{"id":1796894,"date":"2026-02-27T14:50:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T11:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1796894"},"modified":"2026-02-27T14:50:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T11:50:29","slug":"nintendos-making-a-mini-game-boy-music-player-with-collectible-pokemon-red-and-blue-music-cartridges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1796894","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo&#8217;s making a mini Game Boy music player with collectible Pok\u00e9mon Red and Blue music cartridges"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-red-blue\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Pok\u00e9mon Red, Blue and Yellow<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Nintendo&#8217;s making a mini Game Boy music player with collectible Pok\u00e9mon Red and Blue music cartridges<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">And it&#8217;s apparently out today.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/pokemon-game-boy.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"A Game Boy with Pok\u00e9mon on the screen.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"pokemon-game-boy.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Nintendo<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/robert-purchese\">Robert Purchese<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Associate Editor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-02-27T14:50:29+00:00\">Feb. 27, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendos-making-a-mini-game-boy-music-for-pokemon?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          3 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"ad77516b-ac45-4b71-a2a5-bd17b8d3f423\" data-name=\"Poku00e9mon Red, Blue and Yellow\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Poku00e9mon Red, Blue and Yellow\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Poku00e9mon Red, Blue and Yellow\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Poku00e9mon Red, Blue and Yellow\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Poku00e9mon Red, Blue and Yellow\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Pok\u00e9mon Red, Blue and Yellow\" title=\"Follow Pok\u00e9mon Red, Blue and Yellow\"><br \/>\n  Follow Pok\u00e9mon Red, Blue and Yellow<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Nintendo is making a mini Game Boy-styled music player that will play special Pok\u00e9mon Red and Blue music cartridges that look like Game Boy games. This palm-sized device is being released today.<\/p>\n<p>The music player was announced by Pok\u00e9mon music man Junichi Masuda during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/heres-everything-announced-in-todays-30th-anniversary-pokemon-presents-showcase\">this afternoon&#8217;s Pok\u00e9mon Presents<\/a>, where we heard that there will be 45 songs\/cartridges to collect for the music player device. This represents all of the songs from the Red and Blue Pok\u00e9mon game, and &#8220;particular care&#8221; has apparently been made to make the player&#8217;s audio sound like in the originating Pok\u00e9mon game.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokemon.co.jp\/ex\/gameboy_musiccollection\/ja\/\">a Japanese website for the new device<\/a> that lists a price of JPY 9900, which translates to \u00a347, but I can&#8217;t find any European regional details yet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_wrapper\" data-domain=\"twitter.com\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ja\">\u300c\u30dd\u30b1\u30e2\u30f3\u8d64\u30fb\u7dd1 GAME MUSIC COLLECTION with GAME BOY\u578b\u3055\u3044\u305b\u3044\u30de\u30b7\u30f3\u300d\u304c\u767b\u5834\uff01<br \/>\u30ab\u30fc\u30c8\u30ea\u30c3\u30b8\u3092\u3055\u3044\u305b\u3044\u30de\u30b7\u30f3\u306b\u5165\u308c\u66ff\u3048\u306a\u304c\u3089\u3001\u300e\u30dd\u30b1\u30e2\u30f3 \u8d64\u30fb\u7dd1\u300f\u306e\u697d\u66f245\u66f2\u3092\u697d\u3057\u3093\u3067\u306d\u3002<br \/>\u53d6\u308a\u6271\u3044\u5e97\u8217\u3084\u767a\u58f2\u65e5\u306a\u3069\u3001\u8a73\u7d30\u306f\u3053\u3061\u3089\uff01<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mhwrBo1mLn\">https:\/\/t.co\/mhwrBo1mLn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BK2laI6zoW\">pic.twitter.com\/BK2laI6zoW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u30dd\u30b1\u30e2\u30f3\u516c\u5f0f (@Pokemon_cojp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pokemon_cojp\/status\/2027392732075896839?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p> <span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Nintendo's Game Music Collection product shot for its mini Game Boy cartridge music player.\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/pokemon-game-boy-product.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.771509167842031\" width=\"1256\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Nintendo's Game Music Collection product shot for its mini Game Boy cartridge music player.\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"pokemon-game-boy-product.jpg\" height=\"709\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.771509167842031\" width=\"1256\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Nintendo<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Nintendo is making a mini Game Boy-styled music player that will play special Pok\u00e9mon Red and Blue music cartridges that look like Game Boy games. This palm-sized device is being released today.<\/p>\n<p>The music player was announced by Pok\u00e9mon music man Junichi Masuda during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/heres-everything-announced-in-todays-30th-anniversary-pokemon-presents-showcase\">this afternoon&#8217;s Pok\u00e9mon Presents<\/a>, where we heard that there will be 45 songs\/cartridges to collect for the music player device. This represents all of the songs from the Red and Blue Pok\u00e9mon game, and &#8220;particular care&#8221; has apparently been made to make the player&#8217;s audio sound like in the originating Pok\u00e9mon game.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokemon.co.jp\/ex\/gameboy_musiccollection\/ja\/\">a Japanese website for the new device<\/a> that lists a price of JPY 9900, which translates to \u00a347, but I can&#8217;t find any European regional details yet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_wrapper\" data-domain=\"twitter.com\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ja\">\u300c\u30dd\u30b1\u30e2\u30f3\u8d64\u30fb\u7dd1 GAME MUSIC COLLECTION with GAME BOY\u578b\u3055\u3044\u305b\u3044\u30de\u30b7\u30f3\u300d\u304c\u767b\u5834\uff01<br \/>\u30ab\u30fc\u30c8\u30ea\u30c3\u30b8\u3092\u3055\u3044\u305b\u3044\u30de\u30b7\u30f3\u306b\u5165\u308c\u66ff\u3048\u306a\u304c\u3089\u3001\u300e\u30dd\u30b1\u30e2\u30f3 \u8d64\u30fb\u7dd1\u300f\u306e\u697d\u66f245\u66f2\u3092\u697d\u3057\u3093\u3067\u306d\u3002<br \/>\u53d6\u308a\u6271\u3044\u5e97\u8217\u3084\u767a\u58f2\u65e5\u306a\u3069\u3001\u8a73\u7d30\u306f\u3053\u3061\u3089\uff01<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mhwrBo1mLn\">https:\/\/t.co\/mhwrBo1mLn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BK2laI6zoW\">pic.twitter.com\/BK2laI6zoW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u30dd\u30b1\u30e2\u30f3\u516c\u5f0f (@Pokemon_cojp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pokemon_cojp\/status\/2027392732075896839?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p> <span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Nintendo's Game Music Collection product shot for its mini Game Boy cartridge music player.\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/pokemon-game-boy-product.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.771509167842031\" width=\"1256\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Nintendo's Game Music Collection product shot for its mini Game Boy cartridge music player.\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"pokemon-game-boy-product.jpg\" height=\"709\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.771509167842031\" width=\"1256\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Nintendo<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Pok\u00e9mon Red, Blue and Yellow Nintendo&#8217;s making a mini Game Boy music player with collectible Pok\u00e9mon Red and Blue music cartridges And it&#8217;s apparently out today. 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