Yeah, for the price I was hoping for more. I mean I had a few cool things, like 2 spring loaded flaps to center the switch in the unit. Oh and its new legs are technically compatible with the original Virtual Boy.
But man are the screens and software a mess. The switch is too close for the UI to be fully visible without moving your head, especially with the Red lenses. Plus the screen door effect is so bad here that it reminds me of the first gen Oculus Rift.
It actually made me want to go back to the original VB, but with its decaying 30+ year old displays. Technically the VB wins this one by default.
Wait it also requires an 80/year NSO + Expansion Pass and Knuckles Championship Edition subscription. Which has to be payed yearly.
Honestly it might be cheaper in the long run to buy the original system. Even with the price of Jack Bros.
Poking around briefly, it sounds like there’s several options, which is a pretty rad use case, actually.
There’s also DolphinXR, for playing Wii games on a virtual screen using VR controllers for substantially better pointer and motion controls than original hardware could muster.
I think it’s so neat in general when VR can be used to more accurately capture/enhance the experience of weird original hardware.
Oooh. I was also curious if I could get the controllers to work for a Wii emulator just because Wii Sports Resort ping pong was way better than 11 Table Tennis. Seems that I can 😃