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.
Comment on Virtual Boy: Nintendo Classics - Announcement Trailer
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 1 day ago
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.
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 1 day ago
ch00f@lemmy.world 1 day ago
lol the actual Virtual Boy only had 11 titles.
PonyOfWar@pawb.social 1 day ago
…in the US. 22 games world-wide. They’ve already released a few originally Japan-only titles on the other Switch Online apps.
frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
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.
EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 hours ago
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 5 hours ago
I believe the accessory works with switch 1 also, but its also really expensive at like 140 usd
missingno@fedia.io 1 day ago
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?).
PonyOfWar@pawb.social 1 day ago
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 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.
TwinTitans@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
God forbid they just released the entire library at once. Total of 5 megabytes 🥳