Nintendo Gameboy Advance SP

Advantages: Compact size, Stylish, Battery Life
Disadvantages: I used to read the occasional book

...change though. In March, Nintendo in their ultimate wisdom, launched the Gameboy Advance Special Project (SP). With their existing Gameboy Color and Gameboy Advance products, Nintendo had achieved market domination in the field of handheld gaming, but as with any successful company, they needed to find a way of enlarging the potential market. With the SP, I believe they will succeed. Obviously, there are those out there who simply must have the ...
...– a deliberate ploy by Nintendo to extend the usage of these ‘toys’ into the 20 and 30 something age groups (Being part of the latter group, I can testify to their success). If you opt for the black or silver colour, this could easily be mistaken for an electronic organiser when folded. Personally, I opted for the very striking Blue metallic finish. Portability Although portability is the main attraction, the previous gameboy advance was not ‘conveniently ... Read review

Advantages: Small sleek and integral light.
Disadvantages: Needs headphone adapter

...grey. In 1998 Nintendo decided to spruce up the Gameboy's image and to this end they not only shrunk it in size to 75mm x 27mm x 133mm, and a much lighter 138g, but they added an impressive upto 56 simultaneous on-screen colours. In 2001 the third incarnation arose, the Gameboy Advance. And this truly brought a new experience to handheld gaming, boasting a 32 bit CPU, and upto a massive 32,768 colours on-screen, we now had gameplay to rival the playstation, ...
...gripe, but still what were Nintendo thinking except more money. What Games Are Available? *********************************** There is a huge library of games available, consisting of hundreds if not thousands of titles. As you can play games originally released for the gameboy and gameboy colour, you can even play the original Tetris. A word of warning though, gameboy/colour games will stick out of the slot somewhat and make the overall look ... Read review

Advantages: Screen light, rechargable battery, compact design, backward compatibility
Disadvantages: Battery life worn a bit by light

...to look like the original Nintendo Entertainment System controller from the 80s. The graphics are the same as Gameboy advance graphics, only brighter with the use of the light. As with all Nintendo consoles, there is a wide variety of games available. There are countless Super Mario games, such as Mario Kart and Mario Party which was the first game in the Mario Party series to be released for the Gameboy. Mario Kart is a racing game, which also ...
...Gamecube. Fans of the series will love Super Circuit, this version for the Gameboy advance and it's also great for first time gamers, as it isn't too difficult to start off with. You can also play games from the brilliant Legend of Zelda series, including Link's Awakening and the Oracle series. The Legend of Zelda series is often regarded as one of the best game series available, and there are plenty of them to choose from for this console. The SP ... Read review

Advantages: Small, battary lasts, some good games, light screen
Disadvantages: Some games, old game compatibility, no headphone support

...with the first GBA that nintendo brought out for us. I wasn't too fussed for it, to be honest. Once i did get it for £80 with a game included, i actually couldnt put the thing down for hours on end. So, thats how i got mine out the way, lets get down to the review. Big? Small? - The gameboy advance SP is around the same size as the old gameboys in length, and square in width. There is 2 panals, one is with the buttons and the other is for the screen. ...
...a small box, with the Nintendo name and logo on the top, on the sides it includes the main on and off button and a volume slide. The speaker in the GBA SP is good, you CAN hear the sounds of games quite clearly and with help from ingame settings and the volume slide, you can find your prefered sound level. Unfortunatly, its not all good in this small game processer, there is NO headphone socket, unlike the other versions of the gameboy, even the ... Read review

Advantages: Sleak design | Compact | See the screen
Disadvantages: No headphone output

...design, which is obviously what Nintendo had in mind to appeal to the more mature person as well as the younger kids who want to play the games. It has a nice finish of either platinum (silver), black or blue and it will seem most people will opt for the ever sexy silver, which is what I plumped for, but seeing the other colours up close too all of them retain a stylish look about them. Its dimensions are also worthy of note. Measuring at just 3.33’’ ...
...Playing time is generous. Nintendo have had a reason to shy away from including a light on a portable system because they can eat batteries but technology has come along. The built in battery can now last about 10 hours playtime with the light on and 18 hours with no light. Incidentally a new rechargeable battery has been released in Japan boasting a 16-hour playing time with the light on. Ten hours is still a very good time to play on but it can ... Read review