New GBA Rumors!

Jonbo298 · 10-09-2002, 10:47 AM

More news on the new GBA, and it may be bigger than you think...

Yesterday we told you about a rumour of a new GBA, with a backlight and possibly a change to it's shape. Well, the rumours are back, and bigger than ever.

Rumours have now surfaced that the hardware itself will recieve a major upgrade. It is said to have four face buttons, two shoulder buttons and a flip-top lid.

Add to this a slimline battery, backlight and an improved chipset, and you've got yourself one hell of a handheld.

Nintendo are expected to make an announcement this month, to tie in with the company's 70th anniversary.

It all sounds too good to be true. But improving the hardware this much could mean "Only for GBA2" games, do you want to be forced to buy another handheld, when the GBA is still quite young? Nintendo know what they are doing though, I don't think they will alienate GBA owners.

http://www.cube-europe.com/newsphp/news.php?id=2777

All I have to say is that it would be great if they announced this!!! I have been holding off on getting a GBA and now I might just wait for the "GBA2". I guess Nintendo finally listened to people when we were wanting 4 face buttons instead of 2! But these are just rumors. Hopefully "trumors". (very bad ""pun"")

Dyne · 10-09-2002, 01:06 PM

Holy...... SHIZ!

Is this the damn big announcement that the japanese magazine fortold????

O_O

It sounds too good to be true.

Or.... the GP32 finally bought rights to sell in places other than Korea.......

EDIT: On second thought, the GBA has really lost it's punch, I guess.... and it has to be an adequate GCN controller, does it not?

DarkMaster · 10-09-2002, 03:13 PM

if they make this, and its sold at a reasonable price, i just may buy it

Joeiss · 10-09-2002, 04:34 PM

Hmm.... Considering I have only bought 4 games for the GBA so far, I couldn't care less if they did they, but onlly if they made a thing where I could send in my GBA and get a free GBA2. But anyways, I really do not see something like this hapenning in the near future. Maybe a year after the next Nintendo console comes out, a new Game Boy will come out, but not yet, my friends.

Jason1 · 10-09-2002, 06:48 PM

They might make a back-lit GBA, maybe with a flip top thinge, but no way in hell they will improve the chip this soon. It would be a very dumb move, considering GBA is still selling quite well last time I checked.

Angrist · 10-10-2002, 10:02 AM

Yup. They won't make a whole new GB yet.

And how will a new GB give GC a sales-boom??? I think it's something else...

GameKinG · 10-10-2002, 10:10 AM

I havent even got GBA yet...

And I think that mag mentioned big Gamecube news, more specificaly.

Yoda9864 · 10-10-2002, 09:45 PM

Hmmmm, this would be cool, but I doubt all those things are true. Still optimistic htough.