Despite there being very little talk about GBA nowadays, Nintendo honcho Shigeru Miyamoto insists there's still life in the single-screen handheld.

Speaking to Kotaku, Miyamoto says the hardware is still selling well (doesn't every human on earth own seven by now?) and because of that Nintendo is still supplying hardware to the market.

But he goes on to admit that Nintendo's focus has shifted to newer platforms. "[Nintendo's] internal development teams have their hands full with creating content for Wii and DS. We're focusing on that and not creating new software for the GBA at this time."

But he cites the GBA's huge library of games as the key factor that's keeping the old handheld going. "There are still a lot of games on the platform that the current consumer still have not played so there's still life in it yet."

But if you're on the look out for new games, your choices are limited. Crash of the Titans, Avatar: The Last Airbender and a few other movie-licensed games are all that's to come in the foreseeable future.

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sounds dead to me...

The GBA is Nintendo's portable version of Sony's PS2 sales wise it seems.

Good to hear.

i like my GBA although people diss them... i will not let got of Super Mario World

Doesn't sound like we will ever see the next GBA.

Why GBA 2 and not DS 2.

if the GBA isnt dead then why have all the huge franschises moved to the DS, and theres no more games other than 3rd party games coming out.

It still remains an extremely popular system after all these years? Nintendo is doing something right

ummm, it's called ds lite

There are only a few good games on the GBA, but it's still pretty good.

This post was last modified: 07-16-2007 08:12 PM by Wiiloadian.

the DS lite isn't really a DS 2. a new system has to have redone hardware including graphics processors and such. the DS lite is the same as a DS, just a slightly different body. just like the GBA SP and GBA Micro aren't really GBA 2 or 3, more like GBA 1.1 and 1.2

I don't think the GBA franchise will continue in anything except sales. It's astounding that it still sells even with the DS on the market.

like the 'new' PSP, a whopping 19% slimmer...and now comes with a TV cord

woopee

The GB will never die! But I guess it isn't unwise for Nintendo to shift development to the DS, it's selling like crazy everywhere now isn't it?

Correct. I wonder what the next Nintendo Handheld will be called. I guess it all depends and what kind of barrier it breaks. I know it won't be a while because of the great sales from the DS.

As I've mentioned, I still wuv my see-through purple GBC.

well the gba is still alive because even me im a mario fan and i am missing a couple mario games for that system. i still need to buy them from some where just gotta figure out where lol

I also suppose this is due to the fact that the DS isn't compatible with the original Game Boy and Game Boy color games.

the solution is simple. buy that original GB or GBC game, then download a ROM to play the game on your DS's media system. if i remember correctly, it's not illegal to own/play a ROM if you have the game. of course, sharing it would be illegal, but we don't do that around here
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imo, there's really no reason to go back to the GB/GBC games with the huge library of awsome titles on the GBA and DS, and sense the DS plays the GBA games, there's no real reason to have a GBA. the system is dead even if the games aren't

I was thinking along the lines of Pokemon G/S/C (Which I haven't gotten/played yet) and LoZ Oracle of Seasons/Ages.

The GBA was the first video game system I ever had. My parents believed in a non video game householf for ten bleeping years before I finally got a GBA during the summer going into fifth grade. Believe me I was grateful, I played it for hours on end, and spent all of my money on new games. I am forevever indebted to my GBA, for without it, I wouldn't be the gamer I am today. You wouldn't be able to tell just by looking at me, (or reading my profile), that I lived without video games for a whole decade. Thanks Miyamoto, I'll repay you once I am a millionaire

ya i still need to buy some games i never had