Topic: Nintendo Labo

MAKE. PLAY. DISCOVER.

It's a strange Software/Cardboard DIY game for the Nintendo Switch.

Going back to the trailer and its got my interest. Looks intriguing. NINTENDO INNOVATING. YET AGAIN.
🙂👍 I LIKE IT.

....cardboard.

Why not FEmale????????

Jokes aside....would of been wise for plastic instead, cardboard ain't gonna last, especially around kids which this is suppose to be aimed at.

It looks amazing!

@Undead_terror Thanks 😂 fixed it and taking what you said into consideration i completely agree that plastic would have been better choice like any other build and play toys etc as it looks like something i would play the Hell out of it and collect, but with cardboard it's going to wear out soon. I'm honestly interested in this and Nintendo is yet again innovating. At first glance this trailer looked so damn wired lol. But went back and I'm all in for it 👍👍👍

And not cheap either - https://labo.nintendo.com

...$80 for the giant robot kit. Will that include software?

It looks tremendously exciting to me, just seems expensive for cardboard. Surely they'll be unlicensed rip-off templates before you can say labia... I mean labo.

What a beautiful way to use technology. Bravo!

I guess the idea is that part of the fun comes from building it yourself, which might not be so easy to do with plastic. I think it looks great.

This just confers two thoughts I have had about Nintendo for awhile

1. Nintendo doesn't know what to do and is just throwing mud at the wall to see what sticks

2. Someone is high at Nintendo.

This will fail for sure.

Here is one of the few instances where Pachter may be correct.

@Tasuki Considering the release date, that second option may be likely

@PuzzleMaster7 Gotta admit that's pretty hilarious

I´m hyped. I liked what i´ve seen.

@Tasuki 1 applies to every business out there; 2... good luck to them.

Not sure how cardboard can fail. Cheap to produce. Potentially fairly eco-friendly. Looks fun. Just got to have some worthwhile application for it. If it's just novelty crap that doesn't provide gameplay with any longevity it possibly won't do well for long, but if it's legit then the sky's the limit.

I don't really know how well something like this will sell. Firstly the console is still expensive, most parents won't buy this system for their kids. Then there is the price of this package, which I assume most kids will get bored of really quickly and move on.

I so so hope Nintendo aren't going to be spending so much of their resources on stuff like this in order to try capturing that "Wii crowd" again and just forget about the core gamers because, you know, third party will take care of them.

Purchases come with the software, the site says as much. So its $70 for cardboard. It's cardboard + game.

And really, its cheaper than VR and far more usable for the kids, which is who it is for.

Do we care if it fails? No. It's not for us, remember?

This seems cute. And tbh, it seems way better than a lot of peripherals just through having multiple uses. Not sure how well it will do though.

Reminder that the idea that the Wii or DS had less great, hardcore first party games is an absurd myth.

For this to work I assume it's more than just cardboard. The shot of the backpack had a bunch of cables and I doubt the IR camera can work on its own in that piano contraption. We'll see I guess

That trailer is just... brilliant.

I don't know what the end product will be like, but watching that trailer again, with all the different coloured joy-cons, the happy music, the keyboard, the application of the burger-eating sensor... I'm just seeing Switchs everywhere, flying off the shelf. 20 million in a year easy. What other consumer tech has this sort of possibility?

I really hope this is worthwhile, cos the trailer deserves it.

This. This is why I love Nintendo. They never forget what PLAY is about.

@skywake The variety kit (5 'toys' - piano, motorbike, fishing rod, house, RC car) is cardboard, rubber bands, a couple of pieces of string, a few reflective stickers, and some sponge, plus the software, for $70.