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Game Boy Advance SP Sells 1.1 Million in U.S.

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the cowboyneal's-pokémon-addiction dept.

clu76 writes "An article at Business Wire indicates that Nintendo has sold 1.1 million Game Boy Advance SPs since hitting the shelves less than 10 weeks ago. The article goes on to say, 'The new model has sold at a rate of more than 10 per minute, non-stop, since launch.' Two new colors of the popular handheld have also been announced: Flame (red) and Onyx (black)." I'd attribute this to the SP being the first Game Boy to have a screen that's viewable in total darkness, as well as not requiring batteries. Anyone got ideas for what to do with an old GBA?

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  1. More on colors by generic-man · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's a high-resolution picture of the two new colors. Unfortunately, you won't be able to buy one until September.

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  2. Use it? by sporty · · Score: 4, Informative
    Anyone got ideas for what to do with an old GBA?


    Get some rechargable batteries and a lamp. Use it. You'll live.

    Or use your m4d h4XX0r1ng skilz and get an afterburner lighting kit for it.

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    ping -f 255.255.255.255 # if only

  3. Total darkness? by moronga · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'd attribute this to the SP being the first Game Boy to have a screen that's viewable in total darkness

    What about the Gameboy Light?

  4. Re:Games? by Dylan+Zimmerman · · Score: 5, Informative

    Well, you've got Golden Sun, which is easily the best handheld RPG that I've ever played. Then there's Metroid Fusion, which is a game worthy of the Metroid name. Last, but not least, Advance Wars, which is the most addictive game that I have ever played.

    Any one of those is worth getting at least the original GBA.

  5. Re:I love my GBA SP by alphaseven · · Score: 4, Informative
    Oh, and the headphone adapter. What the hell is up with that?

    From an interview with Kenichi Sugino, the guy behind the design of the GBA SP:

    Q: One of the main complaints people have about the SP is its lack of built-in headphone jack. What was the reason behind removing it?
    KS: Well, you can use headphones with the SP if you plug in an adapter, of course. In the beginning we planned to include the jack, but from a purely physical standpoint, we just couldn't get it in. (laughs) If we put the port in, then that's that much cubic volume we can't use for other parts of the GBA. We were worried, of course, how people would respond to that, but when we looked at our research, we found that the percentage of people that use headphones with their GBA is actually pretty low. It's low, but there are people that use them, so we decided to build the system with the majority of users in mind and, at the same time, also accommodate the rest of the people that play it with the adapter. It was a compromise, you could say.
    Not sure that I buy that but there you go.