From a Nintendo press release:

"Nintendo is going totally retro with a classic collection of eight Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)(R) games for the Game Boy(R) Advance and a tubular new Game Boy(R) Advance SP that looks like an itty bitty NES console."

Emphasis provided by sans serif bold font. This is ridiculous. The original Game Boy Advance didn't have a backlight or a built-in rechargeable battery. About two years later these features both found their way in to the Game Boy Advance SP, plus, the SP version flips open like a tiny laptop to make you feel like an important business man while you're playing Pokemon or Britney's Dance Beat. Could these features have been included in the original Game Boy Advance? You could argue that they should have been, but it would have driven up costs considerably at the time.

But what's Nintendo's excuse for waiting until after I bought the SP version to announce this new special edition, instead of just releasing it in the first place? Here's my damning evidence in the case of Me Vs Nintendo: A) The cost to produce Game Boys that look like little NES consoles has to be negligible. B) Given a choice, nobody would want to own a Game Boy that doesn't look like a cute little NES. If we were in an episode of Law & Order, this would be the part where Nintendo uses a squealy voice to own up to its crimes after I punch it in the stomach. Followed by that ding-ding sound effect.