Topic: Pokemon Box Details

[Badukan Yoshinoya]

Famitsu unveils this GameCube utility disc for Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire.

Pokemon Box for GameCube will be released on May 30 in Japan.  The game alone will retail at 2000 yen (around $16 US).  There will also be a GBA cable bundle for 2800 yen (around $22 US).  Both packages will include a special limited color of the Memory Card 59.

To play the game, players will also need a GBA, a copy of Pokemon Ruby or Sapphire, and a GBA link cable.  Pokemon Box will serve as a utility tool for Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire, allowing players to organize and manage their Pokemon.  Players are able to store up to 1500 Pokemon that they cannot carry with them in the GBA game.

Pokemon Box will also allow players to play Ruby and Sapphire on their TV.  While playing on TV, when players catch a Pokemon, they can switch to Pokemon Box to store and organize the new monsters.

The game also features a gallery mode that lets players select a themed platform and arrange their Pokemon on it.  It's just for showing off your collection.

[Arbok]

So its a $16 GameBoy Player that only works for Pokémon, comes with a memory card and has some gallery with it (honestly who needs the "improved box functions?").

Seems redundent if you are gonna get the GameBoy Player to me...

[Kulock]

But if you think about it, isn't that about the cost of a Memory 59 card now? It's like you're getting the Box disc for free. And they're special edition memory cards, too, people pay for more than that for just the SE card alone on some platforms...

This does feel like a really under-achieving product, though. Glad at least Nintendo's selling it for such a low price. They might even just give it away with Nintendo Power (minus memory card) in America or something.

[Chiphead]

Seems to be for hardcore Ruby/Sapphire addicts only. At least it's cheap.

[Expandedcalvary]

From what I heard Nintendo is either trying to see how many people would buy a gamecube/gba thing or they're trying to make an expansion pack. To be honest, Kulock has the best idea for it. I probably won't go out and buy it, because the GB Player will work with R/S, I'll never catch enough Pokemon to fill up the boxes, and I won't need to show off my Pokemon because I'm the only person in my circle of friends who enjoys Pokemon still.

I can see it going out with NP, but I think Nintendo would make more money if they released it like OoT & Oot:MQ with the preorder of WW.