The Associated Press explores the still relevant and “grandaddy of them all” portable, the Game Boy, with reviews of three new games: Summon Night: Swordcraft Story, Battle B-Daman, and Games Explosion.
From the article: “Seventeen years after its introduction, the Game Boy is still hanging in there. Sure, it’s been through a lot of changes, as the chunky, black-and-white original has slimmed down into the credit-card-sized, color Game Boy Micro. But it’s outlasted three generations of home consoles and helped keep Nintendo afloat…”
How much Nintendo-love does your Game Boy still get? And has anyone played any of the above titles?
I just ordered a Game Boy Micro 🙂 for 39£ (and Metroid Fusion as first game)
Summon Nights: if you love RPGs, you should check this one out! I just started playing it, but I can tell it has a VERY original approach to the genre. Of course, you can usually expect something new from Atlus on the GBA…My micro gets at least as much love as my DS these days, by the way… I keep going back and forth the two, and I stick to one or the other for weeks at a time.I definitely don't see the DS as the "next step" after the GBA: each of the two stands on its own, with each delivering a different type of gaming experience. Some games, like Summon Nights, are simply meant to be played on the GBA, and the experience would NOT enhanced by porting them to the DS. Some others, like Starfox Command, can ONLY be played on the DS… a PSP or console version of it would definitely not work!
The GameBoy systems never impressed me that much. In fact, the DS is the first handheld gaming system I have ever owned. It had enough amazing features to push me over the line, not to mention the awesome library of games.But hey, I'm glad people eat up the GameBoy systems. Any support for the Big N is a plus, in my book.
I own all of the new gameboy advance games, and love what Atlus is doing. They are keeping their streak going with remarkable releases here in the states that too many other publishers would dismiss just because of it being out of the norm. Super robot taisen is nice, fast paced, colorful, and nice techno/japan sounds/tracks. I like summon night also very colorful, and engaging very Tales reminiscent. Also the new DS release Labryinth is just as the title suggests a dungeon crawler of sorts, if you can get past the cheesines of it all it shows promise. Keep it going ATLUS.