Post by: StrikerObi on March 02, 2004, 02:04:20 PM
According to Game Informer Online, Nintendo just might be planning to release a new Game Boy Advance SP system designed to look like the original 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System. The system will probably be released this summer, in a move similar to the Japanese launch of the Famicom styled Game Boy Advance SP. The inner part of this NES GBA SP will be designed to look like the original NES controller.
Along side the release of the system a series of old NES games will be released for Game Boy Advance. Much like their Japanese counterparts, these games will most likely come in cartridges colored like NES games and boxes that are reminiscent of the old school Nintendo game boxes. Which games will be released has yet to be decided, but the Famicom mini games released in Japan are up for consideration.
Although Nintendo has not yet officially announced this system yet, when contacted about it they did mention that it "is being considered."
Post by: SuperLink666 on March 02, 2004, 02:22:53 PM
Post by: CaseyRyback on March 02, 2004, 03:15:27 PM
Post by: Sir Campbell on March 02, 2004, 03:18:04 PM
As for the rest of you, enjoy the special edition sp!
Post by: Djunknown on March 02, 2004, 03:31:28 PM
Its very tempting to either A)Trade in my SP for this B) just tough it out and just have 2 GBA'S. It would break my rule of frivolousness, but c'mon! Its a piece a history!
Imagine being decked in Retro-Nintendo gear, and just whip out this retro GBA! Now that's mad flossin' yo!
Odd, you'd think they would wait until 2005, since that would be Nintendo's 20th anniversary in the States...
Post by: joshnickerson on March 02, 2004, 04:41:35 PM
Post by: Ian Sane on March 02, 2004, 06:07:28 PM
The re-release of old NES games is also pretty cool but I'll be disappointed if like the Japanese ones they're released seperately. There's no reason for games that small to take up a whole cartridge and be charged as seperate games. Even if they're budget titles they'll be too expensive. For the American releases Nintendo should release two or three compilations which have like four titles each. Of course they won't because everybody bought all the old Mario games seperately despite having most of those titles previously available in one SNES cartridge. Nintendo will release those titles standalone and all the suckers that bought Super Mario World again with a "new and improved" lower difficulty and sh!tty voice samples will eat these up.
Post by: The Omen on March 02, 2004, 06:26:15 PM
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However if my GBA broke I would buy an SP to replace it (though I'll wait to see if the DS had GBA support). In that situation I would probably buy this one.
Is the hammer in hand?
Now i'll finally have to purchase the GBA. Not that its bad. But now i must have it.
Post by: Jensen on March 02, 2004, 06:37:37 PM
Post by: Aussie Ben PGC on March 02, 2004, 10:16:52 PM
I think this might be my next Game Boy!
Post by: Uncle Rich AiAi on March 02, 2004, 11:43:05 PM
Post by: Bill Aurion on March 03, 2004, 01:10:11 AM
Post by: SuperLink666 on March 03, 2004, 05:16:02 AM
Post by: idiot on March 03, 2004, 06:33:12 AM
I have no incentive to buy one NES game for thirty bucks when I can play all of them on my GP32 for free. However, I would pay for several per cart, especially if they had all the old manuals and promotional materials on the cart as well. I'd get all nostalgiac looking at those posters of all the games again.
The NES style GBA might be really cool if they don't do some sort of horrible patchwork color mismatch that they seem to be so fond of lately. The Famicom one looks awful because the top doesn't match the bottom by any stretch of the imagination. And don't get me started on that black & white one. I saw about 400 different color GBA sp's at last year's E3, but all we get are GBAs built with leftover mismatched parts. Bah.
Post by: gwgtrunks on March 03, 2004, 07:21:53 AM
I'm gonna get this GBASP though... I've been putting off getting one for a while now, and now I have a good reason to. That and SMB3.
Post by: Jale on March 03, 2004, 08:18:01 AM
a) It will work with other GBA games
b) It will work with FF:CC
If it doesn't do either I'm not gonna buy it.
Post by: Ian Sane on March 03, 2004, 08:23:57 AM
That would be cool but there's no way it would be profitable. The reason selling them individually is a rip-off to us is because since they have to manufacter a different cart for each game Nintendo has to charge a certain amount to make a profit. By putting them all in one big set but on different cartridges a $40 set would be like $2 a cartridge and I doubt that's economically feasible for Nintendo. In order to knock the price down they would have to put multiple games on a cartridge.
Post by: gwgtrunks on March 03, 2004, 08:27:51 AM
Post by: matthewwithanm on March 03, 2004, 08:41:00 AM
Post by: Sir Campbell on March 03, 2004, 10:24:44 AM
Post by: Jensen on March 03, 2004, 06:03:04 PM
http://webpages.charter.net/shadowfax1/nesgba2.jpg
I think I may agree with you.....
I also updated the original a bit (I made it look cleaner)
Post by: idiot on March 04, 2004, 05:45:18 AM
Post by: Knoxxville on March 04, 2004, 10:19:06 PM
....so THIS is how Nintendo plans to move copies of Crystal Chronicles! EUREKA!
Post by: Sir Campbell on March 05, 2004, 07:35:39 AM
Post by: Sir Campbell on March 05, 2004, 07:37:20 AM
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Originally posted by: Jensen
Like this?
http://webpages.charter.net/shadowfax1/nesgba2.jpg
I think I may agree with you.....
I also updated the original a bit (I made it look cleaner)
Yeah, that's perfect! I think Nintendo stock just went up a bit from that pict alone.
