I...I hate being one of these people. Because when I read contrary comments like what I am about to say, I almost always think the person is full of s***.

Anyway, while I never owned one, I did have a friend that let me borrow one for a very extensive period of time. While I certainly do remember feeling a little weird after using one, I never experienced the eye strain that people talked about. If anything, I was more annoyed by having to use the stand that it was on. You could take it off the stand, but good luck getting in a comfortable position since you can't officially strap it to your head or anything. Thought from a kid's perspective the thing would put too much strain on the neck for that, anyway.

Mario Tennis and that other Mario game where it's sort of like Mario Bros. on two 2D planes was alright.

By no means am I defending the Virtual Boy for the record, though I think that's apparent. I just never got the eye strain, but I can easily imagine why other people did.