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The GameBoy Advnace, Nintendo's newly released portable system, has already gotten complaints, though it has only been out a short time, about the screen. The newer, higher resolution screen can be hard to see and it sometimes has a glare when the appropriate light needed is met. Nintendo when designing the system opted not to put in the light for a few simple reasons. The first is battery life that the system has. Right now the GameBoy Advance has a battery life of at least 15 hours according to Nintendo. The addition of a light would reduce this time by a few hours, not a big deal in some respects, but replacing batteries often can become an expensive activity. Also the system was declined the light because of durability, if that light goes out, a player would not be able to use their system and it would be very difficult to create.

According to Curtis, add-on lights for the GameBoy Advance have been going almost 1:1 with the system though they know that the light will drain batteries from the system. "I respect Nintendo's decision, but I think a lot of people would have liked a choice. Even if it lasted four or five hours (on a pair of batteries), I think a lot of people would pay extra for a backlit version."

*Editor's Note: We are not endorsing Curtis' site or petition, we just believed that anyone interested in it should be given the option to sign and know the details behind the story -PCM*