Virtual Boy – Nintendo Classics to Have 7 Games Available at Launch, 9 More Coming This Year - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 27 January 2026 / 2,441 Views
Nintendo has released an overview trailer for the Virtual Boy – Nintendo Classic app, which will launch on February 17 for the Nintendo Switch 2 for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack members.
There will be seven games available at launch and nine more coming later this year, which includes two previously unreleased titles.
View the trailer below:
The following games will be available at launch:
- 3-D TETRIS
- Galactic Pinball
- GOLF
- The Mansion of Innsmouth
- RED ALARM
- Teleroboxer
- Virtual Boy Wario Land
The following games will launch throughout 2026:
- D-HOPPER (previously unreleased)
- Mario Clash
- Mario’s Tennis
- Jack Bros.
- SPACE INVADERS VIRTUAL COLLECTION
- VERTICAL FORCE
- Virtual Bowling
- V-TETRIS
- ZERO RACERS (previously unreleased)
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anyone care or excited about these games?
I am for some.
Sort of? Wario Land is pretty good from what I remember. Most of the games were decent. About the quality of the better game boy games of the era.
Its a piece of gaming history. I dont think anyone thinks it will be a system seller, but preserving gaming history is always a good thing. As someone who owned a virtual boy I'm excited to be able to play Wario Land and Mario Tennis without paying hundreds of dollars.
And without the splitting headaches.
Never really bothered me. Not a lot of people actually played it so I wonder how much of that was real vs hearsay.
Not really preserving history as we don't get a hard copy of these games, it's a subscription.
Once Nintendo cans their service (It's a matter of when, not if...) then we lose access.
This is just a value-added incentive to Nintendo's subscription service.
Xbox took the right approach with their Games with Gold, which let us have a copy permanently with their Original Xbox/Xbox 360 titles... So I have a copy on my console... Then a backup on an external hard drive and can play without being online. - THAT is preservation.
Sadly they regressed the value later on to the same silly subscription model with Gamepass.
Well thats awfully pedantic.
If you want hard copies, they exist. Go to ebay. Buy a working Virtual Boy and the cartridges for a couple of grand.
Fact is playing the virtual boy games got way more accessible. And thats a good thing. Not perfect but very good. Not going to quibble about the language.
Digital is more effective at preserving history then phyiscal copies. Phyiscal copies are limited and wear and tear. Digital is unlimited and does not wear and tear.
They seriously uncancelled Zero Racers?!
Somebody used a Monkey's Paw to wish for a new F-Zero.
