"Yes, seriously! In a move absolutely no one was expecting, the all-time classic 3D gaming device Virtual Boy is coming to Nintendo Switch, via what looks like the ultimate Labo experiment. Via either a faithful plastic replica of the original device, or even a cardboard version, Nintendo is planning to bring 14 Virtual Boy games back to its systems."
"As what's now called Nintendo Classics rapidly expands, perhaps there was hope that we might start to see some Wii games getting potential emulation, and the woefully missing DS category getting added, but it's safe to say few had Virtual Boy on their bingo card. The three-decade-old device rendered games in a red-on-black format, played by pressing your face into the massive goggles balanced on a stand."
"What's quite so extraordinary about this is that it obviously can't just run on your Switch or Switch 2, because it has no means of being a 3D device. Hence the brand new peripheral, that recreates the original look. But there's also a cardboard version that will likely cost significantly less, and hopefully still recreate the same effect."
Nintendo is bringing the 1995 Virtual Boy experience to Switch via a new peripheral that recreates the original headset, offered as both a plastic replica and a cardboard version. Fourteen original Virtual Boy titles will be added to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack over time, including Mario's Tennis, Red Alarm, Teleroboxer and Galactic Pinball. The Switch hardware cannot natively reproduce the Virtual Boy's red-on-black stereoscopic display, so the peripheral provides the necessary physical form factor. The original Virtual Boy sold poorly due to cost and primitive graphics, but nostalgia is driving renewed interest.
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