company Wizard He created a concept for a device called the Page Boy in 1999 that would add weather data, news, and live TV functionality to the Game Boy Color via radio waves. In regards to the camera, you could have sent your friends a “selfie” that became popular years later just using the handheld device. Features such as vibration for incoming messages have made the device more than the predecessor of a smartphone. This is reported by game historian Liam Robertson, who previously conducted research on the Work Boy, which was supposed to turn the Game Boy into a workstation.
The Page Boys were supposed to be powered by two AA batteries and should have their own slot for floppy disks as well as compatibility with other games and expansions. nintendo The device may have been used for direct advertising to consumers. Additional content can also be added to the games in this way, for example, highscore lists can be maintained online.
nintendo I decided against Page Boy because the necessary network is only available in North America and not in nintendo Important areas of Japan and Europe were present. Later some of the ideas were implemented in the Nintendo DS and Wii.
In this video, Robertson talks about Work Boy:
