
Nintendo of America - Nintendo of America
Game Boy Advance
Release date: 1970-01-01
Video Game




This may be an unusual review, but I had to share....
A few weeks ago, my five-year-old son decided it would be fun to "swish" his gameboy around in our toilet. When I caught him doing this, there was water everywhere, which leads me to believe he had been doing it for a few minutes. When I took the gameboy out of the water, it was soaked and obviously not working. I thought for sure it was ruined. But, not wanting to throw away an $80 toy, I decided to try to save it. Using a can of compressed air, I blew out water from every opening I could find. I took out the game cartage and the battery and left it all out to dry. A few days later, I put it all back together and gave it a try. It worked! Not only was the gameboy itself working, but the game cartage was working too. I was amazed! My son is autistic and has an obsession with his gameboy, taking it everywhere he goes. He was devastated when it stopped working and could not understand why he was no longer able to play it.
I wanted to write this review to express my joy that this toy, which means so much to my son, could take quite a beating. Not only did it survive a swish through the toilet, it has held up to many falls to the floor. It is a wonderful product! The only game I can really comment on is Super Mario Brother Advanced since this is the only game my son wants to play on it. I enjoy it too when I'm allowed to play. :-)
The gameboy's graphics are really bad. Eat was very hard to see what I was doing in the light and was really bright at night.I recommend getting the psp or nintendo ds lite. One good thing about it though is that it can run on a fully-charged battery for a long time.