Talking Point Where's Your Nintendo Labo Now?

Make, Play, & Bin?

No, we didn't find ours here, not at all... 2018 is a long time ago. It feels like it happened in another dimension, in an alternate (and much nicer) timeline, or some other Marvel universe-typed nonsense. And it's a timeline we can never get back to. It was also the year that Nintendo dropped its Labo sets, which is infinitely...

• Mon 2nd Feb 2026
• Talking Point
• Features
• Nintendo Switch
• Polls
• Nintendo Labo

News The Inventors Of Nintendo's Switch Online Playtest Appear To Have Been Revealed

A creative mix

Nintendo's Switch Online Playtest Program struggled to contain leaks when it went live last year and it looks like the inventors behind this concept have now been revealed. According to a new patent doing the rounds, the creative talent leading this playtest includes Yusuke Amano, Tsubasa Sakaguchi, Masaki Wada, and Shinya Yano. As...

• Sat 15th Mar 2025
• Nintendo Switch
• Nintendo Switch Online
• Nintendo

Random "Ultimate Console Database" Secures Ultra Rare Nintendo Labo Switch

For preservation!

Remember that super rare Nintendo Labo themed Switch, exclusive to an official Nintendo competition? Well, it seems we might actually be able to find out a little more about it after "the ultimate" online console database 'Consolevariations' was able to secure this particular unit (for an undisclosed sum) after "5 years of...

• Sun 30th Jul 2023
• Random
• Nintendo Switch
• Nintendo Labo
• Hardware

Anniversary Five Years Ago, Nintendo Unboxed Its Most Joyful, Harebrained Experiment

A Labo of Love

Five years ago today, Nintendo told the world to get creative and create pianos, fishing rods, and — eventually — a giant cardboard VR headset. That's right, Nintendo Labo is half a decade old, and as we look back, we're feeling a little bit fond. Debuting in April 2018, this quasi-toys-to-life creation may have essentially been...

• Thu 20th Apr 2023
• Anniversaries
• Polls
• Nintendo Switch
• Nintendo
• Nintendo Labo

Back Page "My Uncle Works At Nintendo" - The Man, The Myth, And The Mendacity

It’s all lies… until it’s all true

In the magazine business, the Back Page is where you'd find all the weird goofs that we couldn't fit in anywhere else. Some may call it "filler"; we prefer "a whole page to make terrible jokes that are tangentially related to the content of the mag". We don't have (paper) pages on the internet, but we still...

• Fri 23rd Dec 2022
• Back Page
• Features
• Nintendo
• Best of 2022

Feature A Look Back At Nintendo's Long History Of Art, Music And Game Making Software

Over 35 years of programmin', paintin' and makin'

Between the Super Mario Maker games, Miitopia, and now the soon to be released Game Builder Garage, the last decade has seen Nintendo embrace the creativity of its players to produce fun content for all to experience. It’s amazing to see the creativity of the communities that form around these...

• Sun 26th Dec 2021
• Features
• Nintendo
• Retro
• Best of 2021

Talking Point Nintendo's Quirky Creativity Hasn't Always Paid Off On Switch, But It Matters

Standing out from the crowd

Nintendo is in a particularly strong position in the games industry at present - it's a hugely popular, talked about brand, and the company is still selling tens of millions of systems each year that - by this stage - will be increasingly inexpensive to produce. When you take relatively old, readily available technology...

• Sun 18th Jul 2021
• Features
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• Best of 2021

News Nintendo Explains Why It Took Down The Labo Website

"We routinely conduct product website maintenance and reorganization"

[Update #2: 21/04/2021]: Nintendo of America has responded to reports that it has removed the Labo website, stating that the line is still available for purchase. Speaking to Games Radar, NoA said: "Nintendo Labo is available at retail locations. We routinely conduct product...

• Wed 21st Apr 2021
• Labo
• Nintendo

Random Move Over, Nintendo Labo, And Get Ready For... PlayStation Labo?

No cardboard with this one

While Nintendo and Sony's streams have rarely crossed in the past (besides a famous exception or two), reports are coming in that a certain part of Sony's PS5 pack-in game might reference a recent Nintendo product, albeit indirectly. Well, we say 'indirectly', but it actually seems pretty direct — at least to western...

• Wed 28th Oct 2020
• Random
• Sony
• Nintendo Labo

News Fan Recreates Entire Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Shrine Inside Nintendo Labo

Full layout, Magnesis, enemies, the lot!

While the hype surrounding Nintendo Labo appears to have faded as quickly as it came, there's no denying that it really is a fantastic piece of kit in the right hands. Showing off that fact wonderfully is this full recreation of a shrine from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Twitter user Green_Squid...

• Tue 3rd Mar 2020
• Nintendo Switch
• Zelda
• Labo