goLUCKY

Is the Colbalt color blue?

darkside

Okay, tell me the power cord is going to be longer than this.

Quake1028

Yes, the cobalt is blue/purple/indigo.

jeffdsmith

Him, it says Nintendo is responding to pressure from gaming on cell-phones... Wasn't there somebody on this board saying that cell phones were going to cut in the GBA? I can't remeber who that was...



(I'll await your equally annoying response. )

bluntman72

I just noticed that EB has the Gameboy SP on pre-order with some horrible bundle which I refuse to get 129.99 for a (99.99 system) and a 30 dollar EB coupon for your next order. I refuse to be forced to pay 30 dollars extra for a 30 dollar coupon since my cash is worth more to me than an EB coupon.

focker

I don't think this is an AC adapter, it's just a battery pack. You only use the wall plug when charging the pack.

Gallant Pig

But it looks like it will be hanging from the wall with the length of that cord.

darqleo

It looks to me that the cord part is made in Photoshop. They probably shorten it in that pic to make it cleaner looking.

Wazootyman

I'm strongly thinking about picking this up. I think I might be able to sell my current GBA + Cobra recharger for ~$50, and it would probably be $90 the first week, like the original GBA was... and that's only $40... which is ONLY 5 hours of work!

When I read about this at first in the USA Today, I was skeptical about it, but this thread is pushing me toward wanting to buy it

Gallant Pig

Am I the only one who sees the rechargers as a none-issue and maybe even problematic? I use NiMH for my GBAs and always have a spare along. Now I'd have to buy a second "special" battery if I wanted a spare.

Josh H

The recharger is another reason I wouldn't buy one.

I play mine 99% of the time with an AC adapter (will be 99% of the time on the TV when the GC adapter comes out), and don't mind using plain old batteries on the rare occasions I play the GBA outside of the home.

Gallant Pig

Josh, sounds like you should sell your GBA and get a GBA Player for GCN.

Josh H

I probably will Gallant. I'm definitely getting the GCN GBA player when it comes out. Whether I sell the GBA or not will depend on what I can get out of it, I kind of figure they won't go for very much after the SP comes out.

QuAcKeR

I already modded my GBA with the TV output adaptor to play on the big screen....

Then I put in the Afterburner....

Now I have the perfect machine and they go releasing this cool gadget?!

I can't imagine it looking much better than an Afterburner system, but I can't wait to see it.

If nothing else it will be fun when some kid with an sp makes fun of my original GBA and I get to show off the light and tv connection! whee!

Gallant Pig

Quacker how do your games look scaled to tv size?

zero

Excited?

No..Im sexually arroused.

darqleo

There's one on eBay already :

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=1950560884

eatntae

i already own an arctic (white) gba, but i was very tempted to buy another gba (the black one at toys r us) during the holidays. its a good thing i didn't, but i wish nintendo would at least release the gba sp in all the colors to match the gamecubes, which is why i wanted the toys r us black to begin with. i know i could import the black gba sp, but it still doesn't make sense to me why they wouldn't release black in the US. unless... they wait a year and half after the release of the gba sp, and release a black exclusive to toys r us again after i buy one of the launch colors. bastards!

vd0man

Just a few things I 've read elsewhere on the net that haven't been mentioned here yet:

• The screen locks at about 150 degrees, so you can't fold it out completely flat to resemble the original GameBoy.
• According to Nintendo, the reason it looks like it does (very low-key, square, and available in limited colors) is to appeal to adults. It's just another step in Nintendo's campaign to appear less 'kiddy'.
• A comment from Steve, working for Edge magazine: "Buttons and d-pad lie very flat, seem to be microswitched (you can hear a click when you press them.)"
• While it's possible to play and charge the batteries at the same time, the headphones adapter doesn't have a pass-thru so you can't listen through the headphones and charge at the same time.

PixyJunket

SO Feb 14th for the Japanese release, eh?

goLUCKY

I want a transparent "kiddie" color GBA-sp! I am soooo tired of grey/silver/metallic gadgets. If it is plastic, don't make it look like metal, I always think that looks crappy.

they could always make it postee note yellow!

ottolam

I don't have a e Reader for GBA, but just curious, how well can it fit in the new GBA SP because the game slot is at the bottom now!

Deadpool

I don't think it's going to work because I believe the e reader is powered through the link slot on the GBA.

ottolam

So I guess it is not fully backward compatible.

Gizmo

Usually there are a few games/acc. that don't work with the system. Look at PS2.