Nintendo's Game Boy, the hand-held video game player that has sold more than 142 million copies worldwide since its 1989 introduction, has received a major facelift.

The new Game Boy Advance SP, which goes on sale Saturday in Canada, is smaller, brighter and comes with a rechargeable battery. Nintendo hopes the new $149.95 Game Boy will bring older gamers back into the hand-held market.

The flip-up Game Boy Advance SP weighs about 140 grams, folds into a square about 2.5 centimetres thick and plays the same games as Game Boy Advance, which came out in June 2001, and older Game Boy models.

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