GBA Micro and DS Lite/DSI

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#1 lewisg1212
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i have just bought the ds lite and i couldnt help comparing it to my micro.

i know what your thinking...cant possibly compare the 2 etc etc, but i couldnt help notice the difference in screen quality.

fire emblem for example, especially pokemon, the games on the micro look 10x better, games like mario 64 i undersdtand wouldnt be possible on the micro...but i just wished they used a higher quality screen for the DSI

i know the screens are bigger... but at the same pixel resolution the graphics are gunna look even WORSE.

anyway, just my 2 cents :)

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#2 RandomWarrior69
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I do agree, I remember my bro getting a micro....it was super bright which gave me migranes, but fire emblem and pokemon emerald looked great on it. My brother lost his micro a month later. It was a pretty cool GBA and I miss it.
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#3 Packt
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Hold it a couple inches further away?
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#4 Master-Thief-09
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Smaller pixels on GBA Micro is probably why it looked a bit better.
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#5 lewisg1212
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ive had my blue micro for a year, play it more than my ds lite and 360 combined :P (not as much as my ps3 :P) just ordered this baby :P

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#6 RandomWarrior69
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[QUOTE="lewisg1212"]

ive had my blue micro for a year, play it more than my ds lite and 360 combined :P (not as much as my ps3 :P) just ordered this baby :P

Nice limited edition, I just might buy myself one or a cheaper one in black/silver on eBay.
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#7 lewisg1212
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not many colour schemes came out in the UK :( only plain silver, blue, green and pink. really wanted the silver/black one :( micros rocks :)
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#8 RandomWarrior69
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In the US i think we only got black and silver, with blue/green/pink faceplates to put on them as well as the limited edition. I could be wrong though because I do remember a light green one...
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#9 SuperfastSonic
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It kind of makes me wonder why Nintendo released the Micro just months before they stopped making GBA games(the DS was out at the time too). Japan had one that more buttons,and you could download games on to it. That would have been more up-to-date then the Micro we got.
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#10 blooddog28
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micro does have better screen quality for gba games... also does the micro use batteries or charger?
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#11 dr_doongy
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it uses a charger.

the micro's screen quality may be better, but it's really tiny. i know that that's the point of it being the micro, but try playing summon night swordcraft story on the micro. it's an eyesore.

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#12 Gaming-Planet
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Now I feel like getting one.

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#13 King-gamer
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Hm, maybe it has to do with pixel resolution and the screen being smaller. But anyway I don't know anyone who owns a micro it was a cool handheld but it was too small and died out pretty fast.
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#14 yokofox33
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The micro is the only Gameboy that I have ever passed on. I didn't really see the need for it I guess.

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#15 PsiPhiTy1
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I had a GBA for a few years and never played it (lack of interesting games and the medium as a whole), then I got my DS followed by my 360. I just recently bought a Micro and I switch back and forth between the DS and the Micro daily , while riding the Bus and waiting for it. (re)playing Fire Emblem while waiting for bus and Fire Emblem (new one) on DS once ON the bus, I travel a lot and am on buses a lot... but with failing eye site the Micro is a lot easier for me to see. I would drool to be able to buy a Micro that played DS games, (single screened would be sufficient in most cases... or better yet a Game Boy Micro sized DS maybe with [not-so-dorky] glasses that made the screen content appear larger. Needless to say I sit here contemplating the final days of my 360 and whether to take advantage of my local game stores trade in offers and get more games that I still don't have enough time to play.. or hold onto it and play through the 3 or 4 more 360 games that I kinda enjoy only when bored of the DS (yeah! like THAT ever happens!) By example; Ultimate Card Games GBA (instructions or any text for that matter) , heck, just reading the card indexes, are all but impossible to read on the Micro unless you have the best of eye site or googles/glasses/Microscope.... I still won't do without it though. I practically glue that cart in.. There are ea couple of games ie Both Advance Wars, Black hole and original, BOTH Fire Emblems for the GBA, all Final Fantasy carts and a few game compilations(chess etc..) that i can basically replay forever by circulating them in and out. Games like that I don't try and just BEAT and I can't say I understand those people who DO. WHY JUST speed through and quickly BEAT something, why not experience the whole thing, collect every item, beat everyone there is to challenge, become every level fighter there is to BE, see all the sites and get the most out of your buck, especially in these times of slim cash availability. Really wring the game for all it's worth. Just beating a game in an afternoon seems like a terrible waste of money. I will probably always have my micro until they stop selling batteries for it [ then I'll learn to make 'em myself] and or until I have played every GBA game rated 7.5 or greater. Heck, just for (both) Fire Emblems and (both) Advance Wars, I'll probably own one forever.... So I'm Holdin' out for the >>>>>>>> Hey if flip phones can get that small why not the DS? it can happen!?!?!? Heck Game carts are very close in size to Phone SIM cards...
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#16 PsiPhiTy1
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I guess what I meant was it was quick to take out [and play] and quick to put away, as well as takes little to no room. AND as an adult (45yrold) I can hide my guilty pleasure of pokemon bashing/collecting, which I share with my 14 year old daughter. I can be descreet while riding the bus to and from work... looks like todays phones or blackberries or some similar electronic gadget rather than a game boy,... A toy. So far it still beating my phone games but not by far and maybe not for long.
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#17 PsiPhiTy1
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In a reveiw of Nintendo I once read, not long ago, that the Micro was aimed/designed and marketed at adults so they could play [child like] games while being discreet in public. I guess they were hoping to expand thier market that way. Instead they accomplished the same thing with the DS & DSi and the games they chose to market. Same result in a slightly different way.