Nintendo Showcasing a new way to play on Switch today.

@storm_of_swords: I always said Switch would outsell Wii U. Anyways, just because I was wrong about one thing doesn't mean I won't be right with this prediction.

Its usually older teens and Adults that buy those more expensive Lego sets.

Having owned a Google cardboard I'd give this thing 1 - 2 weeks of use before the joints in the cardboard start to show major signs of fatigue and eventually sections just start falling off

because everyone is going to get it for the amazing gameplay

@micky4889: Again, Nintendo provides cardboard patterns free of charge and the Labo kits aren’t mandatory.

Don't confuse hate with laughter.

Lol Nintendo selling cardboard paper wow. What’s next, they’re going to sell regular sheets of paper and you can use their free patterns to make paper airplanes lol.

@2Chalupas: Ah, so children’s creativity and imagination are things you laugh at? Would you rather have children obsessing over pixel counts instead?

Don't listen to the haters, they don't know how this will get kids into stem

Gonna get me that robot suit yo.

Yes, I'm a manchild.... And so are the many people that bought a Switch

Where? Lego holds it's value better than most investments these days. People in the Netherlands pay for drugs in Lego sets. Many of the rarer sets increase in value over time, even if they are opened and built. Stop pulling shit out of your ass and trying to pass it off as a gold nugget.

http://time.com/money/4162059/lego-investment-compare-gold-return/

I dunno if I would consider it creativity and imagination :P

The thing is pretty structured

To be honest, I'm curious about how it feels when you make a bike. Doing the actual actions sounds fun. That said, is this cardboard SUPER strong? Nintendo never release products that die easy and the price is waay too high.

Sounds like you're doubling-down.

@foxhound_fox: Just standard Lego pieces I mean. Not those rare collectibles. You are trying to move goal posts. Not every Lego set will end up being highly collectible or worth much down the road. Its irrelevant to bringing up such exceptions.

Legos in general are not expensive. You can get a bucket of them for cheap.

https://twitter.com/KazHiraiCEO/status/953759270474002433

It's going to be a sad day when he steps down. His twitter comments were delightful

Not the real Kaz.

Wow. Probably something that I won’t get into, although you never know, but I really have to hand it to Nintendo that this is an amazingly creative application for the Switch. I did get a chuckle though that this is coming out on the 20th of April for well, reasons. :P

HahaHa. A couple of the replies are golden.

Yes they are.

Hitler's Birthday is no laughing matter son.

It's pretty creative but it's not for me. I was never into the whole toys to life thing either. I just want to play video games. It looks very cool though.

Can i just say how angry I am that Nintendo has the temerity to release a product that is not aimed directly at me! Don’t they realise that gaming revolves around me and the other self appointed gaming gatekeepers!

Hahaha fucking hell

this isnt even worth arguing or talking shit

lol

Apparently we all underestimated the capabilities of the Switch Joycons. I'm really interested to know how all these kits work. Particularly the piano.

Even Samantha Bee's (Daily Show, Full Frontal) writer is sympathetic to the "hardcore". Ugh...

Nintendo is selling their fanbase literal trash for 80 dollars and they're eating it up. What is happening to this planet? I need to make the slow but necessary journey to stop playing video games in the next 5 years or so to free myself from the madness.

Get over yourself dude. It's not aimed at us.

It seems like this planet has somehow gotten less clever. It's somehow #1 on Amazon. That's what I'm hearing.

Who's it aimed at? It's not children that are buying those cardboard boxes at $80 a pop.

@BenjaminBanklin: well watching the video it features parents and children. So I’m thinking it’s aimed at parents and children.

WTH is this lol I'm eventually getting a switch but this just looks weird and cheap.

NINTENDO: Nintendo Labo is for kids and those that like kid stuff!

ADULT GAMER: Okay, but what if I don't want it?

NINTENDO: Totally fine. It's for kids.

ADULT GAMER: Yes, but cardboard? Really? Not in my game room!

NINTENDO: It's for kids.

ADULT GAMER: But how is it for me?

Can you explain why it's stupid that people are purchasing this?

So I've just watched the video, my first impressions?

What a complete load of bollocks......... The problem with using 'actors' in these videos is that portray things in an unrealistic way.

My wife's a teacher and her thoughts were that it looks like something that would be amazing to have in schools (Not that UK schools have the money to buy them) but in practice it wouldn't really work as it requires too much supervision from adults and most adults chuck kids on a console for peace and quiet.

Cardboard?

My little son will love this. I'm a tad disappointed myself though, but they did warn us that this would be something for kids mostly.

Do you understand what the word explain means?

If I was a kid, I'd want this and I'd want it bad.

It seems to be silly and is for kids.

So people buying something that is for kids makes them dumb? That's a reason for you to dislike it, but hardly a reason to make people dumb. Heck, chances are a number of them are quite surprisingly, buying it for its intended audience, kids.

LOL. ^ Pretty much 90% of the users in here.

There's people with kids inhabiting this planet? Wuuuuut?

Looks interesting. :)

I'm not going to get it probably, but love the idea of it. I used to remember when I messed with Arduino and the Lego robotics several years back. It's kind of looks like that, but of course not as advanced. Good for younger children that want to learn about engineering and such.

All these people who claim this is just for kids, but you know these are the people going to be buying it.

Our society is in a perpetual state of arrested development with grown adults unable to let go of their childhood.

Let's be frank here: its what? 50 quid for some cardboard and a few casual games. The cardboard will get ripped, smudged and damaged in five minutes in the hands of their "target audience" - except Nintendo know who the real target audience is.

It's not the end of the world, but the fanfare this has been given is wholly unwarranted and honestly people defending this crap are a joke.