Anime Vending Machines For Gameboy Advance

Postby **initialdfreak** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 6:39 pm

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/07/06/news_6101943.html

This is awesome.

Postby **Chazz** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 6:52 pm

18 dollars? bah.
better off buying a GBA flash card and downloading crap

Postby **inkhana** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 7:00 pm

Chazz wrote:18 dollars? bah.
better off buying a GBA flash card and downloading crap

Yeah, except that would be *ahem* illegal.

Postby **Lynx** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 8:02 pm

hahaha cool article! i wonder how something like that would go over in the states?

Postby **Fsiphskilm** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 8:30 pm

The cartridge is only

Postby **initialdfreak** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 8:54 pm

Volt wrote:The cartridge is only $18 bucks... and then after that it's only like a Dollar per Episode.

That's really not bad, considering a 3 min. audio clip is sold on iTunes for a buck. These guys are offering a 20min color video clip for what? A buck or two...

We don't have any excuse for downloading stuff on that one.

Except if you're lazy.

Postby **Kireihana** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:24 am

Those Japanese... gotta love 'em! :lol:

I don't know how well this would pick up in America; I just don't think our culture is quite as into that stuff. Maybe if they did release some anime titles over here for the GBA, but so far the only ones I've seen is Pokemon and Sonic, along with a bunch of Nickelodeon cartoons. Personally the GBA screen is a bit to small to my liking for watching movies. Still, it's an awesome idea. They could probably take it really far with the DS or the next GameBoy.

Postby **Destroyer2000** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 11:09 am

Wonder how long it'll take for someone to figure out how to watch there downloaded GBA anime on the big screen?

Postby **Azier the Swordsman** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 1:40 pm

I think I'll just stick to the import DVD's.

I believe they did something similar with the Famicom Disk System. Nintendo opted to only release their best games on disk, (Legend of Zelda; Metroid) and set up vending machines all across Japan for vending the games. You simply selected the game you wanted, payed, (I forget how) and the game popped out with it's proper label.

Postby **panegryst** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 1:55 pm

they are apparently going to do something similar with the PSP. it can play movies also (and at much higher res and length. verdict: sony pwns).

Postby **Fireproof** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 2:35 pm

Does not! *Is a hardcore Nintendo DS fan* Did you know that PSP will only play full motion video for two horus before it needs a recharge? It'll get 8 hours for music and 10 for games. I'm sticking with DS.
Note: How are the flash cards illegal? I wouldn't think that a flash card for GBA would be illegal in and of itself, but what abuot copying off one's won DVDs into the computer then copying said files into the flash card? Is it illegal to break into your own DVDs now? Feh. If stuff like that keeps up I won't be able to write in my own manga. Waaaah. I'll never see Luffy saying "Got milk?" or "Ahh... The power of cheese."

Postby **Raiden no Kishi** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 7:05 pm

Now Japan literally has everything in vending machines. ^_~

Rai

Postby **Fireproof** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 7:50 pm

*Buys a pair of underpants from one* You're telling me! Oh look! They have live cats in this one! *Looks at cats squirming inside of vending machine* Hold on kitties! *Starts buying them oen by one, trying to empty the machine*

Anime Vending Machines For Gameboy Advance

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