was the GBA micro a fiasco?

70 euros is well above 40 dollars unfortunately

 

When I find the japanese blue one on an import site for $40-$60 then I will get one.

 

anyone know where to buy a couple on the cheap because i need one to give to my 3 year old for xmas... don't feel like paying 80 bucks for a bundle.

 

I like my micro, because, it's small. I got the Pokemon version, and regreat horribly throwing away the box. I still haven't gotten over how I did that. I'm an idiot. I have a Play-Yan micro for it too.

I want my box back. But how!? I NEED the box. Need...Need...

But what I want is the Final Fantasy IV edition. Meh. Maybe next year. Or the Famicom version? ...

 

Well, I got a small flyer from Toys R Us, where they introduced a pack containing a GBA Micro with 2 movie tie-in games, a Namco retro collection, and some protector covers or something similar for 80 dlls.

There's an article right now in modojo discussing the apparent failure of the Micro:

Man, I hope I can find a famicom edition cheap, because otherwise it's pretty much useless for me. I rather have the GBC/GB compatibility and functions to connect to the GC.

 

There was a Toys'r'us deal online where you could get 2 GBA micros and a few carrying cases for $63. It was a glitch in the "package" deal online and I don't know if it still works, but they were honoring it. There was a thread about it over at cheapassgamer.

 

oh man can i get that link panda

 

While it wasn't a failure, they could've done so much more if there was a built-in MP3 playing function (+ some flash memory), made a decent set of faceplates, and made the price more affordable.

 

I got mine at some Wal-Mart in Germany, they sold them for 45€ at that time.

But now that it seems micros are becoming less popular the prices started to rise again - most online shops sell them around 60€...

You still can get a nice deal at ebay.de, right now there are a few new micros listed at 44€ (BuyItNow)

 

Honestly I'm glad the micro floped, since it shows nintendo they cant keep on living from old, obsolete tech like they did in the past with the GBC...

 

just bought the famicom-ed. and i love to play on it, when i'm out of house. the picture looks so clear and colorful. even hardcore action games like gunstar super heros looking great on it. plus, the contoller cross is one of the best a handheld ever got!

 

I was looking at the Famicom Edition today as well. 5500 yen down here for a new one. How much did you pay up north, Tatsujin?

Yakumo

 

9800en but it's already about 8 month ago. but i think it's still around the same price in akiba.

 

You can link a micro to the gamecube, today i was just enjoying the delights of playing NiGHTS on my micro. It looks lovely on such a sharp & crisp screen.

 

how is nights on the GBA Importaku? Is it 3D or a 2D effort? Anything like the Saturn original?

Yakumo

 

Its 2d but it feels suprisingly like the saturn version. Nights moves very fluidly. Sadly its only 1 level but bless sega for giving it away in PSO & billy hatcher (^_^)

 

nights on GBA? what the?

 

Yakumo, I can send u the "captured" image of the game if you want to try it.. *please don't hit me*

 

Yes a special score attack version of nights was available.

It originally appeared on PSO as a special xmas quest where you helped nights recover glowing orbs when you returned them back to him he gave you a special gift. It allowed you to connect a gba & download the nights game into your gba. The only prolem was you had to be online to download the game each time you wanted to play.

A few years later sega gave away the same minigame in billy hatcher you had to find a special nights egg & hatch it to unlock it in the gba game menu.

Threre was also puyo puyo, chu chu rocket as well.

 

Fiasco? No.

It was simply a stopgap on the way to the systems death. I wasnt expecting the GBA/SP/Micro to last into 2007, but Square and Atlus are apparently sticking to it. Nice to see it go out with such a huge bang, too.