The Japanese company Nintendo, which is developing video games, consoles and accessories, has always been famous for a very unusual ways to entertain gamers. On account of its many inventions, have now become completely normal for everyone. The release of the new Nintendo Switch company was accompanied by the slogan “Play differently” — the console allows you to play not only in stationary mode near a TV, but to take the device with you. As it turned out, the new hybrid console that can please not only portability — today Nintendo unveiled a new gaming accessory Toy-Con… out of cardboard.
Nintendo LABO difficult to name just a accessories. Rather, it is a platform game-designer that enables the use of blanks to turn your Switch into a multitude of different things: piano, steering wheel from a motorcycle, house or even a fishing rod with a pond. Two joy-Kona — and the cardboard blank is transformed into a robot that can be controlled touch-screen console and are able to move due to vibration controllers. The player can transform into a giant combat mecha.
These are just some of the features that Nintendo very soon promises to give players. Certainly in the future there will be other interesting products made of cardboard, which allows to diversify the gameplay, having taken it beyond the usual video games.
Nintendo started to make toys in the 70-ies of the last century, so experience in this part of the company does not hold. We must pay tribute to the engineers — all looks very cool. And Yes, cardboard toys are not just can be assembled from ready-made stencils, they can still be painted over. In short, children will definitely be delighted.
UPDATED:
On April 27 in Europe and will be released in Russia first two sets Nintendo Labo: Variety Kit (a set of “Cuts”) and Robot Kit (set of Robot).
Both sets contain materials for the Assembly of the Toy-Con and software for Nintendo Switch. Also this day sale will go to a Customization Set (set Design), which includes stencils, stickers and colored tape.
The cost Variety Kit will be about 4799 rubles Robot Kit — 5499 roubles, Customization, Set – 699 rubles.
Nintendo Labo will be available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch.
Nintendo LABO: the Japanese introduced a series of accessories made of cardboard for Switch
Vyacheslav Larionov