New GameBoy Advance Revealed


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At a press conference in Tokyo, Nintendo of Japan has confirmed plans to release a revised version of its highly successful handheld, called Game Boy Advance SP. According to a Reuters report, the Game Boy Advance SP will be released in Japan next month, and it will debut in the US and Europe sometime in late March. The revised device is expected to retail for around $100 in the US.

The Game Boy Advance SP is designed to address the three most common complaints heard from GBA users. Most importantly, there's a bright light built into the front edge of the new GBA's display. This should make it easier to see under a variety of lighting conditions. Partly to offset the demands of the internal light, Nintendo has added rechargeable batteries to the GBA SP. And to put it all together, the device has a new clamshell design, which folds to protect the screen and is only about half the size of the original handheld. A USA Today story specifies that, when folded, the GBA SP is three inches square and one inch thick. However, the screen size of the unit apparently is identical to that of the original Game Boy Advance. Furthermore, GameSpot has learned that, in addition to the silver version of the unit shown above, a blue-colored and black-colored Game Boy Advance SP will be available upon the system's release in Japan on February 14.

Source: Gamespot

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