Switch Online's Virtual Boy Adding Feature To Change Screen Colour "Later This Year"
Just remove the red lens cover
by Liam Doolan · Nintendo LifeYesterday, Nintendo shared an update about its Virtual Boy library coming to the Switch Online + Expansion Pack next month.
Although it seemingly doubles down on the requirement to purchase new headsets, on a more welcoming note, there will be some quality-of-life enhancements. Apart from the usual options, including save states, the ability to rewind gameplay and remap controls, in case you missed it, there'll also be the option to change the colour of the screen.
Yes, users will actually be able to remove the red lens and swap to the following colours to make the whole experience a little easier on the eyes:
The one downside is that this colour change option won't actually be available at launch next month. According to Nintendo, it will be coming "later this year", so you'll just have to wait! Once again, this new feature will require users to "remove the lens cover" from the headset.
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What are your thoughts about this new feature? Will you be making use of it? Tell us in the comments.
About Liam Doolan
Liam is a news writer and reviewer across Hookshot Media. He's been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.
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- slowpoke_tail
- 3 mins ago
Super excited for this, the red coloring has always made it difficult for me to make out the details in VB games. Wish it were available at launch, but I’ll probably appreciate the new colors more after having to do the “true” VB experience first.
this is like peeking into an alternate universe were the virtual boy was successful and it got a sequel console, the virtual boy color
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