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 ...

When looking back on classic gaming, there’s plenty of room for debate. What was the best Atari game? Which was the superior 16-bit console, the Genesis or the Super NES? Would the N64 have been more ...

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 ...

Bringing back the Nintendo Virtual Boy might be the strangest decision that Nintendo has made. The original Virtual Boy was released in 1995 and had a disastrous lifespan. Issues with the price, ...

Nintendo shocked the gaming world when it announced that Virtual Boy games would be coming to its Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscription service back in September 2025 alongside two new ...

The Switch peripheral is a well-built piece of nostalgia, but its games are just too stuck in the past. The Switch peripheral is a well-built piece of nostalgia, but its games are just too stuck in ...

Here at Ars, we’re big fans of classic console emulators that go beyond providing perfect re-creations to those that actually improve on original hardware with new features we could only dream of as ...

Charming Holiday is a news article writer from the United States who has been working with GameRant since August 2023 and self-publishing since May 2025. He is a former cultural policy advisor who has ...

Today we have a really interesting rumor about what is arguably Nintendo’s most lost of all video game consoles. The Virtual Boy was originally released in 1995, and still stands with the dubious ...

Circana Executive Director and Video Game Industry Analyst Mat Piscatella, following the announcement of the Virtual Boy – Nintendo Classics is coming to the Nintendo Switch, has revealed the Virtual ...

Virtual Boy Wario Land is one of the most underrated gems of Nintendo’s golden age. You’d never know it since the game was locked away on Nintendo’s Virtual Boy, the oft-derided 3D console now ...

A few days ago, a Nintendo patent filing once again kickstarted rumors that a second-screen accessory might be on its way to the Nintendo Switch 2, specifically for Nintendo DS games. While it’s an ...