I bought the Virtual Boy accessory for the Nintendo Switch so that I can play the games that they have added to the Nintendo Switch Online service. I’ve never played a Virtual Boy before, though I did nearly buy one in 1996. It is the only time I have ever been to the United States, and I saw one in the shopping mall. I think it had already been cancelled by that point, and it ended up never getting released in the UK. I bought a Game Boy Pocket instead which was a much more sensible purchase, though I guess much less interesting.
I’ve always liked the Wario Land series, and have wanted to play this entry. I’d read many times that this is the best game on the Virtual Boy, and definitely worth playing though probably not buying a Virtual Boy for. I found that to be the case, it was a pretty fun platformer and an okay entry in the series, but it is extremely short and very easy. It is also before the Game Boy Color Wario Land games did some very interesting things with how the game played. From memory I think in those ones you cannot die, you just change forms. For instance getting flattened by a boulder, or blown up into a balloon by a bee string. You then had to use those forms to solve puzzles. This game is far more straight forward and run of the mill.
I found the 3d to be interesting, the game is sprite based, and you can go back and forth between layers. The boss fights also all use multiple layers where the boss is going back and forth, with you having to bide your time.