...Local retailers, including Japan's biggest discount home electronics retailer, Yamada Denki Co., said the Micro was enjoying solid orders.
"The orders have been going well," said a Yamada Denki spokesman. "Especially, the Famicon colour version is really popular."
The Micro is available in Japan in silver, purple, black and blue, with a fifth "limited edition" design in the colour of the once-popular Famicon game console aimed at attracting adults who played with the Famicon as children in the 1980s.
An electronics store clerk in Tokyo said it received advance orders for 70 percent of its Micro stock, mostly for the limited edition.
Orders were brisk but less than when the Game Boy Advance SP made its debut in 2003, the clerk said. The store sold all of the SP consoles through advance orders at the launch...
