Nintendo Switch Online’s Virtual Boy Section Will Include Two Unreleased Games

Today Nintendo put out more information regarding their plans to add a Virtual Boy section to their Switch Online service. The news was surprising enough on its own, but it’s now become even wilder: titles that were announced for the system back in 1996 but went unreleased will be part of the library. When the Virtual Boy section goes live on February 17. it will contain the following games: Galactic Pinball Teleroboxer RED ALARM Virtual Boy Wario Land 3-D Tetris Golf The Mansion of Innsmouth Believe it or not, that last one is a first-person survival horror game released only in Japan. How does it run on something like the Virtual Boy? Not very well! But it’s fascinating that it even exists. To play these games, the Virtual Boy accessory is mandatory. Yes, they won’t let you play them without an add-on that’s only available on Nintendo’s website. You detach the Switch 2 screen from its Joy-Cons and stick it into a VB-shaped shell. You have two to pick from: a cardboard recreation for $25, or for the collectors, a plastic recreation for $99.99. And the website says they don’t ship until February 17, so if we factor in shipping […]
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Man, Nintendo is actually doing this? I thought Virtual Boy was dead forever. I remember seeing one at a flea market years ago and thinking it looked like torture device for your eyes. Now they’re dropping unreleased games like Zero Racers and D-Hopper? That’s actually huge. I’m tempted to buy the $99 plastic shell just to say I played them legit. But the cardboard one for $25 sounds smart for most people. Still laughing at the fact that on launch day nobody can even play because shipping takes forever. Classic Nintendo move. I’m setting a reminder for late February to see if these leaked prototypes run okay in emulation first or if I should just cave and order the accessory. This might be the weirdest thing they’ve added to Switch Online yet.

This is the most Nintendo thing ever. “Here’s our cursed 3D headset nobody wanted, now buy our overpriced plastic toy to use it on Switch 2.” $99 for the good one? Bro I’m not paying that for something that hurts my head after 10 minutes. The $25 cardboard version is probably fine though. At least we’re getting two games that were never released before. Zero Racers looks fun from the old screenshots I saw. But why skip Bound High? Everyone already played it through leaks. Makes zero sense to leave it out. I guess they want us to suffer more. I’ll wait for someone to record gameplay and watch instead of buying anything.

Lmao Nintendo really said “we’re bringing back the Virtual Boy but you gotta buy our special $100 helmet first.” And shipping means day one is dead on arrival. Peak comedy. I love how they include two finished games nobody ever got to play but ignore Bound High even though it’s been leaked everywhere for years. Their logic is broken. I’m not spending money on this gimmick though. My eyes already hate me enough. I’ll just emulate the leaked versions like a normal person and save $99. Still cool they’re adding the official ones for the real collectors out there.