Nintendo surprises with Virtual Boy accent for the Switch 2

In a wild and surprising transfer, Nintendo introduced it’s bringing again the Virtual Boy for the Switch Online + Expansion Pack. The firm will launch a bodily duplicate of the infamous Nineteen Nineties tabletop system, permitting gamers to fit of their Switch or Switch 2 to expertise basic Virtual Boy video games.

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The accent will probably be accessible in two variations: a $100 plastic mannequin and a extra reasonably priced $25 cardboard model. Nintendo says each equipment will probably be bought completely within the U.S. and Canada.

To play the video games, you’ll want one of many new equipment. The titles will begin arriving on the Switch Online + Expansion Pack service on February 17. A complete of 14 stereoscopic 3D Virtual Boy video games are deliberate for the service, together with fan favourites like Mario’s Tennis, Galactic Pinball, Teleroboxer, and Space Invaders.

This means a majority of the Virtual Boy’s authentic 22-game library will probably be accessible to a brand new era of gamers. The authentic Virtual Boy was a industrial failure, with manufacturing and recreation growth ending only one yr after its 1995 launch. It stays to be seen if the complications and eye pressure that plagued the unique system will probably be an issue for the brand new model.