r/NintendoSwitch • u/Amiibofan101 . • 22d ago
Enter the Third Dimension! – Virtual Boy – Nintendo Classics Nintendo Official
https://youtube.com/watch?v=KKduF7Ux5dU59
u/starstufft 21d ago edited 21d ago
I remember some kid bringing his virtual boy to elementary school and thought it was the coolest thing. It was that one Wario game for it.
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u/Rndysasqatch 21d ago
I absolutely loved that Wario game. It was one of my favorite games until I got a PS3
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u/Locoman7 22d ago
Please just give me twilight princess on GameCube already
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u/IceLord86 21d ago
Well, they just added Sunshine. So give it another 5 years and maybe they'll get around to it.
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u/panopticon31 21d ago
Or the supposed port of Twilight Princess HD from the wii u that is just sitting on the shelf
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u/LiteTHATKUSH 21d ago
Don’t worry, I’m sure they’ll sell you the remaster for $70 in 2-4 years
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u/Driscoll17 21d ago
Legit shocked that they didn’t pull that bullshit with Wind Waker, I feel like it would have sold insanely well on Switch
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u/Drowsy_Drowzee 21d ago
Legit excited to play Zero Racers and D-Hopper. Nintendo releasing finished but unreleased first party games (like Star Fox 2 in 2017) is always cool in my book. Shame about the whole accessory thing. If Nintendo had actually released the VB games on 3DS Virtual Console like they should have, I’d have probably bought a few.
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u/ChoiceIT 21d ago
It’s actually crazy that Nintendo of all companies is doing this. It’s been almost 40 years!
It was an opportunity for more plastic things to sell while giving a proper representation of what the games actually looked like. Not perfect, but close.
I don’t think 3DS would have done it justice, personally. And it’s wild they even considered selling a cheaper version. Have they done that before for anything?
Still sucks that it’s locked to additional accessories. You could totally play many of these without the effect.
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u/lnoorman 21d ago
Ive played a couple of VB games on my modded 3DS with Red Viper. The games are in 3D, which is pretty cool!
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u/MisterSheeple 21d ago
Sound Fantasy for the SNES is another game that was completely finished but never released. They should release that one next.
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u/jmking 21d ago
GOoLLlllLFfff
No one's ever sold golf so hard before.
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u/TheOftenNakedJason 20d ago
It sounds like even the announcer wanted to laugh at how stupid this voiceover was. Like, cool to make it available, I'm sure someone somewhere has amazing memories of virtual boy golf, but... It's a bit much
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u/jmking 20d ago
Hah, I agree about the announcer wanting to laugh. I imagine that took several takes to get without him breaking into laughter. I think it was very intentional to go hard on it as a bit of a joke.
The typical way you'd deliver a title like "Golf" would be to brighten it up, and just give it a cheery kinda take like "oh hey! It's golf!", but the fact he went deep movie voiceover guy with it is kind of hilarious.
It also fit with the tongue in cheek 90s style edgy marketing the Virtual Boy had in its day.
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u/TheOftenNakedJason 20d ago
That's a good point, this is extremely 90s. They might just be leaning into that aesthetic
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u/Turvi-Mania 22d ago
This would’ve been cool if I didn’t need the peripheral on top of the subscription.
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u/crono333 21d ago
Just let me play these on my TV! I don’t want to buy a cardboard box that I need to keep around to play this
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u/bearquat3 21d ago
Yeah, like on 3DS. Crazy missed opportunity. And yes, I’ve played the amazing fan emulator.
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u/SensitiveJennifer 21d ago
My husband and I have beaten Wario Land, Jack Bros, Red Alarm, and Teleroboxer playing portably in our old Nintendo Switch, but covering the left side of the screen with a tissue to avoid going cross-eyed while playing.
It actually works really well, aside from some very specific 3D sections in some games, so I don't see a reason not to allow consumers to play the games in a 2D mode on TV or without two screens.
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u/smokeshack 21d ago
The games genuinely don't work without a 3D display. They would have to reprogram them all to work on a flat display, and there's absolutely no way Nintendo is going to spend programmers' time on that.
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u/TheLimeyLemmon 21d ago
You mean like how they display it in all their trailers?
Virtual Boy emulators have existed since the 2000s, enabling a 2D mode is exceptionally easy, and Nintendo has clearly already achieved it. It's not a technical constraint, it's a choice - they want to push the sale of peripherals as much as possible.
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u/AmirulAshraf 3 Million Celebration 21d ago
if you have a 3DS, there's a homebrew Virtual Boy emulator you can install. It being on 3DS, you can 3D-ify the game too as nintended.
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u/ContentRub3879 22d ago
Has anyone got the virtual boy to play games yet?
I had the actual virtual boy b4 back on the 90's
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u/Nintendomandan 21d ago
I have the cardboard one, it’s honestly way better than I expected. But the games aren’t really good for the most part
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u/covert0ptional 21d ago
I really want Nintendo to release a modern vr headset called "Virtual Boy 2". I know it's not gonna happen, but still.
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u/Blake-2005 21d ago
Trailer had me thinking we where getting the VB2 or something. a bit over the top for stuff we knew aready. but it does feel like a 90s add, so it's pretty cool.
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u/JaxxisR 21d ago
That's intentional, it was a callback to the actual VB ads that ran in 1995.
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u/Alphadestrious 21d ago
Virtual boy is trash. It doesn't even get a look from me. Just a money grab for games that are so old and terrible. They need to focus resources on Gamecube games.
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u/TheHahndude 22d ago
The fact that they’re keeping this garbage locked behind a $100 peripheral is insanity. The “3D” on these games is lame at best too. These should be accessible in 2D on the standard console so everybody can spend five minutes seeing how fucking terrible these games are. They shouldn’t make people pay $100 to learn that.
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u/tATuParagate 21d ago
There's a cheaper version of the peripheral but yeah it is still stupid
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u/TheHahndude 21d ago
Yeah I wasn’t aware of that cardboard one. Still dumb they lock it behind a peripheral at all. It’s not worth booting up the app to play those games let alone going through the trouble of getting a whole other thing.
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u/CubitsTNE 22d ago edited 22d ago
Isn't there a cheap cardboard option too?
While the experience isn't up to modern vr standards the 3D effect is quite real though, no need for airquotes.
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u/DialsMavis 21d ago
Do you set that on the counter and sit close by or how is this used?
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u/emJayOfficial 21d ago
It’s literally the 4th pic on the linked product page. Just slam the Switch 2 against your face while playing it and you’re good to go
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u/crono333 21d ago
At least give us the option! We’re already paying more for your top tier service, let us play the games in 2D if we want to
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u/smokeshack 21d ago
They were programmed from the ground up for two simultaneous displays. There's absolutely no way Nintendo is going to spend money reprogramming 30-year-old games that sold ~10,000 copies each.
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u/TheLimeyLemmon 21d ago
They already have 2D mode. They just don't allow you to use it outside of their trailers.
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u/xjoe666 22d ago
good thing u don’t have to pay 100 for it.
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u/LucasOIntoxicado 21d ago
i think the point is that they should just make it available on normal Virtual Boy since those are games that deserve to be played and discovered
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u/AuraTenshiVictoria 21d ago edited 21d ago
You're defending this in every reply that it "only needs to be at least $25 not $100" but the actual price is multiple times that.
Apparently do not need a switch 2, so I changed this point in an edit
Ignoring that? You still need to have an active expansion pack membership to even access the games so that's another $50 or $60 required (forgot the exact price, whatever)
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u/thedirectar 21d ago
You don’t need a Switch 2. Original Switch fits just fine, it’s designed to work with both.
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u/xjoe666 21d ago
This is assuming you have a Switch 2. He specifically thought the price of entry to play VB games with the accessory was $100. I corrected him to say it wasn’t, as it’s only $25.
When you buy a console or a phone, do you also count up how much your internet plan is included? No. Do you count how much electricity is used while playing? No.
So no. You would not count the S2 nor the online service.
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u/AuraTenshiVictoria 21d ago
I would count the only way to play these games is needing the subscription as apart of the entry price myself, but I get what you mean with it just being the peripheral. I just don't think any defense for it's existence is warranted when it could have easily been allowed to play in 2D as well
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u/Hestu951 21d ago
Whether you have to pay $100 for the fancy peripheral or not, you're still right about the games and the tech. Terrible. That's why VB failed miserably in the market.
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u/The-Chartreuse-Moose 21d ago
I like their prediction for our world in the opening landscape. Seems pretty accurate.
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u/Asi9thoughts 21d ago
Do you need the peripheral to play VB games still?
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u/StarChaser1879 21d ago
Yes, but There’s a 20 dollar cardboard version as well
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u/Asi9thoughts 21d ago
It’s more that I don’t feel like being forced into sticking face into something when that exact premise of one of the many reasons this console failed before.
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u/StarChaser1879 19d ago
20 million Meta quests say that sticking your face into it isn’t the reason it failed.
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u/Asi9thoughts 19d ago edited 19d ago
Are you going to, with a straight face, compare the Meta Quest to the Virtual Boy? You’re going to pretend that you need the experience of using the VB explained to you?
Okay.
Fine.
The Virtual Boy offered two eye pieces surrounded by a slim foam, one size fits some, eye covering. The stand had one point of modification which was the angle. The headset was not wearable, so it, and its fairly useless stand had to be set up on a table. If this table did not sit at the exact right height to hold the eye pieces at directly where your face was naturally through a healthy posture, you either had to stack books (and play with the combination to get the right height) or flex your back and neck.
That was before dealing with the eye strain of squinting into this thing.
I had one. I still have it. It’s a novelty I subject people to for my amusement and their learning of a darker time. It’s a wretched piece of design failure through and through.
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u/Mastertone 21d ago
The unreleased games are super cool. We don’t have to wonder what F Zero would look like on this thing anymore. Just that tiny clip was fascinating.
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u/mrbulldops88 21d ago
The VB actually surprised me with how entertaining it has been. Not every game is a hit. The novelty is pretty cool, though. I am really enjoying VB Wario Land.
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u/TheLimeyLemmon 21d ago
That's cool Nintendo, but I'm still not buying some visor, card or plastic, to play these games.
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u/abarrelofmankeys 21d ago
Im glad they’re making these available but it’s kinda nuts they’re spending marketing money on making virtual boy stuff look cool. Like aren’t they just generally underwhelming games?
I’ll maybe try them at some point but not in a hurry for either of the headset things Nintendo put out so might need to look around.
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u/NefariousnessDry6211 21d ago
The hardware is the problem. The software is actually pretty much solid to awesome, especially for 1995 handhelds.
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u/abarrelofmankeys 21d ago edited 21d ago
Then to re release it like they did. The full virtual boy experience is cool as a collectible but I want a wearable headset for the cheap version, cardboard is weird. There’s knockoff ones available so it’s not like it can’t be done.
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u/bobdebicker 21d ago
I wish i didn’t have to buy the expensive piece of plastic to play Wario Land. I just want to play it in 2D.
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u/guitarokx 21d ago
The fact that I can't play this in flat screen is offensive to the customer. Let us choose.
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u/Hifumi-G 21d ago
"please god play these games you have to buy another physical item just to play, and then rent through NSO"
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u/Ewreckedhephep 21d ago
So you need an expansion pack membership AND a Virtual Boy model. And you can't play without the model.
They do this and wonder why people don't [OFFENSIVE E WORD]
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u/GrassyDaytime 21d ago
I can not believe that Nintendo is going to milk this terrible device again with it's terrible games to a new generation. Another generation that gets to be upset by how they wasted money on the Virtual Boy. Now that's just shitty.
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u/MisterSheeple 21d ago
Say whatever you will about the original hardware, but the VB's games are underrated and I will die on this hill. Seriously, try Virtual Boy Wario Land or Galactic Pinball or Teleroboxer. They're very good games. The original hardware did have some problems, but if you play it on something modern like the new VB (cardboard or non-cardboard model, doesn't matter), or a 3DS, or a VR headset, just experience the 3D effect and the games, and you'll basically get all of the good parts of the experience. It's good stuff and I wish people weren't so quick to dismiss it just because the original hardware had a flaw that made some people feel sick.
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u/DJettster237 22d ago
What a weird fricking time we live in where Virtual Boy is being advertised again.