- Nintendo has released a new trailer for Virtual Boy – Nintendo Classics
- The collection will arrive on February 17, 2026.
- It includes in particular two unreleased games and a color change option.
Nintendo has released a trailer for its upcoming Virtual Boy – Nintendo Classics collection that will be available exclusively to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers.
First of all, the trailer confirms a February 17, 2026 release date for the collection. Additionally, there will be seven impressive titles available to play from day one. They are the following:
- Galactic Pinball
- 3D Tetris
- Teleroboxer
- Virtual Boy Wario Land
- Innsmouth Mansion (Innsmouth no Yakata)
- Golf
- red alarm
Nine additional games are scheduled to arrive throughout 2026, but they do not yet have a specific release date. They will be:
- crash of mario
- Mario’s tennis
- Jack brothers.
- Virtual Space Invaders Collection
- virtual bowling
- vertical force
- V-Tetris
- Zero runners
- dragon hopper
The last two in that last one, Zero runners and hopper D, are particularly important additions. Both games were never previously released, despite apparently being in complete states. The first is a version of Virtual Boy. F-zero, while the latter is a top-down platformer from Intelligent Systems, better known today as the lead developer of fire emblem franchise.
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So, that’s a total of 16 games in the first year. If we subtract those two unreleased titles, that still represents the vast majority of the original Virtual Boy library, which was made up of just 22 games. For now, games like Nester’s Funky Bowling, SD Gundam Dimension War, and water world, which would probably have some degree of licensing bureaucracy around it.
Virtual Boy – Nintendo Classics will also have the usual range of quality-of-life features, including remappable controls and a rewind function for when you make mistakes or want to redo a section.
Perhaps the best addition is the ability to change the primary color of the image. The trailer shows the retina-melting red changing to yellow, green, and even grayscale. Oddly enough, this is a feature planned for a later date and will not be available at launch.
Personally, I’m still not interested in the Virtual Boy device for Nintendo Switch (or its smaller cardboard counterpart) being a requirement to be able to play these games. It’s a pretty hefty investment, especially considering that you’ll also need the most expensive tier of the expansion pack to access the library in the first place.
I’m sure Nintendo would prefer players to enjoy the unique stereoscopic 3D effect that all of these games feature. But I see no reason why they can’t also be enjoyed in handheld mode in simple 2D format.
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