I actually thought of you(or at the time 'whoever it was who posted that') when I read that article on GoNintendo.

You realize this "back then" you're talking about was the end of 2005, right? The GB/GBC games haven't really lost anything in the past two years. They were old news then and they are old news now (that not to say I don't love them to death of course). Backward compatibility on the Micro would have been nice, but it isn't what killed it. I don't think the screen's "scratchability" had anything to do with it either.

1. The Micro costs more (at least at the time of release) than an SP. You're trying to convince people to spend more money to get a tiny Gameboy that can't do everything that the slightly larger & $20 cheaper version can.

2. Fear of tiny screen. The Micro's screen is tiny tiny tiny. Now, it's resolution is very high and if you play one you'll quickly realize that the small screen doesn't hurt anything. The games are just as enjoyable, but a lot of people complain about the sizes of larger screens on the DS and whatnot and all Nintendo did is give them more to complain about it.

3. Non-existant faceplates. One of the selling points of the Micro was the changeable faceplates. However, in the US (and maybe Japan too) the faceplates never existed. If you bought the original Micro you got 2 more faceplates. The only way to ever get more was to buy a whole new Micro that came with a different one. Even then, most of those special Micros were Japan-only (like the limited edition MOTHER3 one )

4. No connectivity. This sorta goes with #1 because it refers to removed features. You cannot use any link cable with the Micro. That means, you can't play GCN games that need a Gameboy with it, and you can't even trade Pokemon.

All that said, I own a Micro and it's one slick device. I'm glad I have one (although I wish even more than my NES SP wasn't broke ) I refuse to play MOTHER3 on any other handheld (GB Players are ok though ) because they all lack the beauty and elegance of the Micro and a game like MOTHER3 deserves to be played on the most beautiful device available (or the biggest TV screen available).

Tomorrow is a good day. Go buy MOTHER3 from PlayAsia with overnight shipping.

I do, but I think I might be able to work out something with my little brother.  He doesn't have PH, wants it, and I want the DS Lite, so we might buy the bundle and split the spoils.  Of course I'll be putting more money in the pot, but still its nice of him to do that.

Let's see, it's December now, we're quite a ways into it, and no mention of any sort of DS upgrade ... aside from what that 'analyst' said.  Yeah, I'm pretty sure the guy just wanted to make himself known for predicting something, and then hoping it'd actually come true.  Even if it DID, all he did was make a big fat guess and just happen to be right, but to me, it looks to be pretty much out of the question.

I mentioned before that losing the GBA slot sounded hokey.  And while it's true that Nintendo doesn't mind dropping things now and then, and that the extra accessories made for it aren't always continuously supported ... despite that, there are still new accessories coming out for the DS that use the GBA slot.  Case in point: the Arkanoid remake 'knob' controller.  If that thing came out a while ago I might think they were just throwing it on the pile of things they weren't going to support any more, but it's something very recent, and from what I've heard, it's also well liked for that game.  It seems like I heard other games were going to make use of it.  Honestly, I don't see them dropping the GBA port too soon, or needing to make a new DS model at all.  They already know that Gameboy Micro didn't do so well even though GBA SP was still selling pretty good at that time.  I doubt they want a repeat of that, especially when DS-lite is still far out selling the PSP and even some consoles.