Virtual Boy

A former Nintendo producer confirms that an unreleased F-Zero spin-off was cancelled

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Zero Racers

A version of the Virtual Boy game that simply failed. In an interview with the YouTube channel “Did You Know Gaming,” Jim Wornell, a former Nintendo of America employee, stated that an F-Zero spin-off that was planned exclusively for Nintendo’s Virtual Boy was shelved. Zero Racers was a spin-off of the Captain Falcon and company … Read more

Virtual Boy Turns 20

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Nintendo’s first attempt at 3D handheld gaming — the Virtual Boy — turns 20 years old today. Virtual Boy launched in Japan on July 21, 1995 and less than a month later in the United States. Virtual Boy had a number of well-documented problems including a prohibitive price for a “portable” gaming system (it retailed … Read more