Nintendo’s Virtual Boy Classics will be playable on Labo VR headsets

Start digging out your old Labo VR kits, Virtual Boy fans. Nintendo plans to launch “Virtual Boy – Nintendo Classics” on February 17, allowing Nintendo Switch Online users to access classic titles that were previously available only via the company’s long-abandoned stereoscopic 3D Virtual Boy console, from “3-D Tetris” to “Virtual Boy Wario Land.” At launch, Nintendo is offering players two hardware options to experience the Virtual Boy classics pack: a dedicated accessory that is a one-to-one recreation of the original Virtual Boy and will retail for $99.99, as well as a cardboard headset that Nintendo plans to sell for $24.99. However, there is a third option, according to Nintendo Treehouse staff member Corey Olcsvary, who spoke with GamesBeat during a press preview event in New York City on January 28: Labo VR. Released in 2019, Nintendo’s Labo VR kit was the company’s first official headset product following the discontinuation of the original Virtual Boy in 1996. The kit allows users to build a range of toys using cardboard and their Nintendo Switch devices, including a pair of goggles featuring virtual reality games. Starting on February 17, Labo kit owners will be able to use their headsets to play the “Virtual Boy – Nintendo Classics” pack, per Olcsvary, who told GamesBeat that this functionality is not a secret, but that Nintendo is not promoting the backwards compatibility because it does not currently sell Labo VR kits. At the January 28 demo event, I was able to try out the “Virtual Boy – Nintendo Classics” pack using one of the $99.99 one-on-one recreations — and I was blown away by the quality of the accessory. The recreated device looks and feels exactly like an original Virtual Boy, with the only noticeable difference being its use of a Nintendo Pro controller, rather than a dedicated wired controller. Gameplay of titles like “3-D Tetris” was fun, although the games’ retro controls took some getting used to. Nintendo has teased more Virtual Boy content to come, including the 2026 release of the previously unreleased Virtual Boy racing game “Zero Racer.” If that sounds fun to you and you are a Nintendo Switch Online subscriber, you can dive in by heading to the Nintendo website to purchase a new Virtual Boy accessory — or by dusting off your old Labo VR headset. The post Nintendo’s Virtual Boy Classics will be playable on Labo VR headsets appeared first on GamesBeat.

Feb 4, 2026 - 07:30

Nintendo’s Virtual Boy Classics will be playable on Labo VR headsets

Start digging out your old Labo VR kits, Virtual Boy fans.

Nintendo plans to launch “Virtual Boy – Nintendo Classics” on February 17, allowing Nintendo Switch Online users to access classic titles that were previously available only via the company’s long-abandoned stereoscopic 3D Virtual Boy console, from “3-D Tetris” to “Virtual Boy Wario Land.”

At launch, Nintendo is offering players two hardware options to experience the Virtual Boy classics pack: a dedicated accessory that is a one-to-one recreation of the original Virtual Boy and will retail for $99.99, as well as a cardboard headset that Nintendo plans to sell for $24.99. However, there is a third option, according to Nintendo Treehouse staff member Corey Olcsvary, who spoke with GamesBeat during a press preview event in New York City on January 28: Labo VR.

Released in 2019, Nintendo’s Labo VR kit was the company’s first official headset product following the discontinuation of the original Virtual Boy in 1996. The kit allows users to build a range of toys using cardboard and their Nintendo Switch devices, including a pair of goggles featuring virtual reality games. Starting on February 17, Labo kit owners will be able to use their headsets to play the “Virtual Boy – Nintendo Classics” pack, per Olcsvary, who told GamesBeat that this functionality is not a secret, but that Nintendo is not promoting the backwards compatibility because it does not currently sell Labo VR kits.

At the January 28 demo event, I was able to try out the “Virtual Boy – Nintendo Classics” pack using one of the $99.99 one-on-one recreations — and I was blown away by the quality of the accessory. The recreated device looks and feels exactly like an original Virtual Boy, with the only noticeable difference being its use of a Nintendo Pro controller, rather than a dedicated wired controller. Gameplay of titles like “3-D Tetris” was fun, although the games’ retro controls took some getting used to.

Nintendo has teased more Virtual Boy content to come, including the 2026 release of the previously unreleased Virtual Boy racing game “Zero Racer.” If that sounds fun to you and you are a Nintendo Switch Online subscriber, you can dive in by heading to the Nintendo website to purchase a new Virtual Boy accessory — or by dusting off your old Labo VR headset.

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