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Advanced Pico Beena

The Advanced Pico Beena, also known simply as Beena, is an educational console system targeted at young children sold by Sega Toys, released on August 6, 2005 in Japan. It is the successor of the Pico. The toy is designed for ages 2–8 around the concept children can learn while they play. The unit costs 13,440 yen and cartridges are quite expensive, ranging from 4,000 to 9,000 yen. Differences from the Pico include: ability to play without a TV, updated graphics and sound, use of a second pen and buttons for two players, score ranking, and playtime which can be set by a parent to an allotted slot. Players can also save their progress by using a SD card, sold separately. To celebrate its 5th birthday in 2010, short 3 to 5 minute gameplay videos of each game released from March to December of that year were shown on the official website.