Nintendo has detailed the full launch day game catalogue for its upcoming Virtual Boy accessory and clarified how it plans to reintroduce the unusual hardware concept.
The Virtual Boy accessory launches in a few weeks and supports both the Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo Switch 2, with access limited to users holding an active Nintendo Switch Online membership.
Nintendo confirmed the launch lineup through a newly published promotional video, outlining which classic titles will be playable immediately and which additional games and features will arrive later in the year.
Launch games and supported features
At launch on February 17, the Virtual Boy catalogue will include seven titles that represent much of the system’s original software identity from its short-lived 1995 debut.
The confirmed launch titles are Teleroboxer, Galactic Pinball, Red Alarm, Golf, Virtual Boy Wario Land, 3-D Tetris, and The Mansion of Innsmouth.
Nintendo has integrated modern quality of life features across all supported games, including suspend points for saving progress, rewind functionality for correcting mistakes, and on-the-fly control remapping.
These features align the Virtual Boy experience with other retro offerings inside the Nintendo Switch Online ecosystem, where accessibility and flexible play sessions take priority over strict hardware accuracy.
Nintendo also outlined several additional Virtual Boy games scheduled to arrive later in 2026, expanding the catalogue beyond the initial launch window.
Confirmed additions include Mario Clash, Mario Tennis, Jack Bros., Space Invaders Virtual Collection, Virtual Bowling, Vertical Force, and V-Tetris.
Nintendo will also release Zero Racers and D-Hopper, two titles that never officially launched during the original Virtual Boy’s commercial run.
Beyond software, Nintendo plans to introduce a new display option that allows users to change the Virtual Boy’s screen colour from its default red to yellow, green, or white.
Accessing alternate colours requires users to physically remove the red lens cover from the accessory, preserving the original optical design while enabling visual customisation.
The accessory itself is priced at £66.99/$99.99, while a separate Virtual Boy cardboard model sells for £16.99/$24.99, with both available directly from Nintendo.
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