Nintendo Bundles GBA Adaptor With Gamecube

Thanks to a multitude of sites for pointing to a new Nintendo press release announcing they're bundling the Gameboy Player with the Nintendo Gamecube system, starting June 23rd. The Gamecube will keep its US price of $149 for this added-value deal. For those unsure about what the Gameboy Player is, the press release explains it's "..a platform less than an inch thick, which acts as a base for the Nintendo GameCube. By simply inserting Game Boy cartridges [GB/GBC/GBA] into a slot in the Game Boy Player, consumers can use their Nintendo GameCube controller to direct action on the TV screen."

Comments

Re:Which GB?

[PyroMosh]

The Gameboy Advance and the Gameboy Advance SP are the same platform. Just a diffrent form factor. They both play exactly the same games.

Re:Which GB?

[prockcore]

Neither.

It's the GB Player. It's a little device that plugs into the bottom of the gamecube.

There's picture and an article here:
http://www.gamespy.com/hardware/march03/gbp layer/

It lets you play gameboy games on the gamecube, with a gamecube controller.

Have a LAN party

[yerricde]

but I guess someone could write software to create four separate GBA sessions on a single GC

No. It's not emulated. There is only one piece of GBA hardware in the GB Player accessory.

The proper way to run four-player Mario Kart Super Circuit on TVs is LAN-party style. Get four TVs, four GameCube systems and four GB Player accessories (or four GCN/GB Player bundles), four copies of the game (most games artificially limit what is available with one cartridge), and a 4-player link cable. Then connect the link cable to each GB Player, making sure the short plug is in the GB Player that starts the game.

How do I know this? Anybody who reads Nintendo Power can be as knowledgeable about Nintendo's plans as alleged troll Dr. Samir Gupta claims to be.