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Game Forum / Nintendo / Game Boy / December 2003e-reader for GBA SP?
Hi, Does anyone know if the ereader can be used with the SP? I've just had one imported into the UK from the US and it looks like it only works on the original GB, but there was no mention of this where I bought it. Can anyone help? CJ Carl Jackson whipped out his/her/its Personal Electronic Thing, summoned a BellBot to 510c49ba.0312251755.71bb2682@posting.google.com , leaving his/her/its contact info (jaxon58@hotmail.com) with the deskbot, and proceeded to say: > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Can anyone help? I know this for a fact: for any given region, the E-Reader for that region works in the SP of that region. The only problem is that the tab for link port extension prevents the lid from closing with the e-reader in. I also know this: the GBA has no region coding. Thus, power of reasoning assumes that region X ereader works with region Y SP. In practice? Who knows. The cards might not work with a different region for some wacky reason.  Signature----------- Deep Thought ----------- Erase the Earth to e-mail me. > Carl Jackson whipped out his/her/its Personal Electronic Thing, > summoned a BellBot to 510c49ba.0312251755.71bb2682@posting.google.com , [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > works in the SP of that region. The only problem is that the tab for link > port extension prevents the lid from closing with the e-reader in. The e-reader's link port is a pass-through, since the e-reader would otherwise block the GBA's link port. On GBA-SP, the link port is on the "top" of the unit, and games/e-reader are attached at the slot on the bottom. Therefore, E-reader will work perfectly normal on a GBA-SP. > I also know this: the GBA has no region coding. > > Thus, power of reasoning assumes that region X ereader works with region Y > SP. In practice? Who knows. The cards might not work with a different region > for some wacky reason. From what I've heard, the cards are region-locked. Why Nintendo would bother with this, I don't know, since machine code is machine code. And GB hardware itself is region-free. Mike W. Goos whipped out his/her/its Personal Electronic Thing, summoned a BellBot to 18142889.0312261043.247dea79@posting.google.com , leaving his/her/its contact info (mwgoos@yahoo.com) with the deskbot, and proceeded to say: <SNIP> > The e-reader's link port is a pass-through, since the e-reader would > otherwise block the GBA's link port. On GBA-SP, the link port is on > the "top" of the unit, and games/e-reader are attached at the slot on > the bottom. Therefore, E-reader will work perfectly normal on a > GBA-SP. Right. But the pass-through prevents the SP lid from closing, as it doesn't pass through anything on the SP. > From what I've heard, the cards are region-locked. Why Nintendo would > bother with this, I don't know, since machine code is machine code. > And GB hardware itself is region-free. Ah, ok then. Signature----------- Deep Thought ----------- Erase the Earth to e-mail me. > Mike W. Goos whipped out his/her/its Personal Electronic Thing, > summoned a BellBot to 18142889.0312261043.247dea79@posting.google.com , [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Ah, ok then. come from america anyway? > > Mike W. Goos whipped out his/her/its Personal Electronic Thing, > > summoned a BellBot to 18142889.0312261043.247dea79@posting.google.com , [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > doesn't > > pass through anything on the SP. Didn't quite catch your original meaning about "preventing the SP lid from closing". Truth be told, anything I needed to use the e-reader for (SMA4), I attached it to my old GBA. It would be a pain to use the e-reader with an SP I'd imagine, but still doable. > > > From what I've heard, the cards are region-locked. Why Nintendo would > > > bother with this, I don't know, since machine code is machine code. > > > And GB hardware itself is region-free. > > > > Ah, ok then. <snip> > > how can the cards be region locked as they all the english editions all > come from america anyway? There are region-locks between the english and japanese versions, but as I understand it, the U.S. version of the e-reader would only be available in the U.S. and Canada anyhow. All it would take to region lock something is probably a tiny bit of code in a game or card. > > > Mike W. Goos whipped out his/her/its Personal Electronic Thing, > > > summoned a BellBot to 18142889.0312261043.247dea79@posting.google.com , [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > available in the U.S. and Canada anyhow. All it would take to region > lock something is probably a tiny bit of code in a game or card. if all the cards are the same and the gba are universal how can the e-reader be different? E-Reader is a cartriage... if you have a japanese ereader you could use it on a US GBA, but you would not be able to scan US cards, only Japanese cards... SEV > > "paul taylor" <paul@mewthree.plus.com> wrote in message > news:<O_bHb.409$3H3.256@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk>... [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > <snip> > > > > how can the cards be region locked as they all the english editions > all > > > come from america anyway? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > if all the cards are the same and the gba are universal how can the e-reader > be different? |
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