If you have not heard, at present is Pokemon Day, and it is also Pokemon’s thirtieth birthday. Earlier at present, The Pokemon Firm broadcast its annual Pokemon Presents livestream with information and updates, and nestled among the many reveal of the following technology of Pokemon video games and different updates was the Game Boy Jukebox, a curious reproduction of the unique Game Boy handheld that solely performs music. GameSpot lately went hands-on with the gadget at New York Toy Truthful, and it evokes the spirit of the Nineties in additional methods than one.
The Game Boy Jukebox comes bundled with 45 reproduction cartridges, every representing both Pokemon Pink or Blue. Every has the label for the corresponding sport on one facet, and a picture of a scene from these unique Pokemon video games on the opposite. Every cartridge, when positioned into the Game Boy, performs the music of the scene depicted within the in-game picture by way of the audio system of the reproduction Game Boy.
For instance, one cartridge reveals Pink using his bike. Once you place the cartridge within the reproduction Game Boy’s cartridge slot–with the in-game picture dealing with the “display” so it appears to be like like that scene is enjoying on the device–and “activate” the Game Boy, you will hear the acquainted Game Boy start-up sound, adopted by the bike-riding theme from Pokemon Pink and Blue.
The sounds from the Game Boy, coupled with the look of the scene from the sport displayed on the “display,” creates a nostalgic feeling that may warp longtime Pokemon followers again to 1996. For those who’re studying this as somebody from that period, consider HitClips, and you will have the proper thought.
The Game Boy Jukebox might be out there throughout Pokemon Day on the official Pokemon Middle web site. No pricing data was given for the gadget in the course of the livestream, nor within the official announcement.