E3: GB Micro

Earlier this evening, we broke the news that Nintendo will release a new iteration of the GameBoy Advance. Now we've got a few more hardware shots and information.

The original GameBoy Advance fits comfortably into the pocket of a backpack. The retooled GameBoy Advance SP fits into a coat pocket. Now Nintendo takes aim at the pocket of your tightest jeans with the tiny GameBoy Micro, quite simply the smallest and sleekest GameBoy product that Nintendo has ever created. It's thinner than a cell phone, as chic as an MP3 player and has the entertainment value of a GameBoy Advance... Instant win if you'd ask us.

The sporty, silver metal Game Boy Micro measures a mere 10 centimeters wide, 5 centimers tall and about 1.8 centimeters deep, allowing it to sit comfortably alongside today's hippest technological gadgets. All this, in only 80 grams of technology... Yet the GameBoy Micro has the same processing power and plays the same games as GameBoy Advance SO models, complete with standard face controls, gleaming shoulder and Start/Select buttons that literally shine.

But there's more. A removable face plate gives owners the option to buy replacements to customize the look of their systems again and again with new colors and designs (Nokia anyone?). Most notably, its 2-inch backlit screen shines with incredible power, rendering games in startling clarity with fantastic colors on the best GameBoy screen ever. For the first time, users can adjust the brightness of the screen to adapt to indoor lights or outdoor sunshine.

"We're making the gorgeous GameBoy Micro for image-conscious folks who love video games, the ones who want the look of their system to be as cool as the games they play on it," says George Harrison, Nintendo of America's senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. "Because of its diminutive size and industrial-hip look, GameBoy Micro immediately identifies the person playing it as a trendsetter with discriminating style."

GameBoy Micro represents the latest evolution in the image of the GameBoy Advance line, but it is not a successor to any current system. The GameBoy Micro will be released this fall. The system comes with a built-in, rechargeable lithium-ion battery and supports standard headphones.

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  I like the blue glowy Start+select buttons, I want one of these

  skarma, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  Go to Gamespot.com and you can watch the entire Nintendo Press Conference. They show this, and it is SO SMALL, and there are a whole bunch of cool face plates.

  Nintendude, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  Oh my word! Its so small!

  tiamat1990, 30-11--0001 at 00:00