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Nintendo's most-failingest peripherals

Each and every one will (not) change the way we play games

Words: Brett Elston, GamesRadar US

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Red - 4 months 20 days ago

I had the gameboy camera when I was in middle school. Some girl swore up and down to the teachers that if I took a picture of her with it, that I could edit it so I could see her naked. They took the camera away from me despite the fact that I never took her picture.

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DarkPaladin - 4 months 20 days ago

I'm surprised you forgot about the SNES mouse. As awesome as it was, it was pretty much designed specifically for Mario Paint, and the only other game I can recall it working with was King Arthur's World.

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Buga15 - 4 months 19 days ago

DK Bongos were like guitars in guitar hero, but GH isn't as stupid and children stuff

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dmaster225 - 4 months 19 days ago

i had the transfer pack. i thought it was pretty fun since I was a 7 year old when that was out.

I remember the feature in the Pokemon G&S games that it had a print option, and I, as a little ignorant 7 year old, was like crazy trying to look for a computer printer that I could connect my GBC link cable to. When I think back, I laugh at my ignorance.

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mastersword369 - 4 months 18 days ago

Just add the Vitality Sensor already! We all know it's gonna fail!

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breadlord - 4 months 17 days ago

What about that new nintendo heartattack signal thingy that uses your finger from the controller?

wait, what?

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Xeacons - 4 months 17 days ago

Although, I wouldn't call Wii Speak a failure just yet. Not until the Wii's cycle is completely finished (which won't be for another couple years). Now that Conduit's using it, we can expect more High Voltage titles to carry it, and if Conduit really inspires 3rd parties to get on the Wii ball, WS might just prove a success in the end.

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jorhorror - 4 months 17 days ago

My cat pissed on my Donkey Kong bongos.........

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MOOMAN - 4 months 16 days ago

OK THE WII SHOULE ON HERE IT HAS NES GRAPHICS AND CONTROLS OF DRIVING DRUNK WITH YOUR FEET WHILE TIED UP. AND BY THE WAY, HEY PIKACHU SOUNDS STUPID. SO LET'S SEE IF IT UNDERSTANDS THIS: "Hey Pikachu, GO KILL YOURSELF AND STOP MAKING PATHETIC GAMES!"

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mishmoigon - 4 months 16 days ago

It looks like Nintendo was making stupid things even before the Wii!

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GamesRadarBrettElston - 4 months 16 days ago

@DarkPaladin

I originally did have the SNES mouse on the list, as I also thought it was used in Mario Paint and KAW only. After looking it up though, turns out many, many games supported it. Seeing as there was widespread support and the mouse worked fine, I couldn't justify putting it among these.

And yeah, the Vitality Sensor will more than likely end up on a list like this on another site two years from now.

captcha: Argentina thriving. Any natives vouch for this?

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thezombieofjustice - 4 months 16 days ago

hahaha that transfer pack brings back some good memories lol and a gameboy printer didnt know they made one. lol learn something new everyday

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Obama69DoctorFunkenstein - 4 months 15 days ago

I remember desperately wanting the game boy printer
luckily i never did

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Thequestion 121 - 4 months 13 days ago

Wow. I didn't know that Nintendo had so many failed products! And I have Wii Speak!!

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linkganon - 3 months 1 day ago

i remember using that n64 transfer pack, but i know why they forgot about it. the damned thing wouldn't stay in the controller! it kept falling out and sliding out of reach for the controller to read it. it was really frustrating, and was guaranteed to happen. on a side note, you may know rob now by playing ssbb. if you forgot the n64 transfer pack came with stadium. you could add the ones that were dropped, like the nintendo, ps port before nintendo declined the deal with sony, which in turn created nintendo's rival the playstation.

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linkganon - 3 months 1 day ago

the game boy printer, so that's what that game wanted me to when it said print. dumbest idea ever. hey, there's the dsi, which is pretty much the same ds, just with a below average camera, half a +, nothing to play game boy games nor guitar hero double -, ability to play back music +, won't play mp3 (which is pretty much the format 99% of the world uses for songs), just m4a which is hard to find unless you use itunes big -, finally sd card slot big + no video still -. psp uses both music formats mentioned above, has video, many other + functions except for decent psp games and limited memory on umds, and the worst battery life for any system, although my battary is standing strong at 6 hour play time without a umd. although nintendo has it's downs, every other company does also, xbox 360 adds up for all it's extras and live. bill gates should allow us to friggin play enter live for one single fee, not ppm. might as well wait for ps3 slim to come out since it's a better deal at 300 bucks for 120 gb.

how about the cooling stations for x box and ps3, they both make noise continuously and kinda ruin the experience for example.

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