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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. Makes up for the lack of PAL s-video... by Kris_J · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Finally something to make up for the fact that Nintendo screwed over Australia for the sake of Europe. RGB might be popular there, but equipment in Oz tends to go for S-Video first. Finding out that the PAL GC has no S-video stopped me from buying one. Since I'm a huge fan of the GBA, bundling the adapter will probably change my mind.

    That is of course if Australia ever sees the bundle.

  2. How about an SNES/NES/N64 Player by PaddyM · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Come on Nintendo. You know you could do it.