Virtual Boy: The bizarre rise and quick fall of Nintendo’s enigmatic red console
Virtual Boy: The bizarre rise and quick fall of Nintendo’s enigmatic red console
How Nintendo took a gamble on a new kind of gaming experience in the '90s.
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If you've got a modded 3ds, Red Viper works extremely well to emulate Virtual Boy games, if you're curious about them. Arguably it's a better experience than playing them on a Virtual Boy.
I love my 2ds but virtualboy emulation makes me crave an upgrade
But are there any games worth playing?
The Wario game is pretty good if you liked the original Game Boy Wario games.
Mario Clash is a fun take on the original Mario Bros game which didn't need to be 3D, so I'm a little disappointed they haven't revisited it.
Jack Bros. is notable for being Atlus' first release in the West, and I remember having some fun with that one.
Mario Tennis was also pretty good, but there are probably better Mario Tennis games by now.
How many consoles can say that ~28% of their library is worth checking out? Haha
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First person Punch-Out! with giant robots.
I was never sure if that game was good or not because I was so bad at it! Haha
It takes a bit of time for the controls to click, then all of a sudden you just catch a rhythm and it's second nature.
Happened to me the first time I beat the self-destructive guy. Having to go for speed just made everything click and from that point it was all learning strategy, controlling what I wanted the game to do was no longer an issue.