Rewind: Wonderswan Color Hatches

I recently came upon a pile of old Edge magazines, and have been going through them to see what kind of fanfare was given to Wonderswan at the time of its release.

First up is this piece from issue 90, released Nov 2000. I don't know about the legality of copying the whole article so I'll just paste in some choice snippets to give you a flavour how it was being anticipated.

Wonderswan Color Hatches
Bandai has announced details of its off postponed colour handheld device, just a few days after Nintendo's Spaceworld 2000.
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The general specifications of the device are largely the same as its black and white predecessor, though there are a few changes ... One of the biggest problems with the original Wodnerswan was that its screen was fair reflective, make it difficult to play. It would appear this has not been fixed.
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There are a host of peripherals planned for the device. The WonderGate adaptor will enable it to be connected to mobile phones, and there also extensions that add compatibility to MemoryStick and SD Cards. There is also a USB port and a demo has showed the Wondeswan Color linked to a PC laptop and PS2.
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Bandai's greatest problem will be competing with Game Boy Advance. A strong software line up did not enable the original Wonderswan to seriously compete with Game Boy Color, and Nintendo's strategy for the handheld market seems to be much more robust than Bandai's.

USB Port??? Is there??

So it seems that the view from the widely respected Edge magazine at the time, was that the WSC was facing an uphill struggle from day one thanks to the competition provided by Nintendo's GBA which stolen the show at the Spaceworld 2000 exhibition and was getting very favourable buzz.