Nintendo's GameBoy Goes Micro

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The original GameBoy Advance fits comfortably into the pocket of a backpack. The retooled GameBoy Advance SP fits into a coat pocket. Now Nintendo takes aim at the pocket of your tightest jeans with the tiny GameBoy Micro System, quite simply the smallest and sleekest GameBoy product that Nintendo has ever created. It's thinner than a cell-phone, as chic as an MP3 player and as fun as a GameBoy. In an instant it attracts attention and positions the image-conscious player as someone on the cutting edge of cool.

The sporty, silver metal GameBoy Micro measures a mere 4 inches wide, 2 inches tall and 0.7 inches deep, allowing it to sit comfortably alongside today's hippest technological gadgets. It weighs an astonishing 2.8 ounces, or about the weight of 80 paper clips. Yet GameBoy Micro has the same processing power and plays the same games as GameBoy Advance SP models, complete with standard face controls and gleaming shoulder and Start/Select buttons that literally shine.

With GameBoy Micro, everyone plays with style. A removable face plate gives owners the option to buy replacements to customize the look of their systems again and again with new colors and designs. Most notably, its 2-inch backlit screen shines with incredible power, rendering games in startling clarity with fantastic colors on the best GameBoy screen ever. For the first time, users can adjust the brightness of the screen to adapt to indoor lights or outdoor sunshine.

"We're making the gorgeous GameBoy Micro for image-conscious folks who love video games, the ones who want the look of their sytem to be as cool as the games they play on it," saya George Harrison, Nintendo of America's senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. "Because of its diminutive size and industrial hip look, GameBoy Micro immediately identifies the person playing it as a trendsetter with discriminating style."

GameBoy Micro represents the latest evolution in the image of the GameBoy Advance line, but it is not a successor to any current system. GameBoy Micro will be released this fall. The system comes with a built-in, rechargeable lithium-ion battery and supports standard headphones.

The GameBoy Advance line remains tied for the most popular video game system of this generation. More than 28 million units have sold in the United States, yet GameBoy Advance launched a full eight month after Playstation 2, video game fans clearly appreciate great game play and portability. Nearly 700 games are now available for GameBoy Advance.

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[Bloodwolf]

Man this thing is small.