Author Topic: Gameboy Advance Attachment (Read 47851 times)

Shorty McNostril · « **on:** June 19, 2003, 01:24:19 PM »

In Australia, the new GBA attachment came out today. Im just wondering if the attachment also does the same thing that the actual unit link to the cube does. For example. Metroid Prime and Fusion are link compatible as most if not all of you probably already know. I want to know if this new deck also simulates this, of if it just works like the old super game boy and does nothing but play them. I'd like to see what you think.

BlkPaladin · « **Reply #1 on:** June 19, 2003, 04:51:05 PM »

No it makes the gamecube into a GBA. You will need another gamecube to do the link thing.

Bloodworth · « **Reply #2 on:** June 19, 2003, 08:31:35 PM »

We'll have a huge FAQ about this before next week, so keep on the lookout.

joeamis · « **Reply #3 on:** June 19, 2003, 08:46:24 PM »

you don't need a 2nd gamecube to link!!!
I believe you can still use the link (GBA to GC) cable even with the GB Player attached
and if for some Bizarre reason you couldn't then just unconnect the player...(ok so it doesn't unconnect very easily but hey it's not that hard)

Bloodworth · « **Reply #4 on:** June 19, 2003, 10:20:59 PM »

Ok, since it will be a day or two before this goes up, Joeamis is totally wrong. You can't use the GBP if it's unconnected. Period. There's no way for it to even receive power. As for connecting them, using the same system, that's bogus as well. The Game Boy Player disc has to be in the system to tell it how to run the audio and video. I'll go into more detail on the FAQ.

joeamis · « **Reply #5 on:** June 19, 2003, 10:24:42 PM »

I didn't say that Bloodworth, I said if you can't use the GBA to GC link cable with the GB Player attached
then you can use the link cable when the GB Player is unattached... that has nothing to do with using the GB Player unattached... I never said you could use the GB Player when it was unattached! I'm not a total dumb@#$

Bloodworth · « **Reply #6 on:** June 19, 2003, 11:02:53 PM »

Oh I see. I totally misinterpreted what you were saying. Yeah, having the Game Boy Player does not hinder your ability to do a normal link up to a Game Boy Advance. You can even use connectivity features with the Player if you have a Cube with a GC game and another Cube with the GBP.

Bartman3010 · « **Reply #7 on:** June 21, 2003, 02:10:48 AM »

Wait, if the disc can turn the player on, so that should mean that any future game can recieve data from the cartridge slot if the disc tells the system to activate it?

Hey, it should be possible, if the GBP is connected to the system, the GCN shoulld be able to see it at the least. Theres no reason it shouldnt work.

Bloodworth · « **Reply #8 on:** June 21, 2003, 03:15:16 PM »

Making this the official thread now.

Christberg · « **Reply #9 on:** June 21, 2003, 03:50:31 PM »

Here's a question you didn't answer:

Can you use the US bootdisc with a Japanese Gameboy Player? Some guy who already has one and knows how to get a US one cheap wanted to know.

Bloodworth · « **Reply #10 on:** June 21, 2003, 04:27:04 PM »

As soon as we can confirm that Nintendo will be sparing replacement boot discs and can check it out, we'll let you know.

Joshtheleo · « **Reply #11 on:** June 21, 2003, 04:46:18 PM »

How cheap of nintendo..i was all for the gameboy player till i read that faq...no mode for Widescreen tvs! the gba has a widescreen and i thought the 16:9 ratio was a standard in japan? no progressive scan is a dissapointment but no biggy. not using the super gameboy features? now that one is dumb, Nintendo released 2 super gameboy's and plenty of games aready include the code for them, was it going to be that difficult for the gbp to read the extra code?

now that im done ranting, one question for bloodworth. How do gbc and gb games look on the tv, i mean do they fill the screen, fit in a window, or are they horizontaly streched like on the gba (which is dumb, they should have streched it verticaly)?

Clonester · « **Reply #12 on:** June 21, 2003, 05:05:47 PM »

Has anyone played Donkey Kong GBA on the GB Player? How does it stack up to it's SNES counterpart in terms of graphics on the Player?

What about other GBA games? In the FAQ you said Yoshi's Island looked nice on the GB Player. Does this game as well as other SNES ports look as good as they did on the SNES? That's really the only thing I was wondering before I purchase it. I'm happy about the better quality sound, because great sound adds a lot to a game. Also, if Chrono Trigger was ever ported to the GBA, I would be happy that the great soundtrack would remain top quality on the GB Player, because I'm sure it wouldn't be quite up to par on the GBA speakers.

RickPowers · « **Reply #13 on:** June 21, 2003, 05:08:25 PM »

Those questions are answered in the FAQ, Josh. The games can either be played with a frame, or stretched to fit the screen.

As for it being "cheap" of Nintendo ... it's not. Maybe it was a technical limitation, maybe not. What we do know is that the Game Boy Player was effectively developed by a VERY small team, and I'm sure that such niche features were just not a priority.

Big_Pimp · « **Reply #14 on:** June 21, 2003, 05:11:03 PM »

I can't wait to play Advance Wars 2 on a TV screen with my friends.

SuckLikeAFox · « **Reply #15 on:** June 21, 2003, 05:27:28 PM »

The GBP is great, I have the import (no stupid black on indigo)
But you made one mistake, it very well does support progressive scan

Bloodworth · « **Reply #16 on:** June 21, 2003, 06:12:17 PM »

Ah shoot, I'm fixing it now

Bloodworth · « **Reply #17 on:** June 21, 2003, 06:33:53 PM »

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now that im done ranting, one question for bloodworth. How do gbc and gb games look on the tv, i mean do they fill the screen, fit in a window, or are they horizontaly streched like on the gba (which is dumb, they should have streched it verticaly)?

They work just as they do on GBA: Either a framed screen at the normal GB dimensions or a horizontally stretched screen.

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Does this game as well as other SNES ports look as good as they did on the SNES?

Totally depends on the game. As I mentioned, we did a side-by-side with Mario World and it looks better on GBA. I haven't seen DKC yet, so I'm not sure.

TheYoungerPlumber · « **Reply #18 on:** June 21, 2003, 06:44:17 PM »

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no mode for Widescreen tvs!

Actually, adding support for widescreen TV's would be a huge effort and, quite honestly, pointless. Every digital widescreen TV I've seen has a zoom feature that should do a pretty good job of filling the screen.

sm4k · « **Reply #19 on:** June 21, 2003, 07:43:54 PM »

Nice FAQ, I have been looking for something like this to verify/dismiss various rumors that I have been hearing.

I was disapointed to get a confirmation that it would require a boot disk, I was hoping that it would come with a disk that would - in effect - flash the gamecube's bios and give it the added feature for you to select to boot to the GBP or to a GC game, somewhat similar to how if you are using a PS2 and hit some buttons before the game actually boots, it presents you with a menu, if you want to boot off the cd or mess around with your memory card. Alas, was not to be.

I was also hoping that it would do what Shorty McNostril was talking about, let you put a game like Metroid Fusion into the GBP, that running Metroid Prime and choosing the Link Bonuses that it would recognize that Fusion was in the GBP, and unlock all the features just as it would if you were linking a real GBA. Again, not to be, but maybe in the future.

All in All I'm really looking forward to this. I just had one question about what the FAQ talked about, the controls. You can only choose from 2 given sets of control lay outs? You can't map your own? I ask this because I have imported one of those Hori controllers, similar to a SNES controller, to play GBA games on with the GBP. I figured that it had the perfect amount of buttons and would be the ideal controller for the situation. But if I can only choose between two button layouts, I guess the 'select' button on the Hori controller will be going to waste, instead of being my Select button on the GBP.

Bloodworth · « **Reply #20 on:** June 21, 2003, 07:53:54 PM »

Well, what does the select button on the Hori controller map to anyways?

Pale · « **Reply #21 on:** June 21, 2003, 08:13:54 PM »

Does anyone have any more news on the supposed q version of the gbp? like a release date?

sm4k · « **Reply #22 on:** June 21, 2003, 08:33:08 PM »

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Originally posted by: Bloodworth
Well, what does the select button on the Hori controller map to anyways?

No idea, I haven't recieved it yet, I ordered it last Friday (June 13th) and did standard global, since it's going from Hong-Kong to Missouri, USA, I would assume that I'm not going to get it till Monday or Tuesday.

Wooly427 · « **Reply #23 on:** June 21, 2003, 08:49:15 PM »

In the FAQ it said that some games like Castlevania Aria of Sorrow don't look as good? Do they look really bad or something? Why? What about Harmony of Dissonance and Circle of the Moon??? That is one of the reasons I am getting this GBP and now you're telling me it looks like crap?? Please inform me!

mud3342 · « **Reply #24 on:** June 21, 2003, 10:03:43 PM »

Hello fellow gamecube and or gameboy players. ^_^ I have news of the GBP!! First off, the
2 settings for the controller on the GBP are to either have the X and Y both be the select button and for L and R to be the GBA's L and R, or for L and R both to be select and Y be L and X be R, also, the "Hori Digital controller" works perfect with the GBP, for all the select button is is a 2nd Y button, so all u have to do is use the first controller option in the GBP and the select on the controller will be the select in the game. Next, I have much bigger news about the GBP and Gamecube Q connectability, for I, myself, have gotten them to work perfectly together, the only main "problem" is that u have to do a bit a sawing, for the Q's front legs and a few nubs on the GBP must be removed for them to fit together. Now, I didnt have any trouble with this, but please if you plan on doing this procedure, please use extreme caution, for among other things, scratching the bottom of the Q is almost inevitable, and also if u are not in the knowing of how this might work, please ask for others assistance, but if wat u rilly want is a Q that plays GBA games then this is ur only way, good luck! ^_^

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