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Pocket Camera (Clear Purple)

Clear Purple · MGB-006 · Nintendo · 1998

Released1998-02-21
Typecamera
RarityJapan only
WhyIt was released only in Japan; it’s rare in our markets, so we don’t set a rarity level. we don’t factor in prices yet: we’re watching the market 1 days, for games and accessories you need 30; release type “regional» - no lower than Uncommon. Estimate: exact units produced unknown.

The Game Boy Camera, released as Pocket Camera in Japan, is a digital camera accessory for Nintendo's Game Boy game console. It was released on February 21, 1998, in Japan, and manufacturing ceased in late 2002. A device designed for user-generated content, it can be used to take grayscale photographs, edit them or create original drawings, and transfer images between Game Boy Camera units or to the 64DD art game suite Mario Artist. The accessory featured a 180°-swivel front-facing camera that allowed users to capture selfies. Its images can be printed to thermal paper with the Game Boy Printer.

Describe the series or family, not just this item. For now, in English only. Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

How to tell them apart

Translucent purple shell ("Atomic Purple"); Japanese "Pocket Camera" label.

Details from sources

Japan-only colour (en.wikipedia); listed among launch colours on Nintendo JP page.

Data source: nintendo.co.jp

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