Often, you need to throw the shell 'into' the screen, either from the foreground, or carry the shell through pipes into the background planes and huck it toward yourself (the gamer). Mario must bounce on Koopas to take their shells, and then hurl those shells into tougher enemies, such as Spinys and Boos.

Thanks to the Virtual Boy, those planes actually look like they are varying distances from the foreground, where Mario often starts. Mario Clash drops Mario into dozens of single-screen stages, tasking him with smashing enemies that operate on multiple planes. Each stage offers 2 Koopas to use as ammo. but without the necessary co-op play, thanks to the solo nature of the Virtual Boy. Instead, Mario fanatics had to settle for Mario Clash, a 3D re-imagining of the classic Mario Bros. The closest Virtual Boy owners got was Wario Land, which was actually a fine 2D adventure. In fact, the Virtual Boy never received a proper Mario side-scroller. The Virtual Boy shipped with Mario Tennis, a very playable little game, but still not the Mario adventure that so many Nintendo fans craved. The system's fortunes were not helped by the lack of a real-deal Mario game, something that always flanked a new Nintendo system launch until the arrival of the GameCube in 2001. The console was canned in 1996 and remains now nothing but a footnote - one not often spoken of - in Nintendo's history. But in 1995, the Virtual Boy was slammed by critics and largely ignored by consumers, despite heavy marketing. Divorced by history, the Virtual Boy is actually a wholly intriguing piece of hardware. The system was monochromatic, much like the original Game Boy, but instead of black-and-white, the Virtual Boy went with red. Players dropped their faces into a mounted display that crafted 3D images through a rapidly fluttering set of mirrors. Launched in August of 1995, Nintendo's virtual reality-esque console was an ungainly creation. Nintendo does not have a reputation for failure, which is what makes the chronicle of the Virtual Boy so fascinating.

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