6th January 2003, 10:06 PM
Well, I suspect that it's for money :D. Really though, I think the non-lit GBA will be phazed out after the lit one's first price drop. This is all assuming that CNN has ANY idea what they are talking about.
In any case, if the GBA was re-made, I have to say any theories of added buttons and prosessing power are something I doubt Nintendo would do. Upgrade an existing system? Yes. Make what is effectively a new system that would have games that could only be played using it? That's just plain risky. The GBC managed to sell, but that was released a LONG time after the GB was released. The GBA managed to sell very well as well, but it was a much more major improvement (plus, I think Nintendo would want to drag the GBA's life span as long as possible). Things they COULD do however, besides backlighting, would be to add the infrared port (not very likely, but it would make it fully backwards compatible with the GBC). They could also fix the various backwards compatibility glitches with titles like Tarzan and such. Finally, they could do what they should have done back when the GBA was first released and give it Super Game Boy mode support.
Well, in any case, since I afterburned my GBA, it would be upsetting to see this released, except for my one special situation. I have a little brother and sister who had their GBA stolen, so I could give them my old afterburned one and buy this one for myself. Thus, the cycle of hand-me-down computer hardware in my family would be complete.
In any case, if the GBA was re-made, I have to say any theories of added buttons and prosessing power are something I doubt Nintendo would do. Upgrade an existing system? Yes. Make what is effectively a new system that would have games that could only be played using it? That's just plain risky. The GBC managed to sell, but that was released a LONG time after the GB was released. The GBA managed to sell very well as well, but it was a much more major improvement (plus, I think Nintendo would want to drag the GBA's life span as long as possible). Things they COULD do however, besides backlighting, would be to add the infrared port (not very likely, but it would make it fully backwards compatible with the GBC). They could also fix the various backwards compatibility glitches with titles like Tarzan and such. Finally, they could do what they should have done back when the GBA was first released and give it Super Game Boy mode support.
Well, in any case, since I afterburned my GBA, it would be upsetting to see this released, except for my one special situation. I have a little brother and sister who had their GBA stolen, so I could give them my old afterburned one and buy this one for myself. Thus, the cycle of hand-me-down computer hardware in my family would be complete.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)