I succumbed to the GB Micro love this month as well.
Most of you are already owners or like me, have been intrigued recently by this little system.
I thought I would give a mini-review on my thoughts on it to help some of you who might be on the fence and what a current day review of this thing.
First of all, I've been through all the portables starting with the original monochrome GB. I've had just about everyone of them except for the GBA SP versions and the GBM. I was completly uninterested by the GBM when it came out and had I been on GAF (if there would have been a GAF back then) I would have bashed this little system.
At the time of the GBM launch, I think most folks were thinking of moving ahead to newer systems and newer games, rather than the allure of playing GBA games on a minature system with a tiny screen. I think the system was just way ahead of it's time.
We seem to have reached a time in gaming currently where many folks enjoy sitting back to "simpler" times and less fussy games as evidenced by the popularity of XBOX Live Arcade and the like. As much as I like our current gen stuff, it's nice to sit back to something more simple and basic.
That's where the GBM takes the spot light. You can take it anywhere, fit it anywhere and it's such a chic system with so much charm. When I finally got my system in the mail, I was taken back by just how TINY the whole thing is. Every other tech gadget we have today is bigger than this thing. The control pad and buttons all feel GREAT and the screen does great justice to most of the GBA library. The only draw back is that the screen is so small, it makes it difficult to read some text in certain text heavy games. The speakers on this little guy are also lacking even in an empty room. The only other draw back is no sleep function which I have become spoiled by the DS/PSP.
Overall, I am very happy to own one now and if you are the least bit interested I would recommend you pick one up before they become to scarce to be found in good condition.
