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  • 24-08-2005 4:21am
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    flogen
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,243 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Will anyone here be getting the Micro when it comes out?
    We have a sheet in work now advertising the preorder campaign and it has an actual size pic on it, and I must say it's rediculously small, far too small for my manly hands.
    I do like the faceplate idea, but the €110 price point is stupid IMO, they should be selling it under €90, the GBASP still sells at €110 and that's far too much (especially if the DS is going to drop here like in the US).

    I think it's a very Japanese machine with little sway in western markets. Some kids will like it, but not many.


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    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,052 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    i'll probably get one if I have the money. It's a lovely little machine and far more portable than the DS and the equally bulky and likely to be nicked PSP. I've still got a stack of GBA games I haven't even played yet.
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    Cake Fiend
    Registered Users Posts: 5,335 ✭✭✭Cake Fiend


    I'll probably pick one up at some stage as well. I don't like the feel of the DS, and I have GBA games that I don't play very often - trying to play something like Castlevania on an unlit GBA screen is an exercise in frustration.


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    rainbow kirby
    Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 26,928 Mod ✭✭✭✭rainbow kirby


    I probably won't get one. I already have a GBA, GBA SP and DS... there's no point in adding another device to play GBA games.


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    steviec
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    I'm very tempted. It'd be my first GBA, I was gonna get a SP but held out for the DS, which when I got it turned out to be far bulkier than I imagined. I think the micro is a nice size for real portability. You could practically put it on your keyring. The DS/PSP may be portable but neither is practical for playing on a crowded bus for example(the PSP might be if there wasn't the fear of it being robbed) and many many other places, but I think the micro might be an answer to that. I can finally stop playing block breaker deluxe on my phone.


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    Rhyme
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 8,561 Mod ✭✭✭✭Rhyme


    Had my heart set on this (even made a thread about it :rolleyes: )... ironing out the details on getting an SP now so that dream is gone.


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    Syth
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    I have no plans to get one. Even though I have a Game Boy, Game Boy Colour, Game Boy Advance, GBA SP and DS. €110 is ridiculus. €50 would be better. They should aim for the non gamer, someone who doesn't have a handheld, which means making it cheap. The technology is quite old by now.


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