However, there is a lesser-known flop that came out before the Wii U, and it was bad. Really bad. The Virtual Boy launched in and was Nintendo's attempt at creating something unique whilst responding to the growing buzz surrounding virtual reality. After a focused development became rushed, Nintendo launched an unfinished Virtual Boy to a very lukewarm reception.
There were glaring problems from the get-go: the Virtual Boy featured a red monochrome display that gave many users headaches and eyestrain within minutes of playing. Alongside these practical problems were a distinct lack of games—there were only 22 games for the system across Japan and North America, none of which balanced out the downsides to using the console.
The 'virtual reality' aspect was also lacking—it was more like if Nintendo strapped a 3D TV that only displays red and black to your head. Word of mouth about the Virtual Boy's problems spread, and, with dismal sales figures following a poor marketing campaign, Nintendo discontinued the Virtual Boy less than a year into its release. In its short lifespan, the console only sold , units, making it Nintendo's lowest-selling console to date.
Now, before things get too much, let's acknowledge that mobile gaming is huge now. You could call Nokia ahead of its time for wanting to create a device that was both a phone and a games console. But, you'd be giving Nokia too much credit. Look at the N-Gage. Look at it. The N-Gage has one of the worst designs of any console or phone ever made.
As a games console, its clunky, cluttered design made playing games uncomfortable. And as a phone… well, there's a reason phones didn't look like that.
However, you'd want to play these games on an actual games console for an acceptable experience. The N-Gage tried to bridge the gap between mobiles and games consoles. It ended up failing in both areas. Nokia discontinued the N-Gage in , with 3 million units sold. In , it was none other than Soulja Boy, who dove into the games industry with his SouljaGame consoles. What followed was chaos. There was ludicrous false advertising, stating that the SouljaGame consoles had hundreds, if not thousands, of built-in games, with the consoles supporting games from a variety of platforms.
Also, none of the consoles Soulja Boy was selling were consoles he created. Instead, they were either knock-offs the Retro Mini or older Chinese consoles the Fuze that he was charging for more than their actual cost, while at the same time saying they were on sale.
Well, he should've been, as there were unlicensed Nintendo games on his consoles, and Nintendo doesn't take to this sort of thing kindly. The SouljaGame consoles weren't original consoles and didn't run any original games. A very popular sporting game, NBA Jam was unique; playing a game of basketball where your player could make impossible shots from half court and even make earth-shattering slam dunks helped it stand out.
It focused on six mutants, three boys and three girls , who were gathered by a cyborg professor named Kildare to inspire the survivors of a nuclear war-torn planet and face the evil Great Fred. Think post-apocalypse meets the X-Men. A spinoff of the game Eternal Champions , the critics and gamers alike found the concept of controlling three players at once exciting at first.
However, it soon became apparent that the missions and gameplay were very repetitive, consisting of basically standing in front of a console, pressing a button and letting the character finish their moves. While modern games explore the complex morality of things like AI, robotics and humanity in general, video games in the Sega Genesis era were not so deep or emotional, including this next game.
Yet back in the day, racing was not always so breathtaking. Called by some the most embarrassing driving game on the console, the game was originally an arcade game.
However, when ported into the Sega Genesis, players found a forced split screen featuring you the player on one side and the AI on the other side, diminishing the view you had in the game of your driving. Kind of like a Robo-Cop video game, you play as a cop in a futuristic setting, who has to take out as many thugs as you can in a limited amount of time. The game was a side-scroller, and no matter how much progress you make in the game, the background never changed, and the driving aspect became kind of boring after a while.
Rich fantasy world driven games have been beloved in the industry for years. One major example of this is the long-running franchise Final Fantasy. This next game is a perfect example of why this genre works so well. Fans love the rich world of Phantasy Star and the story that was told in the game. While not all games have to be complicated, rich in plot, or action-packed, a game should at least have some sort of entertainment value. Not Art Alive. Now this game is pretty boring.
The most exciting aspect is that kids were given Sonic stamps to use in the game. You might as well open up the paint program on your computer.
Take for example Unravel , where you play as a yarn creature venturing through a realistic world. Of course, not every game can straddle this line effortlessly — Ristar is a game that stumbles into the pitfall. While originally praised, many gamers noted that it seemed to borrow many gameplay mechanics from games like Sonic the Hedgehog and Earthworm Jim. Star: Kait Tenison.
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