US Gameboy Advance SP in China - power problems?

Factual Questions
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I’ve been tasked with buying a Nintendo Gameboy Advance SP for a tyke in mainland China. Since the SP has a rechargable battery, that suggests to me that I will need a China-compatable power adapter to charge it. I also know both countries use the same two-prong outlets, but the US is on 110V and that China is on 220V.

I think I can get away with using an American-sold, 110V Gameboy Advance SP and tossing this power adapter into the box, but I’m not completely sure – since I have no way to test the setup before it gets delivered, I’d like to get all the technical issues ironed out ahead of time. Unfortunately, I can’t seem to find anything that documents the power needs of the SP, so I need to ask the electrical-saavy gaming Dopers for a hint here.

Would the afformentioned adapter be the only thing I need? Or would I also need a 220V-compatable Gameboy to go with it?

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Nope, that’s all you’ll need.
According to the back of my ac adaptor, it puts out 5.2V DC 320mA.
BTW, the GBA SP and DS use the same adaptor.

I can ask my Nintendo engineer buddy for certain.

3

Okay, that helps a lot. :slight_smile:

4

He said that all you’d need is the ac adaptor.

Oh, you know that Lik-Sang is in Hong Kong right?
You can just order a 220V GBA SP from them too.

GBAs aren’t region locked like most other consoles.

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I wasn’t sure where Lik-Sang was, so thanks for the tip.

But I’ll order a US GBA, just to avoid paying extra for the 220V version. :wink: