The recent design contest, titled "The SP of the Chinese Awaits Your Design" was in full swing. The reason was that iQue not only introduced a currently popular console into China before any other company, but also fully interacted with the players upon introduction. iQue provided "Chinese adaptation" on all aspects of the product, and even invited all gamers to design the exterior of the iQue GBA SP. This gave the gamers room for self presentation, and landed a strong impact into China's video game industry.
It's only been a few days since the start of the contest, and submissions have been pouring in from gamers of all walks of life around the country. Looking at those submissions, I am almost itching to design myself, but I dare not compete with the experts out there as a timid art amateur. So, I'd like to share some of my favorite submissions instead. Interestingly, these designs are not just exquisite in their own rights, but also imply the Wuxing (Five Phases) philosphy as well. Here are the submissions as follows:
Water nourishes all living things and grows all kinds of crops. It is closely linked to the lives of people, and is the essence of life.
The Water design is one of leisure and elegance, bringing refreshment and coolness from the fishes swimming leasurely in the lotus pond.
悠闲雅兴尽显图中，几条小鱼悠然于河塘之间，一股清凉舒适之意油然而生。于繁忙工作偶尔偷闲滋润自己的生活，即使捧于手中亦有望梅止渴之用。若是喜好生活的玩家，定会对它爱不释手。
土属性：土乃人们生存之根本，孕育万物，养育人类，人们经常把土地当做自己的母亲，乃万物之根本。
图中的狮子霸气十足，威风凛凛有藐视一切之意，让人望在眼里油然而生一种九五至尊不可侵犯之感。狮子口中的拉环可以做为翻盖，当玩家游戏的时候拉动拉环，就好像打开一部尘封以久的王者之书。
火在人类发展中，扮演这重要的角色，它给人类带来温暖，带来光明，并且当人类学会使用火的那一瞬间，预示这人类真正的进入文明时代。
雷锋曾在日记中写道：对待工作要像夏天一样火热。我想这就是设计者启用雷锋做为图纹的原因吧，这款设计的整体颜色是红色，象征这火一样的热情和一颗年轻跳动的心。火同样还有着激烈的意思，催促着年轻的玩家快快将一款款游戏通关。
金属是够成物质世界的主要材料，而金又是贵金属，不管你如何炼化依然光鲜，不管和任何金属融合依然是灿烂的金黄，绝不变色。
这款作品的作者应当是著名武打影星：李小龙先生的FANS，李小龙先生为了弘扬中国武术，只身前往国外，最终成为家喻户晓的硬派武打影星，可算为中国人挣了一口气，这幅作品的主题就如李小龙的一生一样，坚韧不拔，灿烂夺目。爱好格斗的玩家千万不可错过，这么一款聚集武学家精髓的作品。
木因人而种，长而非人所愿。自古种树被视为神圣的行为，木也被列入五行之中，而五行中最不受人为约束的也是树木。
本款作品最大的特色就是随心所欲，无拘无束，封面上一个大大的鬼字，看着还真让人心里发毛，打开翻盖，呵呵，本作也是唯一一部“武装”到内部的作品，作者用自己独特的思维，将GBA内部按键巧妙的设计为一个似猫非猫的动物，和前面的“鬼”字相呼应，真是神来之笔。
金、木、水、火、土。它是古人对世界物质的简单朴素而正确的认识划分。五种物质的关系是金克木、木克土、土克水、水克火、火克金；金生水、水生木、木生火、火生土、土生金。它们之间的相互作用使得世界上的事物变得丰富有趣而又多姿多彩。
五行之说只是这个活动中的小插曲，而我们相信，除此之外，还会有更多更好的作品展现在我们面前，就让我们继续期待带有我们中国特色的、由我们玩家自己设计的GBA问世吧。