Topic: Nintendo Labo

It's not a guess when the components are literally written on the product description

I don't think that's the case here. A very specific claim was made, that Labo was stupid because once it breaks you're screwed so therefore all of these games HAVE to work without the cardboard. All I've said in response is that it's just cardboard so theres nothing stopping you from making your own. One person here is coming up with increasing absurd arguments, it isn't the dude saying its just cardboard.....

Saying 'just cardboard' debases the design process of said cardboard. Is artwork just paint? It's easy to deconstruct something when you are disappointed with not getting what you want...when you are 8!

What is a man?! A miserable little pile of... Cells.

There's cells literally everywhere. That's cheap.

How many pizzas is a Labo?

This insect thing might require a specific stiffness, weight and strength to work properly: https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--zRCPw6_W...

So it IS a guess to just assume anyone will be able to grab some card board and replicate everything in both Labo packs.

@Agriculture Why would it need more than that?

It's not that difficult to imagine it might not work if the card board used is too mushy. The same goes of all Labo things.

Unless you are literally using paper or old bent cardboard, it should work just fine.

I can imagine the designs will work better with thinner stronger cardboards, but other kinds should give satisfactory results, at varying grades of longevity.

You could try using two layers of cereal box cardboard. I think that would be a nice option. The glue will make the whole thing stronger as well.

Want to make it even studier? Mix equal parts of white glue and water and use it to apply a few layers of newspaper, waiting for them to dry before adding another. It will be rock hard.

Maybe someone will invent something that can fix broken cardboard. Like thin plastic strips with sticky glue on the back or something...

If I was talking art then sure. But I was actually talking about it in terms of structure. And in that sense I'm 100% sure it's just cardboard. As such I know that repairing and replacing it should be cheap and that, for some uses, substitute materials should suffice.

I remember there was an investor's Q&A when the Switch was announced and a comment was made about it having lots of accessories. At the time people assumed it meant the joy cons but could it be they were sitting on this all long just to build up a userbase the same way they staggered releases throughout 2017?

@jump
Come to think of it, when the Switch's full specs were first shown I personally always just assumed the IR Camera on the JoyCon was for a future Wii VC. A theory which didn't entirely make sense given you'd still need a sensor bar for proper emulation of the WiiMote. But still, that's what I thought it was there for and it made more sense than it just being there for one mini game in 1-2 Switch.

But now that Labo is a thing? I reckon they've had this as an idea floating around for years. That IR Camera was likely put in there specifically so that they could have Labo.

Nintendo must be rubbing their hands in glee reading this.

Health warning over second-hand plastic toys

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/health-warning-over-second-hand-131...

It doesn't say who sponsored this research. No such problems I'm sure with cardboard, although ths is referring to old plastic toys.

Well it's not like the article says "play with cardboard" it just says that older plastic toys don't meet the current safety standards, which should be obvious already.

Going on that report, we'd better throw away all of our old consoles then.

Thanks for the heads up!

@SLIGEACH_EIRE @Dizzy_Boy
To be fair, it sounds like its a hazard for toddlers who like to put their mouth on or chew their toys. So I doubt our consoles are going to be much of a problem.

– Some of the custom toys Nintendo showed off included an electric guitar and a basic game of electronic tennis
– Toy Con Garage uses simple “building blocks” to let you program your devices
– They’re essentially “if-then” statements
– When you open up the program, you can select from a number of blocks based on input options for your Switch’s controllers
– Then connect them to other blocks based on output options.
– Ex: you can connect the left Switch controller’s B button (input) to the right Switch controller’s vibration feature (output)
– By doing so, whenever you press B on the left Joy Con, the right Joy Con will buzz
– This is how Nintendo Labo users will be able to expand beyond the six types of cardboard creations included in the Variety Set or the one included in the Robot Set
– Ex: Instead of making a piano, you can make a guitar
– Or instead of making a toy car, you can build a little cardboard man who falls flat on his face
– You can mix and match different programs’ functionality—using the fishing rod to play music
– You can even add extra Joy Cons to build even more elaborate programs

http://nintendoeverything.com/nintendo-labo-allows-for-rudime...

I'm sure there's going to be a few people pushing the limits of the programs by utilizing multiple cardboard pieces and joy con. Can't wait to see how elaborate they can get.