Play-Yan
The Play-Yan (trademarked PLAY-YAN) is a media player for the Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance. It uses SD flash memory to play MP3 audio files and H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video files. It can also play 13 bonus…
Play-Yan is a music developed by Nintendo, released 31 December 2005 on Game Boy Advance.
What Play-Yan is
Play-Yan is a music game developed by Nintendo and released in 2005. It is available on Game Boy Advance only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Play-Yan (trademarked PLAY-YAN) is a media player for the Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance. It uses SD flash memory to play MP3 audio files and H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video files. It can also play 13 bonus mini-games, all of which are available freely on the Nintendo website in Japan. It is designed for the Game Boy Advance SP and also compatible with the Game Boy Micro. Due to its power requirement, use with an original Game Boy Advance system is not recommended. Sales of the Play-Yan were discontinued on September 11, 2005. An updated version, the Play-Yan Micro (trademarked PLAY-YAN micro), known as the Nintendo MP3 Player in Europe, was released two days later alongside the similarly…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Play-Yan launched on 31 December 2005, within three weeks of Kingdom Hearts II, Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, 25 To Life and Dead or Alive 4.
Released around the same time: Kingdom Hearts II, Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, 25 To Life, Dead or Alive 4.
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