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[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 59 points 2 days ago (5 children)

So they‘re selling a literal piece of plastic that becomes utterly useless the moment you lose access to their subscription service. Also, 14 games that they plan to release over time? Damn they must hate their customers with a passion.

[–] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

God forbid they just released the entire library at once. Total of 5 megabytes 🥳

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 26 points 2 days ago

If the recent pathetic patent filings were not enough to finally wake you up to what an awful company Nintendo are I don't know what to tell you.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm one of the Virtual Boy's only fans. I don't own a Switch 2 and don't have plans to. I might just buy the accessory as a display piece.

At that point, why not just 3d print one or something. Save money by not giving it to a scummy company, and hey, throw a raspberry pi in there or something with an emulator and you can probably actually run Virtual Boy games on it.

[–] Euphoma@lemmy.ml 1 points 12 hours ago

I believe the accessory works with switch 1 also, but its also really expensive at like 140 usd

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

lol the actual Virtual Boy only had 11 titles.

[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

22 titles actually, of which 14 were released in the US.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's a VB-themed redesign of the Labo VR kit. Should presumably be compatible with everything Labo VR supported (like, three titles I think?). Maybe the fact that they're bringing it back means they might reuse it in the future?

[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This doesn't have the head tracking capabilities of the VR kit, as you only insert the Switch which doesn't have a gyro without the joycons.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 4 points 1 day ago

Apparently they're selling two versions. One is the full scale VB, and that's clearly a collector's item. The other is the VB-themed Labo VR.