A New Mini Game Boy Collectible That Just Plays Pokemon Music? What a Tease


Nintendo sure does love teasing us with Game Boy things. 

First, a collectible Lego Game Boy model last year that almost looked like a real Game Boy (but wasn’t). Now, for the 30th anniversary of Pokemon, Nintendo and the Pokemon Group are selling a collectible music player that looks like a tiny Game Boy and plays authentic original Pokemon Red/Blue songs on swappable cartridges, one per song. 

The Game Boy Jukebox is being sold on the Pokemon Center site for a whopping $70. It’s so small, it uses button batteries.

This level of absurdity is standard issue for Nintendo: Just in the last 18 months, we’ve had Alarmo, a talking Super Mario flower and a Virtual Boy recreation. This new collectible is so tempting precisely because it looks like a little, even more pocketable Game Boy. Except it isn’t a Game Boy at all. It’s just a music player. Even the dot-matrix “screen” is fake — it’s just an overlay that the cartridges display when they’re slotted in.

The music this thing plays is Game Boy-accurate, down to the little boot-up ping. It just makes my skin itch for a new Game Boy (one that isn’t already made by several other companies).

But come on. Make a real Game Boy collectible with preloaded games. One that plays Pokemon Classic games and Tetris and more. You know you want to, Nintendo. It’s only a matter of time. 

In the meantime, if you’re desperate for all 45 Pokemon Red and Blue songs on a little Game Boy music player, now’s your chance.





Source link

  • Related Posts

    The FCC Just Approved Charter’s $34.5 Billion Cox Purchase. Here’s What It Means for 37 Million Customers

    Two of the largest internet providers in the US are set to merge, as the FCC announced its approval of Charter’s $34.5 billion acquisition of Cox Communications Friday afternoon. Charter,…

    Warner Bros. Discovery agrees to $110 billion Paramount merger

    Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Skydance’s merger agreement is now official. On Friday, the two companies announced plans to merge into a massive media company that will fold WBD’s studio,…

    Leave a Reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    You Missed

    Why is Trump objecting to al-Maliki’s comeback? | TV Shows

    Why is Trump objecting to al-Maliki’s comeback? | TV Shows

    I woke up from an operation in agony and the pain never went away

    I woke up from an operation in agony and the pain never went away

    Shabana Mahmood vows to stick with hardline migration policies after byelection defeat | Immigration and asylum

    Shabana Mahmood vows to stick with hardline migration policies after byelection defeat | Immigration and asylum

    The FCC Just Approved Charter’s $34.5 Billion Cox Purchase. Here’s What It Means for 37 Million Customers

    The FCC Just Approved Charter’s $34.5 Billion Cox Purchase. Here’s What It Means for 37 Million Customers

    Will Jacks: 'Perfect game? No one really cares'

    Resident Evil Requiem guides and walkthroughs

    Resident Evil Requiem guides and walkthroughs