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Gameboy Micro Famicom

ArgiveArgive Registered User regular
edited July 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
Hey Folks. I have a Gameboy Micro famicom edition. When I touch the top right and top left corners of the faceplate, they give slightly like their loose. Unlike the original micro, the famicom version doesnt have the interchangeable faceplates.

Is this a design flaw? If someone else has one of these gameboys, could you give yours a poke and see if it's the same? I tried calling nintendo but they were unhelpful.

Thanks.

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  • ArgiveArgive Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    BUMP. Anyone? ^_^

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  • wunderbarwunderbar What Have I Done? Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    um, I have a famicom micro, and the faceplates *are* interchangable, but that edition doesn't come with any extra face plates(I should know, I pulled the faceplate off). my upper left is a little loose, the upper right is fine.

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  • ArgiveArgive Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Huh. Mine even came with a note saying:

    "This model of the Game Boy micro does not include changeable faceplates or a Faceplate Ejector tool."

    I took that to mean the faceplate couldn't be swapped out. So it can be swapped out, just doesn't come with a tool for it?

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  • PheezerPheezer Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2007
    Sounds like it. It doesn't make sense that they'd do a design change to make it impossible to replace the faceplates. So it's probably just as CAPABLE as any other, but doesn't come with any of the toys to do so.

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  • tofutofu Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Argive wrote: »
    Huh. Mine even came with a note saying:

    "This model of the Game Boy micro does not include changeable faceplates or a Faceplate Ejector tool."

    I took that to mean the faceplate couldn't be swapped out. So it can be swapped out, just doesn't come with a tool for it?

    It can be swapped out, it just doesn't come with the faceplate removal tool or the extra faceplates.

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  • wunderbarwunderbar What Have I Done? Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    DrDizaster wrote: »
    Sounds like it. It doesn't make sense that they'd do a design change to make it impossible to replace the faceplates. So it's probably just as CAPABLE as any other, but doesn't come with any of the toys to do so.

    And honeslty, if you've ever seen or held the thing, you won't want to at all. it's like holding a little bit of sex in your hand.......why would you want to change that?

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  • ArgiveArgive Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Thanks for your help! It's all clear now.

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  • CZroeCZroe Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    I did see it repackaged in a smaller box at Wal-Mart last Black Friday but I was unaware of these changes. "Limited" my ass. I made sure to find one in the older box. :)

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