Game Boy Camera

Game Boy Camera
Release date	February 21, 1998[?]; June 1, 1998[?]; June 4, 1998[?];
Discontinued	2002[?]

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“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 for the Game Boy (and compatible with the Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance) released in early 1998 which allows the user to take up to 30 grainy monochrome pictures (although that amount can be increased through third-party devices) and view them and edit them on the Game Boy screen and print them out using the Game Boy Printer. Game Freak was involved with its development.

Using the camera cartridge in a Super Game Boy or Game Boy Player allows Game Boy Camera to perform video recording.

The accessory was discontinued in 2002. Both the camera and the printer contain many references to the Super Mario franchise.

The Japanese version can connect to Mario Artist: Paint Studio via Transfer Pak.

In other mediaEdit

A Game Boy Camera inserted into a Game Boy Pocket in the comic

A comic called "Rummelplatzquatsch" was made to promote the Camera in Germany, and also featured the Camera heavily.

The comic centers around a Game Boy Camera 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.

GalleryEdit

The logo
Red
Yellow
Green
Blue
The Game Boy Camera put on a Game Boy Pocket

Box artEdit

International box art (Red)
International box art (Green)
International box art (Blue)
Japanese box art (Violet)
Japanese box art (Cyan)

Album B PicturesEdit

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 FramesEdit

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 StampsEdit

Mario
Luigi
Donkey Kong
Toad
Lakitu
Mario's Mustache

MiscellaneousEdit

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.