Update 12/09/2025: Prices for the regular and cardboard editions of the Virtual Boy are now live on Nintendo's official website, with the plastic version listed at $99.99 USD and the cardboard edition at $24.99.
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Nintendo is bringing back the Virtual Boy. No, really. Nintendo will once again sell the Virtual Boy, this time as an accessory for your Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 device, to play Virtual Boy games through a Nintendo Switch Online Plus Expansion Pack subscription. It'll be available on February 17, 2026.
The Virtual Boy accessory is required to play any of the Virtual Boy classic titles added to Nintendo Switch Online, as this is technically the latest 'classic console' Nintendo is adding to the subscription. Your Switch or Switch 2 slots into the Virtual Boy headset with the joycons removed, and with your face in the headset, you'll be able to play games like Mario's Tennis, Galactic Pinball, Teleroboxer, and more.
All 14 of the Virtual Boy titles released in North America will be making their way to the subscription service over time, though the three mentioned above were the only ones that showed some gameplay, so expect Mario's Tennis, Galactic Pinball, and Teleroboxer to be among the first games released for the new version of the Virtual Boy when it arrives in February 2026.
You'll have to be a Nintendo Switch Online subscriber to buy one in the first place, and while it's not clear yet how much it'll cost, there will be a classic cardboard version also available, that will hopefully be cheaper than the plastic version shown in the above trailer.
Whatever the cost, Nintendo has already proven it can make money by selling cardboard to its players. And while it's great for people who were fans of the headset when it first launched and catastrophically bombed, it can't help but be a little comical, considering that this iteration of Nintendo's foray into VR will last longer than the original did, since it will almost certainly be on sale for longer than a calendar year.
About the author: David has been writing about videogames, technology, and culture since 2020, with a focus on reporting daily news across multiple publications, including GameDaily.Biz, GameSkinny, and PlayStation Universe before joining Wccftech in 2025. David started contributing as Canada/US reporter for Wccftech's gaming section in 2025. Besides being up-to-date on the industry's movements, he loves interviewing developers, reviewing games, and writing intricate essays about the symbolism and layered meanings to be found in rich narratives as he's done for publications like GamesIndustry.Biz, LostInCult, and others. Outside of games he loves movies, music, theatre, his hometown, and his family, though not necessarily in that order.
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