hi everybody, i´m looking for the gba sp samus edition and i have seen 2 models. i have the orange and red normal edition (1000 units i think) and the same edition but with the 3 birds logo. is real that there 20 units? is certificate from Nintendo?
I'm not sure on any of the production numbers, but there never was an actual Samus edition GBA SP produced. It was a promotion through Club Nintendo where (for a certain amount of points, obviously) you could ship your existing SP to NOJ and get a new case put on it. The Samus coloring was one edition, as was the metallic lime green color released in the US as the Donkey Kong Country edition in Target stores. As far as the little critters on the bottom of that unit - I'd hazard a guess it's Dachora and the Etecoons. I've never heard of two varieties of the Samus case, though - maybe that was just a decal or something?
i know the normal edition history..but i have a friend that has the logo edition, and he says that there 20 units and it was given away in a lottery from club Nintendo. the one paid 120.000 yen.
thats correct ! 20 of them were randomly customized with the sign. nobody of you guys saw them on yahoo-jp go for insane amounts of money ? you might find this intressting: 任天堂株式会社は、同社のホームページ「クラブニンテンドー」で実施しているゲームボーイアドバンスSPのボディカラーチェンジサービスに、「サムスツートン」カラーを8月10日に追加する。交換には「クラブニンテンドー」のポイントが600ポイント必要。 「サムスツートン」は、5月27日に発売されたゲームボーイアドバンス用アクション「メトロイド ゼロミッション」の発売を記念して追加されるもの。主人公のサムス・アランをイメージした、赤とオレンジの2色で構成されている。 また同社では「メトロイド ゼロミッション」のクリアタイムを競うイベントを、6月15日から1カ月間の予定でメトロイド公式サイトにて実施する。このイベントの参加者の中から抽選で80名に、「サムスツートン」へのボディカラーチェンジサービスの権利がプレゼントされる。こちらは通常の「サムスツートン」にはない刻印が入れられた特別バージョンとなっており、イベントに参加しないと入手できない。交換したいが600ポイントには足りない、あるいはレアなカラーを手に入れたいという人は、こちらに参加してみてはいかがだろうか。 http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20040531/samus.htm its says 80 units , i have the info that only 20 exist.
yeah, I guess we should all stop buying them and put our money into better places, like stocks and bonds...
Nintendo says 80 units, so I would go with 80. Just check the official Japanese Metroid site for information about this system. All other sources I have state this figure too. Maybe you could share where you have your number from? Would be nice to know... M.
It was not random for everyone. According to the article, the 80 "special" versions were given only to 80 random people that competed in the Time Attack contest. Those 80 also got a free color change. And yes, it runs (or did anyway) between 100,000 and 120,000 yen. Not sure what it's going for these days. Yeah... like old shitty dev equipment that just sits around?
