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[Virtual Boy No.7856082]

Would the virtual boy have been a success if Nintendo made it full color And not red and black?

[Anonymous No.7856086]

All it needed was a head strap of some kind, the palette wasn’t very bothersome.

[Anonymous No.7856087]

no

[Anonymous No.7856104]

>>7856082
No, it was too uncomfortable and it caused headaches, cramps, and nausea.

[Anonymous No.7856125]

>>7856082
It was already an overpriced piece of shit with a single color. working out the timing for three times as many LEDs or using camcorder monitors would have made it even more expensive.

[Anonymous No.7856264]

If more people tried it then it would have succeeded, most people didn't understand what it was, they didn't understand the 3d aspect and probably assumed it was similar to some tiger handheld crap. When I finally tried the real thing it was way different to what I led to believe from the magazines back in the day. I even let a non gamer friend play the boxing game on mine and even after playing he just assumed it was some electro mechanical game from the 70's. I'm that people with vision problems tried and then told everyone it was crap. Also seeing the previews that looked ok but they were nothing at the time compared to n64.

I think the vb is one biggest advancements in graphics that nintendo just let slip through their fingers, the technology was even better than high end pc stuff.

I don't think colour would help, on the 3ds sometimes the different colours cross over from the different sides for some slight ghosting.

I think what really did the system in was when nintendo saw signs that the n64 could be struggling they panicked and didn't want the vb to distract the public from the n64.

>>7856104
I played mine for hour at a time an never got headaches and I've gotten headaches playing regular games on occasions on crt and lcd. All these rumors spread for the 3ds too but I think its not possible. I think that some people just aren't capable of seeing the 3d effect.

[Anonymous No.7856476]

It’s ridiculous to know they considered it a portable.

[Anonymous No.7857180]

>>7856082
I don't think that was the main problem, it needed some kind of head strap, and a more adjustable stand. IIRC it was also kind of expensive on launch.

>>7856264
>When I finally tried the real thing it was way different to what I led to believe from the magazines back in the day.
I think some of the devs said that it was kind of a difficult game to market, because you can't really show the game on video that easily (and certainly not the effect), and word of mouth is kind of limited, because you can't sit next to your pal and watch his gameplay, you can only like, sit and look at him peering into the goggles, as you roll your thumbs. For any other console in the world, you can look at the TV and see the action in full, or look over their shoulder and see the screen on their hand held, but not for the VB.

[Anonymous No.7857285]

>>7856082
It was an incredibly poorly conceived console, the color display was legitimately the least of it's concerns
>Highly specialized gimmick reducing ease of development for developers
>You have to put your face into this fucking monstrosity to play
>Multiplayer?

I don't know, I wonder how hard Gunpei pushed for it to release, knowing how much it soured Nintendo's relationship with him. I wonder how anyone with a brain didn't scream that it was a fucking stupid idea, which makes me think it could have only ben released at Gunpei's insistence.

[Anonymous No.7857315]

I thought they tested this and it would have been enormously expensive, hence red and black.

[Anonymous No.7857879]

>>7856082
>Would the virtual boy have been a success if it cost twice as much and looked terrible, but in color
I'm sure it would. Shame you weren't around when they were designing the thing. You could have really saved it.

[Anonymous No.7857884]

>>7856082
Somewhat related to this thread...

I stopped using mine for a few years and suddenly one of the eyepieces stopped showing a display. Any idea how this can be fixed?

[Anonymous No.7857893]

>>7856082
That's a grill.

[Anonymous No.7858006]

>>7857893
>you will never be a grill

[Anonymous No.7858015]

>>7857285
>Multiplayer?

Pretty sure that could have been done. Isn't there an unused port on that thing?

[Anonymous No.7858045]

>>7857893
Would the propane grill have been a success if Coleman painted it in full color And not just red and black?

[Anonymous No.7858276]

>>7856264
>most people didn't understand what it was
zoom zoom

[Anonymous No.7858890]

>>7858015
Yep, I believe there are modded cartridges of Mario tennis people have made to use the multiplayer link cable function

[Anonymous No.7858892]

>>7857884
Aging glue on ribbon cables, don’t try to fix it unless you have the equipment or know what you’re doing. Send it somewhere to get fixed.

[Anonymous No.7859039]

I feel like it was a missed opportunity to not do Virtual Boy Virtual Console on 3DS

[Anonymous No.7859151]

>>7858890
I assume that's a third party cable or home made one, as I don't think Nintendo actually ever released one.

[Anonymous No.7859451]

>>7859151
Yeah, homebrew link cables for homebrew multiplayer games since Nintendo never made either.

[Anonymous No.7859585]

>>7856104
Nah you're probably just a pussy

[Anonymous No.7859608]

>>7856082
I like

[Anonymous No.7859658]

>>7859585
This. It's probably responsible for fucking up people's vision though.

[Anonymous No.7859664]

>>7857893
lol hadn't noticed oh man
>>7858006
LOL

[Anonymous No.7859674]

>>7858015
>multi player
Just imagine If the VB had just stuck it out just one more year it could have gotten a pokemon game.
>>7857285
It was a failure of hardware and marketing for sure. I was 12 when it released so assuming I was the target demographic it seemed super gimicky and pointless. We all knew what real 3D was supposed to look like up till then and how portable a system in the "gameboy" family should be. Making it smaller at the time probably would have been technically impossible but they were afraid it would cut into mainline systems.

The solution would have been to make it a companion peripheral for the SNES and then eventually the N64. Probably something akin to the GBA/gamecube/four swords pairing. Imagine playing starfox 2 on the snes and unlocking secret areas with a wireframe VB version.

[Anonymous No.7860214]

>>7859658
No it isn't.

[Anonymous No.7860337]

RIP Gunpei Yokoi, creator of the Wonderswan.

[Anonymous No.7860432]

>>7859674
I did some research and turns out that Gunpei really didn't want the system to release and Nintendo forced it out anyway.

Then I read about how he died, like I knew it was a car accident but I didn't know he had gotten out of a car to inspect the damage from a fender bender and that's how he got killed. It's fucking still hurts to know that's how he went.

[Anonymous No.7860516]

People on this board will defend anything as long as it’s now somewhat obscure. The Virtual Boy was objectively a misfire from Nintendo even if you sort of liked a couple of its games. There’s certainly not enough to justify it as an overall concept.

[Anonymous No.7860531]

>>7856264
>If more people tried it then it would have succeeded
Very unlikely. What you saw was what you got. The VB was advertised as a 32-bit system but graphically wasn’t much more impressive than the Game Boy. That’s not even factoring in the eyesore red and black.

[Anonymous No.7860535]

>>7856082
Finally played Virtual Boy with Quest 2 VR. It was exactly what I expected. 3DS type of 3D effect.

[Anonymous No.7860575]

>>7857180
the second point is the reason that advertising VR games is hell. That's been the biggets roadblock to success, aside from the oerpriced and overcomplicated hardware for PC setups.

[Anonymous No.7860582]

>>7860516
its novel now but if you got that on xmas day and then played it and then got told thats all you are getting till your bday which is 9 months away you would deffo not be happy with it

[Anonymous No.7860583]

>>7860337
he was a GOAT and I also like how he complained even in mid-90s about how new games were starting to just be the same shit with new story/characters. He was a real bro and we will forever be worse off without his influence on gaming. RIP Yokoi, he and Ralph Baer are top-tier.

[Anonymous No.7860585]

>>7860575
If VR had an actual killer app and not just glorified tech demos then people would flock to it.

[Anonymous No.7861089]

>>7856082
More colors would have caused even more eyestrain.

[Anonymous No.7861090]

>>7860214
You don’t have one, fag.

[Anonymous No.7862109]

>>7861090
Show me a single verified example of someone actually having their vision damaged by the Virtual Boy, you zoomer faggot.

[Pr?nc?ss Sevenleaf No.7862495]

>>7858006
Follow your dreams. You CAN be the girl, I'm living proof.

[Anonymous No.7862557]

>>7862495
>living
give it a few years

[Anonymous No.7863057]

>>7856086
They had a few ideas for that

[Anonymous No.7863074]

>>7863057
Ideas need to be realized to be worth something.

[Anonymous No.7863085]

>>7863057
imagine seeing a nigga at the park with this on

[Anonymous No.7863130]

>>7863085
>sneak up on him and carefully
>quietly hook up your multiplayer cable into the port on his VirtualBoy
>surprise multiplayer

[Anonymous No.7865207]

nope