What comes in the box with a GBA?

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I'm buying a one as a Christmas gift and need to know what comes in the box
(any games) and what accessories to buy.

Thanks

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"CJ" <CJ@nospam.com> wrote in news:Vdadne1q35ctqSvcRVn-pQ@giganews.com:

> Thad Clark-Soles wrote:
>
>> I'm buying a one as a Christmas gift and need to know what comes in
>> the box (any games) and what accessories to buy.
>>
>> Thanks
>
> The unit, charger, and instructions. no games.
>

You may want to think about investing in a headphone socket adapter if
the giftee likes to use headphones (or those around them would rather
not hear the distracting beeps and burps). A good case is pretty much
essential as well. I managed to scratch the lid of mine by just putting
it on my bedside table in the dark. Right in the middle too darn it. I
went out and bought a sleeve cover the following weekend.

If the lucky new recipient is going to be going places with the GBA then
make sure they have a pouch to keep the games and charger in too. Don't
want them to get to their destination with no power and no games to
choose from.

It should be pointed out that the original GBA had a headphone socket
built in, but I would seriously advise against getting one. The SP model
has a far superior battery life and the internal light is a godsend.

I've never tried a magnifier, but I personally cannot see the point in
giving yourself the hassle and spoiling the sleek lines of the GBA all
for less than 25% more screen real estate. I'm betting most of them have
either lens or fresnel distortion too. If anyone would care to put me
straight on this matter, I'd be interested to find out.

Hope that helps.

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> I'm buying a one as a Christmas gift and need to know what comes in the
box
> (any games) and what accessories to buy.
>
> Thanks

The GBA-SP, I presume?

The most important accessory (a charger) comes with it.

The only other accessory I would say that is "mandatory" would be a case.
The clam shell design of the SP will protect the screen, but without a case
the SP case itself will be prone to getting banged up and scratched. The
small, official-Nintendo, case for the GBA-SP is both inexpensive and well
made. As someone else posted, the headphone adapter is also worth having.
They can be found in any game store for less than $3.

Definetly go with an GBA-SP over the original GBA. Its compact, rugged,
sexy design, and best of all has a built-in light for the LCD. If you can
justify spending another $60 to make the recipient of this gift extremely
happy, check out the new Nintendo DS. I just got one and can't turn it off!
:^)

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> In these here parts where all things arrive months later, I finally had a
> real life look at the DS. The shop said they brought it in from Japan.
> Anyways the price is USD263 (can you believe it?). The SP sells here for
> about USD80, which is about the same price in the states. Unless the price
> for the DS comes down to about par (USD150) then I may have to decide on
the
> SP to be my first ever handheld game console. I'd like to wait for the PSP
> but I reckon that'll be USD200 or so.
>

$260! Wow. Thats crazy. The DS is nice, but its definetly not worth
$260 -- "import" or not!

Yeah, I'd definetly go with the SP. The SP is still very cool. I'm still
my using SP often even though have a DS now..