Yes, You Can Use the Virtual Boy Accessory to Play Smash Bros., Mario Odyssey and Zelda: Breath of the Wild in VR

Nintendo's upcoming Virtual Boy accessory tin beryllium utilized to play Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Super Mario Odyssey, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, it's been reported.

VGC has tested the caller Virtual Boy headset (and its cheaper cardboard alternative) with the 4 games, which antecedently received VR modes to go compatible with Nintendo Labo VR pursuing its motorboat backmost successful 2019.

As VGC reports, the caller Virtual Boy accessory works successful an identical mode to Nintendo Labo VR, fundamentally acting arsenic a ammunition with a brace of lenses for your Switch screen. (And yes, you tin region those reddish Virtual Boy lenses.)

Viewing the 4 classical Switch games successful their VR modes, players are treated to a VR effect, and tin look astir people by moving their caput — which is tracked by the console's question sensors.

Does Nintendo mean for you to usage your caller Virtual Boy accessory this way? It's debatable. On the 1 hand, utilizing the existent Virtual Boy accessory for this is simply a small difficult, since it is designed to beryllium connected a level surface, removing your quality to look astir easily. On the other, VGC notes that Breath of the Wild's Switch 2 upgrade retains its VR mode option, truthful possibly this was the program each along.

Nintendo volition officially motorboat its Virtual Boy Nintendo Classics postulation adjacent week connected February 17, which you'll request a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscription connected either Switch oregon Switch 2 to access. You'll besides request a Virtual Boy ($99.99) oregon cardboard Virtual Boy ($24.99) accessory, sold via the My Nintendo Store.

As of adjacent week, the Virtual Boy room volition get with the pursuing games:

• Galactic Pinball
• Teleroboxer
• RED ALARM
• Virtual Boy Wario Land
• 3-D Tetris
• Golf
• The Mansion of Innsmouth

Over time, Nintendo volition past dilatory motorboat more, including 2 games that antecedently ne'er saw the airy of day.

• Mario Clash
• Mario's Tennis
• Jack Bros.
• Space Invaders Virtual Collection
• Virtual Bowling
• Vertical Force
• V-Tetris
• Zero Racers (previously unreleased)
• D-Hopper (previously unreleased)

"Would I urge the mean Nintendo instrumentality drops $100 oregon adjacent $25 to play these games? No, astir apt not," IGN wrote aft going face-on with the Virtual Boy accessories recently. "There are lone 7 of them to play astatine launch, and they are much enjoyable from a humanities position than an amusement one. You could bargain 7 superior indie games for 100 bucks that travel successful much than conscionable 1 color. But if you emotion exploring wacky bygones from past eras and privation a truly chill accessory to show successful your crippled room, you’ll astir apt truly similar the caller Virtual Boy similar I did."

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social