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DementedJoe
Posted: Sunday, September 18, 2005 11:04:20 AM


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Okay, well what does GBA stand for? GameBoy Advance. It is an entension off of the GameBoy series. GBA was still a GameBoy. So the Nintendo DS is still a type of GameBoy. They didn't put GameBoy in the name because it would have been WAY too long and it sounds kind of funny. They had problems with the GBA SP long name. GameBoy DS(sounds dorky and for little kids). That's the biggest reason they didn't call it GameBoy DS or something like that: it's not meant for little kids(entirely). It is designed more around adults.
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Roth
Posted: Sunday, September 18, 2005 1:29:35 PM


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"DementedJoe" wrote:
Okay, well what does GBA stand for? GameBoy Advance. It is an entension off of the GameBoy series. GBA was still a GameBoy. So the Nintendo DS is still a type of GameBoy..


Okay, so by that rationale the SNES was just an extension of the NES, or the PS3 and PS2 are extensions of the PS1, or the XBox 360 is an extension of the XBox, etc. etc. :?

... or are you saying just because it's handheld, that makes it a GameBoy? That doesn't seem plausible, either.

The 'DS' stands for Dual-Screen. It's an entirely different system from the GB, GBC, or GBA. It has totally different capabilities (i.e. touch screen), hence it's a new system. Yes, you can play GBA games on it, but that doesn't make it a 'GameBoy.' Now, if you could play the GBA games with the stylus, then it would still be a GameBoy. My thought ;)
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OneGenerationTooLate
Posted: Sunday, September 18, 2005 3:36:47 PM


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Ive always wondered, what the hell does SP stand for in GBA SP? "Special Powers"? :lol:
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Roth
Posted: Sunday, September 18, 2005 3:43:37 PM


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Nope, just SPecial :P

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameBoy#Game_Boy_Advance_SP
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OneGenerationTooLate
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Wow. Thats alot more lame and un-Special than i thought it would mean. I thought the name would blow me away with joy and celebration of uniqeness when i heard it. :?
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DementedJoe
Posted: Sunday, September 18, 2005 4:03:22 PM


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It is too hard to explain my "theory." I get what your saying, I just don't entirely agree with it.
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