Metroid Database.com

Nintendo's new Game Boy Advance SP was released in Japan today to brisk sales. The usual long queues of enthusiasts in front of Tokyo game shops was the order of the day once again, as seen in the photo of Yodobashi Camera Game*Music in the city's Shinjuku district to the right (shamelessly swiped from Famitsu.com, gomen nasai!!). According to Famitsu, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance and Metroid Fusion, both also dropping today in Japan, were popular software titles purchased along with the new hardware. The GBASP will be released in North America on March 23.

--TJ