"Though the Virtual Boy was both a commercial and critical failure, the console's infamy is part of what has made it such a fascinating piece of Nintendo's history. Original units are still going for hundreds of dollars on bidding sites, and hobbyists have spent years keeping the Virtual Boy alive through emulation and homebrew games. For a long while, it seemed like Nintendo wanted nothing more than for the public to forget that the Virtual Boy ever existed."
"Looking back on the Nintendo 3DS and more recent experiments like the Nintendo Switch and Labo, it wasn't exactly surprising to learn that the Virtual Boy was being resurrected as a Switch peripheral designed to be used while playing classic Virtual Boy games on Nintendo Switch Online. There's a nifty poetry to Nintendo's worst-selling console being reimagined as a fancy peripheral for its most successful system of all time."
Original Virtual Boy units remain collectible and hobbyists sustain the system through emulation and homebrew. Nintendo gradually began acknowledging the console through references in several games. Nintendo released a modern Virtual Boy peripheral for the Switch that packages stereoscopic lenses into a headset/stand combo and enables playing classic Virtual Boy titles via Nintendo Switch Online. The peripheral is attractively designed, comfortable to wear, and its stereoscopic lenses did not cause headaches, but many Virtual Boy games feel clunky to play. The device therefore reads more like an elegant retro novelty and a playful company flex than a must-have gaming accessory.
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