"You'll need to have a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership to access the launch titles, and unlike Nintendo's other retro emulators, this one also requires a dedicated accessory. As a reminder, the Virtual Boy was a portable tabletop system released in 1995, and the first console capable of rendering stereoscopic 3D graphics. It had a facemask with a monochrome red display built onto a bipod, so rather than wearing it like a modern VR headset, you had to awkwardly push your face towards it to play games."
"Aesthetically, the $100 Virtual Boy add-on is a near perfect replica of the original console, with the big difference being that rather than a built-in display, it has a slot for sliding in your Switch or Switch 2. And unlike the OG Virtual Boy, this one is also wireless. If $100 seems a bit steep for something that'll almost certainly be collecting dust before summer rolls around, Nintendo is also selling a $25 cardboard version (unfortunately your old Labo VR headset won't work here)."
Nintendo released the Virtual Boy app for Switch and Switch 2 through the Nintendo Classics lineup. Access to the launch titles requires a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership and a dedicated Virtual Boy accessory. The Virtual Boy was originally a 1995 portable tabletop system that used a monochrome red stereoscopic display and required users to press their face to a facemask mounted on a bipod. Nintendo offers a $100 wireless add-on that holds a Switch or Switch 2 and closely replicates the original design, plus a $25 cardboard version. The launch lineup includes 3d Tetris, Galactic Pinball, Golf, The Mansion of Innsmouth, Red Alarm, Teleroboxer and Virtual Boy Wario Land, with additional titles planned.
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