Get a small Game Boy for a smallish price
by JC Fletcher 
{ Mar 11th 2008 at 2:15PM }
Play-Asia is offering the Japanese Famicom edition of the Game Boy Micro for $60 this week, marked down from their usual price of $100. This may be just the thing if you want to be able to play It's Mr. Pants, but your actual pants are too tight for a DS Lite.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
TheCoats @ Mar 11th 2008 2:20PM
If your local gamestop still caries them you can get them for 40!!!........got one recently (in the past month) hoping that the DS would soon slim and drop its GBA port
FrankTheCrank @ Mar 12th 2008 3:42PM
I recently was on the hunt for one of the 20th Ann. Edition GBA Micro. I considered a crappy used one, but found nothing I liked. Many were beat up and scratched to hell.
I finally found a brand new in the box 20th at Gamestop...they had to call several stores to hunt one down. It costs me $70.
They've been running around $40-$50 for used ones on eBay and for the 20th, between $60-$90.
Someone recently payed $91 plus $20 shipping for a new, in the box 20th. That's insane.
Speaking of collecting...WAVEBIRDS are out of control. Nintendo needs to reproduce these. Their going for anywhere from $50+. Some were posted with a "buy it now" at $99 not including shipping.
Rockel @ Mar 11th 2008 2:33PM
My famicom flavored micro had no such snazzy packaging "Thanking me for choosing the Famicom version"! I feel American and ROBBED!
FrankTheCrank @ Mar 12th 2008 3:45PM
I never understood why Nintendo released the Famicom version here. Nobody knows what a Famicom is except for us. Why they never released the NES version is puzzling to me. It would have been so cool.
s.mario @ Mar 11th 2008 4:25PM
my local Wal-Mart has about 50 of the "Famicom Edition" Micro's for $50...best deal i've ever seen!
FrankTheCrank @ Mar 12th 2008 3:45PM
Dude...where are you located?
Mike @ Mar 11th 2008 6:21PM
Actually, we at GameStop sell the 20th Anniversary edition for $69.99. The regular micros sell for $39.99.
algarcia @ Mar 12th 2008 3:58AM
i wanna get a gameboy micro! i have a ds (my second one), gameboy advance, gameboy color...
are the micros that chip? i wanna get one, new, for less than $50 is that posible nowadays?
FrankTheCrank @ Mar 12th 2008 3:47PM
Read my post above.
A new one will run you between $50-$70. I've been tracking them on eBay.
Some Gamestops still have the 20th Ann units hanging around. You need to start hunting.
ArmorForVictor @ Mar 12th 2008 8:39PM
also check at your local toy's r us because that's where i got my black micro a while back for $40.
Puddles @ Mar 12th 2008 10:16AM
I just sold my black Micro on eBay for $55. I'm not sure why people wanted to pay that much - maybe it's not that easy to find? Anyway, I'm pretty happy, considering I bought it over 2 years ago for $70.
FrankTheCrank @ Mar 12th 2008 3:48PM
Got to love eBay.
I sold a slightly used PSP and Gamecube a while back on eBay and was able to get most of my money back. I sold a GBA SP as well. Most of the time I get about 80% back.
SephFinale @ Mar 12th 2008 4:16PM
I had a 20th Anniversary Edition Game Boy micro...I think it got stolen, because I've torn apart my room to find it...and it wasn't there.