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Old 03-02-03, 08:55 PM
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Is the Gamecube Keyboard ever going to see the light of day in the US?

We've been playing Animal Crossing for the last week and I'm getting sick of typing letters with the controller. After looking through some posts on AC from a few months ago, some one mentioned the keyboard they imported from Japan for the Phantasy Star Online game... and said it was compatible with the US systems... and if I remember correctly, AC.

So are we ever going to see it here in the US? or is my only choice to import it or scope out eBay?

Here's what it looks like:



... also what about the SD/Memory card? It would be cool to post your AC town online for other folks.


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The SD adaptor should have been made available at launch. It would have solved all the memory card issues. Nintendo dropped the ball on that and it cost them big time.

The keyboard probably won't make it stateside. If Phantasy Star had been a bigger seller there may have been more demand.
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I have the keyboard and it is NOT compatible with Animal Crossing.
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Originally posted by darkside
The SD adaptor should have been made available at launch. It would have solved all the memory card issues. Nintendo dropped the ball on that and it cost them big time.

The keyboard probably won't make it stateside. If Phantasy Star had been a bigger seller there may have been more demand.
The SD would have also reduced the amount of memory cards they sold = less bling bling for Shiggy. Just like how they mysteriously left off a headphones jack for GBA SP and everyone will have to drop an extra $5 to get one now. The markup on memory cards and headphones jacks have to be incredible.
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Originally posted by mljones99
I have the keyboard and it is NOT compatible with Animal Crossing.
That's good to know. Some folks on eBay were saying that it did.
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That's good to know. Some folks on eBay were saying that it did.
Unless there is some kind of magic trick to getting it to work they are lying. Wish it did though. Which reminds me, I just got my action replay last week and I haven't tried out the keyboard with it to see if it works when entering codes.
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too big of a controller for me
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Probably will for Animal Crossing 2. I did get pretty good at typing letters though

and I believe PSO and the keyboard did sell , the problem was that after they sold them all they didn't make anymore....

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