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Nintendo Bundles GBA Adaptor With Gamecube

Posted by simoniker on from the no-price-cut-but-extra-swag dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Which GB? by PyroMosh · · Score: 3, Informative

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

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  2. Re:Which GB? by prockcore · · Score: 4, Informative

    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.