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Special Famicom Edition GBA Revealed

Posted by simoniker on from the potent-geek-toy dept.

Tim Grube writes "Gaming Horizon is running a story announcing that Nintendo of Japan has revealed a special edition GameBoy Advance SP to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Famicom/NES. A total of 1000 will be made and will not be available for sale. Instead, they will be given away as part of a lottery if you purchase certain GBA games." IGN Pocket has more information, including a good picture of the unit, which sports the original maroon and white Famicom colors.

3 of 18 comments (clear)

  1. NEStalgia by isaac · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now in order to fully replicate that NEStalgia, this special edition needs an extra-flaky cartridge connector that randomly stops working until you blow into it for 3 minutes. :/

    -isaac

    --
    I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice. For Entertainment Purposes Only.
  2. pure genius. by andrew_dupont · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Great marketing strategy--giving GBAs to those who already have them.

    (Yeah, yeah, I know. Collector's item and whatnot.)

    I rather like the ugly little unit, actually. Bit of a nostalgia kick that only the Japanese can appreciate.

  3. NES Colors? by FoxIVX · · Score: 3, Informative

    which sports the original maroon and white NES colors.

    Actually, it sports the original Famicon colors, white, marron and gold. Nothing to do with the NES, which looks NOTHING at all like a Famicon. The North American NES was grey/dark grey and bright red.