Syracuse University Graduate who won't stop talking about video games. Firmly believes the greatest game ever made is Ape Escape 3 for the PlayStation 2. Currently, his newest interest is finding a ...

Nintendo has made some bold, weird choices with its hardware designs. But none were so bold and weird as 1995's Virtual Boy, a "woefully premature commercial curio," as one Ars writer put it, that ...

Tyler Shipley is an editor for Game Rant who has been writing for the team since 2021. Tyler has a degree in English from the University of Toledo. Some of his favorite games are platformers, but he ...

It's time to talk trademarks again, as Nintendo of America has had a new filing for 'Virtual Console' bumped up to the pending phase. But let's be clear right from the jump, it probably doesn't mean ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook When Nintendo Wii released in 2006, the system launched alongside the Virtual Console. The Virtual ...

If Nintendo ever adds the 3DS to its list of virtual consoles, it'd better not forget this underrated Legend of Zelda gem. Nintendo Switch Online, the gaming giant's official subscription service for ...

Ars Technica AI Reporter and tech historian Benj Edwards has co-written a book on the Virtual Boy with Dr. Jose Zagal. In this exclusive excerpt, Benj and Jose take you back to Nintendo of the early ...

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