Editing Game Boy Player (section)

==Design and features==
[[File:Nintendo-Intelligent-Systems-WideBoy64-AGB-04x.jpg|thumb|Before the Game Boy Player, Nintendo's partner Intelligent Systems made the Wide Boy 64 AGB, a Game Boy Advance player that worked through a [[Nintendo 64]]. This developer tool was later turned into the Game Boy Player and sold to consumers.]]
The Game Boy Player is available in Indigo, Black, Spice, or Platinum in Japan; Black in North America and Europe<ref name="IGN">{{cite web|url=http://gameboy.ign.com/mail/2003-06-12.html|title=IGN Game Boy Q&A|website=[[IGN]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205061654/http://gameboy.ign.com/mail/2003-06-12.html|archive-date=February 5, 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=2007-03-06}}</ref> and Black and Indigo in Australia. A special Game Boy Player for the [[Panasonic Q]] (SH-GB10-H) was released because the Q's legs are oriented differently from the original GameCube's. All Game Boy Players have screws on the bottom to secure it to the bottom of the GameCube and also have an eject button on the right side of the unit for removing Game Boy Advance games. Game Boy and Game Boy Color games stick out from the unit, as with the Game Boy Advance and Game Boy Advance SP, so they can easily be taken out when the system is off or "Change Cartridge" has been selected from the menu.

Unlike some [[GameCube]] accessories, including the Advance Game Port,<ref name="Game Influence">{{cite web|url=http://rlk89.com/gameinfluence/2007/06/03/what-happened-to-datels-advance-game-port|title=What Happened to Datel’s Advance Game Port?|date=2007-06-03|author=Kuefler|access-date=2007-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928044208/http://rlk89.com/gameinfluence/2007/06/03/what-happened-to-datels-advance-game-port|archive-date=2007-09-28|url-status=dead}}</ref> Game Boy Player is not compatible with the [[Wii]] directly. The Wii lacks the hi-speed port of the GameCube into which the Game Boy Player fits; in addition, the Game Boy Player matches the GameCube's footprint. The Wii has a substantially different footprint, making direct compatibility too complicated to be included.

The Game Boy Player is region free, meaning the units will function on any GameCube system regardless of region, and like the Game Boy Advance, it will play cartridges of any region. However, the boot discs are region locked and must match the region of the GameCube system.