retrogamer wrote:I still own my Virtual Boy along with a complete set of USA release games and a near complete Japanese release collection.
I'll bet the ones you're missing are Gundam and Funky Bowling...those are impossible.
I have a Virtual Boy as well and find Wario Land to be a brilliant game. Panic Bomber and Vertical Force also have excellent replay value. That system's sprite technology in color would be something to behold, but it certainly will never happen. I guess what I'm saying is that Virtual Boy is a worthy purchase even today.
I think the main reason it didn't sell was that there is no way you can understand the system's abilities through magazine and TV ads. Nintendo couldn't very well have ran two identical images and told you to 'go cross-eyed'. You might have gotten the idea, but that would have been absurd. You really had to play it to understand it.