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Post by John Titor on Mar 23, 2022 10:40:01 GMT 10
LMAO I remember when this thing came it had hype for maybe 3 weeks and then all of a sudden the media started turning on it due to it just being dumb and causing headaches, then before you know it it was 30 bucks slashed price at Toys R Us LMAO
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Post by astropoug on Mar 23, 2022 10:53:52 GMT 10
This is undeniably not only Nintendo's biggest flop, but also in my opinion, their only truly bad game console. Say what you want about the Wii U, but at least it had good games and was overall fun to play (not to mention Miiverse was awesome). There is nothing good about the Virtual Boy.
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Post by astropoug on Mar 23, 2022 10:54:56 GMT 10
I've been rewatching a lot of AVGN lately, and he made a video on how awful the Virtual Boy was
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Post by John Titor on Mar 23, 2022 10:59:00 GMT 10
I've been rewatching a lot of AVGN lately, and he made a video on how awful the Virtual Boy was it really was as bad as he said it was, I only played it 2 times at Toys R Us, VR Wario Land and some space game where you are in a grid, and the wow factor of fake 3d wore off fast
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Post by astropoug on Mar 23, 2022 11:00:27 GMT 10
I've been rewatching a lot of AVGN lately, and he made a video on how awful the Virtual Boy was it really was as bad as he said it was, I only played it 2 times at Toys R Us, VR Wario Land and some space game where you are in a grid, and the wow factor of fake 3d wore off fast Wario Land was actually a good game. But there's no reason for it to have been on Virtual Boy. In fact, very few games on the system actually took advantage of the 3D capabilities. Not to mention the horrifically ugly red and black color scheme of the games.
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Post by John Titor on Mar 23, 2022 11:12:33 GMT 10
it really was as bad as he said it was, I only played it 2 times at Toys R Us, VR Wario Land and some space game where you are in a grid, and the wow factor of fake 3d wore off fast Wario Land was actually a good game. But there's no reason for it to have been on Virtual Boy. In fact, very few games on the system actually took advantage of the 3D capabilities. Not to mention the horrifically ugly red and black color scheme of the games. I remember playing this thinking it was going to flop the moment I put my face in it, literally the 180 with this thing in the media was hilarious to watch.
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Post by astropoug on Mar 23, 2022 12:30:27 GMT 10
Wario Land was actually a good game. But there's no reason for it to have been on Virtual Boy. In fact, very few games on the system actually took advantage of the 3D capabilities. Not to mention the horrifically ugly red and black color scheme of the games. I remember playing this thinking it was going to flop the moment I put my face in it, literally the 180 with this thing in the media was hilarious to watch. I think the only reason it got hyped as much as it did was that it was this new flashy thing, and that it was supposed to be the future of gaming. But the technology clearly wasn’t there yet.
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Post by John Titor on Mar 23, 2022 14:00:36 GMT 10
I remember playing this thinking it was going to flop the moment I put my face in it, literally the 180 with this thing in the media was hilarious to watch. I think the only reason it got hyped as much as it did was that it was this new flashy thing, and that it was supposed to be the future of gaming. But the technology clearly wasn’t there yet. exactly, it sucked
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Post by slashpop on Mar 23, 2022 17:14:53 GMT 10
LMAO I remember when this thing came it had hype for maybe 3 weeks and then all of a sudden the media started turning on it due to it just being dumb and causing headaches, then before you know it it was 30 bucks slashed price at Toys R Us LMAO For sure, I remember trying this in EB when it came out and playing it for a few minutes and forcing myself to be impressed but I just wasn’t, there was nothing special. I then felt dizzy and had blurry vision for a short period of time right after. Everyone hated it, I knew 2 people that owned it and I think one of them returned it back.
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Post by astropoug on Mar 23, 2022 17:48:09 GMT 10
LMAO I remember when this thing came it had hype for maybe 3 weeks and then all of a sudden the media started turning on it due to it just being dumb and causing headaches, then before you know it it was 30 bucks slashed price at Toys R Us LMAO For sure, I remember trying this in EB when it came out and playing it for a few minutes and forcing myself to be impressed but I just wasn’t, there was nothing special. I then felt dizzy and had blurry vision for a short period of time right after. Everyone hated it, I knew 2 people that owned it and I think one of them returned it back. I’d argue the Virtual Boy WAS special, but it was special in all the wrong ways The console ITSELF looked ugly, let alone the games. Everyone got dizzy from it, it caused headaches. The only console bad enough to essentially cause genuine pain.
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Post by John Titor on Mar 24, 2022 1:40:46 GMT 10
LMAO I remember when this thing came it had hype for maybe 3 weeks and then all of a sudden the media started turning on it due to it just being dumb and causing headaches, then before you know it it was 30 bucks slashed price at Toys R Us LMAO For sure, I remember trying this in EB when it came out and playing it for a few minutes and forcing myself to be impressed but I just wasn’t, there was nothing special. I then felt dizzy and had blurry vision for a short period of time right after. Everyone hated it, I knew 2 people that owned it and I think one of them returned it back. yeah they were really trying their hardest to promote it for 3 weeks and gave up LMAO my eyes hurt me after using this and I saw RED everywhere for 30 min after I was done
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Post by slashpop on Mar 24, 2022 2:22:00 GMT 10
For sure, I remember trying this in EB when it came out and playing it for a few minutes and forcing myself to be impressed but I just wasn’t, there was nothing special. I then felt dizzy and had blurry vision for a short period of time right after. Everyone hated it, I knew 2 people that owned it and I think one of them returned it back. yeah they were really trying their hardest to promote it for 3 weeks and gave up LMAO my eyes hurt me after using this and I saw RED everywhere for 30 min after I was done The game I sampled was wario land, I kept on waiting for for something to blow me away and some proper 3d and that never happened. They hyped the shit out of it with ads and in nintendo power for a while, I don't even know why anyone would think black and red would even be a good idea. They looked awkward as hell and uncomfortable to play for long periods of time, so the sampler stand was probably the best way to play it, sadly, lol.
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Post by John Titor on Mar 24, 2022 2:41:34 GMT 10
yeah they were really trying their hardest to promote it for 3 weeks and gave up LMAO my eyes hurt me after using this and I saw RED everywhere for 30 min after I was done The game I sampled was wario land, I kept on waiting for for something to blow me away and some proper 3d and that never happened. They hyped the shit out of it with ads and in nintendo power for a while, I don't even know why anyone would think black and red would even be a good idea. They looked awkward as hell and uncomfortable to play for long periods of time, so the sampler stand was probably the best way to play it, sadly, lol. LOL @ anyone paying for retail for that thing, I think the day I bought Donkey Kong Land and Kirby's Dream Land 2 is the day I first played Virtual Boy. Both games "looking SNES level" on Game boy blew me away more than that garbage.
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Post by slashpop on Mar 24, 2022 2:45:53 GMT 10
The game I sampled was wario land, I kept on waiting for for something to blow me away and some proper 3d and that never happened. They hyped the shit out of it with ads and in nintendo power for a while, I don't even know why anyone would think black and red would even be a good idea. They looked awkward as hell and uncomfortable to play for long periods of time, so the sampler stand was probably the best way to play it, sadly, lol. LOL @ anyone paying for retail for that thing, I think the day I bought Donkey Kong Land and Kirby's Dream Land 2 is the day I first played Virtual Boy. Both games "looking SNES level" on Game boy blew me away more than tat garbage. I was saving up for chrono trigger lol. I felt sorry for the people I knew who got one, it's probably the worst gift you could get.
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Post by John Titor on Mar 24, 2022 8:52:53 GMT 10
LOL @ anyone paying for retail for that thing, I think the day I bought Donkey Kong Land and Kirby's Dream Land 2 is the day I first played Virtual Boy. Both games "looking SNES level" on Game boy blew me away more than tat garbage. I was saving up for chrono trigger lol. I felt sorry for the people I knew who got one, it's probably the worst gift you could get. how was that game I would always see it at Blockbuster
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