UPDATE2: Nintendo has clarified that they won't be proving additional cardboard patterns. IGN France has rectified their post following this update.Yesterday, Nintendo teased about a new way to play on the Nintendo Switch specially crafted for kids and those whore are kids at heart. We suspected it to be a form of Switch peripheral or a toy line similar to Amiibos.
UPDATE1: While the software is needed to access the games and perform various tasks, the cardboard kits will not be mandatory. IGN France reported that Nintendo plans to offer the cardboard design patterns for free as well.
They now have revealed Nintendo Labo earlier today, a brand new project on the Switch that will allow players to physically manipulate cardboard crafts with the Switch and its Joy Cons. The trailer, also featured below, shows people using their cardboard crafts to control robots, steer motorbikes, and much more.
Nintendo Labo combines the magic of Nintendo Switch with the fun of DIY creations.This project will be released on April 20, 2018 with two sets available - the Variety Kit, priced at $69.99 or around P3,560 excluding tax, and the Robot Kit, priced at $79.99 or around P4,060 excluding tax.
With Nintendo Labo, building is just as much fun as playing. Have fun discovering how it all works—you might even invent new ways to play with each Toy-Con creation.
The Variety Kit includes: 2 RC Cards, 1 Fishing Rod, 1 House, 1 Motorbike, and 1 Piano cardboard templates. Meanwhile, the Robot Kit allows you to build an interactive robot suit with a visor, backpack, and straps for your hands and feet, which you can then wear to assume control of a giant in-game robot.
Both kits will come with all of the cardboard and a copy of the game you’ll need. For another $10 or P510, you can also buy the Customization Set that will include a variety of crafting tools like stencils, stickers, and colored tape to decorate or fix potential cardboard-related damages in the future.
Here's the announcement trailer just in case you missed it earlier:
While innovative, some Filipinos might find it a little expensive. Both kits are equivalent to a brand-new New 2DS XL system, in terms of pricing. Then again, the process of building each kit as a family is an entire experience by itself. Some parents can use this opportunity to teach their children that back in the day when technology is at its infancy, people have to build their own toys and play with them using their imagination. Now, we finally have the technology to make some of those imaginations possible.
What are your thoughts?
Source: Nintendo Labo, IGN France
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