
Pre-orders for the next Labo cardboard kit, due out on 12th April, are now live on the Nintendo UK store.
The Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 04: VR Kit looks to offer the most unique Labo experience yet, allowing users to experience virtual reality on the Switch for the first time with special Toy-Con VR Goggles.
In total, there are four pre-order options, as previously announced by Nintendo earlier this month. You can purchase the full package or if you opt with the starter set, you'll also be able to pick up the two expansion packs.
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Delivery is free for orders over £20.00. For more information about the VR Kit, view our existing announcement post.
Will you be pre-ordering the VR Kit online? Are you planning to purchase the starter kit or the full package? Tell us down in the comments.
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I mean, I enjoy Labo, but it’s not like there will be a shortage.
April 1st would be a more suitable release date.
I'll be camping outside the store just to make sure I get my copy on launch day. See you all there.
i know this is a UK article. however, i'm gonna wait and see gameplay before deciding to pre-order this or getting it in general. i don't like pre-ordering stuff until i see gameplay to get me excited.
"allowing users to experience virtual reality"
Wooo! Matrix here I come... wait...
This is gonna sell like hot cakes
@Aozz101x "i don't like pre-ordering stuff until i see gameplay to get me excited."
A wise choice
I've pre-ordered the basic kit. I felt a bit of a lunatic pre-ordering without seeing gameplay. But I want to do my tiny bit to encourage Nintendo VR. If that's all I get out of it I'll be happy. And it's fun to give my Switch more functionality that might be used by Nintendo more later on. I'm hopeful that Nintendo and Google will later allow these googles to use Google Street View. I might keep my kit flat until I have someone round to build it with. But I might also not be able to wait if gameplay review exceeds expectations.
People assuming this won't sell could be in for a surprise. In USA pre-orders for one of the kits, I think it was the basic kit, sold out very rapidly.
So if you might want it, pre-order!
Does the full kit offer something the other three put together don't? I ask as it is more expensive than their combined price.
Footage, Nintendo. If I'm gonna buy the cardboard, I'd like to know what I'm using it for.
It’s strangely cheaper to order them separately then as one item.
Will wait for previews/reviews before buying anything, but tempted to go for the Starter Pack at least.
No thank you, not my bag.
Maybe they should show the software at some point?
@Aozz101x Yeah, I'm the same, I'm thinking about buying this, but not until I see the games
I would imagine the elephant simulation game will be trunk-ated.
I have PSVR so really interested in Nintendo VR. Just wish Nintendo would show us some games footage. It’s the blaster that has me intrigued. And hopefully the possibility of Mario Kart VR.
I can’t decide if I want this because WHERE IS THE DAMN TRAILER?!
@Wavey84 something to consider: if you haven't tried a control system on a VR headset, and you haven't gone for some amount of time holding headsets (rather than having them strapped on), you probably don't have an accurate idea of how well it works as a system. I hope I can help you imagine it...
The first Google cardboard I designed had thumb holes. I used that set for weeks and even though the thumbs caused a slight distortion in the 3d viewing and it let a ton of light leakage into the headset, it was awesome. Think of it as feeling sporty.
Holding your headset for short periods (like Splatoon style matches) was totally natural. Boxers hold their hands to their face all the time. Photographers too. Martial artists, and plenty others really.
But all I really wanted on my headset was a physical control. Buttons.. more of them. Real ones... and my thumbs had to get out of the image... honestly, VR Labo is for me a dream come true. Not as a final product, but as a step towards an unmatched product...
Just think... the Wii integrated motion controls 3 generations ago. the Wii U perfected wireless HD streaming... the 3DS fostered multiple generations of 3d developers. And if they could scrounge up the power (which isn't really a challenge, is just that Nintendo hasn't wanted to), they've even worked in a public test of asynchronous gameplay so one person could be in VR and the other on the TV... tack on the fact that a headset is a much easier sell than a second screen, then you might just realize that Nintendo has been publicly beta testing individual components of an exciting deviation from the traditional VR system.
I've come to realize that Nintendo isn't really a tech company... it's a design company. And what it does better than any company out there is strategically design its systems for the future, testing and iterating. When they have money, they're not afraid to go out on a limb and lose a little cash for the opportunity to learn. What's more, they curate the market place and prepare their systems in parallel. Unprecedented.
VR Labo is just another sign of their brilliance. Don't let a lack of imagination dull their blade for you.
I understand the concern/criticism..
BUT remember all the negativity towards the Switch before release... and look at it now!
Im curiously optimistic...
@day Well said, dude! 👍
That was beautiful! +❤
Have the PSVR, and happy with that. Would rather nintendo make something like that instead...imagine playing a Mario adventure, Kirby, PIKMIN or animal crossing or even a Metroid Prime game with VR support. Nintendo could really sell this, if it was a better VR system, but I somehow see this (at least around my whole area) be like the other LABO sets, and just sit on store shelves collecting dust. I know not one person that owns Labo yet, for me to even try, and I've been waiting for the 1st variety kit to end up getting clearances to pick it up. Hopefully, this coming black friday has them on sale, possibly I'd pick one up to try, but holding cardboard up against my eyes, playing cheap little mini games is not my cup of tea...plus, the PSVR makes you sweat around the eyes after a while with it being on your face...imagine having wet cardboard against your face!!!!
There is no way I will pay that much for cardboard. Nintendo labo is bad and nintendo should feel bad
What games are there that support VR for Nintendo Switch? Is Nintendo developing their own in-house?
@Savino Haha I noticed that too. Little to no coverage. I wonder what their reasoning is?
@AlohaPizzaJack
Point is that they don't want to over-produce, not really that they want to make sure everyone gets one.
You oughta know Nintendo by now.
@Dpullam
It's ENTIRELY in-house at the moment. The VR kit was only announced a short while ago, and no proper info or tech has been shared with developers yet.
VR on Switch is really just this one LABO kit, that of comes with 5 (or more) games made in-house by Nintendo.
Cheaper to buy the three separate packs than the bundle.
@Pod Gotcha! Thanks for the information!
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