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Great, but not perfect...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I'll make this short for those of you who don't like reading long, uniteresting reviews.

The graphics and sound are incredible for a handheld system. It took virtually no time to get used to the orientation of the controls. The system is well-built, sturdy, yet very lightweight. The cartridge size is, incredibly, half of the area of an orignal Game Boy game. Don't let that fool you- they cram quite an amount of power in these tiny catridges. I bought the system two weeks ago, and I'm still running it on the batteries that originally came with the system. Unlike the original "gray monster" Game Boy, this only takes two AA batteries, and uses energy very efficiently.

My only complaint is the screen. While it's a great size, it's very hard to see unless you're in good light. The original Game Boy had a brightness control wheel, whereas the GBA does not. Even more of a problem than the lighting situation is the glare. If your light source is coming from behind you, your face is reflected in the screen, blocking any light. If I want to play this laying down, I have to tilt the unit sideways so light directly strikes the screen. Unfortunately, there are no decent lighting devices out for the GBA at the time that this review was written.

To sum it up, you get what you pay for. Having owned a Sega Game Gear, I would never buy another portable with a backlight. It costs too much, and you have to replace the batteries weekly even if you play it moderately.

its the the new, next best thing, fromnuntendo!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: June 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

i think that this , new toy is the funest activity from nintendo!and that the new details are new and improve! yes,the only thing wronge with this is that there arent more coluers!

GAME BOY ADVANCE!

GAME BOY ADVANCE

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: June 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

COOL THIS IS MY FIRST REVEIW WELL LET ME SEE TODAY I BOUGHT THIS SYSTEM The North American VERSION OF COURSE WHY BECAUSE I HAVE CONNECTIONS AT A LOCAL DEPARTMENT STORE MY FIRST REACTIONS AFTER MY PURCHASE AND I WAS OPENING IT WAS OH MY GOD IT'S SO BEUTIFUL IT LOOK SO TINY BUT I KNEW IN MY HAND I HELD A MONSTER AND I WAS RIGHT I PLUGGED IN MY F ZERO CART AND OH MY GOD IT WAS BLAZINLY FAST AND I MEAN IT IT MIGHT A BEEN ONLY MODE 7 BUT IT WENT FASTER THAN GRAN TURISMO On Playstation THEN I PUT IN TONY HAWK I FELT LIKE CRYING BECAUSE THE GAME WAS SO BEAUTIFUL AND THATS IT

this is the best handheld!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is the best handheld ever. Some of the games on Game Boy Advance are even as good as PlayStation. Like Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2. I only played one game for Game Boy Advance which was Super Mario Advance. But I've seen screen shots from other games like Tony Hawks Pro Skater, and GT Advance Championship. The feel of the Game Boy Advance is almost perfect. The L and R buttons are really soft, you barely need to apply any pressure to them to press them. Some people might think that it costs a lot for a handheld. I think its worth it and I'm getting one. I think you should get one too or else you're going to miss out on a lot....

portable peice

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: June 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

It cracked on devlivery and was missing my Tony hawks pro skater 2. I was so mad, game boy advance gets a third degree BURN!

GBA

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: June 08, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Get this!! The GBA(Gameboy Advance)is a great system. It plays old and new G-boy games and fits your hand perfectly! If you have a Gameboy of any kind and see those games that say ONLY FOR GAMEBOY COLOR then you should get this because they are coming out with ONLY FOR GAMEBOY ADVANCE games. You and your friends can play all toghether on one cartrage(up to 4 people)! they are also talking about being able to hook up the gameboy advance to Game Cube. If you want to stay ahead of your friends buy the GBA today!

Not a review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: June 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is not a review. I want to correct a misleading review by drumstick-.

The screen is NOT back-lit. It is frontlit meaning light is reflected off of the front making the screen visible. Even front-lit is a misleading term to use, The screen does not "glow in the dark" like say a laptop screen.

As for a my personal opinion, I can't wait for this system. But while making your decision, do not base it from a review by someone on an open forum (like this one). As you all may know there are children who are at war with each other over the video game company they support.

Tick Tock time is running out

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: June 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

...Boy! oh Boy, whas it worth it this handheld ROCKS! I have heard lot's of complaints about the glare being so bad, well at certain angles it might be hard to see, most of the time in most light it's just fine. It's not worth not getting a GBA just because of the glare. So for all you people who have a chance to get a GBA take it while you have it.

Unusable in its current state - screen is CRAP

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: July 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I got one of these expecting to love it.

I want to love it. I really do.

The games look great - in magazines and on display units with televisions attached.

The one thing that keeps this fantastic device from reaching its full potential is the absolutely LOUSY screen. It's not just hard to see the screen in average light - it's IMPOSSIBLE. You'll be lucky to distinguish shapes, let alone colors.

You really do need to be sitting in noon-day sun to make out anything on the scren. You can try using any of the five-billion third-party add-on lights (Nintendo: hop on the CLUE train!) but those will only throw glare onto the screen, giving you yet another obstruction to work around. Playing in the sun introduces near-blinding glare onto the highly reflective screen.

Without some type of internal lighting solution, this thing is doomed. Of course, Nintendo will sell millions because it's a "Game Boy," but that won't stop kids from complaining to their parents about not being able to see the screen.

In all fairness, the games are EXCELLENT. The system is *extremely* powerful for a handheld device. The only flaw to this system is that you can't see what's going on. At all. In any lighing conditions.

If you'd still like to get the benefits of the Game Boy Advance "experience," your best bet is to get your hands on a Game Boy Advance emulator so that you can play (and see!) the games on your PC.

Nintendo claims that including an internal light in the GBA itself would bring the battery life down to three or four hours and increase the price of the unit. To this I say "So what!?"

I'd be willing to pay the extra money and buy the rechargable battery pack (released by Nintendo themselves!) if it meant I could see the games I'm playing.

Here's hoping that Nintendo releases a back-lit version of the Game Boy Advance - and soon!

good game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: June 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The games are good the system is good everything is excellent. The only thing is that you can't use old acceseries with the new gameboy that is bad

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