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Nintendo has revealed the announcement they were teasing for today, and at 10 PM GMT, the Nintendo Labo was revealed to the public. Focusing on three key tenets of "make, play, and discover", the Nintendo Labo are "Toy-Cons" that consist of cardboard and can be crafted together to create things such as a little piano, house, fishing rod, and more. The Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons are then placed within them, for interactivity. To start, there will be two kits, one that's a variety kit which includes a fishing rod, 2 cars, a house, a motorbike handlebar, and a piano. The second, is a "robotic backpack suit". The products will cost $69.99 or $79.99 respectively.

Both sets will release on April 20, 2018, and Nintendo will be holding hands-on events to demo the Nintendo Labo in New York City from Feb. 2-3, and in San Francisco from Mar. 2-4. If you're interested, you can register for that here. The Labo will require folding the cardboard in order to make it form into the object you want, by following the guidlines provided in the box. Some of the creations will also have minigames that utilize the Joy-Cons, where you use the rumbling from the controller in order to know when to reel in the fishing pole. Also shown was a piano, which plays music when the cardboard keys are pressed.

Get ready to Make, Play and Discover with Nintendo Labo! Nintendo Labo is a new line of interactive build-and-play experiences that combine DIY creations with the magic of Nintendo Switch. Available on April 20, 2018.

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[Tigran]

Sigh gimmicky isnt a valid complaint please stop using it to describe anything remotely new that isnt up to your expectations. This is cool and while expensive and probably not the most durable im sure i could look in most of the people on this site closets and say the same thing about most of the crap in there.

Honestly just imagine if someone said oh color tv thats just a gimmick and passed it up. Guy would look pretty stupid right now.

So lets just go with a pros/cons

Pro

Looks interesting
Simple repairs
Innovative
Fun


Con

Expensive
Low durability
Childish

Yep.. Analog is a gimmick! Motion Controls are a gimmick. Two screens is a gimmick. Touch screen is a gimmick.

Don't forget the fact that it still has no Virtual Console service neither.
With all these stupid shit Nintendo's announcing, it's like they are begging for the Switch to get hacked so that the hackers code/port the apps that the actual user base wanted from day 1.
More so seeing how RetroArch on Switch is already in alpha stages.

And the PS4 still doesn't play PS1 games.

 

[mrtimotei]

Nintendo: "We don't want to use VR because it's not *fun* yet."

Nintendo: *Gives everyone cardboard.*

 

[Tigran]

Nintendo: "We don't want to use VR because it's not *fun* yet."

Nintendo: *Gives everyone cardboard.*

And yet... Having played VR... I think the cardboard will be more fun.

 

[jahrs]

All things that lead to progress either good or bad are gimmicks till proven otherwise by time and even then once the next best thing come out that too becomes a gimmick of a distant past.

As such calling something a gimmick is meanlingless because all things are gimmicks in the grand scheme of time. So use the limited time you have in which you are valued to bring up things of greater importance.

 

[HaloEffect17]

I'm guessing most of the hate from Labo stems less from, "It's not for me", but rather, Nintendo wasted R&D on this when it could have been put to use elsewhere.

 

[VashTS]

release date 4/20 someone blazed it doe

 

[Eddypikachu]

Can I use the carboard to build myself a good paper mario game?

 

[HaloEffect17]

Can I use the carboard to build myself a good paper mario game?

Not sure if you'll have enough cardboard to make a thousand-year door out of it...

 

[deinonychus71]

I mean, it's a game console. It plays games. :/

He's kind of right though. It's missing some basic features that can be expected from a recent console, especially since the console is doing well. Cloud Saves + VC + Netflix is overdue.

 

[Joe88]

$80 piece of cardboard with a nintendo logo on it that doesn't even come assembled
I'm sure there is a joke somewhere but its already a joke

Come on nintendo, this shouldn't cost more than $5-10
especially for some garbage gimmick

 

[Baoulettes]

Actually the idea is really fun, it just cardboard will not last long to enjoy that idea.
If it was proper ''plastic'' or something more resistant than cardboard I am sure it would bring way more money to them and more fun to us.

 

[Tigran]

People are bitching like babies as it is.. Could you imagine the price if it was plastic?

 

[HaloEffect17]

People are bitching like babies as it is.. Could you imagine the price if it was plastic?

I have no problem with the price actually. And I totally get this is marketed towards kids. But was the R&D put into Labo a waste when it would have been put towards something else? I'm more so ruffled by that.

 

[Tigran]

Like what? It's not like they do R&D into games. And honestly this has been ready since the switch was announced. Why do you think they went into detail about the IR camera.. It sure as heck wasn't soley for 1 2 switch.

 

[HaloEffect17]

Like what? It's not like they do R&D into games. And honestly this has been ready since the switch was announced. Why do you think they went into detail about the IR camera.. It sure as heck wasn't soley for 1 2 switch.

Well, R&D does have a bit of a factor in games, doesn't it? I mean, if Nintendo wanted to create a new game engine or features (to put it vaguely), time and effort would need to be put into that.

 

[death360]

Man when you thought Nintendo was going on the right direction.

 

[Tigran]

Well, R&D does have a bit of a factor in games, doesn't it? I mean, if Nintendo wanted to create a new game engine or features (to put it vaguely), time and effort would need to be put into that.

Since they are using Unity and Unreal.. I seriously doubt it. And again, this was probably developed along WITH the switch and just released this year after the first year.

Man when you thought Nintendo was going on the right direction.

Why? Does it threaten your masculinity or something?

 

[Hells Malice]

Hey Nintendo, how's about you catch up with the other consoles first, including your own handhelds? The Switch still has no (official) web browser, no multimedia player, no YouTube client, no Netflix, pretty much no multimedia apps at all besides Niconico which is specific to Japan. You've had time since March. You've made a £279,99 tablet that doesn't do anything, that should be disconcerting.

It plays games

...you know, the ACTUAL function of a console because every person and their dog owns other devices that do all of the shit you just listed, and probably better.

 

[Tigran]

It plays games

...you know, the ACTUAL function of a console because every person and their dog owns other devices that do all of the shit you just listed, and probably better.

Because if nintendo bothers to actually make something new... People whine and bitch like little babies as if things existing somehow threatens their masculinity or adulthood.

 

[OctolingRift]

Who the fuck justifies $80 for this non-sense?

A game that is worth $20 and get this... CARDBOARD

This would've been a perfect time to announce Animal Crossing