Not a massive find, but I thought you guys would be interested that the demo stickers also came with Super Famicom games.

Considering the Super Famicom came first, this is no surprise as such, I just didn’t think about it as I’ve not seen them used outside of VB sample games before.

This game showcases the FX chip, so it makes sense it might have been used to demo the system:

Has anyone seen them on anything else?

That is an awesome find! Many thanks for sharing that. I was also previously unaware of that. I’ve been searching for those Japanese Virtual Boy demo games with the stickers lately. Those darn things are extremely hard to find…

BigMak found a picture online of one of those stickers that was placed on a Virtual Boy Mosaic Box system, perhaps he can find the link to it again to post here.

Here’s the pic that I found online ..quite awhile ago. I didn’t list where I got it from..I apologize to the person because I can’t give them credit for the picture.

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I have 5 out off th 6 demo games jap for virtual boy
And benjamin its really hard to get them i still looking for the easy one mario tennis to compleet my set but already for a long time i dont have find one.
I also had allot problems with teleroboxer demo i have buy the first one i have find and never have seen a athor one for sale
And let very nice find now i can look also for this games for super famicom for my collection

Benjamin Stevens wrote:
That is an awesome find! Many thanks for sharing that. I was also previously unaware of that. I’ve been searching for those Japanese Virtual Boy demo games with the stickers lately. Those darn things are extremely hard to find…

BigMak found a picture online of one of those stickers that was placed on a Virtual Boy Mosaic Box system, perhaps he can find the link to it again to post here.

Interesting that your demo box is stickered – it’s my estimated assumption that Nintendo didn’t have a clear process of applying these stickers before they were sent out. My boxed demo unit has no such sticker and they’re all clearly applied by hand, with the placement pretty much guessed form what I can tell (uneven, different corners etc.).

Still, I find this rather interesting. Nintendo samples at present don’t have any differences and I’ve not seen these used for N64 or Gamecube games (again, not looked either).

What’s more, someone has tried to remove this sticker and soon after changed their mind, maybe the store clerk or perhaps just a subsequent buyer, who knows.

I was pleased to find this but as it’s now documented, I’d be willing to let it go for the right price or a trade, should someone really want it. Some collectors here are totally hardcore and want everything VB-related, so maybe there’s some desire for this item. I’ve not seen another but will have a dig around. It could have been applied in error for all I know. I’ve never seen them on anything other than VB store demo items, which makes sense as Nintendo didn’t have confidence in the system and would have put it out before making final orders, gauging consumer excitement and feedback – packaging changes as one example of implementing this feedback (I’m assuming).

Yeah, Mawa, I must say that I’m a bit jealous over your Japanese Demo game collection. 😉 I realize that a lot of people don’t care much about the boxes with stickers on them, but I sure do, as I would like to have everything VB-related. Thus, if you ever find Japanese Virtual Boy Demo games, which you have but I don’t, online for sale anywhere, I’d appreciate it if you would send me a link to them. Of course, if the Mario’s Tennis one ever pops up, I’ll understand if you simply snag it away from me, but if I have a chance to bid on it myself, I might be a good contender for it. 😉

benjamin iff i find them i will post them but there are more people that are looking for them here on the forum.
I have find all mine jap demo’s games in japan for sale in stores and online but have look hard for it .
this year i whas in japan but did not have find any demo’s anymoure in stores. ( i whas hoping for the mario tennis )to compleet my demo games set jap and usa.
Did you ever have seen the teleroboxer for sale? i have find one for sale in my collectors years. and thats the one that i own now

i still want also the big virtual boy stand and the little stand that i still not own but that will be very hard for me to get

I only started searching hard for them somewhat recently, so I don’t know if any other copies ever appeared since I got into the Virtual Boy in April of 2011, but I only ever recall seeing the Wario Land and Mario Clash ones available for sale online. Thus, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Galactic Pinball, Mario’s Tennis, Red Alarm, or Teleroboxer Japanese Demo games, unless they were not boxed, in which case I wouldn’t know. 😉

I’m the same, I’m wondering if it was applied to this Super Famicom game in error? I’ve not seen them used on anything but VB goods.

If I were you, I would treat this as a genuine and original demo game, not just as some sticker applied to a box in error. The fact that Wild Trax was published by Nintendo at a time when the Virtual Boy’s launch was approaching makes it highly probable that the stickers later used on the Virtual Boy demo games could have already been in use even before the Virtual Boy. Also, it is the sticker that Nintendo, the publisher, would have used since it is known that this is the same sticker used on the Virtual Boy games published by Nintendo. The reason why the sticker for Red Alarm looks different is because that game was published by T&E Soft in Japan, not Nintendo, so T&E Soft used their own sticker design.

I just looked at carts for the Japanese Red Alarm after reading Benjamin’s posting. It does look quite different, almost similar to a US cart with just text.

This one?
Sounds like you looked at the US not for resale demo cartridge?

http://www.virtual-boy.org/ra_wl_demos.htm

I think Dreammary got a little confused about what we were discussing:

http://www.planetvb.com/modules/games/?r010i

As Dreammary said, the cart sticker for the Japanese Red Alarm (1st image under “Cart Scans” on the page above), does indeed contain almost only text. The image behind it, however, is part of the pilot’s mask, as can be understood by comparing it to the front of the game’s box. Nevertheless, the cart sticker is pretty bland much like the majority of the cart stickers for the North American cartridges.

This discussion does not deal with the Japanese carts but with the boxes for the Japanese demo games, since that is the only way to tell a Japanese demo game apart from a Japanese retail game. The sticker on the box for the Japanese Red Alarm (3rd image under “Box Scans” on the page above), is a different sticker than the ones on all of the other Japanese demo game boxes. And again, this is explained because there was a different publisher for this game than for the rest.