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Virtual Boy: The bizarre rise and quick fall of Nintendo’s enigmatic red console (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But are there any games worth playing?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Teleroboxer

First person Punch-Out! with giant robots.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I was never sure if that game was good or not because I was so bad at it! Haha

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

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.