I like to consider the 3DS a reboot of the Virtual Boy. 3DS has actual, proper 3D, it's in color, it's actually portable, and even though it might cause a bit of eye strain, 3D can be toned down or turned off entirely.
Worst ad campaign ever. I tried to like it in the stores when it came out but I was always crashing into the walls in Red Alarm (the game in the demo units). I thought most of the games would be like that, so I hated it... until a $20 clearance at Target. Mario Tennis was better to show what was good about the device. Without a killer app like its predessor it had not a prayer. It lies as forgotten as the CD-I Zelda games.
umm i think the virtual boy was trying to blind that poor wormen and i bet that wormen had to buy glasses after this happened and she siad those games were shit
@MissingMandible I'm aware of that. The ad said "it came from the third dimension" as if it were some mystical place humans have never been. If that were true then we would be living in a 2 dimensional plane. I was laughing at the notion that we exist in less than 3 dimensions. And if you want to get technical, theoretically there are 11 dimensions but they're wrapped up so tightly that they can't be seen.
even the ad said that it haves a problem and i know for a fact that they know for a fact that its bad is it worth getting maybe unless you want to play the game with fighting robots and mario go ahead
@667Atlas Close. We are in the 3rd dimension, however you can represent a dimension in the previous dimension. For example, you can draw a cube. That is a representation of the 3rd dimension in the 2nd dimension.
@patd326 Meh, I was never too stupid to use the VB... Played countless hours, never one headache. It is however, quirky, and does pretty much require an operator to lay on their back with a pillow propping their head up. All in all, it is niche, and can only be enjoyed as such...
It does beg to be ridiculed though. This is why I have chosen it as my preferred game development platform. Look for a new VB game in about a year or 2.
When the ad said, "there's only one problem..." I thought it was gonna say it sucks so bad you should kill yourself instead of playing this piece of crap. XD
@SirCanas Nintendo also says you shouldn't play it if your under 7 lol.
Not only that, but, after your eyes fully adjust to the 3D, Wouldn't you then need corrective glasses to see further distances??? I think I will prefer the OLED screen of the up-coming NGP. (Please don't turn this into a console war.)
@SirCanas Because the 3DS's 3D Screen hurts your eyes (just like the virtual boy). Look it up. You'll see.
Because of the way the 3DS gives the 3D effect. It basically splits the image in 2. Thus making it that much harder for your eyes to focus. Although you can turn it off, that would be like going from HD to SD.
People from forums all over the net say it hurts their eyes, and gives them headaches, even Nintendo acknowledges this.
Will they bundle it with a coupon for corrective glasses?
This commercial proves it. The only way someone would play a virtual boy is if it took you hostage and shoved itself onto your face, like those grabbers from the Alien movies. And it wouldnt even offer you aspirin for the skull splitting headache that results in playing it.
umm i think the virtual boy was trying to blind that poor wormen and i bet that wormen had to buy glasses after this happened and she siad those games were shit only 1 is proper virtual reality really .
Virtual boys will arise from the dumps they were put mere hours after purchase, and the ones that were dumped near that famous ET dump will harvest the ET cartidges and infect all virtual boys. The power of two great failures will cause an explsion of enegry that will both decimate the human population and give the virtual boys the ability to find a subdue victums to play ET on them. Needless to say, the living will envy the dead
Why is it red? Same reason why the original GB, GB Pocket and GB Light handhelds were in B&W. To reduce battery drainage. If the VB was in color, it would still fail the same way the Game Gear, Nomad, Lynx and TurboExpress handhelds failed. To prove it, look up "Bad Influence Virtual Boy".
@ChicoEdge I was just thinking who this ad is supposed to appeal to, slave children from a post apocolyptic world where game consoles have become kiiler robots who feed on human eyes?
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At least they admit that it only sees in red.
Chdonga 1 day ago
At least they admit that it only sees in red.
Chdonga 1 day ago
I like to consider the 3DS a reboot of the Virtual Boy. 3DS has actual, proper 3D, it's in color, it's actually portable, and even though it might cause a bit of eye strain, 3D can be toned down or turned off entirely.
IISCOOL67 3 weeks ago
Just One Problem, It's Sucks Donkey Dick!!
Trumuzicfan192 1 month ago
Worst ad campaign ever. I tried to like it in the stores when it came out but I was always crashing into the walls in Red Alarm (the game in the demo units). I thought most of the games would be like that, so I hated it... until a $20 clearance at Target. Mario Tennis was better to show what was good about the device. Without a killer app like its predessor it had not a prayer. It lies as forgotten as the CD-I Zelda games.
nick6var 1 month ago
shall my eyes hurt if i play on this thing for 15 minutes?
tristanroeleveld 1 month ago
It should've said "There's only one problem: it's an unplayable mess that causes eye strain and temporary color blindness."
JoeyDrunko 1 month ago
i recall this ad
SABRENOSE 1 month ago
The angry video game nerd was right...
whailman 1 month ago
RUN!!! RUN!!! ITS TRYING TO TAKE OUR MONEY!!!
shion16 1 month ago
"Virtual Boy!
It will literally fuck you!"
WolfLikeWe 1 month ago
humans havent evolved enough to handle this kind of technology. the world just wasnt ready for virtual boy.
BriantheButcher7154 1 month ago
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I am so scared right now.
KevinZOMG 1 month ago
"There's only one problem" - never has an advert had such blatant disregard for the truth
StephenAlexWalker 1 month ago
the left side of my brain is ticklish now
kdu3142 1 month ago
I cannot for the life of me see why this system failed. It was clearly perfect in every way
toThe9thPower 1 month ago
it would need to strap someone in in order to play it
PSNGreyLynx 1 month ago
They knew it sucked when they said "Theres a million one problems...."
PeterGriffin60 1 month ago
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Is this the only way to get somebody to play a Virtual Boy?
FUCrue69 1 month ago
That probably gave kids nightmares.
samuelgold3 2 months ago
I came from the third dimension too...
MrPuddingTaco 2 months ago
They're just ripping off Moon Trap. An awesome movie BTW
fuzzynippleman 2 months ago
where was tom cruise in this? don't tell me they replaced him for the sequel.
blklightning330 3 months ago
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The Machine then prodded her eyes out and feasted upon them, as it closed it's tight grip on her frail body.
Skankindragon1 3 months ago
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Skankindragon1 3 months ago
And we came to it, like lambs to the slaughter, offering our eyes. And it did... things to them. Horrible things...
GenaTrius 3 months ago
AARGH! MY LEFT EAR!
DevilMaster 3 months ago
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umm i think the virtual boy was trying to blind that poor wormen and i bet that wormen had to buy glasses after this happened and she siad those games were shit
pippoppy1 3 months ago
More like the most truthful Virtual Boy ad ever. "IT NEEDS YOUR EYES."
HurrikinProductions 4 months ago
...It came from the third dimension? LMAO I wasn't aware we live on a flat 2 dimensional plane
omgitsaaron 4 months ago
@omgitsaaron acctualy we live in 4 dimensions. so the VB is ...what? timeless?... i dont know :)
Zombiepull 4 months ago
@Zombiepull Yup, length, width, height & time
omgitsaaron 3 months ago
@omgitsaaron
I know that you are joking, but I would like to point out that we do not live in the third dimension. We live in the Fourth.
MissingMandible 2 months ago
@MissingMandible I'm aware of that. The ad said "it came from the third dimension" as if it were some mystical place humans have never been. If that were true then we would be living in a 2 dimensional plane. I was laughing at the notion that we exist in less than 3 dimensions. And if you want to get technical, theoretically there are 11 dimensions but they're wrapped up so tightly that they can't be seen.
omgitsaaron 2 months ago
There's only one problem... IT SUCKS ASS!
nonh1 4 months ago
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"See it now in 3D" Is this a movie or a console
Ryantrain1936 4 months ago
"See it now in 3D" Is this a console or a movie
Ryantrain1936 4 months ago
@Ryantrain1936
it was a console brought out by nintendo early 90ties.
dazzle999nl 4 months ago
The virtual boy is so bad it has to force you to play it.
KevinBusomjack 4 months ago
Is that the first slayer?
HATExCREW 4 months ago
even the ad said that it haves a problem and i know for a fact that they know for a fact that its bad is it worth getting maybe unless you want to play the game with fighting robots and mario go ahead
videogamecollecto100 5 months ago
My left ear enjoyed it :3
Vipar557 5 months ago
@Vipar557 did your right ear enjoyed it too ?
ORENGEcarot 5 months ago
@ORENGEcarot No, you'd get what i'm saying when u use earphones XD
Vipar557 5 months ago
@667Atlas Close. We are in the 3rd dimension, however you can represent a dimension in the previous dimension. For example, you can draw a cube. That is a representation of the 3rd dimension in the 2nd dimension.
simmzs259 5 months ago
wtf? lol im pretty sure that's considered rape in that woman's time period >.>
Tienshinhan 5 months ago
"It came from the 3rd dimension."
We are in the 3rd dimension....
doctorseaweed2 5 months ago
@doctorseaweed2 This is the fourth dimension cause we can interact physically 3d is a game
667Atlas 5 months ago
@667Atlas Thanks for ruining the joke
doctorseaweed2 5 months ago
@doctorseaweed2 sorry i didn't see it as a joke
667Atlas 5 months ago
@667Atlas oh well
doctorseaweed2 5 months ago
Wow.... that part when it zoomed into her... if that would of been a game it would of been worth it... but no all the games were 2.5D... :\
WolfSephiroth 5 months ago
There's only one problem: it's a piece of crap!
MoultonProductions 5 months ago
This thing is ass I mean even the person knew it sucked he tried to run away from the fucking thing
ArrowzRanger 6 months ago
That ad is creepy but awesome!
dracosummoner 6 months ago
"It cam from the third dimension."
It came from depth?
shikagrey 6 months ago
@shikagrey *came
shikagrey 6 months ago
o_o Wow XD
mercedes466 6 months ago
There's only one problem..... It sucks
snipingtacos12 6 months ago
i like the idea for future gaming devices
BUT
I also like the idea of using the current version as a tourture device
Kalkas53 6 months ago
there's only one problem. You can't put it on.
drago453 6 months ago
It needs your eyes to fuck em up. This machine is evil and comes from HELL!!!
yusurre 6 months ago
so funny how kids today are so "smart" that they are borderline handicapped.
I saw this commercial years ago when it was being pushed and to this day I still see what they were going for.
dont get me wrong, i see what everyone is laughing about too; however, what is being laughed about is about as fun as laughing at a fart.
...hahaahahh! you farted, ok we get it.........its a fart, and?
destin325 6 months ago
So the advertisement was conveying that it would hunt you down until your eyes bled. ROFL
wajalama 6 months ago
its all in fucking retarded red!
HUNRUSPWNZ 6 months ago
IT NEEDS YOUR EYES!!!
ScotlandSerenity 7 months ago
Uhhhh....RAPE!!
99909absol 7 months ago
The Virtual Boy's apparent purpose is to inslave humanity with its crazy headeache enducing powers.
patd326 7 months ago
@patd326 Meh, I was never too stupid to use the VB... Played countless hours, never one headache. It is however, quirky, and does pretty much require an operator to lay on their back with a pillow propping their head up. All in all, it is niche, and can only be enjoyed as such...
It does beg to be ridiculed though. This is why I have chosen it as my preferred game development platform. Look for a new VB game in about a year or 2.
Puts up ~Now Hiring~ sign.
nazaxprime 6 months ago
When the ad said, "there's only one problem..." I thought it was gonna say it sucks so bad you should kill yourself instead of playing this piece of crap. XD
Keeginpwns 7 months ago
Wow a robot killing people makes small 5 year olds want this game so bad.
XgameboycolorX 7 months ago
PLAY ME MUTHAFUCKA!
Woman:...........durrrrrrr!
Woodenfan 7 months ago
now ill have nightmares!
RossEStern 7 months ago
I shan't give it my eyes!
MrKinzoku 8 months ago
what the hell, witch from left 4 dead?
blackghost2516 8 months ago
So the Virtual Boy came from Hell? Go figure.
PruneJuiceBoozer 8 months ago
If I was a kid back then, I would've been scared by this ad. Talk about shitty marketing.
youthboy14 8 months ago
wtf
nikosomegas 8 months ago
creepy
thecool1168 8 months ago
WTF "IT HAS LEGS"
SASstudios 8 months ago
Yeah it needs your eyes and also batteries which were not included
boafshow 8 months ago
Nintendo should make a "Virtual Boy" mode for the 3DS. And when you turn it on everything turns to super bright, eye-blistering red.
beejor 9 months ago
"There's only one problem..." Yeah. It pukes snot up my ass.
FateMan22 9 months ago
@SirCanas Ahh, true, but your eyes have to cross to get the 3D effect.
Keep them like that for 2hrs and see if you don't have a pounding headache.
funkymunky65 9 months ago
@SirCanas Well, not only that, but I forgot to mention you have to keep it in that "Sweet Spot" which kinda sucks.
Stare at something for about 2hrs. slightly crosseyed and see if that doesn't damage your eyes.
funkymunky65 9 months ago
@SirCanas Nintendo also says you shouldn't play it if your under 7 lol.
Not only that, but, after your eyes fully adjust to the 3D, Wouldn't you then need corrective glasses to see further distances??? I think I will prefer the OLED screen of the up-coming NGP. (Please don't turn this into a console war.)
funkymunky65 9 months ago
@SirCanas Because the 3DS's 3D Screen hurts your eyes (just like the virtual boy). Look it up. You'll see.
Because of the way the 3DS gives the 3D effect. It basically splits the image in 2. Thus making it that much harder for your eyes to focus. Although you can turn it off, that would be like going from HD to SD.
People from forums all over the net say it hurts their eyes, and gives them headaches, even Nintendo acknowledges this.
Will they bundle it with a coupon for corrective glasses?
funkymunky65 9 months ago
3DS = VB redone. lol
funkymunky65 9 months ago
If only it HAD games like that...
ProManUnitedFan 9 months ago
@ProManUnitedFan i agree...
Nelrockz1 9 months ago
be awesome if, after the virtual boy was done with that guy, he walks away blind with blood coming out of his eye sockets. like a parasite
bluereaper75 10 months ago
0:19 yes it needs your eyes cause it reall does it makes you blind!
segafan230 10 months ago
XDXDXDXDXDXDXDXD!!!!!!!!!!
TheLoginzoom 10 months ago
VB=Eye Rape
yosupdude556 10 months ago
Virtual Boy: It needs your eyes so it can RAPE THEM!
HaloSpartanG13 10 months ago
It looks like in War of the Worlds.
rickyTraice 10 months ago
@rickyTraice thats what i thought of when i saw this
zioneig 10 months ago
wtf was that
mashmen78 10 months ago
cool ad, but worst console in hystory
Vyse220 11 months ago
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that is the scariest thing ive ever seen and ive seen like 100 horror movies
ledzeppelin1865 11 months ago
that is the scariest thing ive ever seen and ive seen saw1 through 7
ledzeppelin1865 11 months ago
What a perfect rendition, he is running away from something horrible and it look like the Virtural boy came from hell
IGeorge94 11 months ago
There's only one problem... IT SUCKS!
omgzomg111 11 months ago
lil wayne gettin on dat virtual boy haha
rocklobsta1415 1 year ago
AAAAHHH MY SPEAKERS ARE BROKEN!... *Goes to another video* ... Oh wait.
ZippyChan 1 year ago
I remember this commercial..
LanIost 1 year ago
i remember playing online on my virtual boy
THEWANKRS 1 year ago
You can super glue it to someone and their eyes will murder them (hay a new murder plan) lol
MrAbt9283 1 year ago
So its a fucking torture device meant to slowly rip out your eyes while making you play shitty games.
NadTheBat 1 year ago
"...it needs your eyes!" But only until it strains them, or you have a seizure. Then it has to search for another victim XD
Secundas 1 year ago
felt like I just watch a movie trailer from VHS
Nkbpro 1 year ago
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ok i just went to walmart to get one & they said this ad is from 10 years ago im pissed
poohcash1 1 year ago
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poohcash1 1 year ago
This commercial proves it. The only way someone would play a virtual boy is if it took you hostage and shoved itself onto your face, like those grabbers from the Alien movies. And it wouldnt even offer you aspirin for the skull splitting headache that results in playing it.
sirvegeta 1 year ago
I actually remember this commercial from back in the day......lol the '90's were great !!!
mikeom01 1 year ago
Woah, thats pretty trippy.
griffzor67 1 year ago
The Virtual Boy was the first Terminator ever built. End of story.
NintendenOnline 1 year ago
wow, weird. Its like a old horror movie.
silverakantor 1 year ago
umm i think the virtual boy was trying to blind that poor wormen and i bet that wormen had to buy glasses after this happened and she siad those games were shit only 1 is proper virtual reality really .
pippoppy1 1 year ago
You can't escape the Eye Raping...
TheOrkutGuy 1 year ago
um.. at the end.. did that say, play it now.. in 3D? Wtf..
donkanojii 1 year ago
@donkanojii it said play it loud haha
pokepro34 1 year ago
um creepy this is maybe y ppl didn't buy the virtual boy
JREY209 1 year ago
ITS OWN VOICE!..... guess not :/
Calion104 1 year ago
There's only one problem...it sucks!
Astroman9991 1 year ago
Lol, it says AT-ST in the tags.
supermariowaffle 1 year ago
@supermariowaffle Yes. Just look at the legs it's walking on.
Quadunit404 1 year ago
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@Quadunit404 Lol I see it now.
supermariowaffle 1 year ago
@Quadunit404 Watch out those things break easily.
MINECAR 4 months ago
Notice the lack of actual game footage...
Nadir2Zenith 1 year ago
well, it may have legs but it sure as hell isn't a Goliath
ishouldplayzelda 1 year ago
the vurtial boy probaly causes occular cancer
Info255 1 year ago
So, this video is about a giant virtual sniping witches from l4d and then forcing some wierd fallout kid to play the game?
pangolin97 1 year ago
Creepy... but awesome in a killer-robot style.
Konfu 1 year ago
Let's just pretend this system never happend
Thumbs up if u agree
LiquidArmProduction 1 year ago
ITS THE VIRTUALNATOR!
TheDoopliss2 1 year ago
Im really going tonwant to play a game system that causes apocalypse just to get you to play
MrToter34 1 year ago
OMG virtual boys taking over the planet AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
SNESosT 1 year ago
3DS...
TrapnestShinigami 1 year ago
Creepy! This commercial scared me away from it!
WebVMan 1 year ago
virtual boy , bleed it now ... in 3d
xypsilonx 1 year ago
Wario land is awesome, and Teleroboxer isnt bad Tennis is fun, too bad this wasnt more than 2 colors
KillingJoke696 1 year ago
is it real.. it's really frustrating!
Kjoep 1 year ago
What A Shitload of Fuck
CorvusKorax17 1 year ago
@CorvusKorax17 AVGN FTW!
PsycoHenny 1 year ago
I would have rather it cappture me just as long as i didnt have to play it/
pikachu7567 1 year ago
I KNEW IT WAS EVIL!!!!
248nack 1 year ago
Probably would have sold more if it did have a grappling hook.
VAB0L0 1 year ago
That's probably a more effective commercial than, say, a product/game shot; which would, of course, reveal that the thing is utter shit.
Having said that, I love the VB for the one simple reason: Schadenfreude.
hack451 1 year ago
So this is how the world will end....
Virtual boys will arise from the dumps they were put mere hours after purchase, and the ones that were dumped near that famous ET dump will harvest the ET cartidges and infect all virtual boys. The power of two great failures will cause an explsion of enegry that will both decimate the human population and give the virtual boys the ability to find a subdue victums to play ET on them. Needless to say, the living will envy the dead
EditRealityGaming 1 year ago
Eye rape FTW!!!
PIEDol 1 year ago
Why is it red? Same reason why the original GB, GB Pocket and GB Light handhelds were in B&W. To reduce battery drainage. If the VB was in color, it would still fail the same way the Game Gear, Nomad, Lynx and TurboExpress handhelds failed. To prove it, look up "Bad Influence Virtual Boy".
MHMemeDoubleYourFun 1 year ago
"There is only one proplem is sucks cow crap" that's the problem
coolmanben99 1 year ago
omg my head hurts
Clubbss 1 year ago
"theres only one problem, it needs your eyes" ...of course thats a problem lol!
armageddonmac18 1 year ago
this looks like the most crappy star wars remake ever XD
oerlichkeit 1 year ago
the dudes running away like NOOO!!! YOU SUCK SO MUCH DONT MAKE ME PLAY YOU NOOOO!!!!!
mardfet 1 year ago
I got a headache just watching this.
TheSmashgamer 1 year ago
This person is running from the horror's or crappy games
Echoesoftimelover 1 year ago
"it needs your eyes!" so true xD
LordSwordbreak 1 year ago
it sounds like an ad for a movie. a crappy movie
TNTDynaMike93 1 year ago
there taking over the world *one breaks in my door* virtural boy says: play me play me!!! me: no!!!!!!!!! your so bad
nintendoworldify 1 year ago
the sky is kinda like the virtual boy right now
LegoKing345 1 year ago
guess the moral of this comercial is that nintendo is FORCING people to look in it...
mastertrent 1 year ago
What this commercial SHOULD have said:
"There's only one problem: it sucks so much ass you wouldn't give a damn anyway!"
Quantum0700 1 year ago
painful headaches
dgrkboy 1 year ago
see,even the girl in the commercial was trying to escape this thing.
AngryVideoGameKidd2 1 year ago
"Virtual boy, see it now in 3D."
What is it a Movie?! O_O jk
koolbbruno 1 year ago
Remember back in the 90's when everything was TOTALLY IN MY FACE? Yeah.
MetroidDatabase 1 year ago
omg a virtual boy just broke through my window ahhhhhhh!!!!!!!
gangster123m 1 year ago
This commercial should have bailed the Virtual Boy out of discontinuation for another 3 years, but no; virtual boy had some flaws.
Kittyslasher69 1 year ago
What the fuck...
TheMasterBT 1 year ago
ZO MAH GAWD, ITS A GIANT OVER SIZED MONSTER! PARENTS, HIDE ALL CHILDREN FROM THIS HELLBENT GIANT!
IzLoveMoneyz 1 year ago
NOW I WANT IT MOAR
Peach0nade 1 year ago
not a single gameplay part in the whole ad. says enough
romanovdb 1 year ago
@romanovdb thats even typical of nintendo today!
nintendo has failed hard over the years, I now see the only good thing they have done was the N64 and older mario games, THATS IT!
MrThembones 1 year ago
I liked playing virtual boy back when--it was just bizzare
AllGhostwritten 1 year ago
This just proves that this shitty console had to have came from the bowels of hell in order to account for the shitfest that it gave its owners.
ediblemangopants 1 year ago
I remember this now, I really wanted one of these.
JBHutto 1 year ago
Lol,hope the 3ds will be better...
WigglerNL 1 year ago
The graphics were red so you wouldn't notice you've been bleeding through your eyes.
LondonAccountant 1 year ago
There's only one problem... It's the shittiest console ever made.
tehmariopwner 1 year ago
Nice ad campaign. Make your product look like a mecha-beast from the depths of Hell. Have your product stalk people for their eyes.
ChicoEdge 1 year ago
@ChicoEdge I was just thinking who this ad is supposed to appeal to, slave children from a post apocolyptic world where game consoles have become kiiler robots who feed on human eyes?