YoshiM
06-22-2004, 05:11 PM
I've been one to spout off how I thought the GBA SP was a sick way of Nintendo to stick it to their consumer audience. I probably said up and down that I wouldn't get one. Everything from personal views on company ethics to how it may be uncomfortable to play.
Last Thursday I decided to use my lunch hour to find a decent Father's Day card to send to my Dad. For some reason I wound up at Wal-Mart and after seeing how the card selection stank I walked to Electronics and went straight to where the NES Classic Sp was. My mind was reeling. "Why are you buying this? Don't you know it goes against what you believe?" my mind wanted to say, however after my mind's ear heard "Why..." the voice was suddenly muffled and there was the sound of struggling. Swiped my card and put the SP in the van for later.
Got home and as I was cutting the labels I was saying to myself, "now I should really think about this before opening". I then held the little device in my hand. It looked puny and kinda like a cheap knock off of a Star Trek Next Generation tri-coder. I flipped the screen open, plugged in the AC adapter and slugged in Wario Ware. I held onto the unit and I was right all along, it was uncomfortable. Then, as if some comfort fairy heard me and waved a wand, my hands practically melded into a comfortable position. I'm not sure if the SP got bigger or my hands got smaller or what but all of a sudden it was comfortable. And I played the snot out of Wario Ware, followed by Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons. With the lights off.
So now I'm a happy SP owner, even though I get razzed by my wife a lot over it. I still think they coat the plastic in some mind altering drug used by voodoo priestesses in New Orleans or Haiti or something.
Damn my weak will. Who knows, maybe next I'll buy PS2 with two memory cards with Final Fantasy X. The horror.
Last Thursday I decided to use my lunch hour to find a decent Father's Day card to send to my Dad. For some reason I wound up at Wal-Mart and after seeing how the card selection stank I walked to Electronics and went straight to where the NES Classic Sp was. My mind was reeling. "Why are you buying this? Don't you know it goes against what you believe?" my mind wanted to say, however after my mind's ear heard "Why..." the voice was suddenly muffled and there was the sound of struggling. Swiped my card and put the SP in the van for later.
Got home and as I was cutting the labels I was saying to myself, "now I should really think about this before opening". I then held the little device in my hand. It looked puny and kinda like a cheap knock off of a Star Trek Next Generation tri-coder. I flipped the screen open, plugged in the AC adapter and slugged in Wario Ware. I held onto the unit and I was right all along, it was uncomfortable. Then, as if some comfort fairy heard me and waved a wand, my hands practically melded into a comfortable position. I'm not sure if the SP got bigger or my hands got smaller or what but all of a sudden it was comfortable. And I played the snot out of Wario Ware, followed by Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons. With the lights off.
So now I'm a happy SP owner, even though I get razzed by my wife a lot over it. I still think they coat the plastic in some mind altering drug used by voodoo priestesses in New Orleans or Haiti or something.
Damn my weak will. Who knows, maybe next I'll buy PS2 with two memory cards with Final Fantasy X. The horror.