This is wonderful news indeed. It’ll be the first time that the ACTUAL and original arcade version will be playable on home consoles. I’m REALLY looking forward to this.
@AtlanteanMan That they don’t work on modern TV’s, has nothing to do with curved screens or not, but with the refresh rate, flicker and/or other more modern features of later versions of those CRT screens:
https://www.reddit.com/r/crtgaming/comments/8qt1c6/does_flat_vs_non_flat_screen_crt_matter_outside/
And as you will more than likely know, there have been many gun-shaped attachments for previous consoles, such as for the Wii, and even complete guns, and they aren’t really all that risky to manufacture, because there has always been a market for it, with a certain group, so they will more than likely buy those again. (edited)
(edit 2) But of course, those kinds of peripherals aren’t really necessary. Much like the Wii games could just be played with the Wiimote (and in some cases combined with the nunchuck), so could these games now be played with just the JoyCon.
The peripherals basically only add some extra immersion, but are of course not really of any critical importance to the games.
And the Wii also had some arcade perfect conversions of classic on-rails shooters, and they worked perfectly, so I see no reason why that wouldn’t work on the Switch.
Just an example, which as it so happens, has the same kind of aesthetic as Virtua Racing…
On a side note:
There’s now also a solution for modern TV’s on the market, that actually will allow you to use light guns and their games on HD TV’s, in the form of a semi-DIY kit:
https://github.com/charcole/LCDZapper/
Dreamcast forum page with additional info and video:
https://dreamcast-talk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10464