Nintendo Adds 5 Virtual Boy Games to Switch Classics, Leaving 2 Unreleased Titles
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Updated · Vooks · May 14
Nintendo Adds 5 Virtual Boy Games to Switch Classics, Leaving 2 Unreleased Titles
10 articles · Updated · Vooks · May 14
Five Virtual Boy games—V-TETRIS, Jack Bros., Space Invaders Virtual Collection, Virtual Bowling and Virtual Force—were added to Nintendo Classics on Thursday for Switch and Switch 2 users.
The titles are available immediately after an app update, expanding the Virtual Boy library on Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack.
The update leaves two previously unreleased Virtual Boy games, Zero Racers and D-Hopper, still absent from the service.
The move continues Nintendo’s effort to preserve the 1995 Virtual Boy catalog on modern hardware despite the headset’s poor reputation and limited original run.
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