As you can see, Famitsu's early pre-production version of the Game Boy Advance ws very similar to the final production version. Two buttons, multiple colors (ala Apple's iMac and Nintendo Pocket Color systems), and a brilliant screen are all in the final design. See it, love it...
Game Boy Advance,
Front View
Note that the system retains the light blue look of the Spaceworld Teaser, although the designs do not match up precisely. The actual Game Boy Advance uses this punched-out molding of the Select and Start buttons seen in the Spaceworld Teaser.
Game Boy Advance,
Rear View
The back shows something that Famitsu had also pointed out in their article -- the Game Boy Advance design may hide the cartridge as opposed to the open back of the current Game Boy Color. Nintendo's production versions gave no more clues, so we'll see from the show floor what the real deal is.
Game Boy Advance,
Bottom View
The system will apparently feature the on/off switch (left) and power adapter slot on the underneath of the system, as opposed to the side as in the Game Boy Color.
Game Boy Advance,
Top View
Though the slot on the top looks like a phone jack and is referred to as the "Communications Port", the port is not fully described. It may be the equivalent of the Game Boy Link Cable port, as it is roughly the same size according to the proportions given in the Japanese text from Famitsu.
Game Boy Advance,
Side View
Rubber molded handles decked out in the Game Boy Advance's Turquoise. A port very similar to the Ext. Game Link Port seems to be on the bottom of the system. Nintendo may have redesigned the Link Cable yet again for a thinner design (as they did between the Game Boy Color and Game Boy Pocket), but this port may also be an anomaly.
Early photo scans courtesy the French online magazine OverGame.com and Nintendo.com.
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