The Gameboy color came out a month after pokemon red and blue in the US. Development for the Gameboy color began in 1997, after pokemon had been out in Japan for about a year.
That's probably because Nintendo Power had a lot of leeway to bullshit. Adding a color screen to the Gameboy was the most obviously going to happen upgrade whenever one did happen, but Nintendo wasn't working on one until 97.
The development of the Game Boy Color was spurred by news in October 1997 that Bandai, with the help of former Nintendo engineers including the late Gunpei Yokoi, was planning a new handheld console called the WonderSwan. Leveraging an earlier color prototype from 1992, Nintendo was able to accelerate development of Game Boy Color. Critically, the Game Boy Color maintained backward compatibility with all existing Game Boy games.
...Riding high on the first info of a color GameBoy from Nintendo last year, Quartermann has discovered that the machine is now reaching the final stages of development, with certain suits gaining access to preliminary discussions with the big 'N' during the recent CES in Vegas. The unit, which is rumored to be maintaining the same basic size and structure as the original GameBoy is being called (are you ready for some originality???) the Super GameBoy! The device is rumored to be set for a late '92 release and could come in under the $100 magic mark at toy stores near you! An unconfirmed report in to Quartermann also has this powerful portable using a dot matrix screen similar to the one employed in the GameBoy and having full compatibility with your original black and white and grey carts. The Q-Mann throws Nintendo a big yawn for that, but the concept of a new color portable gets me tranked, especially when you consider the long list of developers who will produce for it...
One good thing about the Consumer Electronic Shows is the fact that we can sit down with many of the hardware and software developers to talk about some of the new products being developed. One item which came up from several different, reliable sources is that a color version of the GameBoy is currently in development.
With an estimated target price of only $99 this little beauty comes with some very impressive specifications. Currently the color GameBoy is scheduled to be downwardly compatible. That means it would be able to play, not only the new, yet to be developed color cartridges, but it would also play, in black and white only, all of the older Game Boy cartridges! Also, in order to keep the price down, the new color GameBoy would use a low resolution color screen. One with less quality than either the Game Gear or Lynx. This being the case, it wouldn't be possible to add a TV tuner as the screen wouldn't have a resolution high enough to show TV broadcasts. Details are sketch at the moment but stay tuned as more information is on it's way!
The Gameboy color came out a month after pokemon red and blue in the US. Development for the Gameboy color began in 1997, after pokemon had been out in Japan for about a year.
They were teasing a color Gameboy in Nintendo Power in the early 90's. Before the Gameboy Pocket was even a thing.
That's probably because Nintendo Power had a lot of leeway to bullshit. Adding a color screen to the Gameboy was the most obviously going to happen upgrade whenever one did happen, but Nintendo wasn't working on one until 97.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Color
I guess that's sorrrrt of working on it, but only kinda.
Electronic Gaming Monthly Issue 32 March 1992
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Are you done nitpicking my childhood memories?
Until next time
lol. Hard pass, thanks.