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When you think of Nintendo and 3D the first products that pop into your head would most likely be the 3DS and the Virtual Boy – but according to the latest Iwata Asks, Nintendo has been stubbornly experimenting with 3D technology since the failure of the Virtual Boy – even implementing 3D compatible circuitry in the GameCube.
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It was 15 years ago this month that the ill-fated Virtual Boy, Nintendo’s only real failure in the video game hardware market, was released in Japan. To celebrate, here are mock-ups of some games that never appeared on the system!
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While companies like Sony and Nintendo are pushing 3D, the technology is not new. In movies, 3D was used in attempts to attract theatregoers that had dwindled during the 1950s as the diffusion of televisions increased.
