Switch 2’s Virtual Boy is a faithfully awkward reproduction

Historically, Nintendo isn’t the kind of company that embraces failure. Its poorly received games rarely get ported to new platforms and its hardware flops tend to stay locked in the past, not turned into nostalgic mini consoles. That attitude is changing in a big way on Feb. 17. Nintendo is finally ready to acknowledge its most notorious mishap, the Virtual Boy, by selling a reproduction of the ill-fated virtual reality console and bringing its long-lost games to Nintendo Switch Online.