{"id":547188,"date":"2026-01-27T16:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/547188\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T16:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:30:11","slug":"nintendo-announces-launch-line-up-for-switch-online-virtual-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/547188\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Announces Launch Line-Up For Switch Online Virtual Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Those of you excited to relive the glory days of the Virtual Boy<\/a> only have a few more weeks to wait until you can play them on Nintendo Switch Online on Switch 1 and Switch 2. 17th February<\/strong> is approaching fast!<\/p>\n

Today, Nintendo has dropped a brand new trailer confirming the launch line-up for the new service along with a handful of features and surprises.<\/p>\n

Seven games will be available from the jump, with more to be added “in the future”. As per usual, then. Here’s all the games you’ll be able to play from 17th February:<\/p>\n

A pretty healthy starting line-up, if we do say so ourselves. Wario Land felt like a day-one given, as did 3-D Tetris. Of course, more are coming in the future, such as Mario’s Tennis<\/a>, Jack Bros.<\/a>, and two never-before-released games in Zero Racers<\/a> and D(ragon)-Hopper<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To play Virtual Boy games, you’ll need to grab the Virtual Boy accessory for your console; either the standard one<\/a> or cardboard version<\/a> will do.<\/p>\n

Other features available on the service include the ability to Rewind gameplay, make save states, check and remap controls, and \u2014 later in the year \u2014 change the colour of the screen.<\/p>\n

Are you excited for the Virtual Boy library on Switch 1 and 2? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n

Please note that some external links on this page are affiliate links, which means if you click them and make a purchase we may receive a small percentage of the sale. Please read our FTC Disclosure<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n

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\"Alana<\/p>\n

Alana has been with Nintendo Life since 2022, and while RPGs are her first love, Nintendo is a close second. She enjoys nothing more than overthinking battle strategies, characters, and stories. She also wishes she was a Sega air pirate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Those of you excited to relive the glory days of the Virtual Boy only have a few more…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":547189,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[2468,395,17194,158,67,132,5803,68,129783],"class_list":["post-547188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-nintendo-switch","tag-nintendo-switch-2","tag-nintendo-switch-online","tag-technology","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-upcoming-releases","tag-us","tag-virtual-boy"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115968018186132649","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}