Gameboy Micro with a Macro Price

[Shockeye]

Game Boy Micro Date and Price Revealed
The miniaturized Game Boy Advance will ship next month in two flavors.
by Craig Harris

August 17, 2005 - Nintendo has revealed that the company will release the Game Boy Micro handheld system on September 17th in North America. The unit, available in two different colors (Black and Silver, will retail for $99.99.

The Game Boy Micro is a redesigned version of the existing Game Boy Advance platform, a unit that plays all GBA games in a much smaller handheld system. The unit measures a scant four inches wide, two inches tall, and .7 inches thick, and weighs just 2.8 ounces, complete with built-in rechargeable battery. The device has replaceable face plates that protect the high contrast backlit LCD screen.

The black Game Boy Micro will include one faceplate with a "Flame" design of fiery yellow double helixes on an orange background. It also will come with a green "Camouflage" faceplate and a silver faceplate. The silver Game Boy Micro will include an "Ammonite" faceplate with a dark blue swirling pattern. It also will come with a "Ladybug" faceplate that features a ladybug on a large pink gerbera daisy, and a black faceplate.

The Game Boy Micro is compatible with all Game Boy Advance titles, but will not play Game Boy or Game Boy Color titles. Nintendo did not reveal pricing on individual faceplates.

The Game Boy Micro will also launch in Europe on November 4th 2005. For that territory's launch, the system will be available in four colors: Silver, Green, Blue and Pink. The system will retail at around £69.

$100? $100?! Drop it to $50 you numbfucks.

[Alkiera]

So, it's smaller because they took out all the hardware that made it backwards-compatible?  Heh.  Clever, that.  I suppose if they'd actually emulated the GB/GBC instead of just including all the hardware along with the GBA inside the case, they could have been that small to begin with.

Alkiera

[HaemishM]

Wow, $100 for a way too small portable? How about not?

[Merusk]

All the Gameboys have debuted at $99 though.  That this one did as well is no big surprise.  Plus, it just pushes GBA prices down farther, which is a superior system (since you can play the other games) so win-win.