Topic: Nintendo Labo

@gcunit : Both packages include their own software, hence the price.

I think I'll try the variety kit. I mean... wow. This is very creative.

Nintendo: your toy maker DNA is showing lol

That being said, I hope this stays its own, totally optional, realm on the Switch. As others have said, just when the Switch was doing so well "winning back" some lapsed, older gamers, I hope they don't go 100% into this kinda stuff and turn those people off all over again. At this point, that doesn't seem to be the case. Just seems to be a fun, mostly kid or family-oriented delve if you're willing to pay the money. I'm fine with that.

I am genuinely impressed by the vision and imagination of Nintendo R&D. Will this sell?? I hope so because seriously this is incredibly creative thinking and it deserves to be rewarded. I will be buying this to enjoy but also show support for Nintendo thinking outside of the (cardboard) box.

Yea, the descriptions for some of the stuff reveals that many of the builds feature other materials.

Using cardboard is genius really, it's ecological, customizable, and easy to replace in the case of accidents.

I can already see people 3d printing these or something to make sturdier versions, but cardboard is easily accessible and a great material for kids to work with.

So I have to say this looking at the setup for the robot one...

Thank you Nintendo.

For medical reasons I can't use VR. If I do the nose bleeds and collapsing start. This is as close to being "In the game" as I can get.

So when are the adults gonna get the Labo EX, metal DIY parts instead and more advanced stuff and M-rated Labo EX games?

Adults can make these themselves.

Go cut metal to make a piano.

Nintendo was basically like with Nintendo Labo, "Hey, who needs VR, when we can just have cardboard instead."

I think I will get this but I'm really worried about everything breaking and then just being stuck with nothing. Not to mention the set is $150 which seems a little pricey to me.

@NintenNinja16 You say that...but for people like myself and kids that are too young...this is as close to VR as we can get right now.

@YummyHappyPills You know I'd forgotten about Nintendo's sidestep of VR and you are absolutely right. I can't wait to stomp around in my cardboard mech considering that 3D and VR pretty must are like setting my eye on fire. Gaming for everyone.

@YummyHappyPills I'm just joking around, I personally think the concept is ingenious and will at the very least do decently, if not well, especially since this is much more accessible than a $600 VR headset, that on top of it requires a good enough PC to get things running decently.

@Ryu_Niiyama Do you need 2 eyes to do VR? (I haven't ever used it because I assumed I couldn't)

Having only one functional eye would simply do to VR what it does to your everyday life already.

You won't see the effect of depth, and have reduced peripheral vision, but you can still see.

This is in no way like vr, no idea where you guys are coming from TBH. This is more like ar games on 3ds combined with those hobby/craft/robot kits. Not vr.

i cant believe the HD rumble of two joycons is enough to motorize an rc card made out of cardboard. that is soooooo freaking cool!

@Meowpheel Hmm thanks Mr Meow.

I'm going to give my first reaction on it "this looks stupid". It's not catching me in the slightest and I can't imagine spending $70-80 on cardboard.

I might buy one of these sets just out of sheer curiosity to see how it works. It's a rather original idea, I will say that. Production cost will be pretty low because it's just cardboard, so I can see Nintendo doing well on these should they sell.
Kind of makes me think of a marriage between the AR games from the 3DS and these cardboard model planes I used to get at my local mom and pop department store as a little kid.