The GBA SP will weigh in at 143g (virtually the same as the current console). The rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery will clock up 10 hours of gameplay with the toggleable backlight turned on, 18 hours with it turned off, and recharging the battery entirely will take three hours.
Nintendo plans to have GBA SP on the market more or less instantly. In Japan, the system will launch on Valentine’s Day, February 14th, with a US launch set for March 23rd and a price tag of $100. The console should debut in Europe priced between 129 and 139 Euros on March 28. The GBA SP will appear initially in three colours silver, black and blue, and will be backed by a half-million-Euro marketing campaign.
