Labo launched last week in Japan and North America, meaning that loads of cardboard pianos, fishing rods and robots are now out in the wild. It also means that household pets are coming to terms with a Labo-filled future, and it has come to our attention (thanks, Kotaku) that cats just can't seem to get enough of the latest Nintendo craze.
Before you assume that people's cats are helping them create Labo models, we should clarify - most of these cats simply want to get in the way:
Finally, here's what happens when you pit your favourite feline against the Labo RC car.
[source kotaku.com]
Comments 48
Hahahaha.... !!!
Good article
Finally, the content I visit Nintendo Life for.
I hate cats.
With a passion.
Wipe the evil creatures off the face of the Earth.
Labo Cat Scratch Post should be Toy-Con #3.
Breaking news: Cats like boxes
Ugh. Cats ruin everything.
Mine didn't even wait for me to open the box.
I've heard that cats are the definitive proof that the earth is round, because they would have pushed everything off if it was flat.
Cats are the best. Screw the haters!
Mommy, why does my cardboard smell like ammonia?....
@NEStalgia subtle
More proof that cats are nature's perfect animal.
I see Nintendo is finally starting its QOL projects, only watching these pictures and videos is doing wonders for me X3
@Giygas_95 Couldn't agree more. Beautiful animals, great fun, independent, cuddly and funny (although admittedly sometimes in a sneaky kind of way). What's not to like?
I don't get all the hate either. Mind you, I also like dogs, and most other animals, so I'm not an either/or person, another one of those stupid things.
EDIT:
And come on, how can you NOT love this, or at the very least crack a smile?
SwitchForce in da house!
I'm actually surprised that the cats in these videos didn't completely destroy the remote car...
I also couldn't help but notice how much better the guy in the second clip is at steering/controlling the Toy-Con.
@NEStalgia Good one...
If they fits, they sits.
Cats are like young kids they love cardboard
Team Dog for life
@ThanosReXXX I have a big black and white Manx cat and a little black kitty, and they're both precious and always happy to see me when I come home.
Ow i love cats.supercute!
@ThanosReXXX
'Don't read the comments,' they always say. 'Don't read the comments.'
Today, I am glad I read the comments. 😊
Cats love boxes so much! So of course! Maybe Nintendo should make a set for cats to play!
Funny and cute stuffs. Thanks for the videos.
@Knuckles if it fits i sits
@Giygas_95 That's nice. I used to have a pedigree short-hair, but she had anxiety issues, so she couldn't be left alone, and I had to give her away, sadly.
@Balladeer Haha, yeah, I know. I actually always do read all the comments, much to my own dismay, sometimes. Especially considering that I visit this site to have a nice time, not to be annoyed by negativity or by people saying dumb things.
But I also don't like looking dumb myself by posting something that ten other people before me have already said as well, so that unfortunately means that in order to prevent myself from doing that, I will have to read all the comments, or at least glance them over. Them's the breaks, I guess...
-insert the Meow Mix song here-
meow
Pretty safe to assume that cat kicked that rd car's butt! That darn cat!
I don't get all the hate for a bit of a fun article on a dreary Monday. I like most animals, and felines are in my top ten!
Somebody think of the boxes!
Seems like Nintendo is aiming for 100% marketshare among cats.
If my cat was still alive, she would do the same thing. xD
Ah, purrfect. I'm getting Labo to entertain the cat so it stops sitting on my keyboard.
Oh, here he comes now...
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Listen to him purr. Maine coons are so adorable. My brothers looks just like this one. And he's such a baby. He stands on his hind legs and stretches his front paws up on your legs like "pick me up and hold me!"
And he's better than an atomic clock for waking up in the morning. His cat will head ram you at 5am. My friend was sleeping over one day and he got woken up sleeping on the floor with Max head ramming him over and over lol. He's like dude, your cat is head ramming me
It is pretty well know that cats like playing with small things and cardboard things and cardboard boxes... So Labo actually seems like a perfect toy for cats.
@ZurapiiYohane Boxes make cats feel protected and isolated, among other reasons.
Nintendo: Oh crap, WE DIDNT TEST IT ON CATS!
Why didn't they turned on the infra auto tracking, so it follows the cat? It would have been funny. Also, add some stability patch to the cardboard so it doesn't collapsed after getting a slap from the cat.
@DockEllisD Thanks to these videos, Labo is now the #1 reason I'm getting a cat!
@ThanosReXXX Sadly I then kept reading the comments after yours... Ah well, we live and learn.
I like how some people get Labo for their cat, share it online, and then people want a cat for Labo. ;D
@thiz There actually are community guidelines in any web forum that should be followed. These include refraining from swearing. @Anti-Matter isn't trolling. And good manners are generally a good idea when appearing in public.
https://www.nintendolife.com/rules
Moderate yourself before you need to be moderated.
How is this a surprise?!
I've held off on getting Nintendo Labo because I'm a cat breeder and I have 6 cats and they would be wrecking it in seconds and playing with the parts until they were so destroyed that I had to throw them away.
Every time we get a box in the mail it's chaos. Of course that would happen with Nintendo Labo as well, you really got to be simple minded not to see that coming.
@Balladeer Indeed. Well, to be honest, and kind of sadly enough, this is far from the worst I've seen on here, so it's still relatively tame. I'm not that easily fazed anymore...
Bearing in mind how all cats love cardboard, esp boxes and corrugated cardboard (better than any rope scratching post), I've ordered two No.1 kits, one for me, the other for my cats to go ballastic with.
wrt language, there are over 160,000 words in the English language which gives everyone plenty of alternatives to swear words (unless you are under 6).
Sadly Miiverse perished, but Nintendo's zero tolerance policy to swearing and abusive made that a delightful, helpful forum.
@thiz Sounds like you just shouldn’t have pets at all, or ever go out into nature. They’re animals, not people. And animals of almost every variety can be observed doing far more horrific things than not showing respecful sentiment for the dead. Cats and dogs are both predators. Thousands of years of domestication won’t change that. Besides, humans do pretty bad things too.
Cats are the best!
Also, the cat in the bag: No way can that happen with my cat. My cat is a scaredy-cat, lol. But I love her!
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