Not exact matches
The Nintendo
Labo Robot Kit launches in stores on April 20, and includes all the parts to build a DIY
robot suit.
With Nintendo
Labo Robot Kit ($ 79.99 MSRP *** USD), you can build a wearable
robot suit, including a backpack and visor, which allows you to assume control of a huge on - screen
robot.
The
robot Toy - Con is the perfect showcase for how the Nintendo Switch works as a whole and exemplifies just how much it can do, especially when combined with
Labo.
Instead of plastic bricks,
Labo uses cardboard cutouts that you fold and fit together into predetermined designs, called Toy - Cons, like a fishing pole, a piano, or a visor and backpack with attachments that make you look like a
robot.
Labo turns the Switch into a piano player, a full - fledged
robot suit, and a fishing game with a fishing rod, to boot.
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Labo currently comes in two flavors: the $ 70 Variety Kit that includes the RC car, fishing rod, house, piano and motorbike; and the $ 80
Robot Kit that includes the more complex
robot game.
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Labo encourages players to use their imagination and creativity to customise their cardboard Toy - Con creations in a variety of ways, and the
Robot Kit even allows them to customise and level - up the in - game
robot.
With Nintendo
Labo Robot Kit ($ 79.99 USD), fans can build a wearable
robot suit, including a backpack and visor.
You might see people calling
Labo cardboard LEGO or papercraft
robot wars, but there's a lot of clever work that's gone into this thing.
The Nintendo
Labo Robot Kit lets you make your own wearable
Robot suit, then bring it to life as you smash buildings and become a giant
robot, fly, transform into a tank, and more!
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Labo focuses on DIY, with each kit turning the Switch into a new interactive creation (called Toy - Con):
robot, piano, fishing rod, motorcycle and much more, with a mini game linked to each one of these creations, making use of the console and the Joy - Con controllers and encouraging kids to build and «invent new ways to play.»
With
Labo, you can craft fishing poles,
robot suits, musical instruments, and more.
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Labo could also be utilized to further immerse players, maybe something like a cardboard bow, or even Nintendo's own
robot kit The only modifications that would be needed would be the headset, in order to better accommodate the Switch's screen, and more space for the headphone port for better immersion.
On the surface, it's little more than a set of cardboard curios allowing you to build a fishing rod, a piano or even a
robot suit, yet beneath the surface,
Labo is so much more.
Use pre-cut cardboard kits to build your own
robot suit, with easy - to - follow interactive instructions included in the Nintendo
Labo software.
Today, the company revealed a new initiative dubbed Nintendo
Labo, which involves DIY cardboard accessories that can transform the Switch's Joy - Con controllers into everything from a fishing rod to a piano to a full - on
robot suit.