Naki recently acquired the Spider-Man license and went about making Spider-Man-themed video game accessories. The Spider-Man Action Light is just one of the many different things they’ve made so far with the Spidey theme. They aren’t doing anything special with their products though, apart from the obvious Spider-Man theme. If you are a fan of the webbed-wonder this product is probably right up your alley. Spider-Man himself looks very good. Heck, his head even moves! And just so you know, it’s the comic book Spider-Man, or the one in the old Fox cartoon. It’s not the movie version of Spider-Man.

I must say that I personally despise the way this thing looks. There is a blue box that holds the batteries, and on top of this blue box is Spider-Man. His arms are fully extended and holding a thick “block” of webbing where the lights are. Frankly, I would not be caught dead using this thing in public, despite the fact that it is otherwise a good product. The arms pivot so that the light can be compacted to save space, but this is pointless considering that you still have a giant Spider-Man torso and head sticking off your GBA, making it bigger than a portable system should be. In this arms-down position it sort of looks like Spider-Man is hugging your GBA.

The construction of the product is pretty good. It’s nice and solid. My only gripe is that some of the parts look really cheap and that they could easily break if the unit were to be dropped. This is true of basically everything in the battery box which includes the battery sockets, on/off switch, and link port pass-through. Also, the light housing almost looks like it was glued together and could also easily break. Spider-Man himself is basically an action figure. He’d probably survive a fall.

My biggest gripe with the product is the position of the link port. It has been placed on the right side of the battery box. It’s impossible to hook up some accessories with the port in this position. Obviously it’s not going to be a problem for playing link games as the link cable plug is small. But there is no way you’re ever going to use that brand new GBA-GCN link cable with your Spider-Man Action Light plugged in. The position doesn’t allow enough space to plug the link cable in.

Of course, the important part of the product is the actual light itself. There are actually two lights. They’re up there in the bar of webbing. They are two tiny white LEDs. I must say, they do the job very well. In my darkened room I could easily play Mega Man Zero. And in the pitch darkness of my bathroom, I needed only to tilt the light slightly down to get an adequate playing environment. This created some glare, but it is forgivable because I was still able to play.

The Spider-Man Action Light is a very good light in its own respects. The parts look a bit cheap and the link port is horribly placed. The light works damn well though. If it weren’t for the Spider-Man theme I might actually use it in public! If you’re a huge Spidey fan and don’t mind showing it, this light is great for you. I’d like it more if Naki made a non-Spider-Man version of this light that took up less space.