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== Advanced Pico Beena == {{Infobox CVG system | title = Advanced Pico Beena | logo = Advanced Pico Beena Logo.png | image = | manufacturer = [[Sega Toys]] | type = [[Video game console]] | generation = [[History of video games (Sixth generation era)|Sixth generation era]] | lifespan = {{vgrelease|JP|2005–2011}} | CPU = [[ARM7TDMI]] @ 81 MHz | GPU = | media = "Storyware" ([[ROM cartridge|Cartridge]]) | unitssold = | predecessor = Sega Pico }} The '''Advanced Pico Beena''', also known simply as '''Beena''' or '''BeenaLite''', is an educational console system targeted at young children sold by [[Sega Toys]], released in 2005 in [[Japan]]. It is the successor to the Pico, and marketed around the "learn while playing" concept. According to Sega Toys, the focus of the Advanced Pico Beena is on learning in a new social environment, and is listed as their upper-end product. Topics listed as being educational focuses for the Beena include intellectual, moral, physical, dietary, and safety education.<ref name="sales2" /> The name of the console was chosen to sound like the first syllables of "Be Natural".<ref name="SegaToysBeenaSupport">{{cite web |url=http://www.segatoys.co.jp/support/faq/beena/index.html |title=Beena(ビーナ) シリーズ |language=ja |publisher=Sega Toys |access-date=October 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706162910/http://www.segatoys.co.jp/support/faq/beena/index.html |archive-date=July 6, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> Compared to the Pico, Beena adds several functions. Beena can be played without a television, and supports [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]] via a separately sold additional Magic Pen. The console also supports data saving. Playtime can be limited by settings in the system. Some games for the Beena offer adaptive difficulty, becoming more difficult to play based on the skill level of the player.<ref name="Beena">{{cite web|url=http://www.beena.jp/qa/index.html|title=Beena Q&A|publisher=Sega Toys|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051212141121/http://www.beena.jp/qa/index.html|archive-date=December 12, 2005|access-date=September 1, 2014}}</ref> The Beena Lite, a more affordable version of the console, was released on July 17, 2008. As of 2010, Sega estimated that 4.1 million Beena consoles had been sold, along with 20 million game cartridges.<ref name="BeenaLite">{{cite web|date=July 14, 2010|title=トイ・ストーリー3 がビーナに登場!『Beena専用ソフト シューティングビーナ トイ・ストーリー3 ウッディとバズの大冒険!』とばして!うって!つかまえて!たのしいゲームがい~っぱい!|url=https://www.segatoys.co.jp/company/press_release/pdf/20100714.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021203112/http://segatoys.co.jp/company/press_release/pdf/20100714.pdf|archive-date=October 21, 2017|access-date=February 19, 2022|website=Sega Toys|language=ja}}</ref>
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