the Nintendo GameCube was released and Nintendo wont want the consumers buying two consoles without any games seeing as it's the games that make the money.
However, it seems that this price drop could have been for another reason. Nintendo have recently announced on their official website that a new Game Boy Advance is due for release 'soon'. Sure, knowing Nintendo that could be anytime from now til 2010. Anyway, they haven't actually announced what the difference between this and the original ones are, the price or any other details as of yet, but rumours are suggesting a sharper screen, a contrast dial (like that of the original Game Boy) and a backlight. Although the last idea doesn't sound very likely as far as Nintendo are concerned, this does look like Nintendo's way of admitting they made a mistake! Cover it up with a 'New Version' and everybody's excited!
This could be very good news for consumers now! If Nintendo do release new versions, they're likely to reduce the original Game Boy Advance's price even more, and considering the future Advance games will still be compatable with the current versions, you wont be making any losses by buying one! If however, you wanted the newer version, you could trade in your Game Boy Advance and get money off the new one! If you're a collector of all things Nintendo, it's likely either one or the other is to be a collectors item at some stage, especially if you've got one in a rarer colour.
Whatever happens, Nintendo have made a mistake, they know it, have admitted it (although indirectly) and have attempted to correct it. Will it be worth getting the new version Game Boy Advance? We'll just have to wait and see.
However, most of the games released were just ports of the games people already had, and those that were new weren't exactly amazing. Eventually, all the hype died down, some sold their Game Boy Advances, whilst others kept them for the few titles promised that actually looked good - Mario Kart: Super Circuit for example.
However, there was another reason why the Game Boy Advance sold so well initially. At the same time the Game Boy Advance was originally announced, so was the GameCube (then called Project Dolphin). Nintendo promised a link cable that would allow the Game Boy Advance to be used both as a controller and seperate screen for compatable GameCube games. Again, so far Nintendo fans have been disappointed as only one title is compatable with this cable, it's not even by Nintendo, and can only be used to transfer data in this game.
The Game Boy Advance has been the victim to a lot of criticism since it's release in the first year of the millenium. The main criticism was that the Game Boy Advance doesn't have an internal light, unlike the Game Gear from the early 1990s, and that the screen itself was too dark. Nintendo retalliated claiming that to include a backlight would make the Game Boy Advance bulky and would drain the batteries very quickly, yet in recent months, an unlicensed product called the Afterburner has become available to anyone who either wants to modify their Game Boy Advances, or you could by them pre-installed.
Nintendo seem to have realised now that their dark and hard to see screen is quite a major problem in that it's putting gamers off Game Boy products (except the wormlights that is) and if the customers aren't happy, Nintendo wont make as much money as they potentionally could.
So what have Nintendo done about it?
I don't know whether many of you noticed it, but a while ago, Nintendo dropped the price of the Game Boy Advance and shops have been selling them for between £60 and £65. A price drop didn't seem to unusual, afterall, the Nintendo GameCube was released and Nintendo wont want the consumers buying two consoles without any games seeing as it's the games that make the money.
However, it seems that this price drop could have been for another reason. Nintendo have recently announced on their official website that a new Game Boy Advance is due for release 'soon'. Sure, knowing Nintendo that could be anytime from now til 2010. Anyway, they haven't actually announced what the difference between this and the original ones are, the price or any other details as of yet, but rumours are suggesting a sharper screen, a contrast dial (like that of the original Game Boy) and a backlight. Although the last idea doesn't sound very likely as far as Nintendo are concerned, this does look like Nintendo's way of admitting they made a mistake! Cover it up with a 'New Version' and everybody's excited!
This could be very good news for consumers now! If Nintendo do release new versions, they're likely to reduce the original Game Boy Advance's price even more, and considering the future Advance games will still be compatable with the current versions, you wont be making any losses by buying one! If however, you wanted the newer version, you could trade in your Game Boy Advance and get money off the new one! If you're a collector of all things Nintendo, it's likely either one or the other is to be a collectors item at some stage, especially if you've got one in a rarer colour.
Whatever happens, Nintendo have made a mistake, they know it, have admitted it (although indirectly) and have attempted to correct it. Will it be worth getting the new version Game Boy Advance? We'll just have to wait and see.
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Supposedly, Japans Spice and Black coloured GBAs had the sharper screens whereas all other colours had the normal screens.
The black GBA's in the UK don't have sharper screens (my brother's got one and I compared it with my white one).
I don't doubt Nintendo's ability to make great games for the Game Boy Advance, and I personally like the idea of having my favourite SNES games ported to Game Boy Advance.
Just glad that this time, Nintendo listened to the criticisms of the gamers over their GBAs.
The black GBA's in the UK don't have sharper screens (my brother's got one and I compared it with my white one).
I don't doubt Nintendo's ability to make great games for the Game Boy Advance, and I personally like the idea of having my favourite SNES games ported to Game Boy Advance.
Just glad that this time, Nintendo listened to the criticisms of the gamers over their GBAs.
Apparently some GBAs already have sharper screens. I read in NGC that some Japanese GBAs have the sharper screen, due to NIntendo not being able to manufacture enough screens and using screens made by someone else (panasonic I think...?) which were slightly sharper and brighter. But you couldn't tell whether you were getting one with the better screen or not. And I think the better screen were only around in Japan...
Also, there's an RPG coming out on GBA. Remember Secret Of Mana on SNES? Many said it was the best RPG (and even game) on the SNES. Well, some of the people who originally worked on that are developing a new GBA RPG... sounds promising to me... but then I love RPGs...
Also, there's an RPG coming out on GBA. Remember Secret Of Mana on SNES? Many said it was the best RPG (and even game) on the SNES. Well, some of the people who originally worked on that are developing a new GBA RPG... sounds promising to me... but then I love RPGs...
Great post Edgy.
I agree, Nintendo did make a mistake.
But I don't really care. I haven't touched my GBA for AGES.
Are there ANY decent games coming out in the future?
I agree, Nintendo did make a mistake.
But I don't really care. I haven't touched my GBA for AGES.
Are there ANY decent games coming out in the future?
Look to the future and some good games are coming out, some ports yes but others not, and having ports is good, but there are too many, and not enough good ones, Mario Bros 3. on the nes should be released and you have to say, Golden Sun is great and the second one will be just as good if not better, not a port!
Mario kart is not a port, it is linked in the serise, nintendo said that and i read it somewhere!
Good games are coming, silent scope, Lord of the Rings, Final Fantasy!
But could be better and it will get better!
Mario kart is not a port, it is linked in the serise, nintendo said that and i read it somewhere!
Good games are coming, silent scope, Lord of the Rings, Final Fantasy!
But could be better and it will get better!
gamezfreak wrote:
> My gameboy advance is sitting in a cuboard with dust collecting on it.
> The only good games i like were mario kart, tony hawks and breath of
> fire....
The issue is that Nintendo have undirectly admitted the Game Boy Advance could have been better - especially when it comes to screens.
> My gameboy advance is sitting in a cuboard with dust collecting on it.
> The only good games i like were mario kart, tony hawks and breath of
> fire....
The issue is that Nintendo have undirectly admitted the Game Boy Advance could have been better - especially when it comes to screens.
My gameboy advance is sitting in a cuboard with dust collecting on it. The only good games i like were mario kart, tony hawks and breath of fire....
In June 2001, Nintendo released the Game Boy Advance in the United States and the United Kingdom. With the promise of 32-bit games, and the ability to play any Game Boy game containing the 'Official Seal of Quality' released since the first Game Boy in 1989, people traded in their Game Boy Pockets and Game Boy Colors for what they thought was going to be a promising handheld console.
However, most of the games released were just ports of the games people already had, and those that were new weren't exactly amazing. Eventually, all the hype died down, some sold their Game Boy Advances, whilst others kept them for the few titles promised that actually looked good - Mario Kart: Super Circuit for example.
However, there was another reason why the Game Boy Advance sold so well initially. At the same time the Game Boy Advance was originally announced, so was the GameCube (then called Project Dolphin). Nintendo promised a link cable that would allow the Game Boy Advance to be used both as a controller and seperate screen for compatable GameCube games. Again, so far Nintendo fans have been disappointed as only one title is compatable with this cable, it's not even by Nintendo, and can only be used to transfer data in this game.
The Game Boy Advance has been the victim to a lot of criticism since it's release in the first year of the millenium. The main criticism was that the Game Boy Advance doesn't have an internal light, unlike the Game Gear from the early 1990s, and that the screen itself was too dark. Nintendo retalliated claiming that to include a backlight would make the Game Boy Advance bulky and would drain the batteries very quickly, yet in recent months, an unlicensed product called the Afterburner has become available to anyone who either wants to modify their Game Boy Advances, or you could by them pre-installed.
Nintendo seem to have realised now that their dark and hard to see screen is quite a major problem in that it's putting gamers off Game Boy products (except the wormlights that is) and if the customers aren't happy, Nintendo wont make as much money as they potentionally could.
So what have Nintendo done about it?
I don't know whether many of you noticed it, but a while ago, Nintendo dropped the price of the Game Boy Advance and shops have been selling them for between £60 and £65. A price drop didn't seem to unusual, afterall, the Nintendo GameCube was released and Nintendo wont want the consumers buying two consoles without any games seeing as it's the games that make the money.
However, it seems that this price drop could have been for another reason. Nintendo have recently announced on their official website that a new Game Boy Advance is due for release 'soon'. Sure, knowing Nintendo that could be anytime from now til 2010. Anyway, they haven't actually announced what the difference between this and the original ones are, the price or any other details as of yet, but rumours are suggesting a sharper screen, a contrast dial (like that of the original Game Boy) and a backlight. Although the last idea doesn't sound very likely as far as Nintendo are concerned, this does look like Nintendo's way of admitting they made a mistake! Cover it up with a 'New Version' and everybody's excited!
This could be very good news for consumers now! If Nintendo do release new versions, they're likely to reduce the original Game Boy Advance's price even more, and considering the future Advance games will still be compatable with the current versions, you wont be making any losses by buying one! If however, you wanted the newer version, you could trade in your Game Boy Advance and get money off the new one! If you're a collector of all things Nintendo, it's likely either one or the other is to be a collectors item at some stage, especially if you've got one in a rarer colour.
Whatever happens, Nintendo have made a mistake, they know it, have admitted it (although indirectly) and have attempted to correct it. Will it be worth getting the new version Game Boy Advance? We'll just have to wait and see.
However, most of the games released were just ports of the games people already had, and those that were new weren't exactly amazing. Eventually, all the hype died down, some sold their Game Boy Advances, whilst others kept them for the few titles promised that actually looked good - Mario Kart: Super Circuit for example.
However, there was another reason why the Game Boy Advance sold so well initially. At the same time the Game Boy Advance was originally announced, so was the GameCube (then called Project Dolphin). Nintendo promised a link cable that would allow the Game Boy Advance to be used both as a controller and seperate screen for compatable GameCube games. Again, so far Nintendo fans have been disappointed as only one title is compatable with this cable, it's not even by Nintendo, and can only be used to transfer data in this game.
The Game Boy Advance has been the victim to a lot of criticism since it's release in the first year of the millenium. The main criticism was that the Game Boy Advance doesn't have an internal light, unlike the Game Gear from the early 1990s, and that the screen itself was too dark. Nintendo retalliated claiming that to include a backlight would make the Game Boy Advance bulky and would drain the batteries very quickly, yet in recent months, an unlicensed product called the Afterburner has become available to anyone who either wants to modify their Game Boy Advances, or you could by them pre-installed.
Nintendo seem to have realised now that their dark and hard to see screen is quite a major problem in that it's putting gamers off Game Boy products (except the wormlights that is) and if the customers aren't happy, Nintendo wont make as much money as they potentionally could.
So what have Nintendo done about it?
I don't know whether many of you noticed it, but a while ago, Nintendo dropped the price of the Game Boy Advance and shops have been selling them for between £60 and £65. A price drop didn't seem to unusual, afterall, the Nintendo GameCube was released and Nintendo wont want the consumers buying two consoles without any games seeing as it's the games that make the money.
However, it seems that this price drop could have been for another reason. Nintendo have recently announced on their official website that a new Game Boy Advance is due for release 'soon'. Sure, knowing Nintendo that could be anytime from now til 2010. Anyway, they haven't actually announced what the difference between this and the original ones are, the price or any other details as of yet, but rumours are suggesting a sharper screen, a contrast dial (like that of the original Game Boy) and a backlight. Although the last idea doesn't sound very likely as far as Nintendo are concerned, this does look like Nintendo's way of admitting they made a mistake! Cover it up with a 'New Version' and everybody's excited!
This could be very good news for consumers now! If Nintendo do release new versions, they're likely to reduce the original Game Boy Advance's price even more, and considering the future Advance games will still be compatable with the current versions, you wont be making any losses by buying one! If however, you wanted the newer version, you could trade in your Game Boy Advance and get money off the new one! If you're a collector of all things Nintendo, it's likely either one or the other is to be a collectors item at some stage, especially if you've got one in a rarer colour.
Whatever happens, Nintendo have made a mistake, they know it, have admitted it (although indirectly) and have attempted to correct it. Will it be worth getting the new version Game Boy Advance? We'll just have to wait and see.
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