Feature: Meet The Virtual Boy Fan Making New Tech And Games For Nintendo’s Console Curio

Feature: Meet The Virtual Boy Fan Making New Tech And Games For Nintendo's Console Curio

“I thought, ‘Hey, I can probably do that'”.

Over the holiday season, we’re republishing select articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors as part of our Best of 2023 series. Enjoy!


As the reputed black sheep of the Nintendo console family, one might think 1995’s Virtual Boy to be the last piece of hardware capable of garnering an enthusiast following today. Discontinued after less than a year on the market and never released in Europe, the elusive red-and-black headset is remembered as a headache-inducing, seemingly epic misfire from legendary Game Boy creator Gunpei Yokoi.

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