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Tuesday24th Apr 2018
Random Nintendo Labo Allows You To Peek Inside Your Joy-Con
Crazy attention to detail
Nintendo Labo is, as many likely expected, taking the internet by storm; we've already seen Nintendo's new cardboard wonder receiving some unwanted attention from adorable, curious cats, and a bunch of clever creations from players all around the world
Monday23rd Apr 2018
Random Cats Can't Get Enough Of Nintendo Labo
Feline groovy
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 Nintend
Feature Enjoy The Cardboard Craziness Of These Nintendo Labo Creations
It's just pure creation
Since its January reveal, the question on many people's lips has been can Nintendo Labo's cardboard construction kit survive the novelty factor and wear 'n' tear of younger audiences to genuinely engage creative minds beyond customisation? If early indications are to be believed, the answer is, emphatically, yes, as Japanese...
Site News So, Where's Our Nintendo Labo Review?
Staggered release dates, be damned
Labo launched last week in North America, and you may well have noticed plenty of coverage going up on a wide range of sites since then. The consensus is pretty clear: Labo is a neat toy that has plenty of potential. So then, you may be wondering to yourselves, where's the all-important Nintendo Life review?...
Gallery Japan Goes Absolutely Potty About Nintendo Labo
Bored of cardboard? Not even close
Whatever you think of Nintendo’s latest and wackiest creation, Labo has been pretty indicative of the company's aggressive marketing in the weeks since its brief yet impactful reveal in January. With a combination of Nintendo’s fitting mantra of ‘thinking outside the box’, utilising the console's many new...
Friday20th Apr 2018
News UK Schools Want To Bring The Cardboard Creativity Of Nintendo Labo Into The Classroom
Switching up education
Could Nintendo Labo and Nintendo Switch be the tools to help bring a new dimension to education? We've pondered that very same question on Nintendo Life, and now it seems some schools here in the United Kingdom see some real potential for the cardboard creations of Ninty's latest project. According to a report by...
News Replacement Labo Parts Are Now Available Direct From Nintendo
PDFs also available
Labo launches today in North America, and it's heartening to know that once kits are in the hands of players all over the nation (Europe has to wait until next week, sadly), we don't need to worry about broken parts - because Nintendo has kindly put a load of replacement items on its North American web store. With prices ranging...
Wednesday18th Apr 2018
Video Diving Head-First into the World of Nintendo Labo
Will you be my Labo partner?
We don't think anyone can deny that Nintendo Labo has caused a stir amongst the gaming community, and even far beyond. The idea of a cardboard construction toy being used in conjunction with an already versatile console is unusual, and unashamedly "Nintendo". We were lucky enough to get our hands on some Labo at a...
News Japan Is More Excited About Nintendo Labo Than God Of War
Cardboard Kratos
God of War may be enjoying a triumphant return to relevance with its latest instalment on PS4, but that doesn't mean that critical success in the West translates into equal popularity on the other side of the world. In fact, if the sales charts on Amazon Japan are anything to go by, Nintendo Labo is proving a far more enticing...
Tuesday17th Apr 2018
News Just How Is Nintendo Making All The Cardboard Kits For Nintendo Labo?
Japanese packaging firm Rengo to the rescue!
The release of Nintendo Labo for Switch is right around the corner now, with Toy-Con 01 - Variety Kit and Toy-Con 02 - Robot Kit becoming available on 20th April in the US and Japan, and later on the 27th in Europe. Now you might be wondering how Nintendo is going to manage producing all of...
Thursday5th Apr 2018
Video Build Your Own Guitar With The Cardboard Creations Of Nintendo Labo
Shred on Switch
With Nintendo Labo a mere few weeks away, we're getting more than a little excited to start seeing the world in cardboard. Enter the latest Toy-Con Garage tutorial from Nintendo, which this week details how you can make a functional guitar out of your Nintendo Switch, some rubber bands and a little cardboard. Using the frighteningly...
Thursday22nd Mar 2018
Video Nintendo Shows How To Create Your Own Labo Remote Control Tank
Part two of the Toy-Con Garage series
Nintendo's running a series of videos on YouTube which looks at the ways you'll be able to create cool toys using Labo, which arrives next month. This week, it's the turn of the RC Tank. This demonstration shows how you can start with a very basic concept - such as the Joy-Con's IR camera "seeing" some...
Monday19th Mar 2018
Random We Have Our First Nintendo Labo Knock-Off
With the catchy name of "Arcade Bracket"
Nintendo was kinda asking for it, really. When you make a product out of cardboard, it's insultingly easy for unscrupulous companies to jump on the bandwagon and copy the idea - after all, cardboard is pretty easy to mass-produce. Say hello to "Arcade Bracket", which is basically a cardboard stand for the...
Thursday15th Mar 2018
Video See Nintendo Labo In Action At The Science Museum In London
Hands-on with the cardboard curio
A big hands-on event for Nintendo Labo is currently being held at the Science Museum, London (it's running until tomorrow, if you're in that neck of the woods) and Nintendo UK has just posted a short but sweet little video showing the cardboard curio in action, with players of all ages and backgrounds getting to...
Video Check Out The Scope Of Nintendo Labo's Toy-Con Garage Mode
Programming with cardboard
Nintendo is kicking off a new series of videos devoted to showcasing Nintendo Labo's Toy-Con Garage mode, which allows you to create your very own Toy-Con using a basic programming tool. The first video - shown above - talks about how you can use 'nodes' to create inputs and outputs. For example, on the most basic level...
Wednesday7th Mar 2018
News Nintendo UK Wants To Know Which Switch Games Made Your Top Ten
And use the hashtag #Top10SwitchGames
It's all happening this week. First Nintendo drops an announcement for a Nintendo Direct (which takes place tomorrow), then pre-orders for Nintendo Labo go live on the Nintendo UK website. And to top it all off, the big N now wants to know your favour
News Nintendo Labo Pre-Orders Are Now Live On The Nintendo UK Store
The age of cardboard is almost upon us
With its April release date looming in the distance, Nintendo has finally started rolling out pre-orders for Nintendo Labo on the official Nintendo UK site. Should your bank balance be suitably healthy, you can head on over there right now and secure the Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 01: Variety Kit, the Nintendo...
Friday16th Feb 2018
Video Nintendo Labo Is Much More Than Cardboard, You Guys
What's in the box?
We were lucky enough to go hands-on with Labo ahead of its official announcement some time ago and after that initial swell of hype has faded, we've almost put it to the back of our minds. However, Nintendo doesn't want you to forget about this cardboard marvel and has released a
Thursday15th Feb 2018
Video Get To Know Nintendo Labo Even Better With These In-Depth Trailers
Everything you need to know
Nintendo Labo is a mere two months away, and with a handful of hands-on events taking place across the UK this week, Nintendo has released a slew of new videos that go into a little more depth on what the new cardboard-based experience will offer. The Overview trailer breaks down the three core pillars of Labo - Make,...
News This Nintendo-themed Masking Tape Will Keep Your Labo Stuck On-Brand
Well, that's Christmas sorted
Nintendo Labo is only two+ months out, so the Big N is slowly beginning to open up pre-orders across the world and unveil official new items to support all that cardboard folding and creative programming. And that includes unveiling a new line of masking tapes complete with Nintendo-themed patterns. They're currently...
Friday2nd Feb 2018
News Design Your Own Cardboard Creations With Nintendo Labo's Toy-Con Garage
There's no limits
Nintendo Labo turned plenty of heads when it was unveiled back in January, and whether you're sold on the premise or not, there's no denying it's peak Nintendo. There was, however, some concern that users were going to be limited to the Toy-Con templates designed by Nintendo. Well, Nintendo has firmly quashed those fears with the...
Friday26th Jan 2018
News Nintendo Power's Second Episode Is Here And Nintendo Labo Takes Centre Stage
Cardboard is so 2018
We were over-the-moon when we heard Nintendo Power was being reborn as an officially-branded podcast, and last month's episode - complete with an interview with The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild's Eiji Aonuma, and Hidemaro Fujibayashi - was everything we wanted. Well, it's time to clear you schedule because episode two is...
Thursday25th Jan 2018
Deals Save £10 On Your Nintendo Labo Pre-Order In The UK
Big thanks to Amazon!
Update: For whatever reason the BIGTHANKS code is unfortunately no longer working alongside a purchase of Nintendo Labo. However there are lots of fun things you could buy for your Nintendo Switch such as this lovely 200GB Micro SD card. A bargain at only £59.99 we are sure you will agree! <products id="5947"...
Wednesday24th Jan 2018
Video We Made Our Own Nintendo Labo Toy-Con
With standard cardboard and varied results!
One of the criticisms we've seen time and time again surrounding the Nintendo Labo construction toys is that you could easily just recreate it yourself for mere pennies and a spare half an hour. Well, we thought it would be interesting to see if we really could do as so many claim they can, so we set...
Tuesday23rd Jan 2018
Video Not Everyone Is Pleased With Nintendo Labo
"C'mon why isn't Smash on the switch"
Nintendo Labo is a bit special, as you'll know if you read our hands-on piece from last week. With humble cardboard Nintendo could potentially create a whole new "DIY gaming" gaming sub-genre, and we personally can't wait to get our hands on these lovely kits (again) to create more Toy-Con goodness.
Monday22nd Jan 2018
Random Turns Out Everyone's Favourite Video Game Analyst Was Right, Nintendo Fans Will Buy Cardboard
“A box... that says Nintendo on it, they probably would"
Love him, or hate him, Wedbush Securities research analyst Michael Pachter sometimes makes some quite interesting predictions when it comes to Nintendo, and this blast from the past really makes us chuckle. Back in 2012 on a episode of Bonus Round, everyone's...
Random This Japanese Kid Was Living The Nintendo Labo Dream In October Last Year
Ahead of the game, sort of
Nintendo Labo may have taken the gaming world by complete surprise, but one Japanese player was exploring the joys of cardboard construction as early as October last year. Twitter user masaki_samurai posted the following video of his child playing with a specially-constructed gun in Splatoon 2. OK, so it's not...
Friday19th Jan 2018
Random Cleaner At German Video Game Age Ratings Firm Almost Mistook Nintendo Labo For Trash
"No one would have believed us before the announcement"
Nintendo Labo is certainly a left-field product; gaming hardware is normally associated with plastic but Nintendo's new initiative is all about cardboard. This development so confused the cleaning staff at the German Entertainment Software Self-Regulation Body (or USK as it is often...
Thursday18th Jan 2018
News Labo's Cardboard Revolution Adds Almost $1.4 billion To Nintendo's Value
Now we just need some sticky back plastic
A year ago, the reveal of Nintendo Switch helped swell Nintendo's market value by a staggering $1 billion, and now, mere months before the release of Nintendo Labo, the Japanese firm's worth has shot up by another 2.4%. That might not sound like a big percentage, until you realise that translates into a...
Video There Are More Nintendo Labo Toy-Con Than You Might Expect
A keen eye reveals all
Although by no means hidden, there are a number of Nintendo Labo constructables that Nintendo revealed in the video that first looks at the product, but hasn't properly acknowledged since, certainly not in a commercial manner. These include a camera, a pump-action gun of some kind, and a bird just to name a few. You...
