The Virtual Boy is a bit of an odd bird, a fact immediately apparent as soon as it springs from its garishly colored box, cardboard that is perhaps compensating for what's to come. We've unboxed a number of classic consoles in our time, but none have looked quite like this. The system apes the design of the virtual reality headsets that were all the rage in the mid-'90s, but once you mount the thing onto its two-legged stand any aspirations of a truly immersive experience are obviously out the window. Any notions of shame will follow as soon as you stick your face in the thing.
Japan is the home of Nintendo’s main headquarters. Because of this, the country tends to get a lot more merchandising and goodies for Nintendo fans compared to the rest of the world.
A super-rare gold NES cartridge, of which only thirteen apparently exist in the world, is being put up for auction later today for a whopping price.
Is it really that rare? I used to have that for years, I ended up trashing it because I coudn't be bothered to sell it lol
No sunlight that day, apparently.
They should release it on NSO's GBA lineup. The Switch has a light sensor afterall! (Switch Lite owners would be out of luck though)
I don't think games would be able to 'hook into' the light sensor for automatic screen brightness.
The best way to play the game is with the fan patch that lets you adjust the amount of light the game is receiving at will. Make sure not to play at max sunlight for too long, or the game will punish you, keep the sunlight meter lowered in order to keep playing longer.
https://github.com/Prof9/Bo...
-10/20 for being cumbersome ...
-100% for being such an health hazard
A bit late.
virtual boy, the opti-grab of video games.
I remember when these came out, the mags were going nuts over it - calling it a game changer and everything.. I finally got to use one about a week after they came out.. I've never had a headache like the one I got from using this, it was terrible - after 5mins my eyes were watering from the strain on them, after 10 - I was done and out, my head hurt for 2 days even after taking painkillers.
Two weeks after I tested it, the stores around by me started to "sell" these for $30 - I almost bought it - just for the novelty but I just couldn't do it.
You'd never think that the guy who created the Game Boy created this abomination too..
I am guessing that they did this review just now because of the 3DS. Maybe its a way of showing that the 3DS will not become the next virtual boy just because it has 3d.
LOL the controller is terrible. It reminds me of a space invader in some ways. Well at least it isnt as bad as the N64 one now that controller was just a disaster.