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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Keith Stuart

Micro is reasonably-sized success

The teeny-weeny Game Boy Micro was released in Japan yesterday and apparently (see here, here, and here), it performed better than expected, although failed to match the launch day figures of the GBA SP - hardly surprising really as this is the third time Nintendo has released the GBA technology. It'll be squeezed into a mobile phone next, mark my words.

The UK launch is set for November 4th and you can expect a retail price of around £60-70. You can also expect to accidentally sit on it a few hours after purchase having forgotten that you slid it into your back pocket. With your iPod nano. Forthcoming essentials like Wario Ware: Twisted, Pokemon Emerald and Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones may convince gadget fans that it's worth upgrading from SP to Micro rather than switching to DS or PSP. But admit it, how many of you are going to end up with all three?

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