Even the most successful tech company is going to have a stumble from time to time. Nintendo’s 45 years in the video game industry is spotted with a few doozies, but none are more infamous than the Virtual Boy. The 1994 portable console was marketed as an early home entry into virtual reality, but in […]
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Nintendo announces Shareable, a Labo cardboard VR Kit for Switch
In a surprise to practically everyone, Nintendo announced a virtual reality Labo kit for the Switch — and it’s out April 12.
The “simple” cardboard VR set will serve as the fourth kit in the Labo line and offer up six new DIY Toy-Con creations for players to make and enjoy. The project marks Nintendo’s first foray into the world of virtual reality since the release of the much-maligned Virtual Boy in 1995.
The new VR Kit comes in two packages, with the more expensive $80 option including everything in the Shareable lineup: Toy-Con VR Goggles, Blaster, Camera, Bird, Wind Pedal, and Elephant — plus a screen holder, safety cap, and game software. Read more…
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View More Nintendo announces Shareable, a Labo cardboard VR Kit for SwitchNintendo’s new Labo Vehicle Kit looks like a buggy full of fun
Nintendo has just announced the latest in its Labo series of whimsical cardboard accessories for the Switch gaming console, and this one looks like a must-have. Called the Vehicle Kit for obvious reasons, the flat-pack, assemble-it-yourself add-ons include a steering wheel, gas pedal, “keys” that activate different vehicles, all of which work inside a cool-looking game that comes with.
View More Nintendo’s new Labo Vehicle Kit looks like a buggy full of funOh, the things I would do to get this cardboard-style Nintendo Switch
Nintendo is building on its strange but wonderful cardboard Labo platform with some sweet Mario Kart integration and a truly fabulous limited edition Switch with a faux-cardboard finish. It really is just the greatest thing and I would do terrible things to have it. Unfortunately some smart kid will probably get it, because you have to win it by designing something cool with Labo.
View More Oh, the things I would do to get this cardboard-style Nintendo SwitchNintendo Labo review
I’m here to tell you first-hand: Nintendo Labo is no joke. I’m a grown-up human person, who has spent many hours of his life building things: office furniture, websites, a model of the Batmobile from the 1989 Tim Burton movie. In the fourth grade, I attempted to build Mission Santa Barbara out of sugar cubes. […]
View More Nintendo Labo reviewI spent the morning playing with the Nintendo Labo
Labo is peak Nintendo. It’s strange, it’s innovative, it’s pretty silly and it’s completely unexpected. As longtime PR rep David Young told us during a quick chat at today’s event, “when people think we’re going to zig, we zag.” Nintendo Labo is Maximum Zag. Read More
Nintendo will let you hack your Labo creations with Toy Con Garage feature
Nintendo really out Nintendoed itself with last month’s Labo announcement. The cardboard kit gets some innovative use out of the Switch’s underlying technology, letting kids build robot, fishing rods, pianos and the like, using the console’s Joy-Con controllers as the brains. At a kick off event in New York City today, the gaming giant offered some hands-on insight into… Read More
Nintendo Labo is a new DIY way to play games on the Switch
Nintendo has revealed a whole new lineup of video game accessories for the Switch … and they’re all made of cardboard.
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