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 ...

Basically since the original Famicom made its way from Japan to North America, under the name Nintendo Entertainment System, it’s been Nintendo’s world and we’re all just living in it. Not every ...

Charming Holiday is a news article writer from the United States. He is a former cultural policy advisor who has turned his focus to his lifelong passion of gaming. He lived and worked in South Korea ...

Feel free to double-check the calendar… yes, it is in fact September 12th and not April 1st. Nintendo, always managing to surprise in one way or another, is reviving its infamously failed 3D gaming ...

Many years before Turning Red was a Pixar movie about menstruation, “turning red” perfectly encapsulated Nintendo’s early foray into the VR space, the Virtual Boy. It wasn’t a wearable, like the ...

In 1995, Nintendo seemingly could do no wrong. The Japanese company revitalized the gaming market in the West with a mix of clever marketing and an unprecedented string of hits that bore unforgettable ...

The Virtual Boy is not underrated. In fact, 30 years after its launch, Nintendo’s tabletop oddity is on the short list of items from video game history that’s properly rated. It offered very few games ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Through the looking glass: Nintendo's ill-fated Virtual Boy tried to bring VR gaming to the masses decades before the tech was ready, resulting in a fabulous flop. Now, as the console turns 30, a ...