picture of secret NES style GBA(as promised)

[tonyvortex]

ok ok here it is,its from a memo and i sure hope i don't get in trouble for showing this but we all have to share:

[omnedon]

If it's real, it's SOLD!

My son's have GBA's, and I've been in no rush to snag an SP. This would force my hand.

[Richter]

those games just ports? are they full price?

[wberdan]

now THAT is the SP model i have been waiting for-
i would buy that

willie

[Kejoriv]

I would buy that in a second

[Bratwurst]

I am one jaded, dried out piece of jerky when I thought that's nothing a similarly designed GBA vinyl skin couldn't recreate. I also have a feeling the PocketNES emulator runs circles over these 'ports' of Nintendo's.

I think I'll hold out until they come up with a new physical design.

[rbudrick]

How exactly does that have any resemblance to the NES?

I just don't see it...

-Rob

[gamergary]

Looks ok. I would get it if it was cheap.

[Ed Oscuro]

How exactly does that have any resemblance to the NES?

I just don't see it...

-Rob

Look at the pad, then look at an NES controller.

Besides, did you see the Famicom GBA SP? That didn't look much like a Famicom either. Furthermore, the shape of a Famicom lent itself more easily to SP-izing than the NES...

[Ed Oscuro]

Well, yeah, I know r-bud's smarter than that. Just had to point that out :)

I hope they've got the same cool textured bit between the buttons like the real thing has :)

Anyhow, I've posted the news (minus the scan, because once again I share the Tony's concerns) @ GameSpy Forums

[nesman85]

that thing looks awesome to me. since i don't have an sp yet (just a platinum gba) , i'm definitely gonna pick this up when it comes out. i i won't be buying any of the games when they come out since i already have them for nes and i only play game boy at home anyway.

[Sylentwulf]

Just looks like a skin on a platinum SP to me?

[Captain Wrong]

those games just ports? are they full price?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Neat looking gear, but if you're only getting one NES game per cart at full price, that's hardly a good deal. I'm kinda with da Brat on this one.

[Cmosfm]

Looks nice, hope it's real. I have to admit it looks awfully photoshop-ish for an official Nintendo memo.

I'm really hoping it's real though, and I hope to God thos games arent full price. I'd say 10.00 would be good at most.

[ManekiNeko]

They're the same as the games being released in Japan, which are about the same as the ones already released for the E-reader in the United States. It kind of burns me, because I spent good money on the E-reader and was expecting Nintendo to support it better than they have. It seems that they're already determined to obsolete it.

JR

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

PDF's verdict...

GBA with a new skin:

Classic games without having to blow megabucks with an importer:

The thought of these games hitting at anything near full-price for a new state of the art game:

Bear with me. I have a deep and abiding love of Xevious.

HEY NINTENDO, WHERE'S MAPPY?

[Ed Oscuro]

PDF's verdict...

GBA with a new skin: :roll:

Hey, it's the only GBA SP design I really like, unless you count the Famicom GBA SP I suppose, but that'd be a distant second.

As I don't have a GBA of any sort, this sounds good.

[NE146]

Just looks like a skin on a platinum SP to me?

Of course. Every single GB/GBA special edition is always just some new color, skin or sticker on the thing. Personally I dig it But I won't be forking out more cash for another GBA anytime soon cool looking or not. However if I DIDN'T have one already.. this would be the one I'd get

[The Manimal]

Why couldn't they just have a dark gray back and light gray front, with red text for the buttons or something. Make it look like the system and not the controller. That actually looks ugly. The NES controller was kind of ugly. They should have followed the look of the original Game Boy, which made sense of the colors used with the NES.. (dark gray border around screen, light gray otherwise).


The Famicom styled SP looks fantastic....this doesn't

[Ed Oscuro]

Why couldn't they just have a dark gray back and light gray front, with red text for the buttons or something. Make it look like the system and not the controller. That actually looks ugly.

Excuse my saying this, but the ancient phrase "Opinions are like assholes..." comes to mind.

I think the NES controller is a masterpiece of near-minimalist design myself. I also think the design you hint at would be the worst possible way to put this thing together. That's just me, though.