Nintendo's 10 Biggest Blunders And Fails

Unlike the Virtual Boy, which was conceived at a time technology could not realise its full potential, the Power Glove was a poorly conceived peripheral that did not even begin to serve its purpose. Nintendo decided that normal control pads were outdated by 1989 and decided to plunge headfirst in to motion sensor technology. The biggest fault with the Power Glove? It did not work. Simple as.

The Power Glove was meant to eliminate the need for control pads and turn gaming into an intuitive experience at the tips of your fingers. Instead, the Power Glove required a series of ridiculously convoluted gestures, often with minute differences in gesture between commands. That was if it even worked at all.

The Power Glove was an embarrassing failure that foreshadowed Nintendo's later fascination with introducing new technology regardless of whether it was necessary. Even worse was the marketing campaign behind the Power Glove. Nintendo sold it as the new cutting edge innovation of gaming and all their advertisement showed it working perfectly. Nintendo even financed and produced an entire movie, The Wiz, marketing the utility of the Power Glove. This was the equivalent of certain fast food chains' perfect burger advertisements and the stark reality of the squashed dry lump of processed meat you actually receive in store.

Fans were left with an expensive hunk of plastic that had them waving their arms in frustration, begging the Power Glove to do commands and movements that were as simple as tapping a button previously.