Nintendo Virtual Boy for Switch 2 Review: An Incredible Recreation of a Terrible Console
Gizmodo • • technology
Key Points:
- Nintendo has released a $100 Virtual Boy peripheral for the Switch and Switch 2, recreating its 1995 failed console with red-tinted goggles and a games collection, requiring a $50 annual Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscription.
- The original Virtual Boy was Nintendo's worst-selling console due to its uncomfortable design, limited red-and-black graphics, and eye strain issues, but it was conceptually innovative and ahead of its time in 3D gaming technology.
- The new accessory is a faithful but not exact replica, featuring a plastic shell with a fake volume wheel and no wired controller support, and uses the Switch screen behind red lenses to create a stereoscopic 3D effect with less eye strain.
- The initial game lineup includes seven
