GameBoy
Welcome to the GameBoy community on Lemmy and Kbin!
A community dedicated to Nintendo's line of classic handheld consoles. Find guides, mods, parts, help with repairs or game recommendations.
Please make sure you read our rules before posting.
Rules:
Rules can be clicked on to be expanded.
1: Treat all users with respect.
Bullying, threathening, doxxing, or toherwise hostile behaviors with any of our users will not be tolerated. Be civil, have fun.
2: Posts must be related to the GameBoy line of consoles.
This includes the original GameBoy, GameBoy Color, GameBoy Advance, GameBoy Micro, and regional or promotional variants such as the iQue devices.
3: No advertising.
If you want to share a product you're a manufacturer or seller of, please contact the moderation team first. Affiliate links to online shopping stores or affiliate coupon codes are not allowed.
4: No piracy.
Links or discussions about ROMs, unauthorized copies of copyrighted material and other similar piracy-related content are not allowed. Discussion about flashcarts is allowed.
5: Mark adult content as NSFW.
This community is inclusive to users of all ages. Therefore, posts sharing ROM hacks or other similar content that includes adult imagery must be marked as NSFW.
Reddit reposts are allowed.
Reddit reposts are allowed, but you need to include the tag [Reddit] in the title.
Related communities:
-
Nintendo DS and 3DS: [email protected]
-
Games: [email protected]
view the rest of the comments
The DS exists because of the PSP. It was Nintendo acknowledging they couldn't just be the too-cheap-not-to-own, baseline-sufficient, mobile gaming experience. The PSP did 3D shit on a level the GBA simply could not compete with, even when the SP was like $70 new. Sony came out the gate with PS2 graphics, in your damn pocket.
So - Nintendo got weird. They are a toy company. They do not compete. They want to be the only company that offers [blank]. And in the DS's case, that was a ridiculous two-screen setup, hearkening back to the Game & Watch days, but modernized enough to have a touchscreen... and goofy scanline-rendered 3D that basically guaranteed 60 Hz performance. The restrictions for that are why DS ports were still kinda wacky.
What'll really blow people's dicks off is that Nintendo nearly called it the City Boy. After a now-obscure Japanese fashion magazine that was, I shit you not, probably the reason Mario wears a red shirt and blue overalls.