The Game Boy games Yoshi, made by Game Freak, and Balloon Kid, made by R&D1, have been added to Nintendo Switch Online.

The recreated Virtual Boy may represent a new era of Nintendo, or at least the company’s willingness to respect its past failures. For the $100 recreation of the nearly 31-year-old virtual reality console, Nintendo isn’t just handing us a toy that’s a nostalgia trip wrapped around a Switch 2 accessory.

There's always speculation about the next Nintendo Direct showcase on the internet, usually starting around five minutes after the previous one aired. However, there's a new batch of rumors strongly indicating that we'll get one this week.

Investors are weighing the impact of rising memory prices and the strength of Nintendo’s games pipeline ahead of the Switch 2.

I Stuck My Face Into Nintendo's New Virtual Boy and Felt Oddly Comforted

Mario Tennis Fever, Super Mario Bros. Wonder DLC, and some Capcom hits anchor a strong spring 2026 for Nintendo Switch 2.

As of December 31, 2025, Nintendo says the Switch “has reached the highest sales volume of any Nintendo hardware” with a total of 155.37 million units sold, surpassing the original DS’s lifetime total of 154.

Keza MacDonald is enthusiastic about the creator of ‘Super Mario’, but omits some of the friction on which games thrive

Nintendo shares slid over 10% after a revenue miss, as rising DRAM prices and memory shortages raised concerns over margins despite strong profit growth.

This silly $35 toy, available March 12, can dish snark, tell time and play music, but its conversations are strictly one-way.

Nintendo’s nine-month 2026 earnings, reported on 3 February 2026, highlighted strong profit growth and record-breaking hardware performance as the Switch became its best-selling console, while the newer Switch 2 drove a very large jump in sales.