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I kept having a difficult time thinking of a game to fit the question but then it finally hit me.

CNN Response should be

Regardless of what's been going on with COVID, I heard from quite a few tech investors that they were already preparing at the end of last year that this was going to happen. Covid kind of eroded things quicker.

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Fuck that asshole. I think I read/heard there will be charges for the person.

I remember seeing the magnifier but I don't think I owned one with my GG as a kid. I did have the one for Gameboy. Also I agree with you with the feeling of wanting to play GG games on your TV. My GG sort of works but the display is bad and when I tried it yesterday after a while it started to randomly shutoff. I'm gonna order some cap replacement in hopes that fixes it but I would love a better solution. I wanted to get the MegaSG and I probably will someday but the GG adapter is hard to get. I will most likely get the Pocket as there will be a TV dock/TV out for it.

Same reason someone would buy it in the first place. For the novelty of it all. Nobody needs the device to play GG games but that won't stop someone from buying it as a silly desk toy. There are some people on other forums that are interested in buying one to have (hell I am). To them, hacking it to swap the games to something that is of more interest to them is not a crazy idea. As for someone wasting the time to figure out how to hack it, that is never an issue of purpose other then because they can. I personally might hack one just to simply swap the games for their english counterpart (ie the shining forces unit).

Oh interesting tidbits I read yesterday that explains a lot. It seem this device is coming out from the Sega Toys group which makes a lot more sense. As well there was an interview with the team and the original intent was to release them with only 1 game on it and release a bunch for you to collect (Again makes sense coming from ST but would have been an awful call without the price being vastly cheaper). This does make me think that there is a good chance more collections will come out in japan with other games on them. I really hope they do a disney one with the mickey & donald games on them. I really don't see these ever leaving japan. So if anybody has any interest they should possibly buy 1 and wait for when they're hacked to add more games.

If you're stupid/crazy like me, the units (Both bundle and individual units) are back up in stock on amazon.jp and now shipping internationally. I grabbed the 4 pack since it comes with the magnifying attachment for free. https://www.amazon.co.jp/セガ-ゲームギアミクロ4色コンプリートセット-ビッグウィンドウミクロ特典付/dp/B089DRRM84/ref=pd_rhf_eetyp_p_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=5R6FCZ83R0YR653QN04W If you're wondering, yeah that attachment really did exist back in the day. Ah ok. Yeah Sylvan Tale I've heard of it but never played it myself. I think if these units get hacked I will patch/swap games with their english versions.

Actually referring to the content of the tweet itself with what has been going on. How fucking tone deaf can someone be.

Yes but that won't stop them from trying to rig and steal the fuck out of it.

Joking aside. The micro uses 2 AAA. The original GG used 6 AA.

Which game, sylvan tale or baku baku animals? If the first one I've never played it but I've heard good things about as an ARPG it but might be hard to play in japanese. Baku Baku I have played, I was never a fan of the gameplay or art style but it has it's fans. It's very much like Pac Attack if you've played that before (also another puzzle game I'm not big on).

I love the plastic game cases that GB & GG had. It was sad when companies stop using them. You can buy remade replacements online or some small retro shops will have some that they will sell.

For fun I decided to look at my GG bin of games over lunch to see how many of these games I actually already have. I end up only having 5 of them. I thought I had a few more. =/ For curriosity, I do actually have a small handful of boxed GG games but none of them are the games listed for the Micro.

4 of those are getting re-released this year. https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/19/21136607/hasbro-tiger-electronics-lcd-handheld-games-xmen-sonic-transformers

That first sentence makes you sound like a faux texan.

The more I see the marketing on this device. Since this seems to be positioned as a novelty toy more than anything, I get the feeling we might see a lot of 1 off variants on this with other games which might explain why there is only 4 games on it instead of a single unit with tons on them. =/ As said, play.date, Still in development. I tried to get one of the devkits and wasn't picked. (wanted to possibly do a music or fishing based game) This just happen a month ago.

I should look through my GG collection to see how many of these titles I already have. =/ Nah Game Gear had some great games as it went into extending off what the Master System did. There are tons of games I found later that were great that I didn't even know about back when I had a GG as a kid. So if you look at it through the lens of GG vs GB/GBC vs Lynx it had some great stuff. The system just is not remembered very well due to the screen and amount of batteries it ate through.

So saw the latest news. I still think this is cool but 4 games per unit at $50 is too low. It really should be 8-10 per unit at $40. Yet what do I know, it seems they've mostly sold out on amazon already. I get the feeling these might not leave japan but if they do they should really be for $40 and maybe change up the game selection (like make one all sonic, one a bunch of action games, one a bunch of disney games). Heck i'm a bit shocked there isn't a unit with shooters on it. GG Aleste 1 & 2 are quite popular and expensive games. I'll probably end up with the set sometime in the future. -edit- I should update an old point. This was not the huge famitsu scoop. That was actually cloud gaming for arcades. =/

OMG !!! -edit- I just have to laugh at the absurd rumors going around about this announcement a few days ago. Some were saying it would be sega releasing the xb1x in japan under their brand.

Crossing my fingers it comes back negative.

People should simply remind/tweet her every day that she is responsible for all this.