Editing Virtual Boy

{{redirect|VB|the device in ''[[Luigi's Mansion 3]]'' based on the Virtual Boy|[[Virtual Boo]]}}
{{system infobox
|image=[[File:VB System.png|300px]]
|generation=Fifth
|release={{release|Japan|July 21, 1995|USA|August 14, 1995}}
|discontinued=March 2, 1996
|predecessor=[[Game Boy]]
|successor=[[Game Boy Color]]
}}
{{quote2|We saw the future, and it was black and red.|''{{wp|Official Nintendo Magazine}}''}}
[[File:Virtual Boy Official Logo.PNG|left|200px]]
The '''{{wp|Virtual Boy}}''' is a video game system developed by [[Nintendo]] and released in 1995 as a successor to the [[Game Boy]]. The system consists of a red box on black legs with a black visor that players would look into for gameplay. It was created by [[Gunpei Yokoi]], and his 60-headed research team, together with Reflection Technologies. Virtual Boy game images are 3D and are displayed using mirror-scanning technology. Like the [[Game Boy]], the Virtual Boy uses only four colors, but in the Virtual Boy's case, the four colors appear on LEDs in four shades of red with a black background.

The console was a commercial failure for many reasons, including its lack of portability and the headaches gameplay caused in a matter of minutes. Concern regarding Nintendo's warnings that the Virtual Boy could cause eye problems also detracted potential customers, though the Virtual Boy would automatically pause every 15 minutes. Because of these failures, the Virtual Boy was discontinued less than a year after its release, on March 2, 1996, and it had never been released in Europe and Australia. A few ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' games were still released for the Virtual Boy during its short-lived timespan.

==Accessories==
[[File:VB Controller.png|150px|thumb|The Virtual Boy Controller.]]
The Virtual Boy Controller is the standard and only controller for the Virtual Boy. It consists of a {{button|start}} and {{button|select}} button on the left side, with the {{button|nes|A}} and {{button|nes|B}} buttons on the right. One {{button|nes|pad}} is found on each side; most of the buttons are reminiscent of the NES's buttons. The controller is also the power source for the system itself via a battery pack on the back of the controller.

The Virtual Boy has an EXT. port that was most likely made to support two-player mode. Games such as ''[[Mario's Tennis]]'' support this mode, but the cable was never released due to the fact that the system was discontinued so quickly.

==''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' games on the Virtual Boy==
===Released===
*''[[Mario Clash]]
*''[[Mario's Tennis]]
*''[[Virtual Boy Wario Land]]

===Canceled===
*''[[VB Mario Land]]''

The German magazine ''Big N'' claimed that a Virtual Boy installment of the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series, tentatively named ''VB Mario Kart'', was in development.<ref>[[Media:Big N Magazine (Germany) VB.jpg|Big N magazine (Germany), July-August 2000, pg. 19]]</ref> The only known media report of it is Big N's August 2000 issue, which listed it among various other canceled Virtual Boy projects.

===Tech demos===
[[File:Rareware Virtual Boy DKC2 Quote.png|thumb|The quote from Rareware, inaccurately referring to a Virtual Boy port of ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''.]]
*''[[Tech demo#Mario Demo|Mario Demo]]''
* Unnamed ''[[Donkey Kong Country (series)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' proof-of-concept

A proof-of-concept for a ''Donkey Kong Country'' title was made for the Virtual Boy.<ref name="DK Vine">Cameron. "[https://dkvine.com/?p=games&page=dkvb&section=red_dead_reflection Red Dead Reflection]". ''DK Vine''. Retrieved October 16, 2020</ref> While a quote from [[Leigh Loveday]] on [[Rare]]'s Scribes mailbag referred to it as a Virtual Boy port of ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'',<ref>[https://rarewhere.neocities.org/2000_2002/aug10_01.html August 10 2001 Scribes mailbag]. ''Rarewhere''. Retrieved October 16, 2020</ref> various subsequent statements by employees involved on the project, most notably [[Paul Machacek]], clarified that were no concrete plans for ''Donkey Kong Country'' game on the system and that what Loveday referred to was a short demo to test the capabilities of the Virtual Boy.<ref name="DK Vine"/> Speaking of the demo, Machacek stated "''I did it for 3 months & was cross-eyed with headaches by the end. I implemented a simple horizontally scrolling jungle background with split-level platforms & DK running around "being DK". All art was pre-rendered and lifted from DKC. [...] We only ever got something running against a jungle background on VB & whilst that art had been lifted from DKC it had already gone through some “monochroming” for [[Donkey Kong Land|DKL]] on gameboy which seemed a more apt place to directly take monochrome art from [...] We never got a full playable level working. Merely a short side scrolling split-level jungle background with DK walking/running/jumping on it. There were some rats running about as well (which i lifted from a GB {{wp|Battletoads}} game!) Enjoy{{sic}} ...imagine [https://twitter.com/Paul_Mach1/status/1104010982408548352 these images] in various shades of red with some rats running around DK. That's pretty much what it looked like. While i could see. Honestly that thing gave me neck-ache as well come to think of it.''" Work on the demo ended and no plan for a full-blown game was developed after it became obvious that the Virtual Boy was a commercial failure.<ref name="DK Vine"/>

==Appearances in the ''Super Mario'' franchise==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' series===
====''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''====
A Virtual Boy appears in the shelf, in the room where all [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophies]] are kept. Although the Virtual Boy only appears in the Japanese version of the game, the player can still see it by setting the language to Japanese in the North American version of the game.

====''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''====
[[File:Gamer SSB4.png|thumb|200px|A Virtual Boy can be seen on the shelf on the right side of the [[Gamer (stage)|Gamer]] stage.]]
In the stage [[Gamer (stage)|Gamer]], based on the minigame of the same name in ''Game & Wario'', the [[#Game & Wario|same Virtual Boy]] can be seen next to the television.

===''[[WarioWare (series)|WarioWare]]'' series===
====''[[WarioWare: Smooth Moves]]''====
A Virtual Boy appears in Level 3 of the [[Sifty Character]] [[microgame]].

====''[[Game & Wario]]''====
In the minigame [[Gamer]], [[9-Volt]] has a Virtual Boy in his room, next to the television. In ''WarioWare Gold'', Sneaky Gamer has a [[Wii U]] instead of the Virtual Boy.

====''[[WarioWare Gold]]''====
The Virtual Boy appears as a collectible Nintendo [[List of souvenirs in WarioWare Gold|souvenir]].

===''[[Super Paper Mario]]''===
[[File:SPM Francisroomright.png|thumb|''Super Paper Mario'']]
[[Francis]] has a Virtual Boy in his room, where he also keeps other various Nintendo consoles.

===''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]''===
[[File:SpI SecretSpecs MLSS+BM.png|frame|left]]
The Special Item accessory [[Secret Specs]] sprite is designed after the Virtual Boy.
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===''[[Luigi's Mansion 3]]''===
Another invention by [[Professor Elvin Gadd|Professor E. Gadd]] introduced in the game is the [[Virtual Boo]] ("VB" for short), a communication device based on the Virtual Boy that replaces the [[Game Boy Horror]] and [[Dual Scream]] from previous installments. When E. Gadd gives it to [[Luigi]], he mentions that he plans on selling it and claims that it will "fly off the shelves," a joking reference to the Virtual Boy's commercial failure.<ref>GameXplain (October 16, 2019). [https://youtu.be/UHJJghjSY6Q Luigi's Mansion 3 Has a Virtual Boy Spoof + Joke]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved October 16, 2019.</ref>
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==''Super Mario'' game gallery==
<gallery>
MarioClash.jpg|''[[Mario Clash]]''
Marios tennis english cover.jpg|''[[Mario's Tennis]]''
Virtual Boy Wario Land box art.jpg|''[[Virtual Boy Wario Land]]''
</gallery>

==System gallery==
<gallery>
Virtual Boy-Final Logo.png|Final logo
Virtual Boy Official Logo.PNG|Alternative final logo; mainly seen on box art
Virtual Boy Startup Logo.png|Game start-up logo, seen in most games.
VB System.png|System
Virtual boy 2.jpg|System
Virtual Boy-Visor.png|Close up of visor
Virtual Boy-Focus Adjust.png|Close up of focus adjust
Virtual Boy-VBWL Cartridge.png|A ''[[Virtual Boy Wario Land]]'' cartridge being inserted into the system
VB Controller.png|Controller
Virtual Boy-Japanese Box.png|Japanese box cover
Virtual Boy-NA Box.png|America box cover
Wario Virtual Boy Artwork - Nintendo Power.png|[[Mario]] and [[Wario]] with a Virtual Boy, from GamePro.
Virtual Boy Gamefan Magazine.jpg|Cover of a Gamefan Magazine, showing [[Mario]] with the Virtual Boy.
</gallery>

==References==
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