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Limited-Edition, Coffin-Sealed Boktai GBA
Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to Gamespot's coverage of the limited-edition GameBoy Advance SP set to be released alongside Konami's light-sensing portable title Boktai this July in Japan. And since the game is about vampires, it makes sense that the Boktai red and black two-tone GBA hardware should come in.. a coffin carrying-case? Neat. As long as your new GBA doesn't crumble into dust on contact with sunlight, it can join the myriad other limited-edition Japanese GameBoy Advances.
Nothing beats a Gameboy you can play in your coffin. Nothing.
how do i shot web?
Just give it half of my daily intake of caffeine! Sunlight is a complete bitch...
You can't judge a book by the way it wears its hair.
Would that be like "Add color!" or "Tell Gameboy it's very pretty!"? Perhaps you mean Gameboys Advanced . . .
Mr. Burns: Well, if it isn't little...uh, Game... Boy!"
Or doing all three at the same time.
After all, 10 or 15 years from now if you still have the machine, at least you won't be wondering why the hell you bought one that was practically devoted to a single game (which still hasn't proven itself mind you). I pity the fools who bought the Pikachu N64.
The coffin case is another matter entirely...
--Zero
-"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man." -EH
I want this game...and I want this gameboy...and I want the case. I want to move to japan so I don't keep getting screwed out of cool, completely unnecessary stuff that has no additional worth outside of it's 'neat' factor. Oh well, at least I can get the game soon.
"How like you to drag your keyboard to a gun fight." - Aaron Bedard (BANE)
Is it just me or does the sun-light sensor in this game seem not like an innovation, but rather a gimmick to end all gimmicks?
:(
Maybe a light sensor would have been ok, at least that gives you the option of playing indoors - but a game that requires you to go outside? More than that, from what I have read about it it seems that the more sunlight the better. In other words it isn't something that adds depth to the game, by requiring you to think about whether you need to be in the light/dark - rather the more light the more powerful your weapon.
My final complaint probably stems from the fact that I live in Australia, where we are (at least the sane ones) rather sun-conscious - we have this lovely big hole in the ozone layer right above us, and one of the highest UV ratings around... Over the last few decades skin-cancer has become more of a concern and there have been many campaigns on the tv and in schools to teach sun-safety. This game does the exact opposite... Sure I am a game playing geek, but do I really want to die for my sins?
The Japanese aren't having all the fun ;) The NYC Pokemon Center store (somewhere between the Jewelry District and Rockefeller Center) sells their own limited-edition GBA which is Pikachu and Pichu themed.
"Gameboy Advance is our gift to the world," said Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo's lead designer. "Players have to frolic outside under the sun to enjoy our creation. Sitting next to gardens, ignoring hidden bushes and other secret areas, players wile away the hours of the day outside squinting at their machines as if contemplating the mysterious role of magic and technology in their futures. Striking the necessary balance between sunlight and glare is like balancing the blinding joys of your family with the with often painful glare of public persona. Children exploring a digial representation of what it is like to be children.
"But soon cheats became available in the form of unlicenced 3rd party attachments. Instead of playing outside together but separately, they were able to play at night, inside houses, or under the shade of trees. 'What is going on here? What is on the screen? Is that a coin or a fireball?' The enticing exploration of obfuscation offered by the Gameboy Advance was lost to the cheating light of clear answers. 'Oh, that's a coin.' There was no mystery. No joy. No sun."
Miyamoto then went on to describe some of the specifics of the collaboration with Konami.
"Konami and Nintendo are collaborating to correct this situation. With Boktai, Konami has released a game requiring gamers once again to play outside under the sun. You become a true half human, half vampire hunter, trying to solve the game before you yourself burn. This level of interactivity has never been seen before in a game. This game brings players back out into the sun with their machines, the way they were designed to be played. Once again, thousands of young and young-at-heart can ignore the grass beneath their feet and stay oblivious to the secrets surrounding them. 'What is under the glare?' 'Is that a fireball or a retina spot?' Thanks to Konami and Boktai, the true spirit of the GameBoy Advance re-emerges.
"Our upcoming Pikmin Cube, the first 1,024mb cartridge available for the Game Cube, will also take advantage of this technology. Pikmin Cube contains miniature Game Boy Advances which must be planted in brightly lit spots to become colorful little Game Alien Advances, which can be used for such things are stopping your aliens from working and causing your aliens to neglect their families. Like all Game Cube games, Pikmin Cube will take advantage of the Link cable to transfer your own miniature Game Boy Advance, which you must then bury in a sunny spot in the garden. After two weeks of the right combination of warmpth and moisture, something magical happens. I won't tell you exactly what it is, but I can say that it is cute, happy, and out to save the world.
"The future is as bright as a sunny day again."
-Article reproduced with permission from Optometry Review
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