Meet The Nyko Pixelquest, A Nintendo Labo-Like Build-It-Yourself Arcade Cabinet For Switch

"WAF" is better when my toys can be easily burned. cardboard makes it easy...

Wasn't Cardboard-Origami™ copyrighted to Nintendo?

but does it brick your switch?

@AlternateButtons Agree, I don't see why anyone would want to play like this

@SonOfVon Probably

No more Labo crap, please!

@SonOfVon it can't there is no power supply lead for it

I'm really curious how they mapped the SR and SL buttons with that thing, clever. Looks fun with some friends, might have to give it a try.

Given what Labo is all about, this is a great idea.

Could be a fun enticing little package. I could see setting this down and playing some overcooked 2 with some who've never played and having some fun. Also, arcade style games for those who remember. I play around with dinky arcade machine replicas and they are strangely satisfying even though the ergonomics are ridiculous.

I'ld like to see a clamp to put over the analog stick that would have rounded cutouts for reinforcing the feel of the eight directions, so it would feel a bit more arcade. They could even make one for a 4-way for pac-man that is more restrictive... 3D printed something or other could probably pull this off, actually.

I’ll probably get it and proceed to use a Pro Controller with it. Or maybe I’ll just use the kickstand lol.

So fhkn adorable - but those tiny buttons would be a nightmare.

Shut up and take my 19.99.

For to play KOF with RUGAL hahaha. weeee!

It's nice, and at $19.99 probably the cheapest "arcade cabinet" you are going to find, but I would have really liked to see the front extended more to have space for a single Joycon b/c you arne't always going to want to play 2 player, and playing 1 player on that angle would drive me nuts.

I know that's how arcade cabinets are, but since this is homemade out of cardboard why not also make an option for a single player? Even if it added $5 to the cost $24.99 for single or multiplayer would certainly be worth it no?

This is a really cool idea and the price definitely seems right for something you'll probably play around with only a few times.

Looks cool, but this might be the better way to go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxJ0juxJ_Fg

Quite a weird angle you'd be playing at.

This is cute, but super impractical.

This is worth a 20 spot just for the pattern to construct one from wood and to see how they mapped the shoulder buttons.

@hatch - I don’t have big mitts, but I play cabinets with full body violence (I can’t stop from doing it), and I would destroy this thing in short order right along with you.

@hatch - I’ll thrash it like a grunge band thrashing their instruments in the 90s for an ultra rage quit combo/Nyko fatality (after I carefully remove my Switch and joy con of course).

Actually looks pretty cool.

Ten cents worth of cardboard and plastic for twenty dollars? No thank you.

Part of me kinda wants this, but imagine playing Street Fighter on this! It looks painful.

I think Nintendrew did a better job with his Switch Arcade cabinet. His even has a mini-fridge.

For 20 bucks, it should be made of sturdier material.

@Beatley82 Yeah but probably the best way to play two player in arcade mode at the small size. I could see this being great with Street Fighter or even many of the other countless arcade releases on Switch.

@bimmy-lee The problem is that you may destroy this WHILE playing quite easily.

@BlueOcean - As long as I don’t crush it completely like the motivational speaker, Matt Foley, falling on a coffee table; I’ll be all right. I’m gentler on table top cabs because I’m seated. Most of the torque I put on full size cabs comes from my legs. I really do want to build a tabletop cab from wood complete with a Hori stick, but I’m not sure this is the pattern to use after looking into it a bit more.

@bimmy-lee The first problem I notice is that the joy-cons are placed diagonally, so moving the sticks is going to be unnatural unless you are playing co-operative and each player faces the screen diagonally which is cumbersome at such short distance. The second problem is that the buttons are still tiny.

Guys, you need a proper arcade stick for making a cabinet.

@BlueOcean - I do want to see what they’re doing with the shoulder buttons. As cool as a two person tabletop would be, I’m looking to make a one player unit with a Hori pad sunk square in the center control area. I also want the Switch screen set deeper into the cabinet with a black border so it really glows. I can make things, but I’m not great at designing them; so I’ve been keeping an eye out for options/ideas.

@bimmy-lee You should post your results if you make something. I am better at designing than at making so that's why I think this doesn't make much sense but the joycons are not good anyway. Even if you tried to put big covers on them they are tiny and close to each other.

@BlueOcean - I would trade services with you if we lived on the same continent, assuming you’re interested in one; but I’m expecting it to be kind of heavy, and substantial to ship when it’s done. I have a couple ideas for non traditional cabinets, including an old, weird carnival popcorn popper that, oddly, could make a perfect tabletop cabinet with some modifications, but it would also destroy its function and any value it might hold. I’ll post a pic when I ultimately decide what to do and then actually do it.

@bimmy-lee That would be cool.