Metroid Database.com

On January 7, Nintendo announced the upcoming Game Boy Advance SP, a redesigned and front-lighted Game Boy Advance. With a compact design reminiscent of the classic Game & Watch or even the rare PC-Engine LT, this new edition of the GBA drops on February 14 in Japan and March 23 in North America for US$99. It's generally assumed that Nintendo might be planning to use the GBASP as competition for cellphones, more of which have the ability to play games these days, but it's also logical that Nintendo noticed the extreme popularity of the Afterburner, an aftermarket light modification which many players have installed on their GBAs. Between this and the upcoming Game Boy Player add-on for the Gamecube, we Metroid fans are just looking forward to playing Fusion on our televisions.

--TJ