"SNES was the best console ever, so this will be the best handheld ever!"

I finally got GameBoy Advance. Yea well, I didn't want it at first. I didn't like GameBoy Color a lot. Ok, lets put that another way, GBC was a good system. But it wasn't that great, so I didn't want this. Then I heard about Game Boy Advance. I read the specs and reviews and noticed that the hardware is pretty similar to the SNES's hardware. So that meant portable systems have improved once again! As much as I liked SNES, I wasn't sure that this system would be what you call ''Glory!'' But I wanted to give it a shot. So I got it on my birthday with 2 games, and I was satisfied!

Graphics-8/10. Sure, maybe they are outdated, but you must not forget that technology hasn't improved enough to have great graphics on a portable system. The graphics were still great however. Even better then SNES a little. The problem is the screen. It has no interpolation or scanlines like a TV. So it looks more pixily. But the graphics were great still!

Sound-10/10. Who could hate these sounds? I mean I always loved to listen to SNES game sound tracks every day. I thought this game had superb sound as well. I know some people disagree with me because they started gaming at 32-bit era. But for those who love 16-bit sound(Yes the Game Boy Advance has 16-bit sound, not 32-bit) they will love these sounds as much as I did.

Library-7/10. They already have fun games like CastleVania-Circle of the Moon and Raymond and other great games. All of our favorite game companies are making games for GBA. The only great company not making games for it is Squaresoft. Due to the 1997 Final Fantasy 7 on PlayStation conflict. Nintendo has not allowed a single Squaresoft game on their system's since 1997. Yes, we all think that is crap. If you want to complain then e-mail Nintendo and fight to them. I am not going to help you start petitions, so please don't e-mail me on this. But anyways, you will find over 50-100 games already made for this system. Not only that, but they are great games.

Game information compacity-10/10. Yes, this system used the old Cartridges. But Cartridges are more advanced now, so we don't need to complain about it not using CDs. The Cartridges can hold up to 8MB of memory. This is a lot since most of the games only use 5-6MB. Compare that to a big SNES Cartridge that only held 4MB. Tell me that's not good technology.

Future-?/10. I don't know what to say about this really, I am not psychic. But I can give you my opinions on what will happen. People will do anything to get this system in a few years. The people that don't own this will be picking up cash on the street just to get one. SquareSoft WILL make games for GBA. And so on... I believe all those things I said will happen, and I think this will be the greatest HandHeld of all time.

Final Rating-10/10

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 09/20/01, Updated 01/04/03