Why Was the Nintendo Power Glove a Failure?

<p>There have been a lot of video game accessories over the years but some were hits and some just get remembered as gimmicks</p> <p><strong>The Nintendo Power Glove was an accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System that came out in 1989. There was a lot of hype for it from commercials and with the movie The Wizard, but with difficult to use controls it sold poorly and quickly disappeared</strong>.</p> <p>I only got to use a power glove once. It was as frustrating as playing the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.everything80spodcast.com/etvideogame/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Atari E.T video game</a>. The concept seemed cool as hell, a glove that let you play video games, but if you ever used it you know how frustrating and pointless it seemed. The Power Glove by Nintendo was the epitome of a novelty, but one that actually had a lot of promise early on.</p> <p>The Nintendo Power Glove has its routes in music, connections to NASA, had a very elaborate design process and was also unleashed on the world in the movie/commercial The Wizard.</p> <p>Let&rsquo;s look at this unforgotten video game accessory. You can keep reading if you&rsquo;d like or listen to the podcast version. Or both. It&rsquo;s your choice as you are a strong independent person who don&rsquo;t need no help.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/everything-80s/why-was-the-nintendo-power-glove-a-failure-fe477dcc6593"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>
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