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Video Games => Mario Chat => Topic started by: Glorb on July 08, 2006, 11:26:12 AM
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I know, on our hearts, the Game Boy is far, far from dead. And from a sales standpoint, you can still milk the GBA for all it's worth with Berenstein Bears Xtreme Sports and The Ant Bully. But to me, it looks like Nintendo's given up on it. At E3 they never once mentioned the GBA, favoring the Wii and DS above everything else (even the GameCube). They mentioned making a new Game Boy, but it seems they meant the GB Micro, which is just a GBA rehash. Really, it looks like the Game Boy franchise is all but dead. The original Game Boy lasted, like, nine years. But it seems Nintendo's given up on the GBA a mere five years into its lifespan. Why?
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DS was successful enough that they've pushed everything towards that and Wii, ignoring GBA and GC (a little odd since GBA was still doing better in the US than DS). However, third parties haven't given up on it yet. There are a ton of games still slated for release, dominated by RPGs and movie/TV-licensed games. There are many good Nintendo-published games that have so far only been released in Japan that NOA could release, though I don't know if they ever will. The DS's success has probably put their plans for the next GB on hold (though they say they're always trying out new projects, somebody just has to come along and say "release it.") It's hard to say when they might release a new Game Boy now. The DS was effectively the new Game Boy, it's just that Nintendo didn't want to use that brand name in case it failed.
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Well I say Nintendo should at least make a Mario Platformer for GBA And No,The Game Boy is not dead,But anyways I think that they should make a true Mario Platformer,Not just a remake of a clasic,Then once they make a Mario Platformer they can stop it with so many freaking Game Boy Advances.
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They just made one for the DS. There really is no need for them to make a new one for the GBA, considering what Glorb and MEGABYTE just said.
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Well the DS is not another Gameboy so they do need to.
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I think it's starting to go on the way side. After the DS and soon the Wii, it'll be forgotten. For no one would want to buy it, there for no more manufacturing. I guess they could make a new one and have a new "revolution" (har har) of the Gameboy. Hey why not use Revoltuion for the new game boy, that would rawk.
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Well the DS is not another Gameboy so they do need to.
The DS was effectively the new Game Boy, it's just that Nintendo didn't want to use that brand name in case it failed.
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Uhh, this is kind of asking "Why are there no new N64 games?" Come on, the DS has been out for 2 years. How will the DS be successful if Nintendo focuses on the GBA? Yes, eventually the whole GameBoy empire will be obsolete except to us hardcore gamers who keep our stuff no matter how outdated it is, but that'll still be OK with me. Nintendo's on to bigger and better things.
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I very much agree that the Game Boy is fading away. I mean, look up one of the best sellers lists for the GBA in a past issue of NP, and you'll find the #1 selling game as Dora the Explorer. I was about to have a heart attack I was so furious. But, the DS is much better than the GBA, and it still plays all of your favorite GBA games, which is one of the reasons the GBA and it's games are not selling.
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Actually, the DS didn't surpass GBA sales in the US until just last month.
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That's still a notable feat, as the GBA/SP and it's games have been around for, what, six years? And the DS and it's games have been around for less than half that amount. Also, as long as the DS is surpassing the PSP in sales, I'm sure Nintendo will focus on it more than the GBA.
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Hmm, it's been what, 5 years now since GBA, right?
When the Wii comes out it just might kill the GBA.
Well not really kill, but they'll probably stop making GBA games by then.
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Wii isn't a portable system.
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Nothing can "kill" GBA. I don't see why this is a concern... if you have a DS, you'll want DS games to be made for it. But there must be GBA games you missed; buy 'em on eBay or wherever else you can find them, if you want. But why do we want more games made for it? Whatever can be put in a GBA game would be better on a DS. Like M&L:PiT for example. It could just as easily been put on the GBA instead of the DS. But... why? The extra screen just made things more convenient. Yeah, I know, DS-less people will miss out (why someone would be without a DS is beyond me) but you could invest in one like you should.
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The other day a guy who was loitering around where I work was saying that the DS was "Nintendo's wannabe PSP imitation" or something. I was quite perplexed. I asked him why it had two screens and a touch screen if that were the case. He had no useful reply.
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that was pretty stupid.the PSP and DS have no similarities, the PSP is just like a portable movie player, nothing speshal. but the DS has new ideas: Dual screen, the stylus, and wireless multiplayer games. And most importantly:The Wi-Fi connection.
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...Wasn't the DS released before the PSP anyway?
SushieBoy, the wireless multiplayer thing isn't DS-only. You can play online games on a PSP, too.
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I really think Nintendo is making a mistake. Basically, they bragged forever that they were making a new BG, but instead came out with the Micro. On top of that, they don't even bother to market it a lot anymore. It's as if they're pushing the Game Boy aside like they're ashamed of it now. Mario Tennis Mega Super Golf Tour Advance isn't enough to save the GBA.
Hopefully, though, Nintendo will have some sort of giant comeback in '07.
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I doubt that the "new gameboy" that Nintendo was talking about was the micro. However, with no word of it during E3, I wonder if they canceled its deveolopment, or just put it in the backburner to increase the impact of the wii. I know they aren't related systems, but the more systems a company discloses, the less of an impact each one will have. We can still hope, therefore, that the new GB has not been abandoned.
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The other day a guy who was loitering around where I work was saying that the DS was "Nintendo's wannabe PSP imitation" or something. I was quite perplexed. I asked him why it had two screens and a touch screen if that were the case. He had no useful reply.
In that situation you ask why the Game Boy came out in 1989 and why the DS came out before the PSP.
Re: Death of the Game Boy
The GBA absolutely will not die until Pokemon Pearl/Diamond comes out. Then, all bets are off.
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Hopefully, though, Nintendo will have some sort of giant comeback in '07.
WTD are you talking about? Were you hoping for GameBoy Color games to be put on shelves in 2004? SNES games in 1999? Their "big comeback" is going to be all the great Wii games and new DS games, hopefully.
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There were Super Famicom games in 1999. Or at least 1998.
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Maybe the new Game Boy, is in fact, the Super Game Girl!
No, no.
Maybe the portable SNES!
No, no, no.
I'm running out of ideas for the GB franchise.
Heck, I'm running out of names!
All Nintendo could do is create a portable Virtual Reality System!
No, no no.
That was a failure.
Hmm...
Yeah.
No more ideas.
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Maybe the portable SNES!
That's pretty much what the GBA was. Notice all the SNES game remakes on it... and NES game remakes... many of which were previously remade on the SNES, so the SNES versions were used... I'm not trying to put anyone down or anything, the point I'm trying to make is that you all act as if Nintendo will go out of business if they stop making GB games. Something has to fall off of Nintendo to make more room for today, and currently GBA is the only candidate. GC can't fall off yet because currently it's Nintendo's only console to make games for. It's still around and it still fits in today's media-whatever, but will die soon after Wii is released.
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Well, I feel kind of useless, unable to add any wisdom that's not already here (mostly due to Mß). However, I want to say that the GBA will always have a place in this world. It's so simple and miraculously designed. A and B buttons. L and R buttons. It has a screen in the middle. You hold the Game Boy in your two hands, and it feels empowering. You press the buttons and things happen on the screen. Between the DS and GBA, the DS has closer interaction in the hardware-game realm, but the GBA has it beat in the player-hardware realm: You can fumble a stylus, but those GBA buttons stay under your thumbs, let me tell you what. Also, you have to change your gaze in order to get to the DS's second screen, but the GBA's screen is always where you're at.
Even if a DS game was made that didn't use the second screen or X/Y buttons, it still wouldn't be the same. The GBA is, in a way, the summation of video game ideology, 1980-1995.
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Yeah, very true.
Okay. New theory.
You know the first Gameboy from way back then?
Most of us thought,
"Hmm... Its great, but there's nothing to improve on! The GB is dead!"
Well, Nintendo pulled something out of its sleeve, and gave us color!
"Hmm... Its great, but there's nothing to improve on! The GB is dead!"
Well, Nintendo pulled something out of its other sleeve, and gave us a larger screen, cleaned up spirties and graphics, L and R, and gave us a system that is still portable.
"Hmm...Its great, but there's nothing to improve on! The GB is dead!"
Well, Nintendo pulled something out of its hat, and gave us two screens, and interaction, with all the simplicity and compactability of the GB, and allowed us to play those games as well!
To me, the DS is like the second Generation of the Game Boy.
But the GB is still selling, so its not completely.
I guess the two systems have their own agendas.
The GB franchise is used mostly on the ride to work, school, house, and is usually played in short bursts, and is usually played outside the house, because we have bigger, better systems at home.
The DS is used mostly for longer rides, of when you need a larger game to quench your thirst for entertainment, and can be played at home, because its "funability" matches those of the GB.
So, I don't think the GB is dead.
And no, I do not know what I was posting about.
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Hmmm...maybe the next Game Boy could have THREE screens!
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Wouldn't that be a Nintendo TS? Nintendo Tri Screen? Anyway, I doubt that'd happen, since "Two screens are difficult to deal with" was something mentioned here earlier and countless times by narrow-minded gamers I know. I personally have no problem, it's just like a wide screen... but only wide vertically. But how would three be any better? Anyway, in regard to the PSP... If it were a lot cheaper I'd get one for the movies and music but not for the games. That's what my DS is for. The games. That's why, after much considering, I decided I would never get a Play-Yan. If I can't play my games and music at the same time, then what's the point?
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What? Why would you want to kill the game's music and replace it with something else?
Also, having your DS around to play music files is kind of nice. When you're not playing games.
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Today I was playing Super Mario 64, and that came out like ten years ago. So it's not like THAT died. I don't think the GBA was a failure and that it will just drift away into nothingness, because it was good while it was hot and even when more things come along that are hotter it may seem less hot, it is actually retaining the same amount of hotness it always had, but it's hot impression is only obscured by the hotter hotness of newer hot systems, like the Nintendo DS. So the GBA won't die, it may just be less alive to some people. Not to ME though, I'M special!
Oh, and I guess it's routine that I should again mention that I don't have a DS and you should all feel sorry for me and blah blah me me me me blah blah me blah me me blah blah selfish selfish selfish.
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What? Why would you want to kill the game's music and replace it with something else?
Because maybe the game has bad music!
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I noticed something. Everyone's been saying that the Game Boy's not dead because there's the DS and Wii, and because it's still popular among its fans.
1. The DS and Wii are not the Game Boy, and have nothing to do with it.
2. Of course the Game Boy's still popular among its fans. That's what fans are for!
3. I really hate to say it, but Nintendo has killed the GB, if only by accident.
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People are still making games for it. How is it killed?
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Chup's right, but where do we draw the line? I hear that the Dreamcast is getting new games later this year: Is it still alive? Was it sort of in a coma?
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Well, Dreamcast has been getting a small amount of new games released in Japan ever since it was discontinued, and apparently they are still continuing.
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Well, technically the Dreamcast is in a vegitative state. Sega recently started manufacturing small amounts of them again, and a few games are still being made for it. But most of the online networks are down or shut off completely.
But just because the Game Boy still has some crappy licensed games being made for it doesn't mean it's alive. It's probably in the same state as the 'Cast: still being made and with a trickle of games still being released, but nothing to get excited or happy about.
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Wow I don't remember the last time I've played a Dreamcast...like maybe 5 years ago. I do remember playing my gameboy yesterday, so I think that if DeadAwake is saying that Dreamcast is still alive...gameboy has to be.
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That isn't logical. Just because you haven't played one doesn't mean there haven't been games made for it or that other people haven't played it recently.
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The DS is a Game Boy, it just doesn't have the name Game Boy in the title; it has a new name. It's a portable system made by Nintendo. Nothing is dying, no need to be melodramatic.
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nintendo said itself that the DS is not a Gameboy. Anyway, the Gameboy will never die. Even if people stop making games for it, lots of people still have them and play them. After its long history of being a handheld system monopoly, it will be remembered for a long time. At least that's my opinion...
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They may have said it, but that doesn't change the fact that it is.
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No, it's not. Nintendo has said that the DS and Game Boy are "two seperate pillars" (or something to that effect). When did Nintendo stop making the decisions for the Nintendo systems' names?
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What defines something as a Game Boy? Having portability? I suppose we should call Yogurt Smoothie Packs a type of Game Boy!
In all seriousness now, I realize that as Game Boys went on, they began having games only compatible with themselves, while still playing the old games, like GBC could play GBC and GB games. And GBA could play GBA, GBC and GB games. I guess technically, since the DS can play GBA games, it is sort of a Game Boy.
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well jsut cause the GBA era is over doesn't mean tht the whole Game Boy Project is dead....us nintendo fans need to believe tht Game Boy Will ressurect and become glourious once again.....<mwha ha ah aha ha ha aha>
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GMA games are still being made for some reason. Once that stops, then it's purpose as a way to give Nintendo more and more money will be over. It will only die if people stop liking it.
So it's still alive.
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Like I said, the Game Boy fans will never stop liking it, but trust me: That guy who buys new portable systems basically as a fashion statement (about 55% of the gaming populace right there)? To them, dead. And to everyone else, dying. I still love the Game Boy, but until Nintendo revives it, it's basically a paperweight if you expect new or good games.
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Nerds have fashion statements? Isn't that an oxymoron or something?
Anywho probably the only way to revive the series is to make portable systems play the actual console games.
If their for playing games on the go, shouldn't they be able to play the console games too?
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but isnt that the point of a portable gaming system to play portable games, instead of a home entertainment system which plays games at.... home?
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Game Boys are abiotic factors and are never alive. You all lose.
/me would regret his decision to malign all forum members the following morning...
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Hand helds would sell a lot better if they could play console games.
Do you not see the logic in this?
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No. The Sega Nomad sold horribly.
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So? The Nomad rawked! I carry one around with me, along with a few Genesis games, whenever I go somewhere (if I'm not playing a DS game).
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What bothers me is the fact that it sold horribly even though it is quite useful.
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Well, Sega has a long line of systems that arn't exactly the most popular...
SG-1000
SC-3000
Master System
Sega Game Gear
Sega Nomad
Dreamcast
Saturn
To name a few
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Game Boys are abiotic factors and are never alive. You all lose.
/me would regret his decision to malign all forum members the following morning...
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I inserted a mice brain and lungs into my Game Boy. So at least mines alive.
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/me has been owned.
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Well, the gameboy isn't completely dead yet, steller titles such as Mega Man Battle Network 6,Summon Night:Swordcraft Story and Drill Dozer give the gba the sales it needs to survive.But Drill Dozer didn't do very well in sales. Plus, nintendo isn't giving strong support for the gba anymore. But seeing the continuing third party support, we can easily assume game boy still has a long life-span ahead of it.
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I dont now how to post a new topic so here is a new topic it has gba in it these are the mario games I have and we could discuase them here and maybe talk about your games too here are my games for gba:super mario advance 1,2,3,and4,yoshi topsy tury,and mario vs donkey kong. for ds:nsmb note I dont need help on these games becaus I beat the whole game 100% clear.
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I dont now how to post a new topic so here is a new topic it has gba in it these are the mario games I have and we could discuase them here and maybe talk about your games too here are my games for gba:super mario advance 1,2,3,and4,yoshi topsy tury,and mario vs donkey kong. for ds:nsmb note I dont need help on these games becaus I beat the whole game 100% clear.
Actually, Jeevan, you can't post new topic from the getgo-you have to post some posts before you can post topics.
Also, this topic is to discuss the current activity of the gba, not about your gba.
Just thought you would like to hear that insight.=)
Edit:Sorry if I sounded like a mini-mod
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It's okay, Jeevanathan (I hope I spelled that right) just needs a little help on the whole topic-starting thing. Just remember that there have been about a jabillion game collection threads, so you can either go to one of those or start one with a slightly different spin.
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It's okay, Jeevanathan (I hope I spelled that right) just needs a little help on the whole topic-starting thing. Just remember that there have been about a jabillion game collection threads, so you can either go to one of those or start one with a slightly different spin.
Oh, okay. I understand now.
On the topic of GBA, I've noticed that alot of it's older games are becoming top sellers again. E.I., the Mario advance seris. Hey, at least it's not dora the explorer.
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I'm guessing you have a subscription to Nintendo Power, too, eh?
That is definitely a good sight to see. I practically had a heart attack when I saw Dora the Explorer on the top-selling list, and at Number 1! I thought about all of the good games out there for the GBA and then looked at the DtE game. Just as NP said, "Really?"
I'm glad the GBA is not totally dead yet, because it still plays old GB and GBC games. The DS can't even play GBC games, as far as I've heard. But, a lot of the newest and the best games are coming out for the DS, so it's good to have both if you still enjoy, say, Pokemon Red but would like Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team.
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I will consider the Game Boy alive and kicking if Nintendo brings the Play-Yan accessory to the US. They can make a DS version, as long as there is a full-featured GBA version, too.
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Uhhh, a GBA version would work on the DS as well. Anyway, why is it so important that we keep the low-tech GBA on shelves? I just don't UNDERSTAND the point of this topic.You're paranoid of GBA games ceasing to be made, as if it means the end for Nintendo.
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How don't you understand it? Game Boy is one of Nintendo's major products, almost a tradition! If it were to die, we would all be sad. That's why this topic is here. We aren't afraid of the end of Nintendo because of the coming of the Wii, we just would hate to see the Game Boy go. The reason for our feelings is because it would be the end of an era, even if the GBA is low-tech compared to some other devices on the market (such as the DS).
Actually, the first Nintendo system I ever owned was a Game Boy Pocket.
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I know, the GB has been in nintendo for many years, It ws one of the first portable systems, and when nintendo abandons it for the Wii and DS, we can't just be like all normal, it's an important nintendo game system.
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How don't you understand it? Game Boy is one of Nintendo's major products, almost a tradition! If it were to die, we would all be sad.
It's a piece of electronic equipment! Did you weep for your CD player when mp3 players came out?
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Actually, MP3 didn't kill the CD format. But I did weep when Microsoft abandonded (no, shunned) the Xbox 1 to work on the 360.
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The original Xbox is completely out of production now.
I'm all in favor of keeping Game Boy around since there will always be good button-controlled games. Astro Boy <3
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I know Glorb, atleast nintendo keeps up with all their systems.
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Actually, MP3 didn't kill the CD format. But I did weep when Microsoft abandonded (no, shunned) the Xbox 1 to work on the 360.
Sounds like something Yoshi55 would say about the NES and SNES...
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My cousin had a Game Boy. It's one of the bright pink ones and I like to call it a "Game Girl" because it's pnk and my cousin happens to be a girl. She got hers in 2002 but I haven't seen her play it since about 2004 or so. Of course, we live about 1000 miles apart and only get to see each other twice a year. She's hopelessly addicted to Game Cube though.
I think she used to take it on car/bus trips but she got an iPod last Christmas so the Game Boy probably is gathering dust. Once she gets to eighth grade I'm sure her portable gaming will be done on a graphing calculator (unless she's like me and fills all her calculator memory with a periodic table program that really came in handy when I took chem, as I didn't have to use the paper table every time I wanted a mass).
I can't say for sure if Game Boy is dead or not. I see people with them all the time, but the age range seems to have gotten younger with them. The new fancy Game Boy with two screens seems more popular with older people though.
Mobile gaming for me was eliminated when I got a new cell phone that didn't have Blackjack on it last year. I would play Blackjack on many overnight bus trips back in the day.
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Aww... choosing a calculator game over a Gameboy game? What's the world coming to?
By the way, the new fancy Gameboy with two screens isn't a Gameboy, its a DS. The 'third pillar'.
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So many people played calculator games in my school. I had a baseball game on there but like I said the majority of my memory had a periodic table on it.
So the DS isn't a Game Boy, but isn't there some other Game Boy with letters after it? (I think it's either XP or SP, but I can't remember which).
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It's SP.
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Actually, the SP has been succeded by the micro. The GBA, the GBASP and the GBM are all the same system, just different designs and slightly different features. The SP was useful, but the micro was more so for novelty. The micro's screen is brighter, but you can get the same brightnesss on the DS, which can play GBA games.
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I think that all the diffrent versions of the GB are all just schemes to get money: I bought a GBA! Then one that is exactly the same, only you can close it, Oh no! I have to buy it again! (which I didn't) then ANOTHER one comes out! It can fit in the palm of your hand! I have to buy it again! (which I didn't) I wanted to buy these only that I knew it wouldn't make much of a difrence. Then they realease a whole new diffrent handheld (finally!) the DS! I wanted to go right out and buy it but I knew that there was going to be a better version of it eventually, so I wait, And now, Ta-Da!! We have the DS lite! I finally realized it.
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Yes, I know from baseball how these companies make money. I've been through something similar with baseball bats.
So my cousin has the first model, the Advance. Same as the one they sell now called Micro but different case if I read you right.
I just punched it into Wikipedia and found that there were two SP models. One was brighter. I don't know if this was advertised or not but if it was it would be another marketing ploy to get you to buy somemthing new, right?
This repackaging strategy sounds a little strange. It would be like redesigning a car's exterior but keeping the same engine, transmission, and brakes (and other underpinnings). So you get a 2006 model that looks brand new but it drives the same as the 2001.
So to get to the title of this post, I'm guessing the Game Boy will never die as long as people keep coming up with new case designs for the same thing. The Wikipedia article I looked up says that they won't kill it off.
I also saw the older Game Boys (which I remember some kids having in elementary school) went through the same thing, although the cases looked more alike there.
So to get this straight--there have been three models of Game Boy and all have had case-only redesigns accounting for nearly a dozen models. And the DS is a different system and is not part of the Game Boy line. (I'm concluding it's to the Game Boy what the Accord is to the Civic in Honda's line--something bigger, more powerful, and better). I'm sorry for making all my comparisons to cars, but it helps someone who's not as up on things in the video game world to understand!
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_line
Read this, AB. It's got everything you need to know about the Game Boy Family.
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Game Boy Micro cannot play any of the older Game Boy Games. SP is still the leader in Game Boys.
An improved screen is an improved screen. The new screen is much better, not so much a marketing ploy as an actual increase in quality. zomx
And the car analogy doesn't work. At all.
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I don't think the Game Boy's dead, it's just going through some changes. It's still one of the best portable systems out on the market with and extended line of games.
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I think that all the diffrent versions of the GB are all just schemes to get money: I bought a GBA! Then one that is exactly the same, only you can close it, Oh no! I have to buy it again! (which I didn't) then ANOTHER one comes out! It can fit in the palm of your hand! I have to buy it again! (which I didn't) I wanted to buy these only that I knew it wouldn't make much of a difrence. Then they realease a whole new diffrent handheld (finally!) the DS! I wanted to go right out and buy it but I knew that there was going to be a better version of it eventually, so I wait, And now, Ta-Da!! We have the DS lite! I finally realized it.
You listed the Micro before the DS. The DS came out before the Micro.
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I think with the DS and DS Lite, the GBA is slowly going away.
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The DS and DS Lite are the same system. And they play GBA games. omx.
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I know that, Mr. Melee, it's onlly that I changed the topic from GB to DS!
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I believe I read an IGN article some time ago, around E3, that Nintendo wouldn't release any more GBA, variations of old ones, or new kinds. I would like it to continue, except that I rarely see any games not based on movies, TV shows, toys, or a combination of the three. If there were more new (As in new ideas) games, that would be good. Otherwise, I'll just stick with the DS
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Wait, it IS all just a marketing ploy: the DS Lite has no fewer calories than the regular DS!
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^ Hehe. 'Made me chuckle.
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I don't really like the Gameboy.
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Wow, a fresh opinion.
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Game Boy was original for Nintendo, I hate to see it die off.
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They needed something big to compete against the PSP, while still having the GBA to give them some extra cash.
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Hello? DS? It's been pwning the PSP.
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Yes it has, the same for GB.
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**** gameboy they ****ing suck and DS ****ing owns!!!!
Edited by Luigison. No explanation needed.
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If they made a new gameboy that would be stupid. They would be ripping off people who biught DS's.
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Hmmm...I wonder if NBCGod liked the Game Boy?
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Nuuuuuuuh! Get those little * thingies off his post! I wannna see what he said!
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Using a highly-specialized suite of forensic software, I have been able to construct NBCGod's original message. Behold:
Moon gameboy they pudding suck and DS wedding owns!!!!
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*laughs insanely*
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DS owns weddings...I never thought of it that way.
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*snort* And if you took away the * thingies, that'd be snort.
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I would like to see someone pop the question over the DS's Pictochat, Metroid Prime Hunters' chat, or AC:WW's chat. That would be a real achievement for the DS and Nintendo.
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Yeah, that would be neat.
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MetroidKilla: w00t anuther 1 ded
MetroidKilla: i have n emportent ?
Samus81: wat
MetroidKilla: wil u merry me
Samus81: no wai
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LOL
yes, that was a post
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I know this has already been said, but the SP is the newest Nintendo hand held model that can play all the Game Boy games. The micro only plays GBA games. Therefore, solely for those reasons, I feel that the SP is the best version of the Game Boy thus far and that the micro is useless. However, if the micro played all the Game Boy games, I would favor the micro, BUT I would still hold the SP in high regards.
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I know this has already been said...
Reply #106 on: August 19, 2006, 01:36:54 am
Reply #107 on: November 25, 2006, 09:32:12 pm
With my times, of course...
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I realized that there was a 3 month difference between mine and the last poster's posts. However, I did not revive/bump a "dead" topic, since people can still instill their input into this topic. So, therefore, I don't want an impression given that I am trying to be an annoying member who bumps old "useless" topics.
I know that you felt it was right to point out the date difference, and I don't blame you a single bit, but please just see this my way and let's go on with the topic.
Now to get back on said topic: I was just playing Super Mario Bros. DX on my Game Boy Advance SP earlier today for about an hour and fifteen minutes (I was trying to get the high score "badge" in challenge mode for 8-4, which I finally got after dying 100+ times [my score was 18,500].). My point is, you cannot do that on the DS (as well as the micro for that matter), so therefore the Game Boy line still isn't dead to me.
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I felt sorry for your crusade, so I have something to add along those lines. The Game Boy line will never be dead to me for at least one reason: I plan on buying four matching SP's with the new, bright screens, and setting up a PacMan Vs. Station somewhere in the world.
Come to think of it, I would prefer the SP's not match each other. I'd like a red, yellow, green, and blue--with a black GameCube. Purple might be all right, too. Anyway, that would be right nice of them to make those colors for me.
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yes
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The DS is basically a GameBoy. Sure, it can only play DS and GBA games, but most people that have the older games have at least one older system anyway. When the DS first came out, I didn't even realize it wasn't "the new GameBoy".
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Your post confuses me.
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I still use my 'old' GBA SP regularly and intend to do so for many years to come. I gonna complete both the Blue and Silver versions of pokemon even if it kills me!!
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What is it with all these people saying the DS is a Game Boy? It's a DS! Really, don't you think that Nintendo would've called it a Game Boy if they intended it to be so. The SNES played Game Boy games with the use of the Super Game Boy. Does that make it a Game Boy? The GameCube plays GBA games with the Game Boy Player, and last time I checked, it's not a Game Boy. Heck, the Wii can play GameCube games without any add-ons, and it's not a GameCube. See my point?
In addition, the DS has a touch screen, six buttons, and Wi-Fi capabilities. That makes it about as different from the Game Boy as can be. Now, I have nothing against the Game Boy or DS (in fact, I really want Nintendo to make a new Game Boy), but they're two different systems. Yes, they're both portable and by Nintendo, but that's about the only similarities.
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The DS is basically a GameBoy. Sure, it can only play DS and GBA games, but most people that have the older games have at least one older system anyway. When the DS first came out, I didn't even realize it wasn't "the new GameBoy".
Dude, the DS has a lot of other features that diferenciate it from a regular Game Boy. Other than the obvious differences, like the two extra buttons, the second screen, the touch screen, the microphone and the built-in wireless multiplayer, but it also has entirly different hardware, the 3D visuals (the GBA had mode 7, which technically is 3D, but less detailed than the DS), the built-in Wi-Fi for online play, the ability to use DS opition packs and the fact it doesn't have the Z80 processor required to play GB and GBC games.
Just because it's a portable system made by Nintendo, doesn't automatically put it under the Game Boy brand.
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So what do you want from a new GameBoy then? A portable Nintendo system that's worse than the DS? That doesn't have extra buttons, wifi, etc? What would be the point? I guess in that sense, the GameBoy is dead.
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So what do you want from a new GameBoy then? A portable Nintendo system that's worse than the DS? That doesn't have extra buttons, wifi, etc? What would be the point? I guess in that sense, the GameBoy is dead.
What do you mean by, " A portable Nintendo system that's worse than the DS"? Are you incinuating the DS is bad? It's your opinion, yes, and I'm not saying you're wrong, but could you elaberate on your opinion?
As for a new gameboy, I don't know. FYI, the GBA is still partially alive. It still has some life ahead of it. Making a new Gameboy to go with the DS would be pointless, and would make Nintendo look greedy ("Hey, check out the new Game Boy! We're still making DS games, but because we want your money, we're gonna release two handhelds so you can buy games for both!)
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Is Game Boy dead?
Who is Game Boy? When did he die? I don't remember this user being on the FF, but I do send my condolences (sp?).
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Well, you may remember Game Boy as the belligerent maniac member who was so belligerent and maniacal that he was banned before he even joined. He was later eaten by a bear, but his family prefers pople just forget about him.
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frostbite wasn't saying the DS was bad, he was saying, why make a system that's not as good as (worse than) the DS?
("Hey, check out the new Game Boy! We're still making DS games, but because we want your money, we're gonna release two handhelds so you can buy games for both!)
Yeah, instead they went "Hey, check out the DS! We're still making GBA games, but because we want your money, we're gonna release two handhelds so you can buy games for both!"
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I personally think the Game Boy itself is dead. Most Nintendo fans already have a Game Boy Advance or Nintendo DS. Game Boy Advances have the ability to play any previous Game Boy game, and Nintendo DSes can play Game Boy Advance games, thus making most Game Boys obsolete. As for the production of Game Boy games, I really think the only Game Boy Advance games worth looking at are the Final Fantasy re-releases, and even those are starting to be re-released on the DS. I think Nintendo has pretty much switched gears to the DS, handheld-wise.
There's my opinion. Sorry if I was repeating what someone else said, I was too lazy to read all those pages back there.
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I gave my GBA SP to my sister when I got my DS. Now when I want to play GB and GBC games, I have to use my Game Boy Color. But that's cool because I'd rather play them on there anyway. In conclusion, all I'm lacking is a backlight.
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bobman:
FF3 is the only Final Fantasy remake for DS. 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 are all on GBA.
What do you mean about that, that the only good GBA games ever are the FF remakes?
I can think of a few more that are pretty good...
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bobman:
FF3 is the only Final Fantasy remake for DS. 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 are all on GBA.
What do you mean about that, that the only good GBA games ever are the FF remakes?
I can think of a few more that are pretty good...
Actually, I heard from X-Play (A video game review T.V. show) that after the positive sales of FF3 for the DS, Square Enix has expressed intentions to remake some of the other FF titles, as well. But yeah, there still are good games being release for the GBA, such as Drill Dozer, Summon Night and it's sequal and others. I guess it's not entirely over for the GBA.
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I second that, Chup, what about Super Mario Advance? Sonic The Hedeghog Genesis! even though, the Chef says it's bad.
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Is The Chef God? No, if you think it's good, that's your opinion. Anyway, you phools phorgot about Mario & Luigi, Kirby & The Amazing Mirror, and some other good ones. I won't name any more, because then there won't be any "some other good ones" that I could think of. Heh.
But the GBA fed off of remakes, mostly. No big deal, I really appreciated being able to play Yoshi's Island without the use of eBay. But as I've said in my previous posts here, coughyes the GBA can be considered dead. Don't leave the GBA games at home though.
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That's exactly my point, I think. The Game Boy's pretty much dead as a doornail, but that doesn't mean it's forgotten, or that it was a bad system. I mean, the N64 is pretty much decomposing, but that had some great games. I think that only when a system fades away can we truly appreciate its greatness. For example, right now the original Xbox is the equivalent of a senile old man
trying to look hip with ports of year-old PC and PS2 games. But in about eight years - Boom! - the Xbox nostalgia will kick in, right about the time that PS3 starts to become ancient and grow a beard, so that we could complain about the Good Old Days, back when you didn't need to spend $600 on a system and $50 on a controller, you only needed to spend $30 - $40 on a game and $20 on a controller.
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That is what I think, Microsoft completly left the Xbox whe the 360 came out, They can't keep up with systems very much, not like Nintnedo, once the GBA and GCN came out, Nintendo made more games for the 64! Like Paper and Doctor Mario.
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Wrong. They dropped the N64 harder than they ever dropped anything before. And both of those came out before the GameCube.
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bobman:
FF3 is the only Final Fantasy remake for DS. 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 are all on GBA.
What do you mean about that, that the only good GBA games ever are the FF remakes?
I can think of a few more that are pretty good...
I realize that FF3 is the only DS remake, what I'm saying is there are potentially more in the future.
I never said the only good GBA games EVER are FF remakes... just, the ones being released currently. It's all opinion, anyway.
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Well I might agree with you there. Of course, GBA games are barely a trickle now.
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Hmmmm, *play the cheetah girls on GBA* this is a disgrace to the gaming world, I'm insulted!
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I'm sure that 500 million other people have thought of this already, but I think that an adapter should be officially released by Nintendo, which could be inserted into a (for example) Game Boy micro and allow it to play original Game Boy and Game Boy Color games (and possibly even package it with the micro). If that ever happened, I would actually buy a micro. If it's impossible, then asses to me.
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It's possible, yo. I think it even exists. Just not officially.
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If I were able to get my hands on one, I would definitely buy the micro. After all, the backwards compatibility is the only thing that's missing from it.
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Needs more Z80.