Game Boy Advance Game Link Cable

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Product Details

• ASIN: B00005J53A
• Item Weight: 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,861 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Game Boy Advance Game Link cable allows you to trade data or play multiplayer games with other owners of Game Boy Advance systems. This cable will only work with the Game Boy Advance portable video game system and Game Boy Advance Game Paks.

Product Description

Nintendo is the acknowledged worldwide leader in the creation of interactive entertainment. To date, Nintendo has sold more than one billion video games worldwide, created such industry icons as Mario and Donkey Kong and launched franchises like The Legend of Zelda and Pok?mon. Nintendo manufactures and markets hardware and software for its popular home video game systems, including Nintendo 64 and Game Boy - the world's best-selling video game systems.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

57 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Link's a hit, June 18, 2001

By	Roz Handschke (WI United States) - See all my reviews

No, not from Zelda, the new link cable from Nintendo designed especially for the GameBoy Advance is something you want if you like the head-to-head-to-head-to-head action. WOW! Four people can be linked up on special games for a multiplayer challenge. On some games, this even opens new events that otherwise can't be gotten in normal gameplay. You don't even need the same game-console ratio, because just one game pak provides enough fun for four people. Definitely worth the price. To link 2 consoles, you need 1 cable, with 3, you need 2 cables, and with 4, you need 3 cables.

63 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars GBA Link Cable: Gets the Job Done Most of the Time, June 29, 2002

By	Stephen J. Carlson (Overland Park, Kansas United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The Game Boy link cable is a must for anyone that wants to play multi-player games on game boy advance. This cable is made by Nintendo, who has a reputation of genarally making high-quality products.

This cable is a fairly good length, and allows you to hook up another cable to it through a box in the middle of the cable for 3-player games (and you can hook another cable up to the second one for a total of 4-players).

The only disadvantage is that this cable will only connect two Game Boy Advances. That means if you want to connect a Game Boy/Game Boy Pocket/Game Boy Color to another one or to a Game Boy Advance, you will need a Nintendo Universal Link Cable, which is only a few dollars more.

In summary, if just want to connect your GBA with another one (or 2 or 3), then this is perfect for you. If you want to use an older Game Boy, get a universal cable.

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Cable, but not backward compatible!, July 23, 2001

By	Wayne Miller (The Woodlands, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

First the bad news:

If you are buying a cable, and you want to use some of the old Gameboy games (like Pokemon), you must get the old-style cable. This cable will not work properly on some of the old games.

The cable is directional. There's a small end and a fat end; apparently it matters who has the small end plugged in. It's not really that big of a deal (it's second nature once you get used to it), but if you don't read that little detail you might think your cable is broken.

The rest is good: Multiplay on the GBA is great. With a link cable, there are many games that only require a single cartridge for everyone connected to play.

The cable is pretty sturdy, and seems a little longer than the old gameboy cable.