TL;DR: Animal Crossing New Horizons update 3.0, releasing January 15, 2026, adds playable retro games from NES, Game Boy, and more, requiring a Nintendo Switch Online subscription. The free update ...

It's here. It's finally here. - Alex Perry / Mashable In September 2025, Nintendo announced something I never thought I would see: The triumphant return of the Virtual Boy. This was easily the biggest ...

Consult any list of Nintendo's worst releases—heck, any list of the worst consoles from any franchise—and you'll see one name repeated over and over again: the Virtual Boy. Billed as the future of ...

Nintendo is one of the juggernauts of the video game industry. The company, with the release of the Nintendo Switch 2, dominated a lot of sales charts and casual conversations in 2025. It also turns ...

In today's edition of "things I certainly didn't have on my bingo card," the Virtual Boy is coming to Nintendo Switch Online next year, as announced by Nintendo during today's Direct presentation. And ...

Nintendo has never been afraid about thinking outside the gaming box and their new release of the Virtual Boy for Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo ...

Memorable game consoles like the NES and Sega Genesis are partially or completely unplayable today.