Topic: Game Boy Player Press Release Translated

[RickPowers]

Our resident dragon translates the press release for anyone who doesn't trust Babelfish.

NCL president Satoru Iwata has announced plans to put the “NINTENDO GAMECUBE GAME BOY PLAYER” on the market, which allows players to play Game Boy Advance software on a television screen, available next spring..

By equipping the “GAME BOY PLAYER” to the base of the GAMECUBE, one will be able to play software from all GAME BOY platforms: Game Boy, Game  Boy Colour and Game Boy advance. (As of March 31 there are over 1400 titles spanning all platforms and over 170 million games sold in domestic markets.) Players will utilize the NINTENDO GAMECUBE controller to play the games, though there will also be the option of playing with a GBA by using the GameCube Game Boy Advance Link Cable.  

Beginning with The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords, and Pocket Monsters Ruby and Sapphire, it will let players build up their characters on the television screen and then transfer them to the Game Boy Advance for multiplayer use. This will help the competitive play style be born.   The “GAME BOY PLAYER” will debut in Japan around March 2003, while the American release is scheduled for May...Europe and Australia will be announced sometime in the future.

*Note: Some Game Boy titles are incompatible with the unit.

Name: NINTENDO GAMECUBE GAME BOY PLAYER

Release Date: MARCH 2003

MSRP: 5000 yen

Dimensions: 150 X 57.3 X 155.1 mm

Weight: Approx 370 grammes

Power Use: N/A. Draws Power from the GAMECUBE at 0.8 W

Other: Includes GAME BOY PLAYER boot disc.

Special thanks to Shouta for translation aid.