Nintendo Resurrects Its Biggest Flop: Virtual Boy Games Headed to Switch Online in 3D Glory
The Virtual Boy: A Bold 3D Experiment That Became Nintendo’s Biggest Flop To appreciate why a Virtual Boy comeback is so surprising, it’s important to understand the history of the original 1995 Virtual Boy system – a history marked by ambition, innovation, and rapid failure. The Virtual Boy was conceived by famed Nintendo engineer Gunpei Yokoi (creator of the Game Boy) as an affordable foray into stereoscopic 3D gaming. Codenamed VR32” during development, it was meant to totally immerse players into their own private universe,” according to Nintendo’s early promises en.wikipedia.org. The device itself was unlike any console before it: