Those of you who read my last post on the Animal Crossing: New Leaf 3DS LL were probably thinking that was the end of it, right? Well, think again! Bryan over at The Gay Gamer unintentionally gave me a brilliant idea when he commented on the small size of the LL’s box in one of his recent posts. What kind of idea, you ask? Well, I’d prefer to show, rather than tell:
Game Boy Micro and 3DS LL comparison photos! It dawned on me how funny it is that the LL is so large and the micro is so small, but the LL utilizes much more economical packaging than the Micro. Take a look at the thickness of the two boxes!
The Micro box looks massive in comparison! The systems themselves, however, are an entirely different matter:
It may be hard to tell in the second photo, but the Micro is still thinner than the LL. Of course the weights are very different, but I think the neatest thing to come out of comparing the two handheld’s packaging is being able to reflect on how hings have evolved over the years! The Micro came with a charger, while the LL didn’t, so that does factor into the size of the box, but the Micro’s box definitely feels like it still has a lot of wasted space compared to the LL’s.
I also can’t believe the Micro came out in 2005! That wasn’t that long ago, really! It launched one year after the DS was released, though, so I can understand why it didn’t do so well. Can you imagine if Nintendo came out and said they were releasing a revamped DS now that the 3DS is out? Well, actually, with all the crazy things Nintendo is doing these days (like not releasing the Animal Crossing: New Leaf 3DS LL outside of Japan, for starters!), I suppose I could imagine such a scenario…
It’s funny that the Micro is considered part of the sixth generation of consoles, while the DS is seventh, yet the Micro is a year younger than its successor.
I love it, Anne! Thanks for sharing these pics 🙂
I especially get a kick out of seeing that the 3DS LL’s screens are larger than the entirety of the Micro.
Also, speaking of things we can’t believe: I can’t believe NOA hasn’t announced a North American release for the Pikachu XL. I really thought they would bring it here before Christmas, but I guess not?
Not bringing the Animal Crossing XL to the States actually makes sense to me so far. I mean, they aren’t likely to announce or release such a thing until the game itself is released, right?
That said, I have a feeling the AC XL won’t be released here when all is said and done. I think we’ll get the Mario XL and maybe the Pikachu XL at some point, but that will be it 🙁
It is! Looking back, I really can’t believe Nintendo decided to release the Micro, especially since the DS had backwards-compatibility up until they released the DSi
Glad you liked them! It was a lot of fun taking the pictures 🙂
You’d think of *all* the special edition 3DS’s, Nintendo would bring over the Pikachu one, at the very least. I have no idea what they’re thinking –– that would sell like hotcakes!
As for the AC XL, I definitely agree with you that they wouldn’t announce it until the game has a firm release date, at the very least. They certainly wouldn’t sell it on its own without the game!
Oh, yeah, I agree with everything you said about the Pikachu and AC 3DS XLs. I guess we’ll see about the latter one. Honestly, I won’t be surprised if NOA passes on it (the AC one), just because it seems like something they’d do at this point 😐 BTW, thank you for mentioning me and for linking to my blog in this post. I should have said that in my first comment!
My Gameboy Micro is blue. Too sad have no box 🙁
I bought it used on ebay some time ago and I loooove this cute little system. It’s so small and has display-light! 😀 Of course I would prefer the Animal Crossing 3DS XL to any other handheld-system atm. ;_______;