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August 18, 1995

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by jbwarner86 on August 18, 2025 at 12:00 am
Chapter: 8/14/95 - 8/20/95: Virtual Insanity
└ Tags: Jenny, Michelle, Virtual Boy
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  1. DeeplyEdenPrairieSide
    August 19, 2025, 12:38 am | #

    I Mean, Virtual Boy can be that bad, Michelle, But.. You get the idea.

  2. DeeplyEdenPrairieSide
    August 19, 2025, 12:36 am | #

    I Mean… The Virtual Boy can be that bad?

  3. Jesternario
    August 18, 2025, 1:49 pm | #

    Just later this year and we get to see if this turns into Michelle ignoring the n64 release next year for a Playstation this year. Resident Evil will be a US launch title, and Final Fantasy VII comes out in two years. That’s when most folks ditched Nintendo for Sony.

  4. Exclaimist
    August 18, 2025, 1:41 pm | #

    Well nobody’s perfect, even the supposed flawless ones. But give it a bit, N64 will redeemed as will Game Boy Color and Advance then be perplaxed by the gimmicks of DS, & 3DS. And then you’ll kinda love the Gamecube, enjoy the Wii despite it’s gimmick, be let down by the WiiU, love the Switch and then wonder why Nintendo going full corporate evil with Switch 2.

    But again, we all stumble.

  5. Taigan
    August 18, 2025, 9:05 am | #

    What’s sad it the Virtual Boy *could* have been fun. Not groundbreaking, but the potential was there in its initial conception. It was supposed to be a headset you’d wear and play games on. What happened? Japanese liability laws changed. Nintendo was so paranoid that a child could hurt themselves walking around with one of these things strapped to their head that they redesigned it to be a tabletop device. Then they plastered so many warnings about using it that people became convinced it was more dangerous than it actually was.

    You can listen to the full story here: https://youtu.be/9tLop5KLEq4

  6. Danaki
    August 18, 2025, 7:49 am | #

    R.O.B was made by Nintendo, right? There’s no way this is her first disappointment with Nintendo…

  7. El-Man
    August 18, 2025, 1:01 am | #

    I’m surprised. Jenny knows what hyperbole means?

  8. Superior Gorilla
    August 18, 2025, 12:47 am | #

    The sad reality is so harsh.

  9. Aidan Fitzpatrick
    August 18, 2025, 12:25 am | #

    I suppose she’s learned that even companies that mostly make good things can have their fair share of duds.

    Though it is a real shame what happened to Gunpei Yokoi after the Virtual Boy flopped.

  10. JIMENOPOLIX
    August 18, 2025, 12:18 am | #

    There it is… the moment she realizes such a “perfect” company made a complete dud. Her mind is now scrambled with questions and disbelief. Like the equivalent of finding out a really cute boy you like turns out to be a really mean jerk. “No! He couldn’t possibly be a jerk! He’s too cute and precious!”

    At least it’s a good thing she only rented it and not wasted a ton of money to keep such a failure of a creation. Her father will be relieved.

  11. MAtgS
    August 18, 2025, 12:16 am | #

    Nintendo didn’t make the power glove, Mattel did.

  12. Hewhoimagines
    August 18, 2025, 12:11 am | #

    She’s acting like it’s the first time she’s seen a bad Nintendo product. Has she never encountered the Power Glove?

  13. Red Rain
    August 18, 2025, 12:10 am | #

    Yeah, can’t blame you for being disappointed Michelle. Though the Virtual Boy did have a few good games that were released later such as Mario Clash and Virtual Boy Wario Land.

  14. Exal
    August 18, 2025, 12:09 am | #

    Also there’s a Waterworld game on it.

  15. Kevin
    August 18, 2025, 12:07 am | #

    Well at least it’s a rental.

  16. FireballDragon
    August 18, 2025, 12:04 am | #

    Jayster, you mean “pray?”

  17. TheJayster99
    August 18, 2025, 12:02 am | #

    Never have heroes Michelle. Just prey you kept the receipt.

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