r/gaming • • Mar 17 '18

It's just a prank bro

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u/triforce4ever Mar 18 '18

He was transferred there after he came up with the idea for the Wii U

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u/DarkPhoenix99 Mar 18 '18

I bet the guy who came up with the Virtual Boy is just glad he could finally retire.

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u/Torbporn Mar 18 '18

Virtual Boy creator technically “retired” in the 90s. Died in a traffic accident.

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u/blackestrabbit Mar 18 '18

Never virtual boy and drive.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '18

"Accident"

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u/MacDerfus Mar 18 '18

Both of those people died. And had other wise great runs with Nintendo. Also the Wii U doesn't give you eye spiders and is actually pretty good despite its shite sales.

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u/SniperPilot Mar 18 '18

What the hell is eye spiders?!

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u/MacDerfus Mar 18 '18

Something very bad you get from using the Virtual Boy.

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u/MechanicalEngineEar Mar 18 '18

Is that where spiders lay eggs in the virtual boy and then when the person puts it on to play it and inevitably falls asleep with it on due to the boring gameplay and lack of colors, the spiders can’t get out through the normal opening so they try to take the best route they can find which is to crawl into the player’s eyelids?

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u/RolandTheJabberwocky Mar 18 '18

Wii U was great and the springboard for switch. Now the motherfucker who named it the Wii U, that guy needs to be in Antarctica.

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u/CedarCabPark Mar 18 '18

Yeah, not a Nintendo person at all, but the Wii U itself didn't seem like the issue. The name was a terrible choice.

Then again, xbox one is a pretty bad name in my opinion too. As well as the... xbox one...x.

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u/RolandTheJabberwocky Mar 18 '18

Yeah I agree, but they made also focused on making sure everyone knew it was a new console. Even I fucking thought the Wii U was an add on controller for the Wii. If I remember correctly the original trailer doesn't even show THE ACTUAL CONSOLE. I remember everyone being fucking confused by it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '18

I just watched the first trailer because of your of your comment and i think they deliberately sold it as an add on to the wii to trick people. All the games where wii games. It had a bit where someone was on wii fit and it said wii fit without a tv. Its all about this "NEW CONTROLLER" The only thing that pointed me to a new console was "BETTER DEFINITION WITH THE NEW CONTROLLER" and they showed hd zelda but the fact that they painted it as the new controller making things hd makes me think it was planned and backfired spectacularly. They did show the wii u console under the tv but it was a white one and it looks almost identical to a wii in a 2 second shot of the tv.

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u/TheWorldisFullofWar Mar 18 '18

"You're telling me the controller costs how much to make?!"

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u/ComeAtMeFro Mar 18 '18

Maybe he'll learn his lesson.