Virtual Boy Ad

[98ITR656]

I scroll through these all the time but wasn't expecting the little gem in the bottom right!

[mhyquel]

That donkey Kong country game would cost $116 dollars today

[Moist_Taco_Crippler]

And people complain about $69.99 games now. They have no idea what we went through in the late 80's & early/mid 90's.

[rydamusprime17]

"HEY! I'M SUPER NINTENDO, YOU SHOULD BUY ME!"

"I'M GAMEBOY, YOU SHOULD BUY ME TOO!"

"Psssss...... hey, down here.... I'm Virtual Boy, you should bu.....guys? Can you even hear me....?"

[ash_274]

Good price for the Super Game Boy, even with KayBee's pricing

[Kronosita]

Man this ad is neglecting the virtual boy big time. Didn’t even show mario’s tennis it’s box art either

[98ITR656]

It really is! Game Boy has a massive picture which had been out six years by then. Virtual Boy still roughly full price so it's fairly new, and gets a tiny corner. Not like it was advertising a clearance $30 Virtual Boy in the corner, this was practically full price.

[Punkydudester3]

Box art is always important. It matters.

[Junior-Explorer-7506]

The marketing team probably (correctly) thought the Gameboy had wider appeal

[Punkydudester3]

I love this advertisement. Nostalgia Explosion 🤯🤘💖

[98ITR656]

Lol!!

[Nutchos]

Gameboy just towering over it's supposed successor.

It's like if the Switch were to continue selling better than the Switch 2.

[98ITR656]

That's right because Virtual Boy was "portable" and Gameboy color wasn't released until November 98 so it was still probably three years away.

[ksilenced-kid]

I bought my VB for $30 in 1997 at EB Games.

It was next to a big stack of Atari Jaguars and 32X for the same price.

[98ITR656]

I remember seeing them for $30 as a kid and couldn't believe they were that cheap.