GC Advance?

How shall we call it... GameCube Advance? GameBoyCube? Anyway, Nintendo has announced that the GBA goes "Big Screen"! Don't be too excited yet, just look inside...

The real name: NINTENDO GAMECUBE GAME BOY PLAYER!

Don't be too excited yet, it's NOT a new GBA. Nintendo will release an GC-GBA adapter, which allows you to play GBA-games using your GameCube. Play Mario Kart Advance on your bigscreen tv! Either use your GBA as a controller, or use the regular GC-controller (or the WaveBird) to play your games.

The adapter will be released March 2003 in Japan for 5,000 Yen (about $49.99).

Here's some specs:
Size: Width [ of 150mm ] x height [ of 57.3mm ] x depth of 155.1mm
Mass: About 370g
Color variation: Four kinds (a NINTENDO game cube main part and same color)
Use power supply: It supplies from a NINTENDO game cube.
The maximum power consumption: 0.8W (NINTENDO game cube)
Others: The Game Boy player startup disk enclosure

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Press release:
The Game Boy software can enjoy itself on TV screen.
"About a NINTENDO game cube Game Boy player"

Nintendo Co., Ltd. (head office : Minami-ku, Kyoto-shi, the president : Satoshi Iwata) puts on the market "the NINTENDO game cube Game Boy player (henceforth, Game Boy player)" which enables the play of the software of a handheld game machine "Game Boy" on TV screen next spring.

Exclusive software of "by equipping home TV game machine "NINTENDO game cube" main part bottom with Game Boy player", it is "Game Boy", the "Game Boy color", and the "Game Boy advance" * The play of (the number about 1,400 sorts / of number abbreviation of domestic total sale 170 million book and titles, and as of March 31, 2002) is attained by the controller of a game cube on domestic TV screen. Moreover, a "NINTENDO game cube GBA cable" can be used and the Game Boy advance can also be operated as a controller.
Of course, if a game cube is equipped with the "Game Boy player", in order to function as one set of a Game Boy advance, communication and waging war of the Game Boy advances also become possible by connecting it and the Game Boy advance of a stock by "the communication cable only for the Game Boy advances."

While beginning "Pocket-Monsters ruby sapphire" and "tradition gods' try force &4 つ sword of ZERUDA" towards next spring from an end of the year and putting many good role playing games on the market for the Game Boy advances, at home, a character is raised on TV screen and the play style of communicating and playing a match against a friend with a handheld game machine outside is born.

This the "Game Boy player" has planned sale in May of the same year in Japan, and has planned deployment in Europe and Australia after that probably beforehand in March, 2003 and North America.
* Some Game Boy software cannot be used.

src: Nintendo.co.jp

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