Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

Looks way too complicated and at $70/$80 for carboard? haha, nah.

lol, the Nintendo UK link is still empty - I went to Reddit to find the Youtube link.

I'm impressed with the toys, but it's not something I'd be interested in. The cardboard suit that interfaces with the robot game though - that might be something I could be tempted into doing.

@MisterPi $70 for the cardboard AND the software to use it.

@YummyHappyPills That's still pretty sad. For cardboard. How long could it even realistically last, even if used by adults?

Looks a little dumb, but maybe kids will like it.

Cardboard is a really poor choice, though. Too fragile IMO, especially if kids are the ones using it.

People are saying that it's too expensive for cardboard, but if it were plastic instead then it would be more expensive to produce. Remember that the price tag includes the software, it's not just cardboard.

I can't imagine they're exactly slim on the profit margin on carboard cutouts.

I am so ready for Labo...(kinda wish my dad was still working though so I could get free heavy duty cardboard...)

I was watching it and was like, "This is dumb..." but then I was like... "maybe it's not?!"

lol

I think I would have fun with it. My wife would probably get a kick out of it, too.

Way too expensive though, even considering the software.

It's not even remotely like VR. If it's like anything it's a mix between the 3DS' AR games and those robot kits from lego etc.

I cant use VR. I simply cant.

So this is a way to let someone like me, who for a myriad of reasons cant be put into a game in that way...be put into a game

Please bear in mind there's a Labo thread, plus two articles up on home page.

https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/nintendo-switch/nintendo_labo

Nintendo Labo replaced the Wii U section on the Nintendo UK and Europe sites.

hahahahahaha

that's cold, poor Wii U

So the final nail in the Wii U's coffin was a cardboard one. Kind-of fitting actually. Like a chocolate tea pot.

This made me laugh.

I actually like what they're doing though. As long as it doesn't affect their output with games for us, and I don't think it will,then I'm fully behind this idea. I'm 40 year old and it's clearly not for me...... but I'm going to buy it anyway.

So in the German press release for Labo there's a small tidbit saying that the Switch has sold over 600k in Germany, selling faster than Wii.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/switch-sells-600k-units-in-g...

Seems the British Isles is the last bastion of anti-Nintendo sentiment left in the world.

Over in the motherland the only Nintendo cardboard you'll see is brand new Switch boxes used as dartboards.

@gcunit So the solution to analogue triggers could be a cardboard pedal.Mario Sunshine could have a cardboard F.L.U.D.D or how about a cardboard Poltergust 3000 for Luigi's Mansion.

I'm calling it now, Mario Kart 10 will make use of this. I say 10 as 9 is a bad luck number in Japan,it's pronounced as 'kyu' which is pronounced similarly to agony and torture, so they definitley wont be calling it MK9. MK8D can be the 9th . Funnily enough 8 is considered lucky as its pronounced similar to prosperity and they've used it twice. Now that I think about it, I wonder if that played any part in MK8D's existence?They're pretty superstitious like that. My phone the One Plus 3 is Chinese, 4 is an unlucky number there, Japan too as its homophonous to the word death. The follow up phone to Plus 3 was the One Plus 5,they skipped 4 altogether. Windows skipped 9, iPhone skipped 9 and both have a huge presence in Japan. Superstition may not have played a part in those decisions but the potentially huge loss in sales probably did. Say it was Mario Kart 7 that was on Wii U instead of 8,would we have got MK7 Deluxe on Switch?It's something to ponder.... or maybe not Goodnight.

@OorWullie ive heard this before but i didnt really know they believed in it so much they wont use a number... do they just avoid the number 9 in school? alternatively, do the emos wear 9s on their clothes? i know there has to be at least some people like "idgaf 99999999!"