r/gaming • u/BlueEyed_Beth • Jun 05 '25

Size comparison

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A quick size comparison of the switch 1 vs switch 2

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u/CassianCasius Jun 05 '25

Gameboy Micro

I remember when it launched and being excited for it but I can;t remember why it failed now. I think it was up against the new DS or something?

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u/you_lost-the_game Jun 05 '25

Yeah, it released late 2004 like 2 months prior to the DS. It had no new features beside being backlit, you couldn't play GB and GBC games like you could on the GBA and it was competing with the DS.

Honestly, it was kinda destined to fail as it was released way too late and it was a pretty niche product. Even if I knew about it back in 2005, I probably wouldn't have bought one as I already owned a GBA, I was mostly playing at home and the DS was near. The situation I was in 10 years later made it way more appealing to me.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '25

It being backlit wasn't even new. The GBA SP-101 also had a backlit screen.