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SEGA has decided to unveil one of its projects related to its 60th-anniversary celebration. It's not the rumored Dreamcast Mini that some may have been dreaming of, but SEGA is releasing a retro throwback system, in the form of the absolutely tiny Game Gear Micro. The teaser website is scant on details, but more information is to come on June 3rd at 13:00 Japan Standard Time (GMT+9).

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Pricing details and more information has been given. The Game Gear Micro will cost 4,980 yen, and is planned to release on October 6th in Japan. Multiple colors of the Micro will be sold, each with different games on them. The standard black version will have Sonic the Hedgehog, Puyo Puyo, OutRun, and Royal Stone. A blue variant will come with Sonic chaos, Gunstar Heroes, Sylvan Tale, and Baku Baku Animal. There is also a yellow one which has Shining Force Gaiden, Shining Force: The Sword of Haiya, Shining Force: Final Conflict, and Nazo Puyo Arle no Roux. Lastly, the red Game Gear Micro will come with Revelations: The Demon Slayer, Megami Tensei Gaiden: Last Bible Special, Shinobi, and Columns. M2 is in charge of porting the games.

The Micro measures in at 80mm x 43mm x 40mm. It'll also run off AAA batteries, or can be charged through a USB cable. Since it's just so tiny, SEGA will also be selling the "Big Window Micro", a magnifier that clips on and makes the screen size larger.

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This is too cute for me. I'll love it, feed it, walk it everyday, I promise, just gimme. I'll also play on it for like a half an hour than let it collect dust.
 
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Nice novelty, definitely. Just hope they're hackable to add more games.

I think that video said 4980 yen, which is like 36 quid. Wonder how much more it'll cost if it gets released over here.

E: fwiw I just got a Game Boy Micro and it's a lot more playable at that size than you'd think. Admittedly this one looks EVEN SMALLER.
 
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Memoir said:
They also had a terrible home console for years before they gave us the genesis mini. So, yeah. They should give the handheld another look.
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The Sega Dreamcast wasn terrible. Sure the memory cards were expensive but it had a lot of great games!
 
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To think, I thought Nintendo was going to be the first to release a mini handheld console(Yes, I know the Gameboy Micro is a thing). I guess maybe in a few years, we'll get a Gameboy mini, lol.

Also, honestly, the Game Gear's library is pretty bad.
 
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Don't get me wrong I absolutely love the game gear. But like 40bucks or so for amini console with a tiny screen that is uncomfortable to play one. And with only just 4 games? No just no. You are paying for a gimmic/toy/novelty item. And an overpriced one at that.

Even if you could mod it in the end to add any game you want the screen itself is way to tiny. It looks smaller than the gameboy micro screen and even that screen was uncomfortable to play on for longer then 15min (I got one).

Now if it just was a bit larger like I dunno a gba screen or so. And it had more games then ofcourse an instant buy. Now? Avoid...
 
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I had the original handheld with a TV tuner, external battery pack (most important item), 2 x 16 in 1 carts from the night market with GG and Master System games. I would love to have the mini, but 4 games??? naaaah
 
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Maybe use an LCD screen that makes everything turn green when being viewed at an angle.
Who ever owned an actual Game Gear remembers those days?
 
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Sega, this sounds like a real good idea, BUT why oh why you do it like this? The Game Gear Mini is way too small, they should have at least increased the size of the screen and break the original ratio to a "as I remember it". And when I look at the D-Pad, i get a real bad feeling. For 10-20 Dollar, I would say it is a good idea, but they sell each one for 50 USD - no thanks!
 
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As a GBA Micro fan who, despite all the protests about it being too small to play, is playing it more than any other console - I can't help but be fascinated by this bloody ridiculous idea. That screen is a LOT smaller than the GBA micro screen and that 'buy all four for 16 games' is absolutely mental. SEGA - you're mad as a banana tree, and I might have to get a black one and hope the other games are unlock-able.
 
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why is everyone hyped over this it's the stupidest thing i've ever seen! hope it comes with a magnifying glass to see the damn thing! i definitely won't be getting one my eyes are fucked enough as it is :lol:
 
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well son of a bitch if there's no way of watching tv on it then I'm not buying it
 
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This looks like it should have been a gashapon
Its so tiny and the game selection is way too limited

It would have been fun if they messed around with the proportions and the screen was gba sized like the adapter by default.
 

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