So, leaving 3 hours of travel time to and from Manhattan (to be safe, since it's a weekend) and arriving 3 hours prior to departure, you'll have 2 hours to explore the city. Maybe 3 if you're very lucky. I guess you have to decide if that's worth it.
The Virtual Boy was released on July 21, 1995 (1995-07-21) in Japan and on August 16, 1995 (1995-08-16) in North America with the launch titles Mario's Tennis, Red Alarm, Teleroboxer, and Galactic Pinball. It was not released in PAL markets.
On January 29, 2014, Nintendo announced that Nintendo DS games would be added to the Wii U Virtual Console, with the first game, Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!, being released in Japan on June 3, 2014.