> And the biggest point: it was the first Game Boy to include a rechargeable battery! This was huge, since people really didn’t buy rechargeable batteries nearly as much back then as they do now, so you’d pretty much be either wasting two alkaline batteries per day or two, or staying tethered to a wall by using the included AC adapter.
I definitely had a rechargeable battery pack for my Gameboy Color[1], and at the height of the Pokemon craze, it was an essential investment...
True, I did eventually get a similar one¹ for my Game Boy Color as well, but it took quite a while before that happened since I didn’t want to ask my parents to buy me something else when they already paid for the Game Boy Color and an AC adapter (which I now realize wasn’t included with the Game Boy Color; they actually had to buy it separately!) that I could use to power it instead. It’s definitely more convenient for kids (and parents!) when rechargeable batteries are already included.
I definitely had a rechargeable battery pack for my Gameboy Color[1], and at the height of the Pokemon craze, it was an essential investment...
[1] this one, IIRC https://assets.listia.com/photos/8875a4007b0476b501e5/origin...