Jupiter: Game Boy Micro Is a Fantastic Mobile Game System

Michael Gartenberg at JupiterResearch posts his thoughts on the Game Boy micro. An avid mobile gamer and gadget aficionado, Gartenberg thinks the micro is "going to be a huge hit." As he notes, simplicity and design is all important, and when you add in great gameplay and a 700+ catalog of games, Nintendo has a hit on its hands:

The form factor is amazing, it’s smaller than the SMT-5600 phone that I carry but it’s a full GB SP in every respect. The screen is amazing. It’s incredibly bright and the small size packs the pixels together nicely making the image look sharp and clear. While critics talk about the lack of new features, they miss the point. The RAZR was just another Moto phone and the nano just another iPod. This is about form and how well it works in the mobile setting. Speaking of the nano, one of the things about the micro that’s excellent is the fact that you can change the faceplates. So if the screen scratches for example, you can just swap in a new one. This is a device that will appeal to gamers of all ages and yet doesn’t look or feel like a toy. Nintendo knows gaming, so all titles for the SP will work on this device as well and that’s a nice catalog of really good titles across all genres. This is going to be a hot seller for the holidays.