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 ...

The authors of an upcoming book on Nintendo's infamous video game console argue that the Virtual Boy was more than just a gimmicky failure. Reading time 7 minutes In 1995, Nintendo released the ...

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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 ...

Feel free to double-check the calendar… yes, it is in fact September 12th and not April 1st. Nintendo, always managing to surprise in one way or another, is reviving its infamously failed 3D gaming ...

Somehow, the Virtual Boy has returned. Despite the Virtual Boy selling like coldcakes, Nintendo has resurrected their VR console for the modern youth to experience. Will Linus appreciate the blast ...

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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 ...

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Basically since the original Famicom made its way from Japan to North America, under the name Nintendo Entertainment System, it’s been Nintendo’s world and we’re all just living in it. Not every ...