A New Mini Game Boy Collectible That Just Plays Pokemon Music? What a Tease

Nintendo certain does love teasing us with Game Boy issues. 

First, a collectible Lego Game Boy mannequin final yr that just about regarded like a actual Game Boy (however wasn’t). Now, for the thirtieth anniversary of Pokemon, Nintendo and the Pokemon Group are promoting a collectible music participant that appears like a tiny Game Boy and performs genuine authentic Pokemon Purple/Blue songs on swappable cartridges, one per tune. 

The Game Boy Jukebox is being bought on the Pokemon Middle web site for a whopping $70. It is so small, it makes use of button batteries (which are not included). You should purchase this music-playing Game Boy simulacrum in-person at Nintendo Shops, too, for those who’re close to one.

This stage of absurdity is commonplace challenge for Nintendo: Just within the final 18 months, we have had Alarmo, a speaking Tremendous Mario flower and a Digital Boy recreation. This new collectible is so tempting exactly as a result of it appears to be like like a little, much more pocketable Game Boy. Besides it is not a Game Boy in any respect. It is simply a music participant. Even the dot-matrix “display screen” is pretend — it is simply an overlay that the cartridges show after they’re slotted in.

The music this factor performs is Game Boy-accurate, all the way down to the little boot-up ping. It simply makes my pores and skin itch for a new Game Boy (one which is not already made by a number of different corporations).

However come on. Make a actual Game Boy collectible with preloaded video games. One which performs Pokemon Basic video games and Tetris and extra. you wish to, Nintendo. It is solely a matter of time. 

Within the meantime, for those who’re determined for all 45 Pokemon Purple and Blue songs on a little Game Boy music participant, now’s your likelihood.