Before I get started...
Yes, this product is NOT a portable DVD Player. Yes it will be inferior in quality. Yes it may seem expensive. Yes yes yes yes yes!!!
I have a long flight coming up so I thought I'd purchase three editions of the GBA Movie format Majesco/Nintendo released. I bought the YuGiOh edition alongside the two Pokemon editions. I tried using the GBA Player but you'll come at a dead end screen saying "NOT COMPATIBLE WITH GAMEBOY PLAYER."
Video-quality wise, you'll notice pixelization and color loss from the TV editions. However, you can see everything clear enough so you know what's going on. The movies themselves resemble their original editions quite-well. There's hardly been any obvious cropping; everything is sized down very well. Animations are also on par with their original editions; there's no slowdown and everything is smooth. Not sure about the technical framerates, but you won't complain. In the Pokemon episodes, the action is fast paced but the GBA just keeps things going very well.
Sound-wise, your surroundings might be too loud for you to hear things clearly. Headphones are recommended. The GBA's speaker does a great job at the sound. It's not surround sound and the quality isn't THAT high, but GBA its great. All the voices are the same as their counterparts from TV and they sound exactly as they did. No sounds have been cut out. There is a hint of a little tinny noise here and there, but it probably won't bother you much. With headphones you should be able to hear the videos perfectly.
For the price as you know, $20 lands you two episodes, 44 minutes each. On the road, assuming you don't drive, or in the skies, this will actually last you a good amount of time, especially if you have two or three video cartridges. I feel though that the forum's age group is a little too high for what they offer (cartoons essentially). I'm a pretty flexible person though; I'll see the cutest, kiddiest things or the most gruesome, sexual or violent stuff. I recommend it only to small children or flexible TV watchers.
7/10
Yes, this product is NOT a portable DVD Player. Yes it will be inferior in quality. Yes it may seem expensive. Yes yes yes yes yes!!!
I have a long flight coming up so I thought I'd purchase three editions of the GBA Movie format Majesco/Nintendo released. I bought the YuGiOh edition alongside the two Pokemon editions. I tried using the GBA Player but you'll come at a dead end screen saying "NOT COMPATIBLE WITH GAMEBOY PLAYER."
Video-quality wise, you'll notice pixelization and color loss from the TV editions. However, you can see everything clear enough so you know what's going on. The movies themselves resemble their original editions quite-well. There's hardly been any obvious cropping; everything is sized down very well. Animations are also on par with their original editions; there's no slowdown and everything is smooth. Not sure about the technical framerates, but you won't complain. In the Pokemon episodes, the action is fast paced but the GBA just keeps things going very well.
Sound-wise, your surroundings might be too loud for you to hear things clearly. Headphones are recommended. The GBA's speaker does a great job at the sound. It's not surround sound and the quality isn't THAT high, but GBA its great. All the voices are the same as their counterparts from TV and they sound exactly as they did. No sounds have been cut out. There is a hint of a little tinny noise here and there, but it probably won't bother you much. With headphones you should be able to hear the videos perfectly.
For the price as you know, $20 lands you two episodes, 44 minutes each. On the road, assuming you don't drive, or in the skies, this will actually last you a good amount of time, especially if you have two or three video cartridges. I feel though that the forum's age group is a little too high for what they offer (cartoons essentially). I'm a pretty flexible person though; I'll see the cutest, kiddiest things or the most gruesome, sexual or violent stuff. I recommend it only to small children or flexible TV watchers.
7/10
