Anyone bought the US 20th Anniversary Game Boy Micro yet?

[chwang0129]

http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/673/673374p1.html

http://pocketmedia.ign.com/pocket/image/article/673/673374/20th-anniversary-game-boy-micro-20051202045851843-000.jpg

I wonder if the unit looks exactly like the Jap versoin including the back case.
My Jap unit has a the mario seal on the back of the micro unit

the jap version looks like this
http://image.lik-sang.com/images//large/gb-micro-famicom1.jpg

anyone mind posting some pics?

thanks

[Arkay Firestar]

I think it looks absolutely gorgeous, but would never buy a micro...the SP just makes more sense to me, and the DS (at least at 100 from the target price mistake) moreso...

Still, its the sexiest handheld ever made, barnone...those colors are awesome.

[levi333]

Purty. Didnt realize the faceplate would be all shiny.

[Ikohn4ever]

thats slick

[Prepster]

Thats really nice looking, might pick one up after the holidays are over with.

[JebusMcLucifer]

That is very nice looking. I just might have to buy one.

[menikmati]

Wow that looks awesome, too bad I'll never pick up a Micro though.

[GizmoGC]

Woah...May have to buy that and sell my current micro...thats NICE!

[stf3]

Ships to GS this week. I believe the 5th along w/ Animal Crossing but not too sure. Really thinking about picking this one up since I need something a little more portable for everyday stuff.

It's ethier get this and some GBA and DS games or pick up a PSP. Hmmm ...

[Amano]

That is gorgeous... That's making me question importing that FFIV Micro bundle.

[javeryh]

I must be the only one who thinks gold and red is an awful color combination...

[Swingman]

Ships to GS this week. I believe the 5th along w/ Animal Crossing but not too sure. Really thinking about picking this one up since I need something a little more portable for everyday stuff.

It's ethier get this and some GBA and DS games or pick up a PSP. Hmmm ...

If you already have a DS then I would pick up the PSP over a micro and some games. Although the DS is portable enough for me so that probably sways my opinion. If a micro could play DS games and had a little bigger screen, then I might actually think buying a micro was worthwhile. They look nice though.

[Demontooth]

I must be the only one who thinks gold and red is an awful color combination...

That is my high school colors

[usickenme]

I thought I wanted it but I really hate that gold. They should have a US NES color scheme.

[willardhaven]

I don't like the color combination, but they pulled it off so well.

It has a very prestigious look.

[b3b0p]

Mine shipped.

[spidey]

You can see the back of the micro on the website. www.gameboy.com

Just hit the right arrow that is labeled back. No mario emblem sadly.

[jer7583]

i have to trade in a bunch of my ps2 games cause i don't have the system anymore, i might pick up one of these just cause i love the advance that much..

[chwang0129]

You can see the back of the micro on the website. www.gameboy.com

Just hit the right arrow that is labeled back. No mario emblem sadly.

now i don't feel too bad about paying 130 for my Jap famicom micro

I really like the mario emblem on the back :D

[cgpwns]

now i don't feel too bad about paying 130 for my Jap famicom micro

I really like the mario emblem on the back :D

I don't have one yet, but I'll post pics of the back when I do get one (probably next week). Anyways that is not what the back looks like. It doesn't even show where the serial number sticker is let alone all the copyright text and Mario picture. I suppose we could e-mail IGN and ask them if Mario is on the back of the one they managed to get.

[Epic Wolf]

I've pondered getting a micro, but is there any way to get the Black unit with the matching faceplate that seems to only come with the silver unit or is my only option to buy both ? :shock:

[spidey]

You can buy the black micro and then buy the black flaceplate from the Nintendo Online Store. It's in the Parts & Accessories section. It's $4.95 + shipping.

[Strell]

This might be a stupid question, but I know with the 20th edition of the Micro you get a $10 off coupon.

WHERE is this coupon?

I know that on the outside of the box, there was a small red sticker saying that the coupon was included. But I saw the Gamestop employee take it off when he handed it to me. I figured it was included in the box so I didn't think anything of it.

Then I come home and look through everything and I can't find it.

Did the employee take it? Was that little red sticker the coupon?

If so I'm going to go back to Gamestop tomorrow and raise hell.

Let me also add that I did get it for the 89.99 price point, same as the other Micros. Is this normal? My gf just suggested that maybe he took it off and put it towards the Micro, but I looked at the receipt and it says "$10 off, Reason: New Micro System."

Wtf is going on? Where's the coupon? Even the official site shows the coupon as available. Did I just not get it or did the employee take it?

[trunks982]

yes, the employee took it.

[b3b0p]

So, Strell how do you like it?

I get mine from UPS tomorrow or Thursday.

[Strell]

I think it's absolutely beautiful but right now I'm pissed as hell if I find out that fat fucker took my goddamn coupon.

Even the sexiness of the system cannot overcome the loss of 10 bucks. If I get more confirmations on here that he indeed took my coupon, I'm going to knock over ALL the magazine racks, just you wait Gamestop. Your magazine rack suppliers are going to clutch their chests and proclaim that they feel A DISTURBANCE. I'm going to knock them ALL over, and then KICK them, and then run out of the store and hide behind my car. And when i see them turn them back up I'm going to rush back inside and say OH NU-UH MUTHAfuckAS (all Boxy Brown like....HE PEED ON ME, BITCH) and kick them over again.

:(

The Start/Select buttons glow red. They. Glow. Red. Motherfuckers. RED.

It's so hauntingly beautiful. I am going to hook it into my veins.

However it doesn't have Mario on the back of it. It just says "Game Boy Micro" and has the serial number tag on it. (In response to the OP's question, please see first post if I'm being unclear.)

Also the L/R buttons take a bit more to push down. Not resistance wise, but distance wise. You get used to it in a few minutes though. But they are of unholy chrome. Retro. Like it's kicking so much ass that people 20 years ago are suddenly being imbued with new pains, and you can't help but imagine every last gamer in the world suddenly clenching their buttocks and crying for their mamas.

No interchageable faceplates, but why would you want to change this beauty?

[b3b0p]

The face plate won't change? That kind of blows. It would be nice even if it is beautiful.

[chwang0129]

The Start/Select buttons glow red. They. Glow. Red. Motherfuckers. RED.

It's so hauntingly beautiful. I am going to hook it into my veins.

However it doesn't have Mario on the back of it. It just says "Game Boy Micro" and has the serial number tag on it. (In response to the OP's question, please see first post if I'm being unclear.)


thanks for confirming what's on the back

btw, the bottons are glowing red because the battery is low, charge it and u'll see blue

[chwang0129]

The face plate won't change? That kind of blows. It would be nice even if it is beautiful.

it will change, however they didn't include the faceplace changing tool

you can kinda take the gold faceplate out if you put a piece of tape on it and "stick it off"

[Strell]

CHWang is right, I plug it into the wall and it's blue now! BEHOLD!

Also I should be more clear - you don't get faceplate changing tools, and the manual somewhat discourages attempting to do so. Ehh. Still a beauty.

Anyone else confirm what Trunks said? :(

[b3b0p]

CHWang is right, I plug it into the wall and it's blue now! BEHOLD!

Also I should be more clear - you don't get faceplate changing tools, and the manual somewhat discourages attempting to do so. Ehh. Still a beauty.

Anyone else confirm what Trunks said? :(

How so? and why? I would hate to scratch up the beautiful Famicom Micro and when I take it out and about have a crummy silver/black face place on it.

[spidey]

I bought it today and yes, as the others have said, the employee took your coupon.

[Strell]

How so? and why? I would hate to scratch up the beautiful Famicom Micro and when I take it out and about have a crummy silver/black face place on it.

There's a small insert along with the manual that says:

"Important: Instruction Booklet Correction: Page 9, #12, and page 20: This model of the Game Boy micro does not include changeable faceplates or a Faceplate Ejector tool."

I guess that's their way of saying DON'T DO IT. I guess maybe you could follow chwang's suggestion. I'd have to try the "tool" on it myself, and since I don't own another Micro, I can't really do that right now.

Anyway, so two people confirm what I'm thinking. I'm going to head back tomorrow and see what the wonderful employees tell me.

[b3b0p]

They sell the tool and faceplates on Nintendo's online store.

[js1]

[QUOTE=Strell]I think it's absolutely beautiful but right now I'm pissed as hell if I find out that fat fucker took my goddamn coupon.

Even the sexiness of the system cannot overcome the loss of 10 bucks. If I get more confirmations on here that he indeed took my coupon, I'm going to knock over ALL the magazine racks, just you wait Gamestop. Your magazine rack suppliers are going to clutch their chests and proclaim that they feel A DISTURBANCE. I'm going to knock them ALL over, and then KICK them, and then run out of the store and hide behind my car. And when i see them turn them back up I'm going to rush back inside and say OH NU-UH MUTHAfuckAS (all Boxy Brown like....HE PEED ON ME, BITCH) and kick them over again.

:(


Dennis D fat would be proud! ;)

[niceguyshawne]

Man, that thing is good looking.

[SpottedNigel]

That will be X-mas gift, and they'll be using the coupon on Final Fantasy IV. Looks great!

[Dr Mario Kart]

The coupon says "on a select game", so I'm wondering the terms of that exactly, also when it expires.

[sonarrat]

Shit! My EB hasn't got them in yet. Their system says they're getting it on the 9th. What the hell?

[SpottedNigel]

http://micro.gameboy.com/

and click the word "Payback" underneath the system. The list of games is there. Good till 6/30/06.

Question for those who have thiers in hand...does the inside of the box have the neat SMB screen artwork?

[spidey]

Plain brown cardboard box.

[SpottedNigel]

Those bastards. If it wasnt going to be "free" (x-mas) i would probably complain more...I may import the other one as a collectible though.

[Strell]

The American version is never as good as the Japanese version.

Well, I think I have all the ammo I need. Going to head to Gamestop here in a few hours or so and tell them they owe me a coupon. They have no basis for refusing it to me and I damn well better get it or their GMs/DMs/RMs/corporate will be hearing from me.

[SpottedNigel]

The American version is never as good as the Japanese version.

Well, I think I have all the ammo I need. Going to head to Gamestop here in a few hours or so and tell them they owe me a coupon. They have no basis for refusing it to me and I damn well better get it or their GMs/DMs/RMs/corporate will be hearing from me.

Go get someone fired! Yeah!

Seriously though, go get your coupon, and if you see them take it off another box, tell corporate to check on thier stupid asses for screwing over the customers. You may get something else along with your coupon :)

[Strell]

Cheapass Devil Customers UNITE

>>>RIGHT

FORM OF: ICICLE

>>>RIGHT

SUPER FIGHTING LOVE

[Strell]

Well here's a quote from Nintendo's e-mail:

"The coupon should be included inside the packaging with the other materials like the manual. I would double check, which I'm sure you've done, and write back with your name and address as we might be able to supply you with a replacement for your missing coupon."

Well I'm going to ask Gamestop first and if no luck there then I'll talk to Ninty again.

Meh.

[b3b0p]

Strell didn't you say that they gave you $10 off at the register? You paid only $89.99 right?

If so, why do you want the coupon?

[SpottedNigel]

Well, if the CSR is right, sweet, we get two coupons. The problem with that though is
A:)They arn't that nice
B:) The red pull coupon on the front does say "instantly save $10"

Just go kick the guy in the nads and take back your coupon

[Strell]

Bebop: The price of Micros at GSes around here is 89.99 for the time being. They've got signs up all over the place and there's no mention that it does/does not include the 20th version. So it should have been that price regardless. Plus the coupon clearly says "games" and doesn't mention systems. I can see where an employee would make that mistake but ehh. The receipt would say "used coupon" instead of "New Micro Sys," right? At least I would think so...

Anyway, good news. I found a nice GS employee.

Went back to the GS and there was a girl working there. I think she was the one I opened up my More card with, and she gave me some freebies one time (preorder stuff in my tradelist). Explained to her what had happened. She opened up the box and couldn't find it either. (She also took out the Micro and said "I just had to see it" and smiled and giggled, heh.) Anyway she said she'd take care of it and asked me if I knew which game I'd get with it. I said FFIV, which releases on the 12th. She said to just come back on the 14th when she'd be working again and that she'd take care of it. So I pre-ordered the game and I'll go back on Wednesday to finish it off. Her tag said she was a manager so I guess it's something she can handle. She also said she wouldn't leave it to the guys working because they'd screw it up.

So all in all, I guess no harm done. Irritating to say the least and people confirming it was indeed the sticker made me unhappy, but I guess it worked out.

Additionally, she asked me for my e-mail address and said she'd forward her monthly 10% off coupons to me. So here's hoping to that. :) Maybe I'll put them up for contests on here or something occassionally if she continues to do that. Time will tell!

I will note that other 20th Anniv. boxes in the glass case did *not* have the red sticker, which we (gf and I) noticed immediately. Also the e-mail from Nintendo threw me off gaurd. I'm going to e-mail that person back and say it is taken care of.



P.S. No magazine racks were hurt during said events. Everything else you hear is a LIE. A DAMN DIRTY LIE FROM DAMN DIRTY LIARS.

[b3b0p]

$89.99? Lucky.

I preordered it from Gamestop.com and price shows $99.99. Oh well, no tax and free shipping.

[b3b0p]

Just received mine.

UPS smashed the crap out of it. The box is all creased and crushed and dented all around.

This stinks! They sent it in an envelope, the fools. Contacting Gamestop for replacement...

[Mono`]

The classic NES sp is better. =P

[Demontooth]

I was in Gamestop and EBGames on my lunch and they had 2 and 3 of these on the shelfs.

[SpottedNigel]

I actually bought an import one on ebay last night for $99 with $16 shipping on top. For the box and the little "Happy!Mario" i think its worth it. Same guy has some more at 105 now:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Gameboy-Micro-Famicom-Edition-Brand-New_W0QQitemZ8241661734QQcategoryZ62054QQssPageNam eZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[chwang0129]

so is there anyone willing to post some pics of their NA version of the 20th anniv. micro?

[David85]

so is there anyone willing to post some pics of their NA version of the 20th anniv. micro?


You buy me one and I'll gladly post pictures.

[b3b0p]

gameboy.com

select micro and have a look. That is exactly what it looks like.

[MrSneis]

Argh, now that I've read this post and seen the beauty and fantasized about the $10 off coupon I MUST resist the temptation. Argh, gotta pick up FFIV too :(


Should I just eBay my BF SP?

[DomLando]

Picked mine up tuesday got mario tennis with it

[spidey]

so is there anyone willing to post some pics of their NA version of the 20th anniv. micro?


http://home.earthlink.net/~amazingspidey/images/CAG/IMG_0248.jpg
http://home.earthlink.net/~amazingspidey/images/CAG/IMG_0254.JPG

[nakedsushi]

Hey, what game is that in there, spidey?

[SpottedNigel]

Looks like Harvest Moon

[Demontooth]

That micro is so little I could probably carry it around in my hiny

[MANIMAL]

so is this faceplate metal or just painted plastic?

[spidey]

The game is Harvest Moon : FOMT and the faceplate sadly is plastic. The micro is all metal though so it has a very nice and hefty feel to it regardless of the size. It’s a very solidly built machine. It’s build feels better than the SP and DS.

The only thing I'm afraid of is accidentally scratching the faceplate since they don't sell replacements of the 20th anniversary faceplate online. The faceplate does come off though and is removable so I'm guessing that it is replaceable. I just don’t have another faceplate to try it with.

The screen is very nice. The picture I took was at the lowest brightness setting. It goes a few shades higher and is very easy on the eyes indoors/outdoors/bright/pitch-black. I can’t compare it to the brighter SP since my SP is the older model.

[MrSneis]

I picked two up today, 1 for me 1 for teh eBay!

Haven't opened it yet, I eagerly await FFIV.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v389/MrSneis/GBM.jpg

[nakedsushi]

Your new Micro is suspiciously close to your giant bottle of lotion. I don't want to know why. >,<

[b3b0p]

Why eBay? are they selling for a lot? Are these already sold out or something?

[Strell]

Why eBay? are they selling for a lot? Are these already sold out or something?

In a few years, eBay will be the only source of these. I'd suspect them to go between 150-200 at best. Not a great investment, but meh.

[b3b0p]

Shit, I'm buying one to use and beat the snot out of. Of course I'll take care of it, but keeping because it will be worth more in years is dumb. I want a micro and this is the coolest one imo.

You could do the same thing for just about everything ever made now. Buy it, save it, put it on the bay. Make back more then you bought it for because it is no longer made.

[SpottedNigel]

If you want to leave the cover "just for show", dont forget you can buy a silver or black faceplate from store.nintendo.com along with the ejector tool.

[SteveGo]

Does anyone know if Walmart will get these in? I know Bestbuy has them in their ad for next week. I have some wally world gift cards that I'd like to use for this.

[trunks982]

the thing that sucks about it is that u cant change faceplates. is this true?

[SpottedNigel]

the thing that sucks about it is that u cant change faceplates. is this true?

From what ive read, you can change faceplates, but you do not get other faceplates or the little tool in the box.

[stf3]

From what ive read, you can change faceplates, but you do not get other faceplates or the little tool in the box.

What is the little tool if I may ask? I played w/ the silver micro we got a my GS and the faceplate just pops off.

[b3b0p]

http://store.nintendo.com

find out.

[b3b0p]

If you go to the Nintendo online store and click on the faceplates it says:

The Famicom Faceplate will begin shipping on or after January 2, 2006.

Sweet! Now I can get an extra faceplate to get all beat up and scratched!