Gaming When will the GBA die?

[JPH]

GBA will never die.

That's all I got to say.

 

[superrob]

The GBA dies when the GBA dies thats that easy!

 

[dexmix]

hmm, no i think gbatemp will always be gbatemp.

hell yeah! this is sparta! or gbatemp hopefully this site will keep the gba name alive indefinitely

 

[AWESOME_noob]

my NDS killed my GBA, but then my Wii klilled my DS too!! So all i use now is the Wii...

 

[clockworkvictim]

soon.

 

[.::5pYd3r::.]

sooner than soon

 

[pikirika]

There will be another GBA - it will be as small as the micro, or maybe a little larger. It will have a very large screen compared to the size of the whole console; and will look like it will feel awkward in your hands. It of course will not, and will fit perfectly. I'll have a D-pad (no analog) 2 shoulder buttons, start, select, and x,y,a,b. It'll use the same gpu and cpu as the ds, but will not be reverse compatable - of course it will have built in wifi and a front end, not unlike the ds currently. The big difference people will be shocked to see is that it wont have cartridges, and you wont be able to buy cartridges for it in retail shops. Everything will be by download, and it'll have plethora of classic games (and some new ones - but mostly rely on the appeal of old games). There will however be a slot for an SD card, which much to the dismay of gamers everywhere will function exactly like the Wii's SD card, in that you can't actually run games off it. You will however be able to run MP3's off the SD card.
Since not very much shelf space will be needed for it - you'll start to see it pop up in places where you never expected to see a game system.
Places like convience stores, cell phone trollys in the centre of the mall, maybe even beside the chocolate bars as you check out at target.
This will supprt the DS even further as it'll get people to pick up video game systems on a whim, and as you paruse the online shop they can swiftly remind you that Wii Health Pack is now available on the Wii, as is Brain Training 2 on the DS Lite. I suspect a movement away from games that we enjoy on the most part (kirby's zelda's mario's etc) on the DS and have them on this new GB, as a touch screen or a second screen is not really needed for those types of games.
This thing will be cheap, less than $100, maybe even less than $80. It'll be announced next month at E3 (I think this is the big console announcement) and Reggie will also say they are hoping to have it ready for Christmas - which it will be - but the launch will feel rushed - and it will take a while to gain momentum - not unlike the DS did 3 years ago.

Not yet, Sir.

 

[4saken]

Sounds good though

 

[azotyp]

When will the GBA die?, Place your bets now!!!

never, eaven the classic game boy still lives (at least in emulators)

 

[Lumstar]

Blame the Japanese. When releases there stopped (November 2006), GBA lost nearly half it's development manpower.

Luckily it'll live on a while through emulators for systems like PC and PSP.

 

[Chotaz]

well NES/SNES never died, and never will, so i think GBA as better changes of non-diyng, at least in this millenium

 

[vapour99]

umm im pretty sure that the NES hasn't got anything new. or anything neing sold (manufacturing of cartridges)

and no, it dosen't. the GBA will lurk in the shadows of the gaming industry, gobbling up innocent crappy movie spinoffs.

all while I am playing homebrew and browsing the internet on my DS.

 

[BakuFunn]

if Gbatemp doesnt die, gba will never die!!!!!

 

[dexmix]

it seems like this thread will never die

its almost 6 months!!! and people still come in here and post their piece

 

[Hadrian]

umm im pretty sure that the NES hasn't got anything new. or anything neing sold (manufacturing of cartridges)

and no, it dosen't. the GBA will lurk in the shadows of the gaming industry, gobbling up innocent crappy movie spinoffs.

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all while I am playing homebrew and browsing the internet on my DS.Â

Actually the odd NES cartridge is still being made, they are not "official" however but people are still making games for it. Hell new C64 games are still being sold.

 

[GundamXXX]

When Pokemon dies because seriously... so many DS Pokemon games have been released on both GBA and DS and since we all know Pokemon will never die GBA will never die ;P

And yea emu's will live on forever I still play NES and SNES games and GBA has so many memorable games ^^
I still play GBA games on my DS ;D

 

[Remy669]

Nintendo should now release a superduper über awsome game for the GBA, just for teh lulz.

 

[dexmix]

Nintendo should now release a superduper über awsome game for the GBA, just for teh lulz.

they really should. something as flashy as gunstar super heroes, and as innovative as paper mario.

 

[Lodis]

The GBA will only die when mankind itself becomes extinct.

 

[wiithepeople]

GBA DIES NOW!!!!!!!!! lol jk
If you mean the game system, for me, it's dead. But officially probably when the around January to when the next handheld comes out.

BUT THE GAMES WILL NEVER DIE!