What's the best selling Nintendo VirtualBoy game and how many copies of it were sold?

[slidee]

Hi all. What's the best selling Nintendo VirtualBoy game and how many copies of it were sold? I am assuming it is Mario's Tennis seeing as how it is a pack in. Does anybody know how many copies were sold. I don't need an exact amount... just a brief estimate and a reference of some kind. Thank you!

[SplashChick]

Pretty sure it's Mario's Tennis.

Just because it's such an odd question, why on earth do you need to know?

[buzz_n64]

Well, the Virtual Boy sold 770,000 units with Mario's Tennis (wiki), so there's your answer on top selling game. I'm sure people bought other games for it, on the other hand, they slapped themselves right after that. lol

I have that game, and Galactic Pinball. The only game I enjoyed on it was Wario Land at the store, but that doesn't mean my eyes didn't still hurt.

[SplashChick]

Well, the Virtual Boy sold 770,000 units with Mario's Tennis (wiki), so there's your answer on top selling game. I'm sure people bought other games for it, on the other hand, they slapped themselves right after that. lol

I have that game, and Galactic Pinball. The only game I enjoyed on it was Wario Land at the store, but that doesn't mean my eyes didn't still hurt.

Oh stop exaggerating, I love my Virtual Boy. It doesn't make my eyes hurt unless I play for a long time with no breaks, but other than that everything is just bright afterwards.

[scooterb23]

SplashChick, congrats on having superior eyes than everyone else. Now, could you rephrase that post so that you aren't directly attacking the guy for sharing his story?

Slidee - just be mindful... wikipedia may not be considered a reliable source if you are using the info for a school paper. Unfortunately, everything I have found either quotes wikipedia, or does not mention their sources.

As a PROTIP...you may want to try and scour some old game magazine back issues from that time. Sales info wasn't as public as it is now, but you never know. I was able to get away with using Gamepro in a college level paper as a "professional journal source" for a paper on violence in video games and its effect on children.

Good luck.

[Garry Silljo]

Oh stop exaggerating, I love my Virtual Boy. It doesn't make my eyes hurt unless I play for a long time with no breaks, but other than that everything is just bright afterwards.

How do you know he's exaggerating? Prove it!

Edit: On topic I would always assume the pack would be the highest selling, since they never changed the pack in like other systems have before. For example find a higher selling Wii game than Wii Sports. For a non pack in I'd wager that Wario or Mario Clash was the highest selling game. I'm basing that on nothing but a guess. I base that guess of the trend of consumers to attract to franchises/licenses as opposed to singels such as Teleroboxer.

[eskobar]

How do you know he's exaggerating? Prove it!

Edit: On topic I would always assume the pack would be the highest selling, since they never changed the pack in like other systems have before. For example find a higher selling Wii game than Wii Sports. For a non pack in I'd wager that Wario or Mario Clash was the highest selling game. I'm basing that on nothing but a guess. I base that guess of the trend of consumers to attract to franchises/licenses as opposed to singels such as Teleroboxer.

Come on .... eyes that HURT ??? just common sense, he's really exaggerating.

And about the second best selling game i assume that it was Wario Land but i don't have the sales figures :P

[unbroken]

Splashchick must of eyes of steel. The virtuaboy literally sets my eyes on fire after about 5 minutes of playing.

[DeputyMoniker]

The virtuaboy literally sets my eyes on fire after about 5 minutes of playing.

Sources?

[Swamperon]

Splashchick must of eyes of steel. The virtuaboy literally sets my eyes on fire after about 5 minutes of playing.

So tempting to put "Pics or it didn't happen" but I shall resist.

I really must pick up a Virtual Boy at some point, just to see how badly it affects my eyes.

[Aussie2B]

While I wouldn't attack one individual's personal experience like SplashChick, I do think that the majority of the complaints about the Virtual Boy these days, whether it be how it affects the eyes or the quality of its games, are largely from people who have little to no experience with the machine. It's become a cool thing to say "lol its sooo bad" just like how you got all these 13-year-old kids laughing about how bad E.T. is when they've never touched a 2600 in their life. Just about anyone who has extensive experience with the Virtual Boy will tell you that it has an excellent quality vs. crap ratio, and assuming you set up the display correctly and follow Nintendo's suggestion to take a break every 30-60 minutes (the games even notify you when you should step away for a few minutes), it shouldn't be a big pain on the eyes. Obviously some people will be extra sensitive just as some people can tolerate slower frame rates or first-person movement better than others, but it's not some fact that it hurts everyone's eyes nor do you have to be some freak of nature to not be bothered by it.

[Daria]

While I wouldn't attack one individual's personal experience like SplashChick, I do think that the majority of the complaints about the Virtual Boy these days, whether it be how it affects the eyes or the quality of its games, are largely from people who have little to no experience with the machine. It's become a cool thing to say "lol its sooo bad" just like how you got all these 13-year-old kids laughing about how bad E.T. is when they've never touched a 2600 in their life. Just about anyone who has extensive experience with the Virtual Boy will tell you that it has an excellent quality vs. crap ratio, and assuming you set up the display correctly and follow Nintendo's suggestion to take a break every 30-60 minutes (the games even notify you when you should step away for a few minutes), it shouldn't be a big pain on the eyes. Obviously some people will be extra sensitive just as some people can tolerate slower frame rates or first-person movement better than others, but it's not some fact that it hurts everyone's eyes nor do you have to be some freak of nature to not be bothered by it.

Pst... read some of her other posts.

[MachineGex]

Pst... read some of her other posts.

^ I Agree
Although not seen as much as their male counter-part, the female troll does show itself from time to time. Be careful, female trolls can be every bit as dangerous, usually (but not always) extra dangerous one week out of every month.

[Aussie2B]

I'm well aware of the drama following SplashChick as of late. :P I just can't resist defending the poor, little Virtual Boy, even if it potentially gives SplashChick more argument fodder.

[SplashChick]

SplashChick, congrats on having superior eyes than everyone else. Now, could you rephrase that post so that you aren't directly attacking the guy for sharing his story?

Slidee - just be mindful... wikipedia may not be considered a reliable source if you are using the info for a school paper. Unfortunately, everything I have found either quotes wikipedia, or does not mention their sources.

As a PROTIP...you may want to try and scour some old game magazine back issues from that time. Sales info wasn't as public as it is now, but you never know. I was able to get away with using Gamepro in a college level paper as a "professional journal source" for a paper on violence in video games and its effect on children.

Good luck.

Yes, I'm sure my brutal verbal attack of "Oh, stop exaggerating" cut him like a knife.

Aussie2B is exactly right, it's somewhat of a fad to make fun of the VirtualBoy. People who played it once in a store back when it first came out(like buzz) don't have enough experience with the machine to make such judgments. Calling the VirtualBoy terrible or saying that it makes your eyes bleed in 5 minutes are examples of exaggerations.

[buzz_n64]

Yes, I'm sure my brutal verbal attack of "Oh, stop exaggerating" cut him like a knife.

Aussie2B is exactly right, it's somewhat of a fad to make fun of the VirtualBoy. People who played it once in a store back when it first came out(like buzz) don't have enough experience with the machine to make such judgments. Calling the VirtualBoy terrible or saying that it makes your eyes bleed in 5 minutes are examples of exaggerations.

In my case I'm not exaggerating. I do have sensitive eyes. I saw Spy Kids 3D in theaters, sorry I did, and my eyes hurt as well. I've played the Virtual Boy a few times in stores, I forget all the games I played, but I stopped trying it after a while because of the bad experience I've had with it, and didn't buy it. I was tempted to buy it when they discounted it to like $20 I believe, but didn't. I own one now, but I bought it used at the swamp meet in broken condition. I have not played it in many years, but I have a good memory of when I was 12 or 13 years old.

[JSoup]

I loved the Virtual Boy, but I never owned one myself. My eye sight was so bad back then, the eye melting powers of the VB had no effect one me.

[danny_galaga]

Sources?

Splashchick must of eyes of steel. The virtuaboy literally sets my eyes on fire after about 5 minutes of playing.

[nerdy grammar lesson]Do you mean literally, or figuratively? Example, if you say someone stabbed you in the back, normally you are speaking FIGURATIVELY. You mean that someone has betrayed you. The origin is from Brutus ACTUALLY stabbing Julius Caesar in the back. Since he was a friend, the IDEA of stabbing someone in the back has come to be a symbol of betrayal. If someone LITERALLY stabbed you in the back, then you would be off to hospital, or the morgue.[/nerdy grammar lesson]

Anyway, I would love to see a pic of your eyeballs on fire

[Sonicwolf]

How do you know he's exaggerating? Prove it!

You really want splash to prove things don't you...

Anyways, the Virtual Boy doesn't hurt my eyes too bad. Sometimes they get a little strained but its not as bad as some people say... Then again, its probably different from person to person.

[kupomogli]

My bestfriend owned one which I remember he just left it over at my house the entire time.

The only four games he had was Mario Tennis, Red Alarm, and Mario Bros.

I thought Red Alarm was the best one. Played a lot like Star Fox. Anyways. My eyes ended up hurting after a playing session as well. Unless I also sat somewhere that I sat to the exact height of the stand and Virtual Boy itself, my neck and/or back would be hurting once done with even a small gaming session as well.

*edit*

Wow. I just noticed I said four games but only listed three. Anyways the other one he had was Teleroboxer which sucked. So much that I forgot to mention the game.