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[Miyazaki’s Slave]

I don't know if anyone is interested in these but just in case there are fellow USA marks* keeping their eyes out for them.

Here is a direct link to full headset/shell version:

Virtual Boy™ for Nintendo Switch™ 2/Nintendo Switch™ - Nintendo Official Site

Buy Virtual Boy™ for Nintendo Switch™ 2/Nintendo Switch™ and shop other great Nintendo products online at the official My Nintendo Store.

www.nintendo.com

Link to the cardboard version:

Virtual Boy™ (Cardboard Model) for Nintendo Switch™ 2/Nintendo Switch™ - Nintendo Official Site

Buy Virtual Boy™ (Cardboard Model) for Nintendo Switch™ 2/Nintendo Switch™ and shop other great Nintendo products online at the official My Nintendo Store.

www.nintendo.com

Spoiler: Oh the shame...

 

[Kuranghi]

You couldn't already buy this? Wtf, its been out in the UK for ages hasn't it?

 

[Magic Carpet]

Does it come with all the games?

 

[RoboFu]

Does it come with all the games?

You use it with the virtual console on switch. Which you also have to pay for.

I am really surprised they made this.

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

You couldn't already buy this? Wtf, its been out in the UK for ages hasn't it?

Nah...US went live today. Tariff related or some other reason I guess?
But Nintendo did this to the us/USA for the Switch 2 pre-orders as well.

Does it come with all the games?

This product is a brick...only sad folk like me will buy this. It requires Switch or Switch 2 hardware AND it requires an active subscription to Nintendo Online services.

 

[Kacho]

A standalone wireless Virtual Boy with all the games loaded on it would be more appealing.

 

[_Ex_]

So, you can play Switch 1/2 Virtual Boy games offline for up to 7 days, but you must then connect to the internet at least once every 7 days to verify your Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscription is still active. In other words, this Switch Virtual Boy is effectively an online-only product, and if you stop paying your online subscription you can't play those Virtual Boy games you bought rented previously. With this nonsense and the Game-Key Card crap, I have to ask... why does Switch 2 era Nintendo hate player ownership so much?

 

[Dr Bass]

So, you can play Switch 1/2 Virtual Boy games offline for up to 7 days, but you must then connect to the internet at least once every 7 days to verify your Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscription is still active. In other words, this Switch Virtual Boy is effectively an online-only product, and if you stop paying your online subscription you can't play those Virtual Boy games you bought rented previously. With this nonsense and the Game-Key Card crap, I have to ask... why does Switch 2 era Nintendo hate player ownership so much?

Gamepass ... PS+ Games ... etc.

It's not "Nintendo."

Not a whole lot of Virtual Boy games to make this worth buying unless you are diehard about that stuff IMO.

 

[Kuranghi]

This is mental, not just that it only just launched in the US, the whole online and everything, what a piece of online trash this is. Fuck em.

Can you use the peripheral with "offline" games?

 

[That Damn Kid]

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

I'm buying an Analogue 3D this week instead.

A kinda spendy peripheral that requires an active subscription to play anything is kind of a laughable proposition. I'd actually shell out for Virtual Boy stuff, but you have to actually sell me the games properly.

 

[ResurrectedContrarian]

It's a fun idea. I actually enjoyed the Labo cardboard VR for the novelty it was.

There's already excellent emulation of the Virtual Boy on Quest headsets however, so I'll stick with that.

 

[FoxMcChief]

I might after the holidays.

My daughter's Switch 2 and two games just arrived today from Target. She's gonna be thrilled Christmas morning.

 

[bumpkin]

Fuck it, why not? I didn't own the original hardware and didn't have any friends with one either. It's a curiosity, I'll bite.

 

[Chittagong]

You couldn't already buy this? Wtf, its been out in the UK for ages hasn't it?

Yeah I ordered it in UK ages ago. Just like the original Virtual Boy, it will be the most useless large hunk of plastic in my home once again.

 

[Ozzie666]

Not falling for this again Nintendo, you got me the first time in 1995.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

This is mental, not just that it only just launched in the US, the whole online and everything, what a piece of online trash this is. Fuck em.

Can you use the peripheral with "offline" games?

Pretty sure you can access all the games offline

I've played GBA, SNES, etc games offline

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

I am kinda tempted by the cheap version. It costs less than so many indie turds, and it can play a whopping 14 games.
Not that I'd play any of those for more than an hour, of course, except maybe Wario Land.
And it's not like I couldn't emulate those on a modded 3DS, with less strain on my neck and eyes.

 

[cireza]

I am kinda tempted by the cheap version. It costs less than so many indie turds, and it can play a whopping 14 games.
Not that I'd play any of those for more than an hour, of course, except maybe Wario Land.
And it's not like I couldn't emulate those on a modded 3DS, with less strain on my neck and eyes.

You still have to pay for NSO... They better not raise the price because of this thing because nobody asked for it and this is a gimmick, where are the great Capcom, Konami, Square, Enix etc... games on SNES ? The lineup is missing a ton of classic games.

Also SEGA games. We barely got anything new in more than a year. NSO is a joke.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

You still have to pay for NSO... They better not raise the price because of this thing because nobody asked for it and this is a gimmick, where are the great Capcom, Konami, Square, Enix etc... games on SNES ? The lineup is missing a ton of classic games.

Also SEGA games. We barely got anything new in more than a year. NSO is a joke.

You know as well as me that those publishers have long since decided to sell their old classics themselves, instead of giving them to Nintendo for their online-only services.
Contra, Castlevania, Gradius, Megaman, Street Fighter, Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, the Disney games, all of those have their dedicated collections and remasters/ remakes. They are not coming back to subscription services. Breath of Fire is on NSO, for example, as long as Capcom doesn't care about making a collection of the games. It is what it is.

NSO is a good way to discover less-known games, at least. And it offers mostly hassle-free N64 and Gamecube emulation. For those who don't want to emulate literally anywhere else, for some reason. But that could be said for every retro game ever. Even Capcom's and Konami's collections are essentially redundant, since nowadays you can emulate those games on pretty much everything. It's just a way to give money to those old IPs in the hope that the property holders don't think we all forgot about them.

 

[Oberstein]

I don't know if anyone is interested in these but just in case there are fellow USA marks* keeping their eyes out for them.

Here is a direct link to full headset/shell version:

Virtual Boy™ for Nintendo Switch™ 2/Nintendo Switch™ - Nintendo Official Site

Buy Virtual Boy™ for Nintendo Switch™ 2/Nintendo Switch™ and shop other great Nintendo products online at the official My Nintendo Store.

www.nintendo.com

Link to the cardboard version:

Virtual Boy™ (Cardboard Model) for Nintendo Switch™ 2/Nintendo Switch™ - Nintendo Official Site

Buy Virtual Boy™ (Cardboard Model) for Nintendo Switch™ 2/Nintendo Switch™ and shop other great Nintendo products online at the official My Nintendo Store.

www.nintendo.com

Spoiler: Oh the shame...

 

[Haint]

I paid $39 or $49 for the actual Virtualboy when the put it on clearance firesell.

 

[cireza]

You know as well as me that those publishers have long since decided to sell their old classics themselves, instead of giving them to Nintendo for their online-only services.
Contra, Castlevania, Gradius, Megaman, Street Fighter, Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, the Disney games, all of those have their dedicated collections and remasters/ remakes. They are not coming back to subscription services. Breath of Fire is on NSO, for example, as long as Capcom doesn't care about making a collection of the games. It is what it is.

NSO is a good way to discover less-known games, at least. And it offers mostly hassle-free N64 and Gamecube emulation. For those who don't want to emulate literally anywhere else, for some reason. But that could be said for every retro game ever. Even Capcom's and Konami's collections are essentially redundant, since nowadays you can emulate those games on pretty much everything. It's just a way to give money to those old IPs in the hope that the property holders don't think we all forgot about them.

I think this is an excuse and that Nintendo could make the effort of getting some of these games in their service because the SNES line-up is a bit pitiful right now. But they are greedy, that's the problem here. SEGA managed to get Castlevania, Street Fighter, Megaman and Contra from Konami and Capcom, and thus the games are available on the MegaDrive NSO.

 

[Hudo]

 

[deriks]

A standalone wireless Virtual Boy with all the games loaded on it would be more appealing.

Nintendo: yeah, but we win more doing a subscription that is a matter of we decide when to die

 

[Witchilich]

Whats the point without Jack Bros?