Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2765 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Nintendo
• Released on: 2005-11-04
• Platform: Game Boy Advance
• Number of items: 1

Manufacturer's Description
The sporty, silver metal Game Boy Micro measures a mere 4 inches wide, 2 inches tall and 0.7 inches deep, allowing it to sit comfortably alongside today's hippest technological gadgets. It weighs an astonishing 2.8 ounces, or about the weight of 80 paper clips. Yet Game Boy Micro has the same processing power and plays the same games as Game Boy Advance SP models, complete with standard face controls and gleaming shoulder and Start/Select buttons that literally shine.

With Game Boy Micro, everyone plays with style. A removable face plate gives owners the option to buy replacements to customize the look of their systems again and again with new colours and designs. Most notably, its 2-inch backlit screen shines with incredible power, rendering games in startling clarity with fantastic colours on the best Game Boy screen ever. For the first time, users can adjust the brightness of the screen to adapt to indoor lights or outdoor sunshine.

Customer Reviews

small but not perfectly formed
i'm being generous with the stars - let me quickly get the good things out of the way - because there aren't many

very small, looks cool, nice screen and the d pad and a/b buttons are actually decent, sounds okay

now for the negatives - shoulder buttons are a joke, the screen is smaller than some mobile phones and not great for gaming - although it is bright and sharp

a great technical exercise but even with games not using the shoulder buttons - it is awkward and it is a stocking filler and a toy for kids rather than something you can play for longer than 10 minutes

just get some decent games on your phone or pull out your DS lite - this is like a keychain toy, with all the disadvantages

this shows how the SP was the perfect gameboy model - the micro's design is inherently flawed because as you want to move your hands, you can't see the screen - but the SP doesn't have this issue.

don't get me wrong, everyone wondered what it would be like - and now we realise, it isn't too great - i'm a big nintendo fan but i just went back to the gba sp

also, it doesn't matter if this was for a £10 - i would still recommend you spend more and get a ds lite or gba sp

A Great Console
I just got a Game boy micro and I think that it is amazing value and well worth the money- the screen is brighter then the GBA and SP put together and really sharp, the buttons and easy to operate and the joystick is soft on the fingers. I gave four stars because your right thumb gets a touch sore from pressing the a button too much and although it only came out last year it is getting increasingly less common to fond good games on highstreet stores, so I only have a few games but overall the screen is amazing, I would go as far as saying on a par with the PSP but on a much smaller scale, it seems a shame the graphics on the games don't live up to it. The battery time dosen't seem to be a problem and it has survived a couple of collisions with the kitchen floor. I always did love small things and it is so easy to slip in your pocket, you don't realise how small it actually is until it arrives. I would say it is a must buy for gamers on the go, and, having said that, those glued to the couch at the same time, the text is still, amazingly, clear in such a small screen, if you can read a paper without glasses this will be no problem!

Gameboy Micro is GR8!
This is a GREAT little piece of kit. It does exactly what it says on the tin with great clear gaming on the go.

I have been playing it non-stop and i have had no problems with eye strain or muscle cramp.

The display is amazing and is soooo much better then previous GB advances and with over 700 gba games to choose from its a great console.

A few downsides though...(and only a few): The a & b buttons could have done with being a tiny bit further away from each other. The L & R buttons are a little hard to press quickly, (But now im just being picky).

Overall a great purchase.