Nintendo’s newly produced Virtual Boy headsets can be utilized to expertise VR modes in video games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tremendous Mario Odyssey, based on a brand new report.
Video Games Chronicle has already gotten its palms on the Virtual Boy headset and its cardboard counterpart, and confirmed compatibility with the Switch recreation VR modes initially designed for the Nintendo Labo VR Package. When that headset first launched in 2019, Nintendo added modes to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Tremendous Mario Odyssey, and Tremendous Smash Bros. Final to market it.
These modes enable gamers to view the video games from totally different views and even transfer the digicam in VR. This all nonetheless works with the brand new Virtual Boy headsets, though VGC notes the cardboard model is extra comfy for these modes because it’s simpler to maneuver your head whereas utilizing it. The publication additionally confirmed that the Breath of the Wild – Nintendo Switch 2 Version nonetheless options the VR mode.
Beforehand, it was reported that the Labo VR Package may very well be used to play Virtual Boy video games on Nintendo Switch, though Nintendo in the end clarified that was not formally the case. No less than it partially works the opposite means round, letting Virtual Boy {hardware} homeowners expertise modes in some in style Nintendo Switch video games that are not that simply accessible anymore.
The Virtual Boy – Nintendo Classics app, suitable with these new headsets, launches on February 17.