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DS Daily: Bummed about the GBA

Posted Oct 7th 2008 8:00AM by David Hinkle
Filed under: DS Daily

Yesterday, we presented a feature that said goodbye to all of the great things the GBA slot can be used for on the DS Lite. As you all know, the new DSi says sayonara to the GBA slot. What we're wondering is, what will be the most missed aspect of that GBA slot for yourself? Will you miss not being able to play Guitar Hero: On Tour on your DSi? Are you sad to see your gigantic library of GBA games is not supported by the new device? What will you miss most about the GBA slot?

Gallery: Goodbye, GBA slot

Tags: dsi, gba, gba-slot, nintendo-dsi

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10-07-2008 @ 8:26AM

Peter Duggan said...

The only thing I'll miss about the GBA slot is using the RumblePak but not many games use it so it wont be a problem for me...

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10-07-2008 @ 8:29AM

Avi said...

I don't think they will completely get rid of it. Perhaps they will just combine the two slots. An advance cartridge put in with a DS card plugged into that (for those games that require the two)? They can't keep getting rid of compatibility for all of the old games... w/e...

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10-07-2008 @ 8:58AM

KaBob799 said...

What? That would be a design nightmare.

4

10-07-2008 @ 10:13AM

Ross said...

Nop, that's the only way it's thinner is cause they got rid of it, so i'm pretty sure it's completely gone. Even though i'm not buying this until the a newer verison comes out of it cause right now it looks really ugly.

5

10-07-2008 @ 8:41AM

TheOverlord#2 said...

I won't. I have a GBC, GBA, GBASP, and a DS Phat so I'll just use one of those.

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10-07-2008 @ 10:37AM

Zealot said...

Same here. It helps that I'm not getting a DSi, but even if I were, I'd still have three different GBAs and my Phat to fall back on.

7

10-07-2008 @ 8:45AM

Ibinixer said...

I'm not going to miss it at all because I'd need a bloody good reason to dump my ds lite and thus far I've not received one.

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8

10-07-2008 @ 3:15PM

Venom said...

Seconded.

9

10-07-2008 @ 6:11PM

Gewurz Man just wasted 200 Wii points said...

Thirded

10

10-08-2008 @ 11:13AM

horp said...

My reason? WPA. They could strip away even more functionality if they wanted to and I'd still get it for that reason alone.

11

10-07-2008 @ 8:46AM

TJF588 said...

Heh, yeah, maybe an adaptor. What I'd miss most would be DS games that interact with GBA games. The Pokemon transfers are a big one, since you can re-do that time and again, but the one-time unlocks are affected, too (in the case of Dawn of Sorrow, it's an unlock per new game, am I right?). Rumble Pack (heh, would have to import to get DSl version) and Guitar Hero things are there, too, but... Eh, I don't care as much 'bout those things.

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12

10-07-2008 @ 8:52AM

Gaucho said...

nothing. I'm keeping my DS lite. I can't find any justification for getting the DSi. To me it seems like a downgrade.

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10-07-2008 @ 9:35AM

kalpesh said...

I personally think that they got rid of the gba slot to allow for sale of gba games via the online Nintendo market.

Its a business, but charging us again for games that we probably own is bad. Unless they allow a way to register the games we own that are available for download so we can dl them for free (which i doubt).

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10-07-2008 @ 10:09AM

Michael said...

to kalpesh
it wouldn't be that hard, if they were to link dsi accounts with nintendo.com accounts they would be able to read from your account which games you have registered. my only concern on this would be games not made by nintendo itself, i dont recall if you can register say games made and produced by say capcom or konami.

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10-08-2008 @ 5:52PM

MechaBouncer said...

There's another problem. That only works if the customer is honest and doesn't sell the GBA game afterward. Nintendo has no way of knowing whether they kept the game. (And in all honesty, who would really keep a useless game around that they can't play?) Going further, who's to say someone didn't get the code off the Internet or from someone else? There's just too many potential pitfalls there. I seriously doubt Nintendo would be generous enough to do this, especially when they are out to make money. If they did, they should do the same thing for the Virtual Console. That isn't happening.

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10-07-2008 @ 9:07AM

WalkingCarpet said...

Well it's a good thing I don't have like... any of that stuff. I was considering getting GH:OT at one point but passed so I could save up for all the stuff in GH:WT. I'm glad I did. All in all, I'm probably going to buy a DSi and still keep my Lite. I broke the hinge on it anyway, so I don't think that I'll get much for it if i were to trade it in anyway.

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10-07-2008 @ 9:38AM

Michael said...

I just shelled out ~70$ after shipping and taxes and customs for a slot 2 home brew device... that will render itself useless once i upgrade, which probably wont be for a year or two after release... but still ... thats money that could have payed off credit.

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10-07-2008 @ 9:44AM

0xtob said...

As a homebrew developer, this: http://www.tobw.net/dswiki/index.php?title=Hardware#GBA_flash_cards_and_CF.2FSD_adapters

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10-07-2008 @ 9:45AM

Brendon said...

Rumble.

(*grumble*)

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10-07-2008 @ 9:53AM

dec7m2 said...

the GBA slot remind me of my old advance that the d-pad,right bumper, and the "A" all died because i played so long and so hard... i promised that i would not cry

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