WORST Nintendo Console Ever?

in #gaming7 years ago

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The Virtual Boy is an interesting piece of gaming history. Nintendo thought that Virtual Reality was the wave of the future in the 90s and released the Virtual Boy: a system that only displayed red and black colors. The console was a failure, and only had 13 North American releases before fading into the sunset.

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Each console came with Mario Tennis, a fun tennis game that featured Mario and the crew. It was basic, but still a fine pack in title. Did it need "VR" though? Not really. Honestly, only one game took advantage of VR in a meaningful way: Teleroboxer.

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Teleroboxer actually felt like a 3D title that you interacted with, by offering a first-person perspective most games lacked. Robotic boxing was fun, and the Virtual Boy was used in a solid way with this title.

All in all, the Virtual Boy remains an interesting piece of gaming history. It may have been Nintendo's worst console ever, but hey: don't know unless you try right?

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I'd argue that the original green screen of death Gameboy is the worst piece of hardware they ever created despite it's success there is nothing that ever made me want to play it

So many good games though!

For sure I bought a game boy colour when it came out no regrets that green screen though bad news lol