Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Basically since the original Famicom made its way from Japan to North America, under the name Nintendo Entertainment System, it’s ...

The Virtual Boy is not underrated. In fact, 30 years after its launch, Nintendo’s tabletop oddity is on the short list of items from video game history that’s properly rated. It offered very few games ...

As someone who witnessed its initial release, I’m delightfully baffled that Nintendo is resurrecting the Virtual Boy. We aren ...

I keep wondering when Nintendo will get back into VR. I actually asked Shigeru Miyamoto about it earlier this year. Well, Nintendo's back in the VR game, sort of, with a new Virtual Boy. Retro games ...

In what is arguably the most unexpected announcement of 2025 in the gaming industry, Nintendo has introduced Virtual Boy to Nintendo Classics. Not only are 14 of the strangest Nintendo games ever ...

Consult any list of Nintendo's worst releases—heck, any list of the worst consoles from any franchise—and you'll see one name repeated over and over again: the Virtual Boy. Billed as the future of ...

Many brows were raised when Nintendo announced that Virtual Boy games were coming to Nintendo Switch Online. The Virtual Boy is perhaps one of the most infamous game consoles of all time. The attempt ...

Nintendo has made the shock announcement of the return of Virtual Boy. Virtual Boy Nintendo Classics launches February 17, 2026 via the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscription on Switch 1 ...

TL;DR: Nintendo is reviving the Virtual Boy in early 2026 through its Switch Online Expansion Pack, offering 14 classic games and a stylized headset case. This nostalgic release highlights the company ...

Of all the predictions that one could have made about Friday's Nintendo Direct, nobody could have possibly predicted that Nintendo would revive the Virtual Boy. That's because the Virtual Boy was a ...

Hindsight is 20/20, and these days it's easy enough to point out all the factors that coincided to make the Virtual Boy a critical and commercial failure. But as Nintendo gears up to give the VR ...