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| SKMBlake said:
Yeah and the DS was meant to be the third pillar, not a replacement for the (still young) GBA |
As far as I can see, Nintendo never said the virtual boy was a successor to the Gameboy. From what the internet suggests, there are only vague references to some people thinking it was planned to be a spiritual successor, but, in reality, Nintendo only greenlighted the project because they wanted to be a trailblazer and be seen as an innovator. No development resources were taken away from the Gameboy. It wasn't announced as a next generation portable console. They even pushed the console to the market early because they wanted to concentrate on the N64.
There is literally no reason to think of the VB as a successor to the GB. Key developers never worked on the console (e.g. shigeru Miyamoto). The console was rushed and quickly dropped by Nintendo. They never marketed it as a successor. And it's painfully obvious it is not portable like a Gameboy is.
