One of the more puzzling announcements of 2025 was that Nintendo would be reviving the Virtual Boy with games on Nintendo Switch and Nintenco Switch 2’s Online Classics library. The physical ...

Nintendo has officially shared the prices for the upcoming Virtual Boy accessories set to be released for the Switch and Switch 2, necessary to play the newest games hitting Nintendo Switch Online.

Nintendo announced during the September 2025 Direct that Virtual Boy games would join the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack subscription tier for people with both the original console and Switch 2 ...

Nintendo is bringing the Virtual Boy back to Switch, allowing a new generation of players to experience one of gaming’s most ...

The Virtual Boy was supposed to revolutionize the gaming world 30 years ago. Instead, the clunky device went down in Nintendo's company history as a failure. So it's all the more surprising that the ...

The long-lost console is being revived next February in cardboard and plastic form as a Switch accessory with Switch Online games. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable ...

Nintendo’s failed VR platform, Virtual Boy, is part of an upcoming celebration that will allow you to play '90s games using new accessories through Switch Online. A Nintendo representative previously ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Super Smash Bros. Animal Crossing. A new 3D Mario or mainline Zelda. These were all on my hypothetical bingo card leading up to today’s Nintendo Direct stream. And while there was a fair share of ...

Nintendo is dusting off one of its most unusual ideas. The Virtual Boy, one of the company’s bold but flawed 3D consoles from the 1990s, will return next year as an accessory for the Nintendo Switch ...

Michael Ingram is a Senior Contributor from the United States of America. Michael has been writing for GameRant since 2021, writing both analytically and fiction for years beforehand. Michael is a ...