Sega announces the Game Gear Micro

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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).

[UPDATE]

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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Surely this is a collector's item only? Nobody who remembers having one as a child has hands small enough to actually use this.
 

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Btw, cloud gaming for arcade machines was the big announcement.

Most collectors aren't even going to open the box, right? So, hopefully the box looks good.
The boxes do look good, and I only just saw the special one where you actually get a display box with all 4 frames. The only problem with that is it probably won't be released outside Japan and will cost a fortune to try and import.
 

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So Sega put down the crack pipe for long enough to play to their nostalgia properties, however they saw either a Nintendo watch or a gameboy micro and said "hold my beer"?
 
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What's the price ? Cuz that's too small and I don't want to buy 4 just to have all the games. I would have prefered to have all the games in one. Otherwise it looks cute and all, even tho it looks damn unplayable and come on ... A screen magnifier ? If you have to release a scren magnifier, MAYBE it's because the screen is way too small despite the "micro" concept.
It's cool and all, but I think Sega should have made some compromise between the micro size and the screen being so small only an ant could play with it
 

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What's the price ? Cuz that's too small and I don't want to buy 4 just to have all the games. I would have prefered to have all the games in one. Otherwise it looks cute and all, even tho it looks damn unplayable and come on ... A screen magnifier ? If you have to release a scren magnifier, MAYBE it's because the screen is way too small despite the "micro" concept.
It's cool and all, but I think Sega should have made some compromise between the micro size and the screen being so small only an ant could play with it

Around $50 each.
 

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I'm sorry but, are they completely stupid wasting resources for such a finger braker?!
Nobody plays with this longer than 30 minutes. Also why not at least putting more games on it?

I love the Game Gear but if they want to re-release it, why not in the form factor of a GBA sort of thing and with 30 - 50 games on it?

Well, I'm glad I can enjoy the games on my Switch (RetroArch).
 

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wow nice... but buying each system for the games does not seem like it's worth it. unless it's like 10 dollars each one.... (no sure how much 10 dollars is in yen but still)
 

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For me, I will not get it. I find that it is very inconvenient to look the smaller screen, but maybe that is just me? Go back and see if you can play on the Nintendo ds with its really small screen now a days, though the 3ds and 2ds XL consoles have a good screen size and are fine to use. This will sell fairly Id say,so many people will enjoy it.
 

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Clips... To make the screen larger. Is there also an accessory to shrink my hands with it? I'm pretty sure I'd break it after a second of use trying to find a comfortable position to play it.
 

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