Am I the only one who loathes the GBA?

I have found that if you turn a light on in the room you are sitting in it really helps see the screen. I have NEVER had a problem seeing the screen when using a light room.

And I have played the GBA plenty and the screen is not blurry. The GB is blurry, not the GBA. Um and it has great games, wether are ports or not means nothing. If you have already played the game, then don't buy it. There are plenty of original games for it, like Kidnemo said. And there are lots more original games coming.

Oh, and I like video games.

It's been mentioned before, but the Afterburner is the only way to play the GBA. Complaining about the screen when there is a readily available lighting solution is a waste of time, because it's not very likely that Nintendo will do anything to improve this generation of Gameboy. It's true that the Afterburner adds cost to the system, but don't you think that if Nintendo had included a backlight we would be paying more for the GBA anyway?

2 extra buttons and a backlit screen is all that stands in it's way from being a great console.

Loathe it? I love it!

GBA is the best system out there and it's game library is better than PS2/GCN/XB combined. There are a tonne of new and original games on the system and some of them are already all-time classics that made it into my top 10 games of all time (Advance Wars, Golden Sun, etc).. Plus, there is so much "really good" software that I can barely keep track of it.. no less buy it all. I have 15 games already and unlike most of my other systems.. I have finished every one of those games except for the 4 newest ones. That's an amazing success ratio.. and there are still so many I need to buy. I find all of this old school 2D gaming to be blissful.

Oh yeh, and I don't own a single port. So that's not an issue for me.

As for the quality of the hardware. It's a mixed bag but overall I can't complain too much. I really dislike the D-pad because it's tiny and hurts and difficult to make diagonal movements. The system itself is not that ergonomic either.. but contrary to popular opinion the screen is fine for anyone who owns a simple lamp. At least for people with non-launch GBAs, if there is something to the rumours of screen improvements.

Anyway, right now I can't wait to pick up Sonic Advance 2, Golden Sun II, Lunar Legend, the Klonoa imports, Karnaaj Rally, Jet Set Radio... ahhh I can't keep up. :)

You guys are so freaking whiny about your "backlighting."

I wear glasses (or should, rather. I've taken to leaving them at home "on accedent.") and even with the glare I'm subject to while wearing them I don't have a problem seeing the screen in a dimly lit room, let alone a well lit one.

Wussies.

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Originally posted by sggg
Anyway, right now I can't wait to pick up Sonic Advance 2, Golden Sun II, Lunar Legend, the Klonoa imports, Karnaaj Rally, Jet Set Radio...

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Say "Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire" you bastard! Say it! How could you not be anticipating them?! Well...unless you've already purchased the imports. In which case, cary on. ;)

Jet Set Radio?! For my GBA?! DING, DING, DING! :D

"GBA is the best system out there and it's game library is better than PS2/GCN/XB combined."

Huh? I wouldnt take it that far. Sure, there are some great games, but as many as all 3 major systems together :lol:

As for my own GBA opion, its a nice little system, but it would have been better with bigger screen, back lighting, maybe a few more buttons.

As for games available on it, I pretty much want to buy GBA just to play 2 Castlevania games. Those 2 enough for me. No, if I could noly find a good deal :)

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Originally posted by Despair
"GBA is the best system out there and it's game library is better than PS2/GCN/XB combined."

Huh? I wouldnt take it that far. Sure, there are some great games, but as many as all 3 major systems together :lol:

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To each his own.. but for me there are literally more games I have/want to buy on GBA than the 3 big ones combined.

It's not even that close either. :o

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Originally posted by sggg
To each his own.. but for me there are literally more games I have/want to buy on GBA than the 3 big ones combined.

It's not even that close either. :o

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You and me both... As much as I do like the current XBox lineup (I'd rather have PGR than the entire GC/PS2 libraries), there's just not a whole lot of good XBox games. I own 15 GBA titles already that I enjoy... well... save Tactics Ogre and Harmony of Dissonance... and if I bought all those already out that I wanted to get, I'd have about 25. The amount of PS2/GC/XB titles combined are probably about 10-15.

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Originally posted by Hybrid
It's been mentioned before, but the Afterburner is the only way to play the GBA. Complaining about the screen when there is a readily available lighting solution is a waste of time, because it's not very likely that Nintendo will do anything to improve this generation of Gameboy. It's true that the Afterburner adds cost to the system, but don't you think that if Nintendo had included a backlight we would be paying more for the GBA anyway?

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Amen to that.
For all of those who don't want to install an Afterburner but talk about your mad nimble fingered shooter skills I'm confused. If I can install one with my fingers (which have been described a sausage like) an Xacto Knife and a 10 dollar soldering iron, then you must all have cerebal pausy to not install an Afterburner.

If you get a Flash Linker, you will love your GBA. :)