The time has come my friends. It’s time to retire a Nintendo legend’s number for good (and I’m not talking Michael Jordan retirement here, I’m talking permanent).
Here is the complete list of Game Boy Advance software on the way for the second quarter of 2007, courtesy a Nintendo press release from this afternoon: Summer — Shrek the Third (Activision)
Game Boy Advance — it arrived on the scene with a roar and a dim screen, and goes out on a Shrek sounding whimper. Hardly seems fair, but hey this is Nintendo and when they want to drop a system they drop a system. Then Perrin Kaplan revives it with an erroneous press interview, then they kill it again, and Kaplan revives it. Par for the course.
R.I.P.I got my first gameboy after selling 100 gifts for Sunshine Sales Club. The link cable fit snugly inside of my school desk, so we could have tetris battles during class. Moved on to the GBA, and seriously considered one of those Afterburner mods. The GBA SP is still one of the best products Nintendo has ever made. I never used the micro but it seems so small that it would be uncomfortable.
My guess is a new game boy era will begin in 08/09. Gameboy hd, or gameboy ws (wide screen) would be nice. Three pillars all the way! Anyways, thanks Gameboys, for all the quality time we've spent so far!
So, this is, what? The ninth time the GameBoy was declared "dead within the year"??And Kurta!, the new GameBoy era already started in 2006… It is called "DS".
InvisibleMan, as a Game Boy diehard, I'm quite offended by your statement just now. Nintendo DS is not a Game Boy. Everything Nintendo has ever said about the handheld is contrary to it being a Game Boy, and for a while (though I suppose they cancelled it) they were working on the Game Boy's successor alongside the Nintendo DS.Don't get me wrong, DS is great, but I'll be damned before people start calling it a Game Boy…
If Reggie hears about this, InvisibleMan… he will kick your ass and you will live on as the InvisibleMan without a name. lol. By the way, I got my first DS back in 2004.
Ooops… has it been THAT long?? I guess you are right!I was just playing the Devil's advocate, by the way… my GBA micro gets far more gameplay from me than my DS… I LOVE the little bugger! I still think the micro is the best handheld ever designed.
mmm… never layed my hands on one of those… I think I'll go get one soon. I really REALLY want the Famicom edition though….!
DAMNITAnd I want A Gameboy In Motion.They did it with Wario and Yoshi. Based on the Wii's succes, why not build a whole handheld around it. You heard it here first ladies and gents… I can see us all now, waving our gameboys all over the place in plains, trains and automobiles.
"GameBoy is Dead" posts are the bread n' butter for slow news days.