Game Boy Camera
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| Game Boy Camera | |
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| Release date |  February 21, 1998[?] June 1, 1998[1] June 4, 1998[?] |
| Discontinued | 2002[?] |
- “Smile! You're on Game Boy Camera!”
- —Game Boy Camera slogan
The Game Boy Camera, known as Pocket Camera (ポケットカメラ, Poketto Kamera) in Japan, is an accessory released for the Game Boy in early 1998. It allows the user to capture up to 30 grainy monochrome pictures as well as edit or even print them from the Game Boy Printer. They can also record videos exclusively with the Super Game Boy. The accessory was discontinued in 2002. The Game Boy Camera has several graphics relating to the Super Mario franchise, with the Japanese version also being able to connect to Mario Artist: Paint Studio and Mario Artist: Talent Studio via Transfer Pak. Game Freak was involved with its development.
In other media[edit]
The Game Boy Camera is featured heavily throughout "Rummelplatzquatsch." It is used by a self-proclaimed fortune-teller to foresee the future. Mario falls for the trick when the Game Boy Camera depicts a toilet brush to him and few seconds later such a brush is dashed into his face indeed. Immediately he buys the Camera, being excited about foreseeing his own future. However, the device only brings misfortune to him. After depicting a cake, one is thrown into his face; after depicting a train, he is run down by one; and so on.
Trying to get rid of the Camera, Mario returns to the fortune-teller who turns out to be Luigi, explaining that it was just a normal Game Boy Camera he sold to his brother, and that it cannot foresee the future. He attempts to prove his point by turning the device on. After it shows Poochy, suddenly a herd of dogs enters the tent. Now Luigi is terrified as well and the brothers run away, dropping the Camera. At the end of the comic, the reader sees Satan's hand grabbing the Game Boy Camera, and it is explained that this is the only copy that has fallen into his hands.
Gallery[edit]
The logo
Red
Yellow
Green
Blue
The Game Boy Camera put on a Game Boy Pocket
Box art[edit]
International box art (Red)
International box art (Green)
International box art (Blue)
Japanese box art (Violet)
Japanese box art (Cyan)
Album B Pictures[edit]
Picture #19 (Japan) - Bear
Picture #17 (International) - Wario
Picture #18 (International) - Mario
Picture #19 (International) - Luigi and Princess Peach
Picture #24 (International) - Tiny Wario
Picture #25 (International) - Mario, Yoshi and Baby Mario
Picture #27 (International) - Boo
Picture #28 (International) - Toad
Picture #29 (International) - Mario and Donkey Kong Jr.
Picture #30 (International) - Wing Mario
Normal and Wild Frames[edit]
Normal Frame #4
Wild Frame #1 - Super Mario
Wild Frame #2 (International) - Super Mario World
Wild Frame #4 - Yoshi's Story
Wild Frame #6 (International) - Wario
Wild Frame #7 - Mario Kart 64
Mario Stamps[edit]
Mario
Luigi
Toad
Mario's Mustache
Miscellaneous[edit]
Title screen
Japanese title screen (Pocket Camera)
Special menu screen
The screen is accessed by going to Shoot > Magic > Game Face > Doodle.
International printing screen
This screen appears when transferring images between two Game Boy Cameras in the international release.
Shigeru Miyamoto dancing Easter egg from the credits
Using the Game Boy Camera's camera without loading the cartridge on Mario Artist: Paint Studio. The camera is broken and should not display like this.
References[edit]
- ^ Nintendo: Game Boy Camera. Nintendo of America. Archived May 30, 1998, 12:16:28 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
| Game Boy games | |
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| Super Mario franchise | Alleyway (1989) • Baseball (1989) • Super Mario Land (1989) • Golf (1989) • Dr. Mario (1990) • Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992) • Donkey Kong (1994) • Mario's Picross (1995) • Picross 2 (1996) |
| Donkey Kong franchise | Donkey Kong (1994) • Donkey Kong Land (1995) • Donkey Kong Land 2 (1996) • Donkey Kong Land III (1997) |
| Yoshi franchise | Yoshi (1991) • Yoshi's Cookie (1992) • Tetris Attack (1996) |
| Wario franchise | Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994) • Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! (1994) • Wario Land II (1998) |
| Miscellaneous | Tetris (1989) • The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993) • Game & Watch Gallery (1997) • Game & Watch Gallery 2 (1997) • Game Boy Camera (1998) |
