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Virtual Boy Wario Land

Virtual Boy Wario Land

Nov 27, 1995PlatformVirtual Boy

Virtual Boy Wario Land — frequently asked questions

Is Virtual Boy Wario Land on Steam?
No. Virtual Boy Wario Land is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
What platforms is Virtual Boy Wario Land on?
Virtual Boy Wario Land is available on Virtual Boy.
When did Virtual Boy Wario Land release?
Virtual Boy Wario Land released on November 27, 1995.

About Virtual Boy Wario Land

Yikes!!! Get ready for a devious treasure hunt with the infamous scheming Wario. Capture the shining gold and vast treasures locked deep inside a hidden cave. But, beware of poison ponds, perilous prisons, endless walls and creepy woods! Make a quick change into Sea Dragon Wario, Eagle Wario or Bull Wario and utilize their mighty strengths. Blow away enemy cave defenders with body attacks and power actions. Succeed in this greedy plot to seize the riches of this underground world and find this key to freedom!

Summary via IGDB.

Virtual Boy Wario Land on Wikipedia

Virtual Boy Wario Land is a 1995 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Virtual Boy. It stars Wario, who finds himself deep underground after stumbling upon a treasure-filled cave and must find his way back to the surface. Throughout the journey, the player explores and searches for items and power-ups while fighting enemies and defeating bosses. Wario has the ability to jump between the background and foreground at certain points, making use of Virtual Boy's stereoscopic 3D effect.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).

Game details

Developer
Nintendo R&D1
Publisher
Nintendo
Game modes
Single player
Themes
Action
Series
Mario Bros.
Official site
Visit

Details via IGDB.

Reception

IGDB rating
63/100
from 16 ratings

Collector value & authenticity

Virtual Boy · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-07-23

Loose
$81
Complete
$205
Sealed
$295
Community score
95/100
Region
JP+NA
Released
1995
Authenticity
Med
On Nintendo Switch Online since Feb 17, 2026 — the cartridge is now a collectibleMedium counterfeit risk
Virtual Boy prices, all games & how to spot a fake

The one Virtual Boy game that would stand on its own on any console — and the platform's best argument for itself.

The Virtual Boy has a single undisputed masterpiece, and the community broadly agrees on which one. Wario Land holds the highest rating on the platform by a wide margin — a full-length R&D1 Wario platformer that treats the stereoscopic display as a real mechanic, not a gimmick: foreground and background are separate playfields, and Wario moves between them. Nothing else on the system justifies the hardware this well.

Its price says something too — it is one of the cheapest genuinely great games in retro collecting, because demand here was always collector demand, and its Switch Online release barely moved the cartridge market.

Before you buy

Two variants matter. The North American Not-For-Resale cart (store-demo stock) is scarcer than retail and often listed by sellers who don't realise what they have. A Japanese demonstration version exists too. Reproductions are rare — the retail cart is cheap enough that faking it isn't worth the effort.

Virtual Boy Wario Land screenshots

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