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Game Boy Micro <3 Thread
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stuminus3
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I have an enormous amount of love for my GBM, even after being seduced by the DS Lite and it's eyeball-searing brightness.
I REALLY wish Nintendo's so-called 'third pillar' strategy actually meant something other than being something to fall back on if the DS wasn't as big as a success as it's being. IMO, the GBM doesn't NEED a successor (which unfortunately the DS has become)... it's pretty much the last hope for old school gimmick-free 2D gaming, what with the DS being all dual-screen and touchy, the Wii being all motion-controlled, and everything else being all 'LOOK AT ME HD HI-TECH 3D WOW!'.
It's perfect for what it does, and could continue to do so for many, many years to come... if Nintendo hadn't dropped the whole Game Boy line like a lead balloon.
<3 GBM!
I REALLY wish Nintendo's so-called 'third pillar' strategy actually meant something other than being something to fall back on if the DS wasn't as big as a success as it's being. IMO, the GBM doesn't NEED a successor (which unfortunately the DS has become)... it's pretty much the last hope for old school gimmick-free 2D gaming, what with the DS being all dual-screen and touchy, the Wii being all motion-controlled, and everything else being all 'LOOK AT ME HD HI-TECH 3D WOW!'.
It's perfect for what it does, and could continue to do so for many, many years to come... if Nintendo hadn't dropped the whole Game Boy line like a lead balloon.
<3 GBM!
GBA/GBA SP/GBm had a great run. DS is also seeing a slew of excellent 2D content (with and without touchiness).
Gotta admit though, I retired my GBm when I got a DSL, but now that I've partaken of its tiny goodness once again, I've found my new favorite GBA device.
Gotta admit though, I retired my GBm when I got a DSL, but now that I've partaken of its tiny goodness once again, I've found my new favorite GBA device.
Sorry I disagree...DS -> GBA any day of the week.
Not to say the GBA was a bad system, no, I bought 2 at launch but there is a reason I own almost 60 DS games in under 2 years while only owning around 10 GBA carts since it launched. GBA is more or less a portable SNES. Boring. It does nothing new technically and even took away buttons in the process. Welcome to 1992. Nothing wrong with that but the DS isn't in the same boat to make it fair nor very exciting as a gamer. Totally different animal. I'm personally glad to see the GBA going the way of the dinosaur especially in view of the software we've seen for it over the past couple of years...Poor kids and movie license titles were outnumbering quality 1st rate titles 10:1. It was damn near embarassing as a gamer. It was becoming a cesspool for low quality shovelware. Nintendo rested on their laurels and thank you Sony for waking them up and giving us the awesome DS.
The DS has brought so much more to the table its not even worth comparing the two. DS by a long shot. Heck just the single cart multiplay aspect with up to 8 people in some games alone is huge. Plus hey, you get access to GBA to boot so everyone wins. Developers are able to take things to new fresher directions which is why the DS has become the insane buzz system in the industry right now.
That all aside, the GB Micro is a neat little system that I'd love to check out as a compliment to my DS for when my DS cannot be with me.
Not to say the GBA was a bad system, no, I bought 2 at launch but there is a reason I own almost 60 DS games in under 2 years while only owning around 10 GBA carts since it launched. GBA is more or less a portable SNES. Boring. It does nothing new technically and even took away buttons in the process. Welcome to 1992. Nothing wrong with that but the DS isn't in the same boat to make it fair nor very exciting as a gamer. Totally different animal. I'm personally glad to see the GBA going the way of the dinosaur especially in view of the software we've seen for it over the past couple of years...Poor kids and movie license titles were outnumbering quality 1st rate titles 10:1. It was damn near embarassing as a gamer. It was becoming a cesspool for low quality shovelware. Nintendo rested on their laurels and thank you Sony for waking them up and giving us the awesome DS.
The DS has brought so much more to the table its not even worth comparing the two. DS by a long shot. Heck just the single cart multiplay aspect with up to 8 people in some games alone is huge. Plus hey, you get access to GBA to boot so everyone wins. Developers are able to take things to new fresher directions which is why the DS has become the insane buzz system in the industry right now.
That all aside, the GB Micro is a neat little system that I'd love to check out as a compliment to my DS for when my DS cannot be with me.
the fact is that the GBm is the ONLY portable console.womp said:
By this I mean a console that you can pop out of your pocket and play everywhere you are, without messing with a stylus and being no bigger that a cell phone to carry.
This id why I (and I think all of us) are all in love with our GBm.
If you got only 10 games for it you missed something for sure:
2 metroid
2 advance wars
ffta
mario&luigi
2 zelda
2 golden sun
2 wario ware
guru logi champ
2 boktai
mario vs dk
f zero (the first is the one i liked more)
lots of castlevania games
mario golf
mario platformers if you didn't play all of the on nes/snes
astro boy
mario kart
drill dozer!
(without mentioning pokemon if you like)
sound voyager and most if not all the bit generation games
Rhythm Tengoku
Ok, maybe you don' t like the GBm, but at least use that port 2 on your DS
Valtox said:the fact is that the GBm is the ONLY portable console.
By this I mean a console that you can pop out of your pocket and play everywhere you are, without messing with a stylus and being no bigger that a cell phone to carry.
This id why I (and I think all of us) are all in love with our GBm.
If you got only 10 games for it you missed something for sure:
2 metroid
2 advance wars
ffta
mario&luigi
2 zelda
2 golden sun
2 wario ware
guru logi champ
2 boktai
mario vs dk
f zero (the first is the one i liked more)
lots of castlevania games
mario golf
mario platformers if you didn't play all of the on nes/snes
astro boy
mario kart
drill dozer!
(without mentioning pokemon if you like)
sound voyager and most if not all the bit generation games
Rhythm Tengoku
Ok, maybe you don' t like the GBm, but at least use that port 2 on your DS
Never said I don't like the Micro, its neat and I've retired my GBA since the DS came around because OF the Slot 2.
I've got the games that interest me already, trust me I am fully aware of the GBA library having owned it since launch (FZERO and COTM were my first titles). Stuff like Boktai (Can't stand Lunar Knights either, played for hours and bored the crap out of me) and Golden Sun don't interest me in the least otherwise I've played everything on that list already at some point in time. Some games I've played, finished and sold etc but yeah...Great list overall. Wario Twisted I bought on release and is one of my faves especially.
I have to say you are right about the Micro being the most 'Portable' in terms of whipping it out of anywhere you may be but at the end of the day the DS is simply one of my favorite gaming systems ever, bar none that I've owned...And I've pretty much owned them all at some point since the 70's. The fact the DS Lite is portable is icing on the cake HOWEVER I'd still like a GB Micro to compliment it.
Jefklak said:
Awesome stuff...The Micro screen looks great, it has 2 brightness settings right? I think I'm liking the silver frame/black faceplate model myself at the moment. Althought the Famicom one looks snazzy it just doesn't have any connection with me in terms of nostalgia that a true NES faceplate would have.
Thanks for posting them.
GBM has lots of brightness settings. You press L while adjusting the volume. Maybe 10 levels or so.womp said:Awesome stuff...The Micro screen looks great, it has 2 brightness settings right? I think I'm liking the silver frame/black faceplate model myself at the moment. Althought the Famicom one looks snazzy it just doesn't have any connection with me in terms of nostalgia that a true NES faceplate would have.
Thanks for posting them.
@Powerslave: 29€! Get it while stock lasts!
I've been playing the micro a lot the past few weeks, and I even became accustomed to the shoulder buttons. I had the reflex to press them at the outer edges, but it's actually much more comfortable if you press the inner edges. I play Drill Dozer now without ever having a cramped feeling.
Anyway my request from the previous page still stands: if anyone wants to order a black faceplate from the Nintendo store and send it to Europe, that would be totally awesome. I'd pay extra for the trouble etc
Anyway my request from the previous page still stands: if anyone wants to order a black faceplate from the Nintendo store and send it to Europe, that would be totally awesome. I'd pay extra for the trouble etc
I haven't done a direct comparison, but I'd say that the GBm at brightness level 5 (max) is on par with a DSL brightness level 4 (max). GBA SP v2 only has two settings, IIRC (off and OMG bright) and I THINK the GBm was potentially brighter, but I haven't touched my GBA SP v2 since the day I bought it.
The only purpose my GBA SP v2 has now is to play GB/GBC software (and it has the best screen for that). GBm and DS/DSL are GBA-only, of course.
Edit - Yeah, that's right. Regular GBA SP was off/on. GBA SP v2 just has two brightness levels, with no way to turn the light off. Lower level was roughly on par with the regular SP's "on", IIRC.
Edit - Yeah, that's right. Regular GBA SP was off/on. GBA SP v2 just has two brightness levels, with no way to turn the light off. Lower level was roughly on par with the regular SP's "on", IIRC.
Kabuki Quantum Lover
Member
Are there any other places besides Play-Asia where I can get some replacement faceplates? My faceplate has a nasty unwashable stain from a compressed air can.
Beer Monkey
Member
Play-Asia has faceplates? I couldn't find any there.
Kabuki Quantum Lover
Member
Jamesfrom818 said:
Cool, thanks. Just ordered a black and Famicom one. $20 bucks, though...
the thoroughbred
Member
stuminus3 said:
Junior, but I like you. QFT.
Said this many times, but one more can't hurt.
I never had a GB of any sort. I recently got really interested in old school style gaming. I wanted to experience games, that had more though put into them, due to the lack of technical freedom (Technical freedom is something I am not a fan of, in any form of technology. I guess people would call me a minimalist or modernist.) So I bought a GBM last Spring, then bought around 25 games for it during the summer. Still only completed 2, but I still enjoy it, the best bought product of 2006 for me.
the thoroughbred
Member
Valtox said:
Thanks for the answers. I am in the UK. But I always find the tax is never what it should be. Maybe they estimate the value wrong. Also I hate UK Customs & Excize. They always hold on to my orders for around 3-4 weeks. Once an mp3 player took 8 weeks to reach me.
playstencil
Member
So the GBM has a "sleep" feature? Like, you can just pause mid-game, put it to sleep (save battery life) then turn it on and play right where you left off?
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-ju-49-en-70-xfo.html
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-ju-49-en-70-xfn.html
Who nows what's the difference within these 2 products? (ok the presence of mediastage
)What's this mediastage program?
Will it work on non-japanese PCs?
Is the play yan worth buying seen that is in japanese only and the flashcards permit to play mp3 or avi(without any conversion is it true)?
Would it (flash card or play yan) save me the purchase of an hard disk mp3 player that I'd use to play small sized movies and mp3?
tahrikmili
Member
do GBA Micros have region protection? If I import one from US for cheap, can I play games I buy in PAL-land?
PAL is a (along with NTSC, soon defunct) TV standard that has absolutely nothing to do with portable games. Using it to describe a region is not only inaccurate but it also causes needless confusion about compatibility.tahrikmili said:
The term PAL/NTSC games was mostly used back in the day when consoles had fixed outputs, variable outputs was pretty much standardized with the last generation (most games supported NTSC outputs even on European machines) which rendered the term "PAL" inaccurate - and now with the coming HD generation television sets have the same resolution and refresh rate all over the world thus rendering the PAL and NTSC standards obsolete.
But the short answer is that there's no region protection on GBA, that said there are the occasionally version differences that sometimes can cause multiplayer to stop working between different region versions of the games. This is entirely a coding issue though and has absolutely nothing to do with hardware from different regions.
I have taken up playing games on the GBM again and it rocks. My bro took over my DSL to play his megamen battle network series and I wanted to revisit pokemon etc and I love it. It truly is portable and the screen is more comfortable than you would think being so small.
p.s. f u feebas.
p.s. f u feebas.
Only the presence of mediastageValtox said:Who nows what's the difference within these 2 products? (ok the presence of mediastage
What's this mediastage program?
Will it work on non-japanese PCs?
Is the play yan worth buying seen that is in japanese only and the flashcards permit to play mp3 or avi(without any conversion is it true)?
Would it (flash card or play yan) save me the purchase of an hard disk mp3 player that I'd use to play small sized movies and mp3?
yes, but..it's japanese
it can play mp3s and converted videos, but you don't need mediastage, there's a very good program for that on the internet for free
depends on your use
1 GB max
so you can't save too much on one SD card
if you buy several of em it's OK though I guess
the play yan is the only thing i use the micro for nowadays
baseball advance is pretty good if a little barebones...not that i know any of the other baseball games at all though. no clue where to get it though. i found this ebay auction through froogle: http://cgi.ebay.com/Baseball-Advanc...rope-Aust_W0QQitemZ250082339306QQcmdZViewItemS. L. said:
Kabuki Quantum Lover
Member
jluedtke said:Got mine today.
It almost makes me want to pull a Chobot.
I should thank you for inspiring me to get a replacement black faceplate in addition to the Famicom faceplate. It looks really slick on my Famicom Micro.