[quote name='eldad9']Guys, PAL and NTSC are TV standards. A Gameboy does not output image to a TV, hence no difference.
Also, I've never heard of a handheld system with region lockouts. The point of a handheld system is you can take it with you whenever you go - including flights and stuff, and you can buy GBA games at most airports just like you can buy a paperback to pass the time on a flight.[/quote]
the only reason I initially thought the GBA might be region-specific is the GameCube GB player. those are basically consumer versions of the development tool programmers use when designing the games, and as it outputs to a tv, it has the possibility of being region-coded. certainly the argument of leaving hand-helds region-free makes sense, but with the way things work in this world, I wouldn't have been surprised if it was the other way around.