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Originally posted by BTrisc
Not when the Virtual Boy happened.
Still a flop regardless. 
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People forget about that flop so easily
"Nintendo had initially projected sales of 3 million consoles and 14 million games. Nintendo had shipped 350,000 units of the Virtual Boy by December 1995, around three and a half months after its North American release.
The Virtual Boy did not live very long following its disappointing sales. The last official title to be released for the Virtual Boy was 3D Tetris, released on March 12, 1996. Nintendo announced additional titles for the system at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in 1996, but these games never saw the light of day. The Virtual Boy was discontinued in late 1995 in Japan and in early 1996 in North America. Nintendo killed the system without fanfare, avoiding an official press release."
