Game Boy Lights Up

Nintendo Co. Ltd. announced Monday that it will launch a new Game Boy model called Game Boy Light in April. Like the name says, the Game Boy Light has a backlight feature for the screen so now you can play your Game Boy in poorly lit places. There's a switch on the top so you can choose backlighted or regular display before and while playing the game. The Game Boy Light plays all current GB games.

The dimensions of the GBL are: 135mm(H), 80mm(W), and 29mm(D). It's a bit larger than the GB Pocket but still smaller than the original Game Boy. GBL weighs about 190g (including batteries).

It requires two AA batteries and lasts 12 hours playing with the backlight on and 20 hours without it, according to Nintendo.

In the spirit of Nintendo's Pocket series, there will be two colors available at launch, gold and silver.

Game Boy Light will be launched April 14, for 6,800 yen. Nintendo also announced that it is lowering the price of the standard Game Boy Pocket to 5,800 yen beginning Feb. 14.

At press time, Nintendo had not commented on a US release of the Game Boy Light.