The new Game Boy! I remember when I got my first Game Boy - back in like 1989 or something like that. It's been around for a long ass time, and the next version has just been unveiled to the people. Including Kayn.
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After I clubbed him over the head with a nearby Pokemon strategy guide, I made my way to the cashier to purchase the portable wonder toy. The cashier guy scanned it and looked at me, "Yeah, I want one of these too. But they don't have an individial light source like the original Game Boy, and that sucks." I didn't care what he though at all, because there was b00bage next to me, and I was trying to catch a glimpe of succulant, fleshy mounds. After he was screaming, "SIR! QUIT STARING AT B00BAGE!" he handed me the goods and I was outta there.
I then got home with my happy-fun stuff, and proceeded to turn on the AC. It was about 95 degrees in my apartment (which is the equivalent of sitting down on a hot skillet). Funny thing was, the AC wasn't blowing cold air. The air...was the same temperature as the room. STUPID AC! I had to get the stupid super-guy to get me a portable AC until their sorry asses fixed my AC. Bastards.
So I unwrapped everything and got it all working. Now, one thing I noticed that startled me - the games are TINY. Take your ordinary Game Boy game, and a GBA game is about 1/3 the size of that. That is very small. But it's kinda nifty how that works - they cram lots of happy times into a little piece of plastic and silicon. That's all that matters.
So I fired the game up, the cool little splash screen came up, then I barely saw what was up next. I turned up my bright lamp and had to move around a little bit to see the screen, then I had to fight the glare on the screen from the light source. I finally got into the perfect spot at my kitchen table (though it was still hard to see), and began to play.
This is something bad - I don't know why Nintendo decided to take out an individual light source. Marketing scheme? Ploy?
Nintendo Guy: "FWAAAHAHA! Now, they will have to pay twenty more dollars to buys the LIGHT SOURCE!!!11 WE ARE SCHMART!"Bad, bad move Nintendo. Now I gotta go get me something so I can see the game better.
After about 15 minutes of slashing my way through bad guys, my right thumb (the one where the A and B buttons are) started to become cramped, and I had to take breaks from playing. That was of course, STUPID. The placement of the A and B buttons should be slightly more slanted towards the screen for comfort reasons.
Lots of good things though, for one, the screen is bigger. I like that, and the resolution isn't like 1x1 like the original Game Boy was. Tons of colors can be programmed into the game (I think like up to 50,000 +), and the sound was very clear. The sounds and music was similar to that of the SNES (which sounded damn good), so for a portable gaming system, hell yea-yuh. I like the L and R buttons added to the top, and I like how the whole system itself was kept nice and portable. This is going to be a great little toy for my road travels.
Also, another great feature: When the Gamecube is released, you will have the ability to hook up the GBA to the Gamecube for TV play. That's a great thing, seeing that they already screwed up without having a light source built into the GBA. Stupid marketing ploy!
Nintendo Guy: "BWAHAHAHAH!!"All in all, I really like the GBA. I can't wait to see what types of games come out for it. I'm hoping there's a cool tetris game on the way - that keeps you busy for hours when you're bored or traveling. I wish Murph would elaborate on the, "Mega Mayunn Battle Netwerk."
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