Nintendo Labo Costs £60 And Upwards In The UK

If you’ve ever anxious that video game consoles don’t inspire creativity in your child the same way model kits and Lego creations do, Nintendo Labo is for your family. Three kits will be available.

Everything you need is included with the pack including the cardboard models and the software needed to make use of them.

You can not use Nintendo Labo without a Nintendo Switch, outright.

Nintendo is calling these things “toy-cons” and seems to be looking to encourage creativity, education and play specifically in its younger audience.

So, what is Labo?

The “cool” factor of the Nintendo Labo kits is obvious. As you build, you will have fun discovering how the technology works, and might even invent new ways to play with each Toy-Con!

As seen in the example above, Labo can be constructed into a variety of different structures. Once built, the Labo opens games to play with what they’ve built.

The Variety Kit will contain the cartridge and cardboard parts and accessories and will feature 5 different games.

Hope you enjoy your first ten minutes of playing your funky cardboard piano, as at about the point that the novelty begins to wear off, the entire device is going to start falling apart. While the Switch’s hybrid design is the innovation that has got tongues wagging, internally you get the impression the company is more excited about the Joy-Cons that sit astride the console’s 6.2 inch LCD screen.

The key to Labo’s ingenuity is a willingness from Nintendo to think differently about what a games console should be.

Late yesterday Nintendo introduced a neat little set of interactive DIY kits for the Nintendo Switch dubbed Nintendo Labo. Showcasing the ability to build your own creations and then jump into VR with it is something that every kid imagined growing up.

We have to say we like the idea that Nintendo Labo will bring, revitalising a sense of imagination that the gaming world can sometimes feel like it loses, especially as games become the be-all and end-all for imagination in today’s society. At first glance, it’s hard to gauge how this system will play out: Kids will probably shred through the cardboard just by using it, yet that keeps the system’s cost low and could open the door for homebrewed hacks. Kids use it to customize their Labo creations. The house, however, is a bit more unique. Or will the cardboard accessories turn into another Virtual Boy?

The Robot Kit, with its strings that attach to your hands and feet, looks particularly delicate.