File this one in "news of the obvious," but the new Nintendo GameBoy Micro ![[B000AX224Y]](http://www.mikeyp.com/css/external.gif)
really is tiny, almost too tiny. It's only a hair larger than my Sony T637 cel phone. Although the color screen is easily the best screen I've ever seen on any gaming device, it does cause me to squint a little. In general, the overall size of the Micro causes all of the buttons to be closer together, which forces you to uncomfortably bend your fingers and thumbs much more than on the older GameBoys.
There is also only one speaker, so stereo sound can only be heard with headphones. The speaker itself is just below the A and B buttons, and my adult-sized thumb tends to cover it during gaming. Unlike the GameBoy Advance SP , however, there is an included headphone jack. The digital volume control is excellent and much improved over the awful manual slider on the GBA SP and Nintendo DS .
If you're looking for comfortable GameBoy gaming with big buttons and a large-ish screen, the Nintendo DS is easily the system to buy. But if you want something less bulky so you can have gaming access at any time, the Micro fits the bill perfectly. And if you are a total gadget geek like me, well, get both!
Hey Nintendo, when do we get more GameBoy Micro faceplates?
