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Message: [QUOTE="TamagotchiTamaHero24, post: 204321, member: 215120"] You’ve seen Nintendo butcher Wi-fi… You’ve seen them disappoint you with plastic guff… Now, come one and come all, as you watch Nintendo SOMEHOW manage to mess up a microphone! Give them a round of applause everybody! They really did use a whole eighth of their ass to design this thing, so they deserve it. (For real, this thing had zero support aside from Animal Crossing, but it’s also WILDLY worthless since there was no effort even attempted to mute non-voice audio, so you’d get this horrible electronic echo most of the time. Which, for the Animal Crossing fanbase (which has many folks with sensory issues who like a more relaxing and less explosive game), I’m sure they must’ve just LOVED that one!) [automerge]1747324395[/automerge] So, okay, after all the seriousness it’s time for some good, old fashioned, making fun of Tiger. A time honored tradition. I’m the kind of person who can cite a couple of Tiger games that are not bad and can be pretty fun to fiddle with! And, when Tiger stays in their lane and makes more toy than game, I think they can come up with some fun stuff. [ATTACH type="full" size="1920x1018"]69462[/ATTACH] The R-Zone… is too funny to hate for me. It’s completely objectionable, yes, but it’s so far in the direction of insanity and trend chasing that it loops back to being adorable. A Virtual Boy competitor that does nothing the Virtual Boy does other than have a head strap. A completely impractical way to play games, which is good, since no game made for the R-zone was good enough to be played anyway. All said, it’s actually a super cute toy and something that, for a low price, I wouldn’t mind owning specifically to show people what an actually bad video game system is. [ATTACH type="full"]69463[/ATTACH] And then they went and got rid of all of the R-Zone’s charm. The XPG (Xtreme Pocket Game) is a model that stands tall as a “well now you’ve just ruined the whole thing” staple. Without the horrid head mount, the R-Zone is just a lesser Tiger handheld but now with swappable games and more components that can break. Which, this thing absolutely will, as it’s made of cheap and flimsy plastic from the year 1996. The XPG is no fun allowed. They took the one thing that made the R-zone notable (being a ridiculous eye piece that you play games on) and they took it away to turn it into one of the cheapest feeling handhelds I’ve ever held. I have actually held one of these in my hands before, and the term “cheap” is all that comes to mind. Like, the D-pad rattles when you shake the system. I think that should give you a good idea. The R-Zone is a stupid toy. You take the toy part away, try to make it fit in with actual handheld systems, and suddenly all my initial (warped) respect for the project is now gone. It’s an upgrade… that’s worse! It’s the R-Zone: Xtreme Pocket Game. (If only Sonic X-theme had come out. That way we could have had the chance for an X-treme Sonic game on what is CLEARLY the most Xtreme of handhelds.) [/QUOTE]

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