Nintendo's breaking out the dust-busters in the GBA screen factories.
According to the Taipei Times, Nintendo has addressed Sharp Corporation, screen manufacturer for the Game Boy Advance, to clean up its act. Nintendo's biggest complaint is dust trapped in the screen of the unit, so they want Sharp to change their manufacturing process to help eliminate the entry of dust and other such debris into Game Boy Advance units. Nintendo would like to see all future GBA and GBA SP screens assembled in dust-free clean rooms.
Nintendo is also looking at manufacturers for the screen of the next Game Boy, deciding while looking at mock-ups from several companies. According to Tsuyoshi Kiyuna, a Nintendo engineer, "Screen quality is everything." They would like to see fewer washed-out colors in future screens, among other things. The only other requirement for the next Game Boy's screen is that it must consume equal or less power than the screen currently being used in the Game Boy Advance SP.
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