A look at the Virtual Boy: Nintendo's 3D Disaster

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  • Опубликовано: 4 фев 2025

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  • @trumangraham2602
    @trumangraham2602 5 лет назад +34

    12:33 "But who would want to look into an isolated 3D headset just to play single-player 2D Tetris?"
    Tetris Effect: Allow me to introduce myself.

  • @CookieFonster
    @CookieFonster 7 лет назад +56

    you explained everything well, and humor was on point! well done video, keep going with these.
    tetris type c actually reminds me of some of the castle levels in super mario world where you can go behind walls, kind of interesting.

  • @Meme_Lor
    @Meme_Lor 7 лет назад +156

    People say that it hurts your eyes, but there was a view adjuster on the top but no one notices it, because people are dumb.

    • @stephcanfield2890
      @stephcanfield2890 6 лет назад +2

      Oh I didn’t know that
      But I don’t own the VB

    • @matiii1210
      @matiii1210 5 лет назад +2

      hello meme lor

    • @Stylez-13
      @Stylez-13 4 года назад +2

      I played it for hours no problem, just snowflakes with weak eyesight

    • @tonejohnson4620
      @tonejohnson4620 4 года назад +1

      How do you hold it im cheese balls with no hand

    • @cosmicjenny4508
      @cosmicjenny4508 4 года назад +3

      @@Stylez-13 “snowflakes” 🙄

  • @BlakaD
    @BlakaD 7 лет назад +53

    i remember seeing this "mario clash" thingy on the wario ware inc for the GBA on the 9Volt micro games

  • @catriamflockentanz
    @catriamflockentanz 5 лет назад +10

    10:26 I guess that ship is pretty much sailed. The 3DS would have been the ideal re-release platform for Virtual Boy given the technology used to create optical depth.

  • @Danominator
    @Danominator 7 лет назад +18

    Your videos have improved in quality since you started doing these. This could be what you were made for, keep up the good work!

  • @SS5K
    @SS5K 7 лет назад +6

    Nice job, man! I loved the sitcom credits gag.

  • @HospitableSpirit
    @HospitableSpirit 7 лет назад +41

    Somebody needs to make these games in color

    • @seanmyster6
      @seanmyster6 6 лет назад +1

      *notices avatar
      "I see you are a man of culture as well."

    • @AguFungus
      @AguFungus 6 лет назад +6

      Virtual Boy Wario Land for 3DS, please!

    • @Huwitto
      @Huwitto 6 лет назад +2

      Wait so now Red isn’t a color?

    • @PlusInsta
      @PlusInsta 5 лет назад

      @@Huwitto If the only color being displayed is red, it's not color, it's monochrome.

  • @sr.metang8193
    @sr.metang8193 6 лет назад +2

    Nice touch on the 3:05 Switch sound.

  • @half_pixel
    @half_pixel 7 лет назад +5

    Wow, I'm surprised that the level of quality for the sample of games you had was so high! I've always heard only bad things about the Virtual Boy, so it's nice to see some of its redeeming aspects.

  • @cinnamondan4984
    @cinnamondan4984 2 года назад +1

    This was my first console. Had Mario Tennis, a robot boxing game, and pinball I think. It was the Trojan horse my dad used to get video games into the household.

  • @MrGuy__
    @MrGuy__ 4 года назад +5

    if you have captions on for this video, in the credits joke portion it will say "Captions: Akfamilyhome". great little detail

  • @000marioshi000
    @000marioshi000 7 лет назад +27

    Gud vid. All hail the vrum boi.

  • @howler109
    @howler109 4 года назад +2

    I still have a Virtual Boy that I got in summer of 1997! That thing was a lifesaver that summer since my grandma died and my mom was recovering from thyroid cancer surgery, so that's pretty much all myself, my brother and my cousin did to keep our spirits up. We even solved the bad posture problem by laying down on our backs and letting gravity do the work. We also had Warioland, Mario Clash and Mario Tennis, which were great, and then we also played Nester's Funky Bowling (the only time I will ever score a 280 in my life) and Teleroboxer, which was the absolute worst. We must have went through so many AA batteries before finally getting the ac adapter, and it's probably the reason why my eyesight is so bad nowadays, hmmm...

  • @TemmiePlays
    @TemmiePlays 7 лет назад +59

    so *_That's_* where Wendy hid her coins!

    • @primedemarr
      @primedemarr 6 лет назад +1

      Temmie Plays! I love ur vids m8

    • @iwbmo
      @iwbmo 6 лет назад +1

      Who's Wendy LOL

    • @impurple8242
      @impurple8242 6 лет назад +4

      Don't touch the coins! They pinch back!

    • @Huwitto
      @Huwitto 6 лет назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/y0eY7AHr8jk/видео.html

  • @DaVince21
    @DaVince21 7 лет назад +3

    This is a very properly done review! I agree that VB Wario Land needs to see a re-release. It shares similarities with the first game that I like while bringing a lot of new and creative ideas to the table. The only real flaw that game has is the very same-ish music.

  • @HipStar1985
    @HipStar1985 7 лет назад +17

    *_A L L H A I L T H E V I R T U A L B O Y_*

  • @TFD500Official
    @TFD500Official 4 года назад +4

    9:06 No pun intended, I'd suppose?

  • @Nickk7878-v8t
    @Nickk7878-v8t 7 лет назад +7

    I would like to see some of the Virtual Boy highlights like Wario Land and Mario Tennis on the Nintendo 3DS eShop as virtual console.

    • @WorldwideWyatt
      @WorldwideWyatt 6 лет назад

      Wario Land, TeleroBoxer, and Mario Tennis.
      If they won't ever re-release them they should be public domain and the VB code should be open source.

  • @jokeryeha5167
    @jokeryeha5167 6 лет назад +3

    7:34 this joke is amazing

  • @HybridAngelZero
    @HybridAngelZero 6 лет назад +1

    I actually had one of these growing up, and I really love it
    VB Wario Land and Panic Bomber are among my favorite games, and I really enjoy Mario Clash and Mario's Tennis. I also really think the controller is well designed and super comfortable, I especially like the round shoulder Buttons.
    I also feel that the double D-pad thing was a nice precoursor to dual analog,even if few games utilised it.

    • @adamnyawo2403
      @adamnyawo2403 6 лет назад

      Micaiah the Otaku Gamer [HybridAngelZero] didn't you feel sick for a moment

  • @schwarzlowenalternative8342
    @schwarzlowenalternative8342 5 лет назад +2

    15:15 And then the Labo VR kit came out.

  • @GardevoirBoy
    @GardevoirBoy 4 года назад +2

    I think that the biggest reason why the Virtual Boy was Nintendo's all time failure was the bad handling of the console. The console had bad coloring choices, expensive pricing for consumers to buy, and the long impact it had on the consumer playing the console.

  • @Killble
    @Killble 7 лет назад +11

    Hey, at least with the virtual boy you get to see how was Cyclops from X-men vision

    • @CMGThePerson
      @CMGThePerson 6 лет назад +2

      Experience video games in the eyes of Cyclops

    • @seanmyster6
      @seanmyster6 6 лет назад +1

      If only the Virtual Boy would've had an X-Men game released on it

    • @Stylez-13
      @Stylez-13 4 года назад

      X men cyclops simulator for virtual boy

  • @datbootlegger
    @datbootlegger 7 лет назад +11

    i have a feeling they're adding virtual boy to the virtual console-family!
    think about it; they patented a vr-headset accessory for switch, so it's possible that they've planned re-releasing these games among with some actual vr-games!

    • @ollyyyyyyyyy1352
      @ollyyyyyyyyy1352 7 лет назад

      any proof of the vr headset? i haven't heard of it

    • @lolmanok
      @lolmanok 6 лет назад

      the bootlegger I would actually want some games like VB Warioland, Mario Clash and others

    • @poudink5791
      @poudink5791 6 лет назад

      and what? all they have to do is emulate lol.

    • @vurpo7080
      @vurpo7080 3 года назад

      The Nintendo VR headset just turned out to be the Nintendo Labo cardboard thing and wasn't really used for anything significant. I mean the Switch didn't really have the resolution to do VR anyway.

  • @FarCritical
    @FarCritical 7 лет назад +9

    Massive respect for still finding things to praise for even a piece of junk like the Virtual Boy. The way you ended the video particularly.

  • @fallingleavess
    @fallingleavess 7 лет назад

    first video of yours I've watched, really good stuff! Subscribed!

  • @Mugiwara2k
    @Mugiwara2k 6 лет назад +1

    What's the music clip that plays at 7:30? I've heard it before but I can't remember and it's driving me crazy

    • @ItzjustDalo
      @ItzjustDalo 5 лет назад +1

      Mugiwara2k cuphead boss/run’n’gun complete

  • @peggyk606
    @peggyk606 6 лет назад +4

    10:24
    It would be great for the 3DS

  • @DE23
    @DE23 4 года назад

    The commercials showed the virtual boy as an alien using the stand as legs.

  • @Xilophone0
    @Xilophone0 7 лет назад +6

    THIS IS VR BEFORE VR !
    (doesn't work though)

  • @clownestjuice
    @clownestjuice 4 года назад

    On the point of the virtual boy causing horrible headaches. I once read that the idea of a really bad headache can change between person to person, so the virtual boy could cause a headache someone might see as mild headache while another person could see that headache a really bad one.

  • @Staxagrip
    @Staxagrip 2 года назад +1

    They were ahead of there time. Now we have oculus .

  • @MidnightWonko
    @MidnightWonko 7 лет назад

    I could see Virtual Wario Land and Mario Clash on the 3DS, but that's about it for the games you reviewed.
    Played the game in stores back in the day, as well as a bit of it at my friend's house. It didn't hold our attention very long, and we went back to other games shortly after. Interesting curio, though.

  • @brewHamm
    @brewHamm 5 лет назад +1

    2:05 imagine if somebody made a Google Cardboard headset using a VB
    Whoever did that is one heccin' r/madlad

  • @nicegoatdoctor8224
    @nicegoatdoctor8224 4 года назад +2

    *Ultimate classic system!*

  • @roxynano
    @roxynano 4 года назад +2

    It’s nice to see a great analysis and not THE VIRTUAL BOY IS SHIT type of video.
    I’m a hardcore fan of the system and it definitely gets over hated by the gaming community.

  • @leaffen9616
    @leaffen9616 7 лет назад

    "Get out toad I don't want you taking up any more recording disk space." *Shows more footage of toad.*

  • @chibidangames
    @chibidangames 5 лет назад

    It would have been cool if Nintendo made Virtual Boy games a secret unlockable in Labo VR. Missed opportunity there.

  • @audoodle9963
    @audoodle9963 4 года назад

    Imagine a 2D version of Tetris in VR that’s only addition from VR is a cool lights show.... haha.

  • @pastaman64
    @pastaman64 6 лет назад

    Actually, the reason that they went back to only having A and B (as far as the N64 goes, anyway) was actually because before the controller had been designed, the games being developed for the N64 were tested with a Saturn controller, and since that controller had six buttons and the directional buttons were a necessity, it meant that the A and B buttons were tge only two buttons they could have (aside from the previously mentioned D-buttons) due to the button layout having to be the same as the Saturn controller since the games that were being developed had been built around such a layout.

  • @DaVince21
    @DaVince21 7 лет назад

    Speaking of the red glare, think that could be combated with some sort of grayscale filter on top of the lenses? I always kinda wondered about that.

  • @Zetagipp
    @Zetagipp 7 лет назад +5

    7:34 / 7:35 steve harvet :^)

  • @lucianothewindowsfan
    @lucianothewindowsfan 4 года назад +1

    I Hate This Console, It is an Absolute Nightmare.

  • @jhynjhiruurekrap5725
    @jhynjhiruurekrap5725 6 лет назад +7

    Worst-selling... Goddammit why does nobody remember the iQue Player?! (yes I know)

    • @valletas
      @valletas 5 лет назад

      Because the ique was a n64 just like the ique ds... its just a localized console so yeea virtual boy is still the worst selling

  • @kenbono4341
    @kenbono4341 7 лет назад

    Aloha, happy 10th anniversary on RUclips!

  • @LucasIsHereYT
    @LucasIsHereYT 6 лет назад +1

    I got a Virtual Boy for $100 at a Thrift Store. Boy am I lucky!

  • @rionxoddo
    @rionxoddo 7 лет назад +3

    You won't be playing it for 4 hours straight because you'd have to deal with a skinny - no eyes but bumps - curved legged - demon thing and you'll go from color blind to actually going blind.

  • @chip_plus_plus
    @chip_plus_plus 6 лет назад

    This Intro Scene Is-Jesus Christ I Love This

  • @cat-be7ne
    @cat-be7ne 4 года назад +1

    7:33 lol

  • @Terumimi
    @Terumimi 6 лет назад

    Ok, so everyone knows how Jack Bros is the rarest Virtual Boy game, right?
    Well, it's not just any normal game. It's actually (one of) the first ever Shin Megami Tensei game(s) to come to America.
    Yes. The (one of the) first game(s) in a series that many people like a lot was actually on the virtual boy of all things.

  • @eltiolavara9
    @eltiolavara9 6 лет назад

    >a look at the virtual boy
    oh boy prepare your eyes

  • @Obviary
    @Obviary 4 года назад

    they should release a remastering of most or all the virtual boy games in one package on the nintendo switch

  • @tgbplays658
    @tgbplays658 5 лет назад

    How do I own one of these?

  • @elijahcormier5239
    @elijahcormier5239 7 лет назад

    Not lying, I played virtual boy Wario Land for 4:38:41so I played it more than 4 hours straight. It's hard to believe.

  • @JustCliff
    @JustCliff 4 года назад +1

    I would recommend getting an oculus quest 2 or pc vr headset and try a virtual boy emulator.

  • @Jiozak
    @Jiozak 7 лет назад

    I, for one, welcome our red and black overlord

  • @connormclernon26
    @connormclernon26 6 лет назад

    I’d like to get this eventually. Also, I wonder what it would be like if Nintendo released a modern version of the virtual boy like an Oculus Rift

  • @TheVoxxification
    @TheVoxxification 7 лет назад +3

    it does nto beg the question

  • @epicgamersaurus
    @epicgamersaurus 7 лет назад +2

    and nintendo said they wouldn't go into vr smh

  • @PiN_MiKE
    @PiN_MiKE 6 лет назад +3

    I played for an hour with no problems. People bashing it probably never played it, and if they did they Did they probably didn’t get their eyes adjusted to the dark first. Also it helps not to come straight from the VB game play into a bright lit room. :)

  • @Dd-gi5lm
    @Dd-gi5lm 6 лет назад

    I would love to own a Virtual Boy and Mario Clash! ^_^

  • @_plg
    @_plg 6 лет назад

    With the power of homebrew, we're getting better and better "games", and here's a more noticable one! www.patreon.com/PeoplePleaser

  • @monkeygameplay5455
    @monkeygameplay5455 3 года назад

    here before the announcement of the new nintendo virtual boy

  • @stephcanfield2890
    @stephcanfield2890 6 лет назад

    I’m getting the VB only for the Mario games

  • @ViktorPripyat
    @ViktorPripyat 5 дней назад

    plays real good on modded 3ds

  • @inventoryfullstudios9112
    @inventoryfullstudios9112 6 лет назад +2

    12:54 there's gonna be some racist comments about that

  • @bertfromseasamestreet
    @bertfromseasamestreet 3 года назад

    This is a great video

  • @adamkampen
    @adamkampen 7 лет назад

    4 games huh? Isn't that like a quarter of the library or something?

  • @hamboy2610
    @hamboy2610 7 лет назад

    mario clash looks fun as hell

  • @turretboi
    @turretboi 7 лет назад

    These games actually look amazing!

  • @wifiwaifu5243
    @wifiwaifu5243 7 лет назад +2

    Fact: This system never got released in Europe.
    So, are we lucky or not?

    • @haleyluong89
      @haleyluong89 7 лет назад

      Dat Boi From The Wifi Zone Lucky

  • @Schmorbo
    @Schmorbo 7 лет назад

    Is A Hat In Time really worth It? Does it fucking lag alot? I know you have a vid but you could answer these questions quick?

  • @donnylurch4207
    @donnylurch4207 7 лет назад

    I've still got my Virtual Boy from when I was 5 years old, but it doesn't work.

  • @loscrest9036
    @loscrest9036 6 лет назад +1

    Virtual boy also had a creepypasta

  • @mikaylahstop
    @mikaylahstop 6 лет назад

    *It was before it’s time*

  • @blueshyguyproductions1319
    @blueshyguyproductions1319 6 лет назад +2

    Moral: Don’t trust your memes.

  • @TheRealFortran
    @TheRealFortran 7 лет назад

    How to make Virtual Boy to VR
    But 99% change to kill your eyes

  • @puckbradley3760
    @puckbradley3760 6 лет назад

    You deserve more subs

  • @tapoutt_
    @tapoutt_ 6 лет назад

    Virtual boy ports to 3DS PLEASE

  • @jetteyes2064
    @jetteyes2064 6 лет назад

    they should make a virtual boy v2. one that has a strap and colored games. or a classic version.....

  • @alexsweetmsm212
    @alexsweetmsm212 4 года назад

    Why Did The Virtraul Boy get released But Then Did...not lol XD

  • @EmotionalSnail
    @EmotionalSnail 7 лет назад

    Very nice, I hope to get a virtual boy myself so I can be a true Nintendo boy

  • @ארזגור
    @ארזגור 6 лет назад

    Seeing color after seeing this video (that isnt red)makes my eyes hurt

  • @adamkampen
    @adamkampen 7 лет назад

    ALL HAIL THE VIRTUAL BOY

  • @alaskagyal
    @alaskagyal 6 лет назад +1

    D O N O T P L A Y F O R L O N G E R T H A N 1 5 M I N U T E S

  • @idontcheckmynotifications
    @idontcheckmynotifications 4 года назад

    Excuse me what the Virtual Boy is now that expensive
    I swear I used to see it for a couple dozen bucks, early last decade

  • @DeLeTeD-he4gu
    @DeLeTeD-he4gu 6 лет назад

    *that thing damages your eyes*

  • @blinkingjarl482
    @blinkingjarl482 2 года назад

    You can Vga mod your virtual boy

  • @keelobite303
    @keelobite303 7 лет назад

    0:08 captions

  • @SergioPL
    @SergioPL 3 года назад

    The stand is in the wrong way. I have two systems, and only recently I realized that. Even Nintendo advertisse wrong in some videos.

  • @MCopulos
    @MCopulos 4 года назад

    all hail the virtual boy

  • @Tachikawa_2006
    @Tachikawa_2006 2 года назад

    "It's like puking on a pile of s**t!"
    - The Angry Video Game Nerd

  • @JikoMusic
    @JikoMusic 7 лет назад +2

    I for one welcome our new Virtual overlords

  • @thecarsnerd244
    @thecarsnerd244 7 лет назад +1

    Good

  • @melodieangelique3385
    @melodieangelique3385 6 лет назад

    Erm... Anyone else see Iceypie's Creepypastas about this?

  • @luigifanarchives5193
    @luigifanarchives5193 6 лет назад

    you have a macbook me too

  • @hooty8703
    @hooty8703 4 года назад

    Would this system be better if it was less cheaply made?

  • @gavanscommandblock
    @gavanscommandblock 4 года назад

    Omg Tomodachi life

  • @starrydaze_
    @starrydaze_ 7 лет назад

    While the system is garbage, the controller actually doesn't look too bad. I like the idea of the 2 d-pads.

    • @AandNvg
      @AandNvg 6 лет назад

      Nah,it's not pure garbage.I have one I should know.