Nintendo Announces New Labo Line, Cardboard DIY Projects that work with Switch

<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">The wonderful world of Nintendo gets just a little weirder&period; In an industry moving ever increasingly toward innovations such as 4K and VR&comma; Nintendo continues to <&sol;span><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;lesnumeriques&period;com&sol;loisirs&sol;switch-retrogaming-super-mario-zelda-l-incroyable-come-back-nintendo-a3491&period;html"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">ignore their competitors<&sol;span><&sol;a><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;"> and make left turns all over the place with their own innovations&period; This time&comma; it’s cardboard&excl; Yes&comma; you heard right&period; On 4&sol;20 for a base price of &dollar;69&period;99 &lpar;really&quest;&rpar; Nintendo will be unleashing Nintendo Labo to the masses&period; Nintendo Labo is a new product to be used with the Switch&period; The Labos come in two sets&comma; a Variety Kit and a Robot Kit&comma; which are essentially DIY cardboard projects that you create&comma; and then insert your Switch and Joy-Cons into&period; From there&comma; you use the Labo software on your Switch&comma; and the DIY cardboard projects come to life in the software&period; Houses&comma; pianos&comma; fishing poles&comma; cars&comma; Labo has it all&period; The trailer above does an excellent job showcasing what Labo is&comma; and how it works&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;133277" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-133277" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-large wp-image-133277" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;01&sol;18205710&sol;1516287011&lowbar;nintendo-labo-house-1170x659-1024x577&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-133277" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Labo&comma; Nintendo<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">This is a product heavily marketed at kids&comma; but it’s a novel&comma; very Nintendo idea&period; While the prices are a bit absurd &lpar;&dollar;70-&dollar;80 for cardboard&rpar; it’s definitely something new in the industry&period; With the success of their amiibo line in the past few years&comma; it seems Nintendo is attempting to re-create the success of blending physical toys with video games in a new way&period; While the idea is currently receiving mixed reviews from adult gamers who don’t really understand why it exists&comma; adults simply aren’t the target audience&comma; as Nintendo’s U&period;K&period; website teased Labo with&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Tune in to discover a new interactive experience for Nintendo Switch that’s specifically crafted for kids and those who are kids at heart&period;” While only time will tell if the product will make a splash in the industry sales-wise&comma; one thing is clear&period; Never say Nintendo doesn’t stray from the path&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;