Nintendo has rebranded their Play-Yan multimedia device for the Gameboy Micro with updated software. The Gameboy Micro’s 2″ screen pales in comparison to the luscious PSP display, but support for MP3’s and MPEG4 video in such a compact device is very cool indeed. The unit works by reading data off of an SD card, which you provide, and streaming it through the Gameboy.
The Play-Yan is bundled with Media Stage 4.2, PC software for converting and organizing your content. However, you are not required to use it if you don’t happen to read Japanese. In fact you can use the same PSP software and methods for converting Tivo files to ASF MPEG4 — be sure to specify 240×160.
OK, that’s kind of keen.