10 Video Game Gimmicks That BOMBED

[@Werevampiwolf]

I will always be greatful for my 3DS. My childhood dog was terrified of cameras, and would literally flee if you tried to take his picture. I have no idea why, he was already a few years old when we got him. I ended up getting a 3DS a few months before he passed, and he was very used to seeing me playing my original DS, so I was able to actually take pictures of him. It's basically the only pictures I have of him. He was such a good boy.

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

I loved my 3DS for Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance (I see you, Square Enix...Kingdom Hearts 3D, lol). I have no idea why, but seeing the opening and hearing the orchestral version of Simple and Clean just always made me cry 😂. I found it very beautiful and I'm a sap for Simple and Clean as it usially means the end of an adventure (yes, I used to be *deep* into KH. Not so much anymore, growing up and all that). I didn't use the 3D function all the time (I wear glasses so it could sometimes add just one more glare-like thing I have to contend with...though I do like 3D movies), but I didn't mind the feature.

[@Yourmomgoestocolledge]

Our dog is the same way! If I point my phone at him he gets up. If he's asleep and here's the shutter he gets up 😂.

[@Yourmomgoestocolledge]

​@jrrr9219and neither did the commenter

[@gerryfegan3608]

Aw

[@renakunisaki]

Yeah, the 3D effect was a silly gimmick, but the 3DS itself was a great little machine. It didn't help that using 3D reduced the games' frame rates.

[@ProfArmitage218]

For #5, there was also "Defiance", a TV series on SyFy featuring humans and aliens coexisting on a postapocalyptic Earth ravaged by alien terraforming technology and an MMORPG set in the same world, with events in one being reflected in the other. I liked the show but I never played the game.

[@eddmario]

The MMO itself wasn't that bad, but it should have been F2P at launch. I do agree that the tv show was awesome. It even had 3 or 4 seasons, so it had to have been a big hit.

[@Cole-ft4rr]

Both were pretty decent but failed to take off.

[@MBSteinNL]

Defiance wasn’t the only one but the game which I can’t remember the name of, basically got killed in beta or shortly after launch and the series never even got launched.

[@GabePuratekuta]

@@eddmario Its reboot, Defiance 2050, was. But it was still a generic MMO affair with Dodge vehicles.

[@thedeepfriar745]

It was always special when there was a 3ds game that actually knew how to implement the 3D in an interesting way

[@renakunisaki]

They really missed an opportunity by not porting Wind Waker. That original art style would have looked beautiful in 3D.

[@cabrinius7596]

@@renakunisaki Well yeah, but it would have also been impossible because of the hardware limitations of the 3ds, even the Switch can't emulate Gamecube

[@kelsenellenelvianeverdawn1946]

Earthbound for the snes also had the scratch and sniff feature. The guide that came with the game had like 10 different scratch and sniff stickers.

[@gorgha3988]

Power glove was also in one of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies. Bet that spiked it's sales for a bit.

[@teejaydee85]

I feel like Nintendo could have their own top 10 list by themselves with all the gimmicks they’ve come up with over the years. ROB Virtual Boy Zapper gun Mario Paint mouse AR cards eReader Gameboy printer Those are just off the top of my head. Feel free to keep the list going

[@Culdcepter]

The Zapper's iconic, and it worked pretty good. Just had a hell of a time shooting that damn Duck Hunt dog....

[@teejaydee85]

@@Culdcepter Oh for sure! I had one as a kid for Duck Hunt and Hogans Alley. Were there any other games you used it for? Talking about that reminded me of the Super Scope. I’d throw that on the list as well

[@Culdcepter]

@@teejaydee85 I have no clue if they made any others. I'd hope they at least wound up with half a dozen. Same with the Super Scope, I don't remember any games off the top of my head for that one.

[@HylianFox3]

Game Boy Camera goes hand-in-hand with the Printer. Nintendo really did push the boundaries of gaming, even if it did result in a number of flops and "who asked for this?" gimmicks.

[@foxymetroid]

The zapper gun was awesome. It's only real problem was that it wasn't designed for television sets built years after the zapper was discontinued. New TVs refresh way too fast. The way the thing worked was that after the trigger was pulled, the screen would go black for one screen to make sure the player wasn't cheating. Then a white square was placed where the target is. If the gun detects the white square, it registers a hit. If not, it registers a miss. Unfortunately, this requires precise timing and was calibrated for 1980s television sets which refreshed at a slower rate than later sets.

[@Falchion1984]

The Biofeedback gimmick could’ve been great in jump-scare games. The player is getting too chill? Dim the lights and spawn some zombie where there usually wouldn’t be any. The player’s in danger of a cardiac event? The lights get brighter and zombies either get scarcer and/or slower/weaker for a few minutes. Could’ve made things more dynamic.

[@MythicOneOne]

Player has no heart beat? Call emergency services.

[@Falchion1984]

@@MythicOneOne Maybe send in dancing xenomorphs if player's biorhythm suggests possible depression?

[@colosine]

I may be the only person who thought the 3ds 3d function was amazing and should have been used on the switch

[@jiblitin1520]

I genuinely enjoyed my 3DS and always used the 3D whenever I played it.

[@HUYI1]

​@@jiblitin1520yeah that is why I got my new 3ds XL before they phased them out I even had a 3d TV at some point 😊

[@lpfan4491]

We are 4 people.

[@thecunninlynguist]

yeah, I rarely used the 3D on my 3DS. I think I only really did it for Mario 3D land and Link between worlds. It did look pretty amazing in Link between worlds, especially when you were going down the death mountain volcano...and i think a few of the hidden block/puzzles were only solvable w/ 3D in 3D land.

[@OwensShadow276]

Yep Exactly!!

[@gryphose1849]

And Nintendo even knew that not everyone cared about the 3d effect, seeing as how they released the 2DS later on (and 2DS XL even later after that).

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

There are games that required 3D?

[@TheOmegaDragon]

@@gryphose1849 it didn't hurt the console and it was easy to use (no ridiculous set up required). I think people often wanted it off because sometimes movement would obscure the screen which would sometimes make it difficult to play games. I like it though even if I don't always use it.

[@gryphose1849]

@@TheOmegaDragon As I said, *not everyone* cared about the 3d effect. I didn't say *no one* cared.

[@scrondolio90]

I wish I could still use my kinect, I loved yelling at my tv

[@sopcannon]

i remember all the troll names that appeared on xbox live

[@akun50]

I don't understand the logic of increasing the difficulty when your heart rate increases. If your heart is racing, you're more likely to be struggling with a game (likely meaning that you're getting frustrated/angry), so making the difficulty go UP is a bit daft in my mind.

[@funandyvideos]

You showed Lucas with his power glove, 10/10

[@lavenderpants8695]

The best part of the Kinect was that it was used in a Paranormal Activity movie 😂

[@snarkasticdouche3863]

The Power Glove was actually an amazing piece of technology. The problem was it was a 3D controller on a console that wasn't advanced enough to render 3D graphics in any useful capacity.

[@Rincevind007]

biofeedback could work these days if they work on how to use peoples fitbits and smart watches as those have pulse monitors as standard feature.

[@The_Keh27]

As much as I hate the lack of support for the PSVR Aim controller, it was great for the games that DID use it like Farpoint, Boxed In, and Firewall

[@FeiFongWang]

Sniffable discs were genius and I'm tired of pretending they're not.

[@jessegilbert9568]

I was one of those that played my 3DS XL in 3D mode for about 2 minutes, turned it off and never used it again. My eyes couldn't focus on anything and I had migraine in no time. I tried adjusting the 3D feature for a bit, but never found a comfortable setting and just abandoned it entirely. I never really thought I'd use the feature much to begin with though. I bought it for the XL aspect specifically for the release of Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask.

[@mackenzieokelley6454]

I think there was also a gimmick somewhere that you were hooked up to a machine, that the more blood you lost in game, the more it would draw from your veins

[@PuttBlug69]

lmao wtf

[@nathanielcockayne2376]

Gotta love the thps games though. The way a trick looks like a double jump. Ollie then pop a tre or hardflip. Fun times

[@usmc1379]

I'm a massive LEGO nerd and I love all the games as well! It took me a long time to buy everything for dimensions though. They cost around three same amount as an average mortgage payment.

[@spoon7686]

I always love your messages at the end. Thank you 🙏 💚🧙🏻‍♂️

[@jasonwhitaker8427]

Appreciate the inclusion of Solomon's Key.

[@usmc1379]

There was a skateboarding game at arcades years ago that used the board controller. I forget the name but I thought it was awesome!

[@jarodventure]

The kinect 2 camera was awesome. The poors and tin hat parade not wanting to pay for it was the problem.

[@AxGryndr]

The NES actually had a few terrible peripherals besides the power glove. There was the NES R.O.B. which never functioned the way you'd want it to. There was the Power Pad for Track and Field which worked kind of like a DDR pad. The NES Laser Scope which looked like a helicopter fighter pilot headset but didn't really work. That trend continued into SNES peripherals as well with things like the Super Scope.

[@richardtherichard26]

It’s a shame they didn’t hold off on trying these things, I imagine had they waited until the tech was actually viable on some of these, they’d have won the console wars. The laser scope in 1991: too good to be true The laser scope in 2023: “how do we NOT have this by now”

[@Relaxedplaythroughs]

They could have used the psvr gun for light gun games as well but guess they never thought to try that.

[@VSDeluxe]

Here in Germany smell discs were used on Kids Point & Click games. I had some. Not a bad gimmick

[@Snotnarok]

I love that the Kinnect raised privacy concerns back then and now people buy all sorts of units that are knowingly recording every single thing you say or do. That's not a defense of the Kinnect or Alexa, just funny how people are now BUYING privacy invasion and weren't cool with it when it came with the device. Also, how did the power glove reach number 1 when it sold well? It was bad, yes. But you featured a product that failed so hard it destroyed a company that was making quality games for ages, or the kinnect that failed hard, twice and nearly sunk the console along with the DRM

[@genlando327plays2]

Wasnt Defiance before Quantum Break?

[@charlesjames7189]

I remember that NES robot that would drop something down to help open doors in a game. It was so slow, we just had my friends little brother push the button instead of the robot. Needless to say, it was a disappointment to us. 😅

[@wizard3z868]

I got my powerglove to work great but i had tape on the floor and string lines off the walls and cielings to stay in sensor range. You wld have thought i was a nasa engineer lol

[@Mike__B]

What no R.O.B. ? The OG gimmick that actually came with the NES when it was originally released in the US? 2 whole games that use it too.

[@cadenchurchill4296]

I'm honestly surprised the Wii U gamepad didn't make it on this list. Also I still love my Amiibos, great, high-quality, items that look awesome on display.

[@lpfan4491]

The Wiiu gamepad never truly bombed. If anything, the audience just wanted to move away from home consoles. The main "critisism" of the console was that you couldn't take the gamepad with you and the Switch's handheld mode is essencially just the gamepad again.

[@OhNoJoshEdits]

Motion controls have already been perfected.. it’s called the *Kinect*

[@DoctorX17]

Despite it being decades old and not a good product, I still want a Power Glove, lol

[@renakunisaki]

I wish 3D displays were still a thing. They may have been a gimmick but they were neat.

[@jasondomican1991]

Some of these actually seem like really fun ideas today lol

[@jiblitin1520]

IDK how you can say toys to life bombed. There was more than 1 Skylanders game and even a TV show about the game because the game did so well. Also amiibos are still selling well enough.

[@QuietPandaMike]

Would the Virtual Boy be considered a bombed gimmick?

[@scotthallinan4609]

It's a shame because the Kinect was an amazing piece of engineering.

[@m2pt5]

I love the power glove. It's so bad.

[@InevitableMayo]

I assume Jules doesn't like being in the petrol station then lol

[@FunnyHaHa420]

I bought Tony Hawk Ride with the board controller at Biglots for 10 bucks. It was a waste of 10 dollars.

[@thegraydirewolf9325]

Also, 3D glasses and the whole technology can ruin your eyes. Literally.

[@ericb3157]

if you think THOSE are bad... ever heard of the Virtual Boy? RED MONOCHROME. definitely headache-inducing.

[@keeganshigh]

Is a quid the same as a pound?

[@nintendians]

9. actually 3d gaming is great if done right, just that some company when adding their own "stereoscopic 3d" into their games - they just half a**ed by using one camera in the game duplicate a 2nd one and moved to make a 2nd image for the other eye which still 2d and adds a miniscule depth (2.5d). company that did this that i know was crytek - using 2.5d on crysis 2 and 3. the 3ds did okay but newer 3ds like the xl should done it better. 8. optional. 7. kind of stupid to make it a permanent thing on xbox one for a time.

[@odie4464]

I was one of these people who did not use the 3D on the 3DS

[@hollyhartwick3832]

3D gaming... I still have the green and purple 3D specs that came with Batman Arkham Asylum. Only ever used them once, just for curiosity's sake. Would not recommend.

[@arthurbrandonnielsen]

To be fair to the "3d gimmick", there were also a lot of lawsuits and "who got the patent first" that killed wider development.

[@lpfan4491]

Humanity, always stifling its own advancements. That is like arguing about who the concept of a controller or motion controls belongs to.

[@Fear20]

3D displays and motion controls are still 100% the future of gaming, they've just now taken the form of proper virtual reality. I love my Quest 2 so much, it completely re-ignited my enjoyment of gaming and it makes me so sad that people aren't appreciating the incredible level of immersion these "gimmicks" can provide.

[@antfrancis9941]

Anyone remember the ps2 eyecam? Edit. Eyetoy.

[@skubbasteve6576]

I don't think any hardware can beat the Nintendo glove in worse hardware.

[@SnuSnuDungeon]

The Virtual Boy

[@HisstKa]

I don't think "toys to life" bombed as much as it burned out. To much product pumped out to damn fast just made it unaffordable. I would love to see the IPs return, even if they did not have the TtL aspect included.

[@MortyCJ]

I think a lot of these which failed due to technological issues, if released now might do better with advances.

[@4444randomness]

A lot of this stuff costs too much and only had around 2 games that used it and there’s still more

[@UrLocalSplatoonFanGuy]

I’m actually a fan of 3-D. I’ve seen countless movies at the theatre in 3-D. And remembered absolutely loving it.

[@jeffprovo7604]

I honestly don't know how they haven't come up with a new version of the powerglove as a VR controller

[@cartledgej]

they sorta have in a way, look-up haptic gloves

[@Nobody_Fn_Important]

I actually loved the Power Glove, I have a feeling that if it came out now, instead of then, it might actually work for more games, especially shooters, pressing either a button on the back while having your pointing finger out, or tapping your thumb on your finger like you would do as a kid would be hilarious and fun.

[@scouseben97]

Leisure suit Larry 5 had a scratch and sniff pad, with like, 9 different smells on it. As you played the game, it’d tell you to scratch whichever one suited that room. Don’t remember it actually working very well though

[@nostalgicumbry3279]

WIth one fo the rugrats movies I think its the one with the wild Thornberry's. They had scratch and sniff cards that you used while watching in theaters. Scratch and sniff tech was wild back in the day

[@irbaboon1979]

It was 7, not 5. Cybersniff 200 :)

[@ManiacEx]

The Power Glove was actually brilliant, especially if you know it's background. The issue was that it was released 40 years ahead of its time as a peripheral for a generation of gaming that didn't know what to do with it.

[@premeexcel6408]

I never had the power glove. Was it as unresponsive as they say?

[@rav3style]

@@premeexcel6408worse

[@petermiller4953]

I'll bet the Power Glove and that one Track and Field pad sell for a LOT of money on Ebay and other sites like that!

[@LordRain1031]

​@@rav3styleweeeeell I don't know if I'd say worse persay....I mean, maybe it's used as a torture device for gamers in hell! 😁😆😅😂🤣

[@UniQueLyEviL]

@@petermiller4953I LOOOVED THAT RACING PAD SO MUCH

[@Shiny101]

I didn't even know THQ went out of business. I remember them from my childhood. RIP

[@Wolfsschamane]

probably because someone bought most of their IPs and renamed to THQ nordic lol

[@a.grimes4202]

The skateboard was like a more modern version of the Roll’n Rock’r peripheral that was such an infamous flop in the NES days, as more recently brought to light by the Angry Video Game Nerd. “I’m drinkin’ Rolling Rock...ON the Roll’n Rock’r!” -AVGN (“NES Accessories” episode)

[@LordRain1031]

Power glove wasn't too bad. I mean, I wound up cutting the cord off of mine and using it as a Halloween costume. Painting half my face gray and making myself "half cyborg." Ahhh the memories! 😅😂🤣

[@davidbardsley9350]

I loved my Kinect, and Kinect 2.0. Played lots of games and rearranged my furniture to make it work well. Used the fitness programs and just generally loved it. Oh and voice commands for watching shows!

[@bobothn]

I think if Kinect 2.0 was an optional add-on it would still be around and we would have probably got a Kinect 3.0 with the Series consoles. As is people saw it as additional evidence Xbox was ignoring their core audience to market to the causal's when the Xbox One launched that it ended up garnering so much hate they killed it off to try and save face. In the Xbox 360 days when the original Kinect came out I remember people being upset it didn't match the hype from marketing but for the most part people thought it was interesting and bought one or though it was stupid and didn't it didn't have the hate then that the Kinect 2.0 got from being forced on people.

[@LC-uh8if]

I still have my Kinect 2.0. Wish it was supported on the Series S/X.

[@neodav00001]

The Kinect had an additional complicating factor, in that it was the first time a console was actively pushing always-online requirements. Not only did the console require you to accept a camera in your living room, it was going to be connected to the internet at all times. Making matters even worse (at least for US audiences), the announcement came the same freaking week as a series of leaks regarding government surveillance within the US. All of a sudden, privacy was THE topic on everyone's minds, and Microsoft dropped their announcement of this mandatory always-online camera right into the middle of that climate. If I had to point to a single factor that contributed to the Xbox One losing so much market share to the PS4 (beyond the PS4 being much easier to develop for than the PS3 was and getting a larger library than the PS3 as a result), that would be it, and Microsoft's console division still hasn't really made up that loss.

[@SudrianTales]

If I could add, blue ray winning the small format war as well didn't help

[@LC-uh8if]

​@@SudrianTales Blu-Ray only won the format war because Sony put one in every PS3. HD-DVD was the superior format and sold better in standalone players, but Microsoft chose to stay with DVDs, making the HD-DVD drive an optional accessory on the XBox 360. Video game systems far outsold standalone video players, allowing Sony's Blu-Ray to achieve far greater market penetration than HD-DVD. The XBox One had a Blu-Ray drive built in if I remember correctly, so Blu-Ray wasn't the reason the PS4 did better, though it certainly may have helped PS3 sales as it would give you a Video Game system and Video Player in one.

[@Redhotsmasher]

​@@LC-uh8ifI thought Blu-Ray was the one with superior video bitrates and stuff? Or am I misremembering?

[@renakunisaki]

That plus leaked documents describing how these devices were planned to be used for interactive ads (the origin of the "drink verification can" meme) which was hardly a selling point for end users.

[@LC-uh8if]

@@Redhotsmasher HD-DVD had a number of features (interactivity and online connectivity) from the beginning that were added in later revisions of Blu-Ray. Blu-Ray had more capacity (and therefore could support a higher bitrate though I couldn't really tell the difference on TVs back then) but both formats had plans to even larger capacities to one up each other which seem to have been abandoned when Blu-Ray won the war. HD-DVD had weaker DRM and no region locking, but personally I would consider that a win. The studios I'm sure would disagree.

[@phil2877]

Well it was nearly impossible to get hold of the aim controller new after a short while, so I'm sure it didn't bomb that hard.

[@maloc1824]

Loved the toys to life gimmick. I actually got into Skylanders and Starlink game. Tho Starlink realized that the toys were nice, but that being able to have a digital copy was better.

[@maloc1824]

​@@Joreelthey are awesome, I just wish you didn't need them to play the game.

[@penguinbrony2415]

I loved the Toys to live gimmick as well. Skylanders and Lego Dimensions were such a cool concept. Just wish Lego Dimensions was given a better chance to succeed.

[@hollyhartwick3832]

I would love Amiibo, but... scalpers and artificial scarcity have put it out of my reach. I would love to get an Amiibo that would give me extra copies of the included Zelda BotW items in Skyrim, but they're out of circulation and secondhand ones are prohibitively priced.

[@Kazja6]

I had a power glove when they first came out. The thing was useless unless you wore it while watching The Wizard. Then I would just imagine…

[@TheThird1977]

I bought quite a few Disney Infinity and Nintendo Amiibo figures for display / collection purposes because they looked great.

[@eddmario]

No kidding. Amiibo are cheap as hell for how high quality the figures are. Hell, the amount of money I've spent on all my Amiibo combined probably still cost less than a single high-quality figurine of the same size would cost.

[@yelnats1278]

About the bio-feedback entry I would like to point out alien isolation as a example

[@thecastiel69]

R.O.B. escaped successfully

[@Falchion1984]

The scratch and sniff gimmicks should’ve been paired with pirate and sea faring-centric games. Scratch the disc and get a snootful of sea breeze? THAT has at least some appeal. Instead, we get this: OutsideXbox/OutsideXtra: Mmmm, cars.

[@sinswhisper9588]

i dont agree with quantum break here ... i actually wanted more of the 'tv' bits ... as i found that to be the thing that most interested me ... the gameplay was your rather standard action adventure/sci-fi tosh and kinda meh ... but the 'tv' bits were actually infinitely more interesting

[@jimmya486]

Nobody cares what you wanted

[@brohonky7750]

Man really just ranked VR under The Kinect, Scratch and Sniff Discs, 3D TVs and Tony Hawk Ride 💀

[@Zirus_Blackheart]

I love the aim controller :-D and you forgot to mention the BIG THING about it for psvr1, ANALOGUE STICKS!

[@infern0711]

I absolutely love Quantum Break. I tell everyone about it and hope for more projects like it. I would love to see a sequel, but I know that won’t happen.

[@micah4029]

Yes! Sci-fi is my favorite genre, especially space/time travel. I love how that game handled time travel. It lines up with one of the more popular principles/theories of time travel. I really want Xbox to give the rights to Remedy.

[@DillyBar_666]

If I had to pick a company that I think could pull it off, it would be Remedy. But that’s still just going real big before establishing the story anyway. Control’s story was getting exhausting for me even though it as really cool. I would not have had the energy to watch hour long videos about it

[@littleaussierippa]

I'd include the six axis motion control for the ps3 as well.

[@clarafedde8674]

So did you forget mattel's hyperscan? Video games using cards, it was literally every card game anime boy's wetdream. Unfortunately it....just put it in the sequel

[@RPhRPGer]

I loved the 3D games I played on PlayStation. Apparently I was one of the few that thoroughly enjoyed it & was sad to see more titles didn’t implement it. 😅

[@UAmmo]

My favorite memory of the Kinect yelling the dragon shout for whirlwind sprint while my buddy was playing Skyrim, resulting in his character blasting off the side of a cliff and dying. Good times.

[@elisehewitt9546]

I loved my 3DS Never had a problem using the 3D mode

[@registereduser]

The idea for the skateboard controller was actually from Tony himself.

[@joeycoe85]

The Wii U didn’t sell well, but the Switch’s successor does kinda beg for it. The dock is right there, and I imagine it has to be discussed. The possibilities are WORTH it. It’s the same with motion controls. PC gamers love motion controls in FPS games, b/c, whether you realize it or not, modern FPS games have to bend over backwards with aim-assist so you’re not IMMEDIATELY killed. There’s actually A LOT of trickery involved in making FPS games play well with dual analogue, b/c it’s just THAT BAD of an input method for these games, specifically.

[@jimimarley9088]

Oh yeah, i remember Microsoft's Kinect....haha, i completely forgot that thing existed....haha. And i remember when it was first introduced and my thoughts on it...😂😂😂😂

[@Caterfree10]

I’m surprised #5 didn’t bring up the 5000 peripheral media FFXV has. Like, yeah that’s probably hypocritical coming from my ass with a FFVII Compilation avatar, but like. XV’s was intentional out the gate, VII’s at least took its time over decades lol. I love XV so far (working through story atm instead of XVI haha), but I still need to tackle Kingsglaive and the anime prequel too. OTL;;

[@xXDuckshotXx]

How is the Virtual Boy not on this list?

[@newageBoundhippie]

I honestly hope Microsoft brings back the Skylanders IP with or without the toys ( though, if there's a way to make a new game that doesn't require the toys but allows those of us who still have them & the portals to scan our stuff for faster unlocks that would be great )...and the biggest problems with amiibo are supply issues ( ffs WHY all the obnoxious retailer exclusives? why so many issues getting them stocked? can scalpers just drop dead please? ) and lack of compelling usage. I keep hoping Nintendo announces a Skylanders style adventure game where you can scan amiibo to unlock characters to play as....think Smash Bros but a true crossover with a story

[@DiggyNutz]

I normally don’t comment on here but in regards to Skylanders…you can’t say the peripherals bombed when it sold 3 billion in 4 years…

[@victorformella7538]

With the toys to life you talked about the big three, but fail to point out the one that started them u.b. funkies they had ties with DC. and speed racer in the end.

[@jamison85]

#6 Leisure Suit Larry 7 - Love for Sail was even further ahead, I think in 1996. It included a scratch and sniff paper that emulated 9 of the game's environments, called CyberSniff2000. The game would announce whenever you entered such an area in game.

[@markdunsford2750]

Leather goddesses of Phobos had scratch and sniff even earlier, back in 1986. Interestingly in a similarly tacky genre.

[@jamison85]

@@markdunsford2750 interesting! That game has always been on my radar, but I've never gotten around to playing it

[@brandonjones5879]

I’m surprised the virtual boy wasn’t named.

[@lespaulpanhead025]

No mention of the Virtual Boy in the 3D gaming section?

[@hansjaeger4166]

Earthbound did the smell thing earlier

[@howieumland9805]

I guess no love for the super scope either, huh.

[@sammylane21]

The scratch and sniff gimmick could work better with the Super Mario Bros franchise. Imagine sniffing the scent from Donut Plains? Or the relaxing scent of Chocolate Island?

[@V3ntilator]

Kinect 1.0 never bombed. It sold 35 millions and is the second best selling add-on ever after Balanceboard for Wii which didn't sell much more than Kinect. I know the video mention only Kinect 2.0 and not 1.0.

[@rontru]

I remember playing res evil on Nintendo 3DS puting the 3d only on halfway and in some special moments if played all time I got my hate do boom boom but it looked good for the time🎉😅 and happy Sunday here from Spain 🤘🏻

[@kazookast]

If you do a part two, you should include the game “lifeline” for ps2. You would use a microphone and command characters in game with your voice. Pretty cool concept that never really came up again.

[@mchenrynick]

I remember when Tony Hawk's Ride was reviewed in Game Informer. The reviewer struggled with that skateboard controller, despite being a real skateboarder!