{"id":740595,"date":"2026-02-04T00:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T00:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/740595\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T00:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T00:09:09","slug":"nintendo-confirms-an-alternative-to-switchs-100-virtual-boy-accessory-labo-vr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/740595\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo confirms an alternative to Switch\u2019s $100 Virtual Boy accessory: Labo VR"},"content":{"rendered":"

Owners of Nintendo\u2019s 2019 Labo VR kit will be able to use the cardboard peripheral to play Virtual Boy games when they arrive on Nintendo Switch Online next month.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s according to a Nintendo<\/a> Treehouse staff member, who confirmed the functionality with GamesBeat<\/a>. According to the person, the functionality wasn\u2019t previously disclosed in marketing materials because Nintendo no longer sells the Labo VR kit.<\/p>\n

Virtual Boy games are set to launch on February 17 for\u00a0Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers<\/a>. Previously, it was stated that users would need to purchase either the $100 \/ \u00a367 Virtual Boy accessory, or a $25 \/ \u00a317 cardboard model, in order to play the 3D games.<\/p>\n

However, it seems Labo VR will now provide a third option and, presumably, indicates that the Virtual Boy accessory could work with compatible 3D Nintendo Switch<\/a> games, like Captain Toad, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/a>, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/a>, and Super Mario Odyssey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"NintendoLabo VR is an alternative to the upcoming Virtual Boy accessory.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Nintendo Labo VR Kit<\/a>\u00a0was released in April 2019 and was the fourth entry in Nintendo\u2019s family-friendly build and play series. In addition to other cardboard sets, it includes the Toy-Con VR Goggles, which sit in front of the Nintendo Switch hardware itself. For more details, read VGC\u2019s\u00a0Nintendo Labo VR Kit review<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ahead of Virtual Boy\u2019s Nintendo Switch launch, VGC recently had the opportunity to try out the NSO version<\/a> at Nintendo\u2019s European HQ in Frankfurt, Germany.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough I wasn\u2019t able to go too in-depth with the offering, as an owner of the original Virtual Boy, I came away impressed by its authenticity, in both aesthetic and gameplay experience, and the improvements made,\u201d we wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Owners of Nintendo\u2019s 2019 Labo VR kit will be able to use the cardboard peripheral to play Virtual…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":740596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3162],"tags":[53,16,15,3243,3244],"class_list":{"0":"post-740595","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-virtual-reality","8":"tag-technology","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom","11":"tag-virtual-reality","12":"tag-vr"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116009458991252522","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=740595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/740596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=740595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=740595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=740595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}