Funny how I was just mentioning the enticing allure of all the interesting things I find on the internet in my last post and here I am but a few days later with an item that wasn’t even on my radar until I saw The Gay Gamer‘s gorgeous images of his hot pink Game Boy micro. As you can see, I had to have one! And I think I’m in love.
Is it not the most amazing handheld you’ve ever seen? After a little over a week scouring eBay for the best deal, I managed to find a like new, in-box console (albeit missing the flimsy black carry pouch it originally came with) for a relatively reasonable price considering every other listing I saw was in the triple digits. Now that it’s finally in my grubby little hands, I have to say I couldn’t be happier.
But how small is it really? Here’s a little size comparison for you:
It’s amazing to think we even consider the PS Vita a handheld! Just look at the size of that thing! Granted, the screen is gorgeous in its own right, but the micro holds its own in portability, nostalgia, and absolute adorableness.
Next up, I’ve fired up Mr. Driller A so we can see this puppy in action:
But wait, what’s this? While I was snapping away, the game kept reverting to the opening animation after being idle for a few seconds… and upon pressing start again, I couldn’t help but get this odd feeling that the menu screen was different:
I’m embarrassed to say in all the years I’ve owned my copy of Mr. Driller A, I never noticed that there were two different menu images!
Though the micro is almost uncomfortably small, in all honestly I get a big enough kick out of playing it that I don’t mind having to put it much closer to my face than I do with any other handheld. Well, I admit extended periods of play may not be as comfortable with this as they would be playing GBA games on, say, a DS lite, but so far I haven’t put enough time in to notice.
Now all I need to do is start beefing up my meager GBA game collection!
Gorgeous!
Oh, and question: Does the Micro play Gameboy Color games?
Okay, looks like it doesn’t.
Which is a shame because I would have loved to see Dragon Quest 3 on the GBC on that beautiful screen.
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I forgot all about the Mirco. Not the best business move for Nintendo, but it’s cool for it’s size.
Alois – Well, it looks like you’ve answered your own question! I guess it’s a bit of a shame that it doesn’t play GBC games, but I’m happy with it as a nifty little GBA game device and nothing more. There must be a DQ game for the GBA, right?
Adam – Can you explain why it wasn’t the best business move for Nintendo? Is it because they decided to release it right when the DS originally launched, or that it was just too small for most people to enjoy comfortably?
The Micro is awesome – as we have discussed on Twitter. Terrible for playing RPGs on though, what with the tiny text and all, lol.
But yeah, in terms of portable handheld consoles, nothing it more raw portable than this, and perhaps the PSPGo, which is also sexy and small.
I can play… Metroid Fusion over and over again, I guess?
I hate Metroid Fusion.
Awesome! So glad I could corrupt you for once 😛
BTW, I agree with your assessment that the system is “almost uncomfortably small.” Like I said when I blogged about it: It almost looks like it came out of a vending machine. Yikes!
Finally, yes, you definitely need to bolster your GBA game collection a bit. Thankfully, there are a LOT of great games to choose from!
Matt – Did you get a PSPGo? I never really tried that, actually! I was late to the PSP wagon
Bryan – If you can’t tell, I totally love it! I’m so glad you posted about it 🙂
We will definitely have to kibitz about our quest to attain more GBA games!