The September 12 Nintendo Direct included a number of surprising announcements, with the reveal of retro Virtual Boy games set to launch for Nintendo Switch Online catching audiences off guard in a ...

Bad news, future Switch owners. In an email sent out on Thursday morning, Nintendo revealed that the Virtual Console will not be available when the Switch launches next week. Considering that we ...

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 ...

Ahead of the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo went ahead and shook up how they present games that are purchased online through the Nintendo eShop. Virtual Game Cards are here to stay, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nintendo consoles haven’t been short of a few ‘interesting’ attachments or accessories, and now, after its announcement in the September 2025 Direct, you’ll be able to experience the Virtual Boy’s ...

The Virtual Boy is Nintendo’s most notorious failure. Released in 1995, the console only made it to '96. Its defining characteristics are almost entirely negative: Its display was limited to ...

Once you update your Nintendo Switch to version 20.0.0 (which came out on April 29), you should see icons for two new features that will also be on the upcoming Switch 2: GameShare and Virtual Game ...

Nintendo Switch got a big update this week that’s laying the groundwork for the Switch 2’s June launch, and it includes the new Virtual Game Cards feature that some Nintendo fans are finding a bit ...