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Before, the article said that Nintendo removed the Z80, so it no longer played GBC games. The hardware switch to select GBC mode is also removed. However, the system still can enter GBC mode from a crashing GBA program, and it excecutes the GBC's bootrom, so it clearly still has the Z80. But the GB Micro is unable to read anything from a GBC cartridge. Maybe it's because GBC cartridges use a different voltage.-- Dwedit ( talk) 01:21, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
Has anyone at the conference asked a Nintendo rep about Game Boy original games? I have a DS, but I want something small to play Tetris original on. The Micro would be perfect if it could do it. -- Carl 05:14, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
Another report by Nintendo. This one specifically says, " It weighs an astonishing 2.8 ounces, yet Game Boy Micro has the same processing power and plays the same games as Game Boy Advance SP models." K1Bond007 20:16, May 25, 2005 (UTC)
An article from 1up.com states this: "On the other hand, the Micro also lacks support for those older games even though it bears the name Game Boy. Reportedly, the company fears that having the larger format cartridges sticking out of the slim machine would compromise its "sex appeal." Zooba 19:44, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
This sounds like a case of marketoid logic. Does anybody have old press releases before the DS was released, as it supports GBA games, but does not support GB, SGB, and GBC games. If Nintendo also claimed that the DS supports every game that the GBA does, then we can be pretty sure that when they say the same thing for the GBM, that they are not implying compatibility with GB, SGB, and GBC games. How such claims would not constitute false advertising is beyond me.
Luke 10:00, 22 August (CST)
The lack of GB/GBC compatibility might have been done for the same reason as the DS -- older cartridges require different voltages, and adding support for such would have a significant effect on battery life. -- Poiuyt Man talk 06:30, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
Released in "fall" in the northern hemishpere? Released at that time in the U.S.? Come on, folks. A Q# release is more suitable for internationality, either way. - Vague | Rant 08:25, May 18, 2005 (UTC)
If someone can, i've got a new link from the nintendo site, with some pretty cool faceplate concept designs. Can anyone put this up? faceplates
those are micro faceplates made by various companies to celebrate Mario's 20th aniversary. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Camtin ( talk • contribs) 16:27, 21 November 2005 (UTC).
It looks so much like an original NES controller, does anyone think that Nintendo might be releasing a NES 'skin' for it? -- Tonsofpcs 06:53, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
At Nintendo's recent summit event Reggie said that it was possible although they currently had no plans to. Deathawk 17:16, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
"Quoted as being the best screen in a Nintendo handheld thus far."
Any evidence of this? Or just more Nintendo fanboy BS?
At E3 Reggie was quoted as saying something of that nature, so even if it's not true (which seems doubtful at this point.) it's Nintendo's official line. Deathawk 17:24, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
I dont think that Gameboy Micro is really appropriate since there is already about a million different types of "Gameboys" on the market already. The button are too small for your fingers!! Just when you thought personal gaming devices could get no smaller, WRONG!!!
Wikipedia is not a discussion forum. Take this debate elsewhere please. :-) -- Carl 16:21, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
I'm new to Wikipedia, but the headline of the area we're talking in is called "discussion." Is there harm in doing something the "rules" say that we can do? Besides, its great feedback! Good job Havok! Is Carl some kind of moderator or something? sentinelred 14:52, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
The Gameboy Micro is excellent, its great for playing games instead of paying attention during school.
From the what Wikipedia is not page:
"Discussion forums (or Everything2 nodes). Please try to stay on the task of creating an encyclopedia. You can chat with folks on their user talk pages, and should resolve problems with articles on the relevant talk pages, but please do not take discussion into articles. "
So I'd say it's ok to talk amongst ourselves just as long as the article doesn't get involed in our shenanigans. Deathawk 17:29, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
Surely the Mario Kart game for GameBoy Micro would be called Mario Kart: Hyper Circuit known as Mario Kart Micro in Japan. --ZachKudrna18@yahoo.com —The preceding
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The first Mario game for GameBoy Micro would be called Super Mario Micro. --ZachKudrna18@yahoo.com —The preceding
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I'd say even though it's part of the Gameboy line, it should go under the Seventh Generation because that's when it was released. The DS kicked off the Seventh Generation and the Micro was released afterwards. Doug teh H-Nut 22:26, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
But the DS isn't a Game Boy.--▄█ Benol █▄ 23:23, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
I agree with ReyBrujo, it's just a revamp of the Advance. 6th gen all the way. Chorazin 00:19, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
"Included in the Micro package is a mini-Wireless Adapter."
I don't know about you guys, but mine didn't come with one. Is this a mistake? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.67.38.21 ( talk • contribs) 22:12, 29 December 2005 (UTC).
This is bullshit, it doesn't come with that. Xizer 07:48, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
I think this article should be renamed Game Boy micro. This is the proper capitalization, and it is how Nintendo spells it. Here is an example. [2]. On their official Game Boy site it's spelled "micro" [3] [4]
I even bought a micro, and in all the instruction manuals and packaging, it is called the "Game Boy micro." I even scanned a page from my micro's instruction manual, and another insert that came with it. Look at them here, for further evidence to back up my claim: micro.jpg (214 KB) Xizer 07:47, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
I read on the current US Game Boy website that the GBA micro is now officially a limited edition product. Whether this is a sign of slow sales- or just a marketing ploy, I cannot tell. Can anyone confirm this or get some more information on this before we go and edit the main article? Game Boy Micro Website -- User:camtin
If you read the site correctly, you would notice that the micro system is not limited edition, but that faceplate/system color(red) is.
Yeah the Limited Edition refers to the faceplates, Nintendo only plans to run a limited number of each faceplate, too add to the idea of the system being "customizable" when a print runs out however Nintendo will introduce a new faceplate. 68.231.57.251 17:14, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
That may be true, but the system itself is limited edition according to the website. Click here Game Boy Micro Website , and click on either the black or the silver system. Technically the faceplates are limited, but so is the unit. You'll see under the text reads, "Game Boy micro - get it before it's gone!" next to the huge "Limited Edition" logo. It's still there, clear as day. As soon as someone else confirms this, I'll put it back on the article, but please no comments unless you actually click on the link and click on the different icons. camtin 02:04, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
I checked the link the above poster mentioned, and it still implies that the 20th aniversary faceplate/system color unit is limited edition, not the gameboy micro system in general.
On a messge board I frequent, someone emailed Nintendo asking if the Gameboy is limited edition.
Nintendo responded that it had no plans to discontinue the Gameboy Micro.
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A user recently brought up the issue of the refresh rate of the Micro. The article as it stands says that the standard refresh rate is 60 HZ while the backlit SP is 50 HZ. The IGN SP2 article confirms that the rate is lower, but can someone find out the exact numbers? - Hbdragon88 03:59, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
That is flat out wrong. IGN must have confused refresh rate and response time. Notice that all they say is the screen is "blurrier". The GBA, much like the older era of home consoles, is tightly timed together. The CPU runs at 16.78 mhz, and all other timing signals are based off of that one, including the video and sound hardware. Other than clocking everything down to ~14mhz, which would yield 50 field/s video, lower pitched audio, and slow all gameplay by 17% (which it is very easy to verify the GBASP does not do), there would be absolutely no way to change the LCD timing without breaking every single game on the market. I've corrected the article. 132.162.213.109 20:30, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
In this article it states that the 20th anniversary version is only available at Game Crazy stores in the US. This is flat out wrong. The Game Boy website clearly states that it is available at several stores, but Game Crazy is not even under the list. [6] is the Game Boy website. (It is a site made with Macromedia Flash, unable to directly link. Click the 20th anniversary model, and then Where to Buy.) Senor 23:13, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
"The shell itself is also much smaller and thinner than the Game Boy Advance SP, making it the most portable modern handheld so far." I know this is a bit nitpicky, but the Pokémon Mini was smaller. Should this be mentioned? CrossEyed7 02:09, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
I made a pretty drastic move - deleting most of the "Reactions" section and moving the salvagable portions to a new section titled "Compatibility Issues". That part of the section made sense, as the changes in hardware and accessories are irrefutable fact. The rest was just an unsourced mess of random annoyances some people have had with the system. I'm sure most of it was valid, but unless the problems were widespread and important enough to be documented by a major publication, you've got no sources to base those endless paragraphs on. If they have been documented, feel free to reinstate them and cite the source. Prefacing claims with statements such as "Some people have felt..." is not encyclopedic at all, especially when unsourced. -- relaxathon 06:10, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
I will be removing all non-sourced reactions in two weeks. Please fill them out. I have also added a bunch of {{fact}} tags to the article. If the section is not improved I will be adding a {{npov}} tag to it, seeing as words like "many gamers", "many critics" etc. are pov statements as they do not have sources attached to them. Havok (T/ C/ c) 08:45, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
I have a pic of my own micro that looks a lot brighter than the one on the main page. If no one objects I'd like to put it on the main page instead of that dark one that's there. -- Thaddius 17:41, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
The Micro looks good, with a million sales worldwide, but I looked in this month's issue of EGM and found it got the lowest score possible. Why did it sell when it got a low score and almost no good games? -- D-hyo 16:18, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
That picture is horrible. Its like on your carpet. Very unencyclopedic. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.203.58.233 ( talk • contribs) .
It's a wool blanket. You think it's worse than the other one? It's too dark in the original one. I don't understand how a pic of an object on a wool blanket is 'unencyclopedic'. I hope you're not just being silly. -- Thaddius 17:52, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
The result of the debate was no consensus to move. — Mets501 ( talk) 18:49, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
Game Boy Micro → Game Boy micro – Correct name of the system, iPod Nano was moved to iPod nano for the same reason. TJ Spyke 22:06, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
This is rather funny. Even Nintendo doesn't consistently spell it one way - its website calls it "micro" [7], but a news release refers to it as "Micro" [8]. IGN refers to it as Micro [9], as does GameSpot [10]. Hbdragon88 22:58, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
I'm following the precedence set by iPod nano. Game Boy micro is the official spelling of it and how it appears it all print material from Nintendo. Why should iPod nano(and others like the iPod shuffle) get to do it but not Game Boy micro? Also, the special character thing refers to stuff like a heart symbol(like the move I Heart Huckabees), "m" is not a special character. TJ Spyke 01:25, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
In the infobox it says that the Gameboy mirco is a successor to the Game Boy Advance SP, yet didn't Reggie Fils-Aime at the 2005 E3 state that its not a successor rather just a new design... Coasttocoast 02:51, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
I've removed the unsourced claims as they've been there too long without sources. If you want to add any claims you must have a srouce otherwise they will be deleted. -- Thaddius 16:23, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
"The Game Boy Micro's backlit screen, which is superior to the Game Boy Advance SP's, has been praised for its visibility [13] . Due to a finer dot pitch, the screen is more evenly lit, and the brightness is adjustable. The smaller dot pitch has also improved the apparent sharpness of the display. However, the backlit Game Boy Advance SP and Nintendo DS Lite both sport much brighter backlit screens."
Fix?
not worst, just not as good HHS.student 20:09, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
That would be about 6 US-Dollar. Doesn't sound right to me. On Amazon Japan it is sold for about 11.000 Yen, so a street price of 8.000 Yen could be reasonable. -- 84.59.28.208 11:50, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
Looking at the GBM logo, I would think it's Game Boy micro instead of Game Boy Micro. However, Nintendo says Game Boy Micro on the website. Well, I think it was the same thing with the Pokémon Mini.-- Luigi 05:46, 21 May 2005 (UTC)
It should go back to Game Boy micro as that is the name of it on the sytem itself. Just to answer an above question, the reasion that it is Game Boy micro and not Game Boy Micro is that the lower case m is to represent it's size. HHS.student 20:08, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
It resembles a Sega Nomad. 67.188.172.165 05:30, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
This is something I have seriously doubted since the creation of one particular phrase on the article:
The Game Boy Micro's "A" and "B" buttons are also much larger than any previous model, making them easier to use.
Now, if anyone owns a Game Boy micro and Game Boy Advance or SP, please pull them out and examine the "A" and "B" buttons. If anything, the micro's buttons are a bit smaller. The PC Magazine source (the only one used in the entire section) makes no mention of the buttons being larger.-- the ninth bright shiner talk 21:28, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
I have both and it would seem the Micro's buttons are bigger, but it is a very slight difference. Knowitall 06:27, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
"Large" doesn't necessarily mean diameter anyways. The buttons are taller as well. Theredcomet2000 17:25, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
The table seems to be a bit messed up, there seems to be a drop in total number of untis sold between '06 and '07: 0.96/0.95 million in Americas Yitzy 10:55, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
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Where is the source on this? I have only ever seen a micro available new from a US online store for upwards of $110
I think this is inaccurate in the article —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.245.105.205 ( talk) 05:13, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Would this forum thread be appropriate citation? Arctic flame ( talk) 23:18, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
The Game Boy Micro came before the Nintendo DS, so how can the DS be its successor? By definition, if the DS came out before the Micro how can the DS be its successor? I'll remove it for now. I'm hoping people will explain here before reverting me. 209.90.134.118 ( talk) 03:24, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
I wouldn't call it a mistake. Systems like the SMSII, NES 2, SNES II, and the PSOne were all released very close to the next system in line. Even if the DS was initially stated as not being a successor, the GBA and the GC have been retired, so the DS is by definition a successor as it survived the two. This point is irrelevant, but it makes sense why people would want to call the DS a successor. -- Thaddius ( talk) 13:22, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
I am boldly delisting this article from GA status for the following reasons:
I am assessing this article as C-Class, low-importance under WP:VG. Anyone wishing to bring the article back to GA status should improve the article to ensure it meets the Good Article criteria and re-nominate the article for GA. MuZemike 18:20, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
I think your right, it doesn't make sense tht the GBM is a 6th Generation console. I think we should change the 6th generation to 7th generation. DellTG5 ( talk) 15:08, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
I typed this:
"===Not so kid friendly commercial=== Around the time of the Micro's release, a certain commercial aired that involved Scientists experimenting with a Mouse and a Maze, only instead of cheese, the Mouse is supposed to find the Gameboy Micro. But, when the Mouse found the Gameboy Micro, it started humping on the Micro. This commercial was aired on children channels such as the YTV (Canadian television) Network!"
I saw this commercial on YTV, and I was like "WTF?!?!? This is a kids channel, and this is showing sex!!!"
So if anyone else has seen this commercial, can they retype it a more articulate way please? 11:52PM, 20 May 2006
Has production of the Game Boy Micro stopped? This will be most helpful in the article.-- 213.83.125.225 ( talk) 08:58, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
Allo.
I removed the bit in the infobox about the DS being the micro's 'successor'. Since the micro came out after the DS, that'd be physically impossible.
Although, now that I think about it... since the second version of the SP incorporated essentially the same style of backlit screen as the Micro, and did come out after the micro... arguably, the 'mark ii' SP could be listed as a successor.
(wouldn't that look funny? It's predecessor and successor being SPs?)
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I've added the information give to use by Nintendo of Spain stating the the Game Boy Micro will be realeased in November and that they will sell with it some Play-Yans for the GBA.
I would just like to ask why the whole page has been edited in such a way. It seems very America centrilised with no mention of other release dates in different countries. It was fine as it was.
This article does mention the Nintendo DS 'might have' hurt the sales, but fails to acknowledge the elephant in the room, namely why Nintendo would throw its own handheld under the bus in the first place. For 3 decades the GameBoy reigned king even as competitors tried their best to challenge it. Because of GameBoys popularity in the face of much more technologically superior products GameBoy never had to get any better. Making only minor improvements, the GameBoy Micro was little more than a cosmetic change from the GBA SP, which was only a minor improvement from the GBA, and so on. When the PSP came out it was a revolution in handheld technology, possessing the capability of playing movies, accessing wireless internet, and playing portable games that were as good or better than PS1 console games. Compared to the PSP, the old lumbering dinosaur GameBoy Micro looked more like a lump of coal. For the first time a real challenge appeared and Nintendo was forced to abandon its 1980s technology. Thus the DS was introduced to directly compete with the PSP. Nintendo had to make the move to keep from going the way of Sega, and introduced their first truly new handheld technology since the VirtuaBoy. I think this article is remiss for leaving this fact out. The GameBoy Micro was an evolutionary dead end and failed entirely because of the PSP. Promontoriumispromontorium ( talk) 21:20, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
The result of the proposal was not moved. Although I participated in this discussion, the result is clear, and in the spirit of WP:IAR, I'm trying to shrink the backlog. Please contact me with concerns. -- BDD ( talk) 16:09, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
Game Boy Micro → Game Boy micro – The correct name, which is almost always used, specifically on the product itself; this is more than mere decoration (logos). There are a few exceptions (a news article and a company Q&A), but they are indeed exceptions. On the MOS-TM, I believe it in error on this front, and that it would greatly improve Wikipedia to retain the advertised name as much as possible. On RS, the official websites and the products have better standing than any third-party source, unless those official sources can be shown to be incorrect; a company has no reason to lie about the name of their own product, and this is also why those two Nintendo articles are exceptions. Despatche ( talk) 11:48, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
Why is Wii U and its 14 million under the "Commercial failure", and the approximate 1 million Game Boy Micro's not in the same page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:304:CFD3:2EE0:2915:E8BF:7084:D453 ( talk) 22:10, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
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Before, the article said that Nintendo removed the Z80, so it no longer played GBC games. The hardware switch to select GBC mode is also removed. However, the system still can enter GBC mode from a crashing GBA program, and it excecutes the GBC's bootrom, so it clearly still has the Z80. But the GB Micro is unable to read anything from a GBC cartridge. Maybe it's because GBC cartridges use a different voltage.-- Dwedit ( talk) 01:21, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
Has anyone at the conference asked a Nintendo rep about Game Boy original games? I have a DS, but I want something small to play Tetris original on. The Micro would be perfect if it could do it. -- Carl 05:14, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
Another report by Nintendo. This one specifically says, " It weighs an astonishing 2.8 ounces, yet Game Boy Micro has the same processing power and plays the same games as Game Boy Advance SP models." K1Bond007 20:16, May 25, 2005 (UTC)
An article from 1up.com states this: "On the other hand, the Micro also lacks support for those older games even though it bears the name Game Boy. Reportedly, the company fears that having the larger format cartridges sticking out of the slim machine would compromise its "sex appeal." Zooba 19:44, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
This sounds like a case of marketoid logic. Does anybody have old press releases before the DS was released, as it supports GBA games, but does not support GB, SGB, and GBC games. If Nintendo also claimed that the DS supports every game that the GBA does, then we can be pretty sure that when they say the same thing for the GBM, that they are not implying compatibility with GB, SGB, and GBC games. How such claims would not constitute false advertising is beyond me.
Luke 10:00, 22 August (CST)
The lack of GB/GBC compatibility might have been done for the same reason as the DS -- older cartridges require different voltages, and adding support for such would have a significant effect on battery life. -- Poiuyt Man talk 06:30, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
Released in "fall" in the northern hemishpere? Released at that time in the U.S.? Come on, folks. A Q# release is more suitable for internationality, either way. - Vague | Rant 08:25, May 18, 2005 (UTC)
If someone can, i've got a new link from the nintendo site, with some pretty cool faceplate concept designs. Can anyone put this up? faceplates
those are micro faceplates made by various companies to celebrate Mario's 20th aniversary. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Camtin ( talk • contribs) 16:27, 21 November 2005 (UTC).
It looks so much like an original NES controller, does anyone think that Nintendo might be releasing a NES 'skin' for it? -- Tonsofpcs 06:53, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
At Nintendo's recent summit event Reggie said that it was possible although they currently had no plans to. Deathawk 17:16, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
"Quoted as being the best screen in a Nintendo handheld thus far."
Any evidence of this? Or just more Nintendo fanboy BS?
At E3 Reggie was quoted as saying something of that nature, so even if it's not true (which seems doubtful at this point.) it's Nintendo's official line. Deathawk 17:24, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
I dont think that Gameboy Micro is really appropriate since there is already about a million different types of "Gameboys" on the market already. The button are too small for your fingers!! Just when you thought personal gaming devices could get no smaller, WRONG!!!
Wikipedia is not a discussion forum. Take this debate elsewhere please. :-) -- Carl 16:21, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
I'm new to Wikipedia, but the headline of the area we're talking in is called "discussion." Is there harm in doing something the "rules" say that we can do? Besides, its great feedback! Good job Havok! Is Carl some kind of moderator or something? sentinelred 14:52, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
The Gameboy Micro is excellent, its great for playing games instead of paying attention during school.
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"Discussion forums (or Everything2 nodes). Please try to stay on the task of creating an encyclopedia. You can chat with folks on their user talk pages, and should resolve problems with articles on the relevant talk pages, but please do not take discussion into articles. "
So I'd say it's ok to talk amongst ourselves just as long as the article doesn't get involed in our shenanigans. Deathawk 17:29, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
Surely the Mario Kart game for GameBoy Micro would be called Mario Kart: Hyper Circuit known as Mario Kart Micro in Japan. --ZachKudrna18@yahoo.com —The preceding
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I'd say even though it's part of the Gameboy line, it should go under the Seventh Generation because that's when it was released. The DS kicked off the Seventh Generation and the Micro was released afterwards. Doug teh H-Nut 22:26, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
But the DS isn't a Game Boy.--▄█ Benol █▄ 23:23, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
I agree with ReyBrujo, it's just a revamp of the Advance. 6th gen all the way. Chorazin 00:19, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
"Included in the Micro package is a mini-Wireless Adapter."
I don't know about you guys, but mine didn't come with one. Is this a mistake? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.67.38.21 ( talk • contribs) 22:12, 29 December 2005 (UTC).
This is bullshit, it doesn't come with that. Xizer 07:48, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
I think this article should be renamed Game Boy micro. This is the proper capitalization, and it is how Nintendo spells it. Here is an example. [2]. On their official Game Boy site it's spelled "micro" [3] [4]
I even bought a micro, and in all the instruction manuals and packaging, it is called the "Game Boy micro." I even scanned a page from my micro's instruction manual, and another insert that came with it. Look at them here, for further evidence to back up my claim: micro.jpg (214 KB) Xizer 07:47, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
I read on the current US Game Boy website that the GBA micro is now officially a limited edition product. Whether this is a sign of slow sales- or just a marketing ploy, I cannot tell. Can anyone confirm this or get some more information on this before we go and edit the main article? Game Boy Micro Website -- User:camtin
If you read the site correctly, you would notice that the micro system is not limited edition, but that faceplate/system color(red) is.
Yeah the Limited Edition refers to the faceplates, Nintendo only plans to run a limited number of each faceplate, too add to the idea of the system being "customizable" when a print runs out however Nintendo will introduce a new faceplate. 68.231.57.251 17:14, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
That may be true, but the system itself is limited edition according to the website. Click here Game Boy Micro Website , and click on either the black or the silver system. Technically the faceplates are limited, but so is the unit. You'll see under the text reads, "Game Boy micro - get it before it's gone!" next to the huge "Limited Edition" logo. It's still there, clear as day. As soon as someone else confirms this, I'll put it back on the article, but please no comments unless you actually click on the link and click on the different icons. camtin 02:04, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
I checked the link the above poster mentioned, and it still implies that the 20th aniversary faceplate/system color unit is limited edition, not the gameboy micro system in general.
On a messge board I frequent, someone emailed Nintendo asking if the Gameboy is limited edition.
Nintendo responded that it had no plans to discontinue the Gameboy Micro.
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A user recently brought up the issue of the refresh rate of the Micro. The article as it stands says that the standard refresh rate is 60 HZ while the backlit SP is 50 HZ. The IGN SP2 article confirms that the rate is lower, but can someone find out the exact numbers? - Hbdragon88 03:59, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
That is flat out wrong. IGN must have confused refresh rate and response time. Notice that all they say is the screen is "blurrier". The GBA, much like the older era of home consoles, is tightly timed together. The CPU runs at 16.78 mhz, and all other timing signals are based off of that one, including the video and sound hardware. Other than clocking everything down to ~14mhz, which would yield 50 field/s video, lower pitched audio, and slow all gameplay by 17% (which it is very easy to verify the GBASP does not do), there would be absolutely no way to change the LCD timing without breaking every single game on the market. I've corrected the article. 132.162.213.109 20:30, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
In this article it states that the 20th anniversary version is only available at Game Crazy stores in the US. This is flat out wrong. The Game Boy website clearly states that it is available at several stores, but Game Crazy is not even under the list. [6] is the Game Boy website. (It is a site made with Macromedia Flash, unable to directly link. Click the 20th anniversary model, and then Where to Buy.) Senor 23:13, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
"The shell itself is also much smaller and thinner than the Game Boy Advance SP, making it the most portable modern handheld so far." I know this is a bit nitpicky, but the Pokémon Mini was smaller. Should this be mentioned? CrossEyed7 02:09, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
I made a pretty drastic move - deleting most of the "Reactions" section and moving the salvagable portions to a new section titled "Compatibility Issues". That part of the section made sense, as the changes in hardware and accessories are irrefutable fact. The rest was just an unsourced mess of random annoyances some people have had with the system. I'm sure most of it was valid, but unless the problems were widespread and important enough to be documented by a major publication, you've got no sources to base those endless paragraphs on. If they have been documented, feel free to reinstate them and cite the source. Prefacing claims with statements such as "Some people have felt..." is not encyclopedic at all, especially when unsourced. -- relaxathon 06:10, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
I will be removing all non-sourced reactions in two weeks. Please fill them out. I have also added a bunch of {{fact}} tags to the article. If the section is not improved I will be adding a {{npov}} tag to it, seeing as words like "many gamers", "many critics" etc. are pov statements as they do not have sources attached to them. Havok (T/ C/ c) 08:45, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
I have a pic of my own micro that looks a lot brighter than the one on the main page. If no one objects I'd like to put it on the main page instead of that dark one that's there. -- Thaddius 17:41, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
The Micro looks good, with a million sales worldwide, but I looked in this month's issue of EGM and found it got the lowest score possible. Why did it sell when it got a low score and almost no good games? -- D-hyo 16:18, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
That picture is horrible. Its like on your carpet. Very unencyclopedic. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.203.58.233 ( talk • contribs) .
It's a wool blanket. You think it's worse than the other one? It's too dark in the original one. I don't understand how a pic of an object on a wool blanket is 'unencyclopedic'. I hope you're not just being silly. -- Thaddius 17:52, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
The result of the debate was no consensus to move. — Mets501 ( talk) 18:49, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
Game Boy Micro → Game Boy micro – Correct name of the system, iPod Nano was moved to iPod nano for the same reason. TJ Spyke 22:06, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
This is rather funny. Even Nintendo doesn't consistently spell it one way - its website calls it "micro" [7], but a news release refers to it as "Micro" [8]. IGN refers to it as Micro [9], as does GameSpot [10]. Hbdragon88 22:58, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
I'm following the precedence set by iPod nano. Game Boy micro is the official spelling of it and how it appears it all print material from Nintendo. Why should iPod nano(and others like the iPod shuffle) get to do it but not Game Boy micro? Also, the special character thing refers to stuff like a heart symbol(like the move I Heart Huckabees), "m" is not a special character. TJ Spyke 01:25, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
In the infobox it says that the Gameboy mirco is a successor to the Game Boy Advance SP, yet didn't Reggie Fils-Aime at the 2005 E3 state that its not a successor rather just a new design... Coasttocoast 02:51, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
I've removed the unsourced claims as they've been there too long without sources. If you want to add any claims you must have a srouce otherwise they will be deleted. -- Thaddius 16:23, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
"The Game Boy Micro's backlit screen, which is superior to the Game Boy Advance SP's, has been praised for its visibility [13] . Due to a finer dot pitch, the screen is more evenly lit, and the brightness is adjustable. The smaller dot pitch has also improved the apparent sharpness of the display. However, the backlit Game Boy Advance SP and Nintendo DS Lite both sport much brighter backlit screens."
Fix?
not worst, just not as good HHS.student 20:09, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
That would be about 6 US-Dollar. Doesn't sound right to me. On Amazon Japan it is sold for about 11.000 Yen, so a street price of 8.000 Yen could be reasonable. -- 84.59.28.208 11:50, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
Looking at the GBM logo, I would think it's Game Boy micro instead of Game Boy Micro. However, Nintendo says Game Boy Micro on the website. Well, I think it was the same thing with the Pokémon Mini.-- Luigi 05:46, 21 May 2005 (UTC)
It should go back to Game Boy micro as that is the name of it on the sytem itself. Just to answer an above question, the reasion that it is Game Boy micro and not Game Boy Micro is that the lower case m is to represent it's size. HHS.student 20:08, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
It resembles a Sega Nomad. 67.188.172.165 05:30, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
This is something I have seriously doubted since the creation of one particular phrase on the article:
The Game Boy Micro's "A" and "B" buttons are also much larger than any previous model, making them easier to use.
Now, if anyone owns a Game Boy micro and Game Boy Advance or SP, please pull them out and examine the "A" and "B" buttons. If anything, the micro's buttons are a bit smaller. The PC Magazine source (the only one used in the entire section) makes no mention of the buttons being larger.-- the ninth bright shiner talk 21:28, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
I have both and it would seem the Micro's buttons are bigger, but it is a very slight difference. Knowitall 06:27, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
"Large" doesn't necessarily mean diameter anyways. The buttons are taller as well. Theredcomet2000 17:25, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
The table seems to be a bit messed up, there seems to be a drop in total number of untis sold between '06 and '07: 0.96/0.95 million in Americas Yitzy 10:55, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
A bot has added class=GA to the WikiProject banners on this page, as it's listed as a good article. If you see a mistake, please revert, and leave a note on the bot's talk page. Thanks, BOT Giggabot ( talk) 05:44, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
Where is the source on this? I have only ever seen a micro available new from a US online store for upwards of $110
I think this is inaccurate in the article —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.245.105.205 ( talk) 05:13, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Would this forum thread be appropriate citation? Arctic flame ( talk) 23:18, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
The Game Boy Micro came before the Nintendo DS, so how can the DS be its successor? By definition, if the DS came out before the Micro how can the DS be its successor? I'll remove it for now. I'm hoping people will explain here before reverting me. 209.90.134.118 ( talk) 03:24, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
I wouldn't call it a mistake. Systems like the SMSII, NES 2, SNES II, and the PSOne were all released very close to the next system in line. Even if the DS was initially stated as not being a successor, the GBA and the GC have been retired, so the DS is by definition a successor as it survived the two. This point is irrelevant, but it makes sense why people would want to call the DS a successor. -- Thaddius ( talk) 13:22, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
I am boldly delisting this article from GA status for the following reasons:
I am assessing this article as C-Class, low-importance under WP:VG. Anyone wishing to bring the article back to GA status should improve the article to ensure it meets the Good Article criteria and re-nominate the article for GA. MuZemike 18:20, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
I think your right, it doesn't make sense tht the GBM is a 6th Generation console. I think we should change the 6th generation to 7th generation. DellTG5 ( talk) 15:08, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
I typed this:
"===Not so kid friendly commercial=== Around the time of the Micro's release, a certain commercial aired that involved Scientists experimenting with a Mouse and a Maze, only instead of cheese, the Mouse is supposed to find the Gameboy Micro. But, when the Mouse found the Gameboy Micro, it started humping on the Micro. This commercial was aired on children channels such as the YTV (Canadian television) Network!"
I saw this commercial on YTV, and I was like "WTF?!?!? This is a kids channel, and this is showing sex!!!"
So if anyone else has seen this commercial, can they retype it a more articulate way please? 11:52PM, 20 May 2006
Has production of the Game Boy Micro stopped? This will be most helpful in the article.-- 213.83.125.225 ( talk) 08:58, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
Allo.
I removed the bit in the infobox about the DS being the micro's 'successor'. Since the micro came out after the DS, that'd be physically impossible.
Although, now that I think about it... since the second version of the SP incorporated essentially the same style of backlit screen as the Micro, and did come out after the micro... arguably, the 'mark ii' SP could be listed as a successor.
(wouldn't that look funny? It's predecessor and successor being SPs?)
Bladestorm
15:57, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
I've added the information give to use by Nintendo of Spain stating the the Game Boy Micro will be realeased in November and that they will sell with it some Play-Yans for the GBA.
I would just like to ask why the whole page has been edited in such a way. It seems very America centrilised with no mention of other release dates in different countries. It was fine as it was.
This article does mention the Nintendo DS 'might have' hurt the sales, but fails to acknowledge the elephant in the room, namely why Nintendo would throw its own handheld under the bus in the first place. For 3 decades the GameBoy reigned king even as competitors tried their best to challenge it. Because of GameBoys popularity in the face of much more technologically superior products GameBoy never had to get any better. Making only minor improvements, the GameBoy Micro was little more than a cosmetic change from the GBA SP, which was only a minor improvement from the GBA, and so on. When the PSP came out it was a revolution in handheld technology, possessing the capability of playing movies, accessing wireless internet, and playing portable games that were as good or better than PS1 console games. Compared to the PSP, the old lumbering dinosaur GameBoy Micro looked more like a lump of coal. For the first time a real challenge appeared and Nintendo was forced to abandon its 1980s technology. Thus the DS was introduced to directly compete with the PSP. Nintendo had to make the move to keep from going the way of Sega, and introduced their first truly new handheld technology since the VirtuaBoy. I think this article is remiss for leaving this fact out. The GameBoy Micro was an evolutionary dead end and failed entirely because of the PSP. Promontoriumispromontorium ( talk) 21:20, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
The result of the proposal was not moved. Although I participated in this discussion, the result is clear, and in the spirit of WP:IAR, I'm trying to shrink the backlog. Please contact me with concerns. -- BDD ( talk) 16:09, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
Game Boy Micro → Game Boy micro – The correct name, which is almost always used, specifically on the product itself; this is more than mere decoration (logos). There are a few exceptions (a news article and a company Q&A), but they are indeed exceptions. On the MOS-TM, I believe it in error on this front, and that it would greatly improve Wikipedia to retain the advertised name as much as possible. On RS, the official websites and the products have better standing than any third-party source, unless those official sources can be shown to be incorrect; a company has no reason to lie about the name of their own product, and this is also why those two Nintendo articles are exceptions. Despatche ( talk) 11:48, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
Why is Wii U and its 14 million under the "Commercial failure", and the approximate 1 million Game Boy Micro's not in the same page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:304:CFD3:2EE0:2915:E8BF:7084:D453 ( talk) 22:10, 19 May 2017 (UTC)