Virtual Lab

Virtual Lab is a puzzle game developed by Nacoty and published by J-Wing for the Virtual Boy on December 8th of 1995 only in Japan. This is the last official Virtual Boy game released in Japan. Because of the game's poor sales, the game can sell for more than $1000 on online auction sites. The gameplay is a mixture of Pipe Mania and Tetris.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) The game was rushed to completion after J-Wing heard that Nintendo was going to discontinue the Virtual Boy while the game was still in development. This has created problems which will be listed.
 * 2) They misspelled the word "Nintendo" twice. One on the  and the other on the.
 * 3) The music and sound effects are terrible.
 * 4) J-Wing screwed up the setting of the speed of dropping down the pieces. The mid setting is the fastest setting out of the three options.
 * 5) The three speed settings also don't have much difference in speed. They are all slow.
 * 6) It's easy to drop a piece on the wrong space which can immediately give you a game over.
 * 7) Unlike most puzzle games with similar gameplay, you can't rotate the pieces counterclockwise.
 * 8) The controls are too sensitive.
 * 9) The game gives you a password after completing a level, but it's useless because there's no option to enter a password in the game.
 * 10) After completing all 100 levels, the levels loop back to the first level instead of a congratulations screen or staff credits.
 * 11) The pipe pieces resembles a intestine. (On the instruction manual, it describes the pieces as an alien lifeform called 'Mew', which are supposed to be worms.)
 * 12) The 'protagonist', Risa Katagiri (a girl located on the right side of the game screen), does not match the instruction manual's appearance.
 * 13) Risa has crudely animated 'jiggle physics' within her animation. Yes, 'jiggle physics' in a Virtual Boy Game. It might be an attempt for a 3D effect, but it is still kind of disturbing.

Reception
Nintendo Life gave the game a 2/10. It's one of Hardcore Gaming 101's kusoge games. Planet Virtual Boy gave the game a 3/10.

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