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GBA SP and Player won't tilt Comments by Tom Bramwell

28 January, 2003

But there will be 300,000 of them.

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Errol
28/01/03 @ 11:31
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But then, what is these days ?
Alastair
28/01/03 @ 11:33
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Koro Koro Kirby - is that the fabled link game between GBA and Cube, where the GBA is the controller and you can drop from TV screen onto GBA?
Mugwum [staff]
28/01/03 @ 11:34
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The very same!
Razz
28/01/03 @ 11:38
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NOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooo.......... //fades into oblivion
Blerk
28/01/03 @ 11:40
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nor the Game Boy Player peripheral will work with games that use the built-in tilt sensor.

Ho ho - of COURSE it wouldn't! I can't really see people tipping their Cube upside down and side to side to play. :-)

Not that it really matters. All the 'tilt' games sound cack.
Alastair
28/01/03 @ 11:48
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When are we ever going to see Koro Koro Kirby? Surely it's not out already.....
Blerk
28/01/03 @ 13:33
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Lol! Spong just reported this as well and said this:

This means that such games as Kirby’s Tilt ‘n’ Tumble will not work with the machine, hinting at what many have whispered since the SP was unveiled: it contains a substantially different set of innards than its predecessor.

Right... a substantially different set of innards.... OR it might just be that the cartridge goes in the other way around! :-D
Blerk
28/01/03 @ 13:41
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Not sure, but I seem to remember Kristan mentioning this as a possibility in the original write-up of the GBA-SP when it was first announced. I guess this is just the first official confirmation...
Nemesis
28/01/03 @ 14:19
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........alternatively put a mirror on your lap, turn GB-SP upside down, play via the reflection.

Sorted.

otto [mod]
28/01/03 @ 15:27
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Quick straw poll, who's going to get one of these puppies? On reflection, I've decided to stick with my olde worlde GBA, unless I can accidentally break it or something.
Blerk
28/01/03 @ 15:29
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I'm getting one, but only because I don't have a 'standard' GBA.
Nemesis
28/01/03 @ 15:32
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The 'frontlight' feature is tempting, we shall see how funds are...

..this year, I'm going to be a stingy git and not spend so much money on gaming.
pjmaybe
28/01/03 @ 15:49
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"The 'frontlight' feature is tempting, we shall see how funds are... "

This is precisely why I don't want one. A frickin' front light! For god's sake, that's going to be about as effective as no light at all! A backlight, behind the LCD panel, just like mobile phones have - how frickin' difficult would that have been to implement for god's sake!!!

Peej
eviltobz
28/01/03 @ 15:59
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i'm tempted, but i'll probably wait until i've had the chance to use one before forking out for it.
Pirotic
28/01/03 @ 16:03
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I'll wait for nintendo to release the GameBoy Advance SPX, which is the SP, but with headphone socket and a backlight, and shoulder buttons which are actually reachable by human hands without the need to have some joints removed
Alastair
28/01/03 @ 16:16
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'This is precisely why I don't want one. A frickin' front light! For god's sake, that's going to be about as effective as no light at all! '

Well, the afterburner is pretty damn effective, so I guess one that is specifically designed and built in could be even better/more effective.
As far as I remember the afterburner is based on the tech used in some PDAs.
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otto [mod]
28/01/03 @ 16:38
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er, which was precisely his point.
binky
28/01/03 @ 16:42
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no mr Otto. i shall not be getting one of these. The only times i play GBA seems to be in places where the light source is plentiful. im really not that bothered. strange but true.
The only game that i ever found light to be a problem was Castlevania.
pjmaybe
28/01/03 @ 16:43
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"I'll wait for nintendo to release the GameBoy Advance SPX, which is the SP, but with headphone socket and a backlight, and shoulder buttons which are actually reachable by human hands without the need to have some joints removed"

Heh, and I'll be waiting for the Gameboy Advance SPSSX - the one where the frickin 20 year old frickin games don't frickin' well cost frickin' 35 frickin quid!!!

Peej
otto [mod]
28/01/03 @ 16:51
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binky, I agree with you on the light issue, only recently has it been something of a problem, during Metroid Fusion. In every other game I've played it's been fine.
Alastair
28/01/03 @ 16:55
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Heh, and I'll be waiting for the Gameboy Advance SPSSX - the one where the frickin 20 year old frickin games don't frickin' well cost frickin' 35 frickin quid!!!

Calm down Peej. Take a few deep breaths or something....
Tyronne
28/01/03 @ 17:01
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funny thing is that pjmaybe does have a point...its the games of yesterday at tomorrows prices....
AnotherMartin
28/01/03 @ 18:15
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Quick straw poll, who's going to get one of these puppies?

I'm getting one, but only because I don't have a 'standard' GBA.

ditto

erm, or maybe

i'm tempted, but i'll probably wait until i've had the chance to use one before forking out for it.
mal
28/01/03 @ 19:31
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I'll probably get one, although it does depend on how much I'm using my existing GBA by the time it gets released. Having just picked up Metroid for it, it's getting quite a lot of use though it does go through dead periods. I never really did go back to those games which I found unplayable before I got an afterburner, such as Mario Kart.
lee3p0
28/01/03 @ 21:07
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I just stuck a front light in my GBA, I think I`ll stick with that.
otto [mod]
28/01/03 @ 21:20
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well based on this straw poll it's not exactly a ringing endorsement for the thing is it?
Nemesis
28/01/03 @ 21:32
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Yay, but once the baby SNES is out there, I bet there'll be more impulse buys from the boys ;-)
beep
28/01/03 @ 22:14
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And as for the Game Boy Player... well, tilting requires movement, doesn't it?

So my grand idea of a backpack style contraption, which holds the Cube and the GB Player, where you swivel your hips for movement, is not feasible?
29/01/03 @ 10:48
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I'll have to have a go, but probably.
AnotherMartin
29/01/03 @ 15:53
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Lol! Spong just reported this as well and said this:

it seems they have realised their mistake now and owned up to it, which I suppose we should give them some credit for, they also almost make up for it with a nice little comment about Kirby being incompatible with all GBA's, linkage

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