Nintendo Labo isn't just a fad, it's a new benchmark in video game creativity | GodisaGeek

Chris White: "I was suitably impressed with what Nintendo Labo has to offer. From the simple construction of the RC Car, to the detailed build of the robot, there is so much fun to be had."

[JaguarEvolved]

"Nintendo Labo isn't just a fad, it's a new benchmark in video game creativity | GodisaGeek"

Lol. Silliest thing I've heard in a while

[Neonridr]

watch how much this thing sells. Just because you have zero imagination doesn't mean that the rest of the world shouldn't.

[Relientk77]

It's just cardboard.

[Neonridr]

@Relientk77 - that you use to interact with a game played on your Switch.

should it be made of metal?

[Quetzll]

@reliant

Just cardboard? Legos are just plastic. That point doesn't validate anything other than your own contradiction.

@jaguar

Way to offer us insight as to why you think it's silly. Edit your comment so that it isn't totally useless.

Neonridr made the only unbiased case for Labo in this thread. Nearly every other comment just spews the same crap that pops up in every divisive and clickbait article on this middle-man site.

[OffRoadKing]

So a person is only capable of having an imagination if they buy Labo? Pretty sure any imaginative creative person could build stuff out of cardboard without buying this.

[CorndogBurglar]

@ Reliantk77

I suppose a PS4 and Xbox One is just plastic and metal, right? Because it does nothing else?

[Christopher]

How are you using your imagination by buying predesigned items to use with specific games?

I get this will sell well, but if people thinks this makes them imaginative, they are wrong. It makes you a beneficiary of someone else's imagination.

[zaherdab]

Drugs sell doesnt make them good ...

[SuperSonic91]

Duh?
Die hard Nintendo fans will buy anything Nintendo sell them.
No surprise there.

[The 10th Rider]

@Christopher,

You're completely ignoring what is possibly the biggest aspect of the included software—certainly for most adults.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...
https://www.youtube.com/wat...
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

People are going to create some incredibly imaginative things with the software.

[deafdani]

Please don't counter a silly argument with another silly argument. Sales figures aren't an indicative of a product's quality, and you know this very well, so using that argument actually doesn't help the case at all.

That said, I think the idea behing Labo is genius, and if it's well implemented (and seems like it is), it's amazing for its intended target audience, which is children. As a father of a 3.7 year old myself, I'm excited at the prospect of building and enjoying this with my kid. :)

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

@Offroad

"Pretty sure any imaginative creative person could build stuff out of cardboard without buying this."

And how many, pray tell, have ACTUALLY done so before this? Certainly not either you or me. And I'd be willing to bet that no one else here has made DIY stuff that interacts with a video game like this, either.

Think about it.
How many people have ever went to the trouble of making software that could interact with this sort of idea?
How many are offering the cut-outs for easy assembly, instead of telling you to go grab your own cardboard and figure out all of the designs yourself?
The closest thing you're gonna get, in video games, is the Toys-To-Life stuff.

Sure, there's plenty of people out there that are creative without Labo and have made stuff out of cardboard.
But the majority don't use that creativity for the same things Labo enables. It'd be too much work for them and there aren't many examples that do what Labo does in the first place, if any at all, in video game circles right now.

Like it or hate it, Labo is an incentive to try doing this sort of thing.
It offers up compelling software that combines with the DIY aspect to make a unique product that most people wouldn't be capable of creating on their own, or who wouldn't bother investing the time needed to make the programs that would come close to what Labo is offering alongside the DIY materials.

[Quetzll]

Sound logic. All valid points. Downvotes? Noobs

LEGO is the DIY of physical toys. LABO is the bridge between physical and digital; a DIY bridge to be exact.

Similar names, similar concepts, similar functions. Why can't people see this?

[TheUndertaker85]

@Quetzll: So what you’re saying is LEGO already bridged the physical and digital worlds with not only the LEGO themed movies but LEGO Dimensions as well?

And that those LEGO pieces after can be used to build whatever?

[Neonridr]

@TheUndertaker85 - I wouldn't compare Lego Dimensions to this. Because Lego Dimensions all you make are vehicles or figures which then drop into the game and are manipulated there. Really you don't even need to build the pieces as there is just a chip in the base that gets scanned by the machine. Labo actually works with the game in question. You, the cardboard and the game actually work together. It's quite different in principle.

[zaherdab]

Sorry mate building in ikea closet doesnt make one imaginative ... makes them follow instruction ... selling cardboard as a product with 50x the production cost is absurd ( it comes packaged in cardboc by amazon for free ... ) ... they can sell these as gadgets for games made with proper material ...

[SuperSonic91]

Remember when Nintendo sold those empty Wii U boxes and Nintendo fans still bought them? It was a huge hit!

Nintendo had to sell more of those unused Wii U boxes, right?

https://youtu.be/ElgtZAf7bR...

This was predicted long long ago.

[Prince_TFK]

You are acting like the Labo come with only useless cardboard box. It’s not.

[TheUndertaker85]

@Kun_ADR: “Cardboard sheet x 28 (includes extra sheet for customization)
Reflective sticker sheet x 3
Sponge sheet x 3
String (orange) x 1
String (blue) x 1
Grommet set (gray) x 1
Grommet set (blue) x 4
Rubber band (large) x 2 + spares
Rubber band (small) x 6 + spares”

https://labo.nintendo.com/k...

So $69.99 for materials you can buy from a craft store for less than $10. Entire contents as listed by Nintendo. Nintendo also admits that you have to have the system to have any use. For cardboard and some crafting supplies.

$69.99 Robot Kit
“Cardboard sheet x 19
Cardstock sheets x 4
Reflective sticker sheet x 1
Orange string x 2
Blue string x 2
Gray canvas straps (large) x 1
Gray canvas straps (medium) x 1
Gray canvas straps (small) x 2
Grommet set (gray) x 10
Grommet set (orange) x 2”

And for $9.99 you can get 2 sticker packs, two stencils, and two rolls of tape. 😊

[Prince_TFK]

@TheUndertaker

Can I buy the apps that come with the Labo at those craftstore as well?

“Nintendo also admits that you have to have the system to have any use. ”

Wow they admitted it? I thought they were lying when they say you can use it on the PS4 as well. /s

[Wh1teLightning]

If you haven't tried maybe you should keep your mouth shut.

[Moonman]

I wonder if you would say that had Sony made it. I'm guessing no.

[2pacalypsenow]

Just like motion controls were a fad and were considered the future of gaming?

Nah..

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

So what you're saying is that not even VR could save motion controls, then?
As well as gyro aiming is bad, since that's the same basic concept, and it never went past the "Fad" stage?

[Neonridr]

every played VR? lol

[2pacalypsenow]

Yeah and its not the future of gaming...

[Neonridr]

@2pacalypsenow - it's definitely an avenue. It's not going to replace conventional 2D gaming, but it definitely offers a new layer and way more immersion.

[zeuanimals]

This is a really bad comparison though. VR was always the next logical step, Nintendo Labo wasn't. It's cool and all and I can see it catching on and possibly selling really well for the duration of the Switch's life, but I don't know if we'll see it again or if anybody else will try to compete.

[SR388]

Until it's like "lawnmower man" vr can suck it lol

[Segata]

VR uses motion controls and everyone keeps saying how VR is the future. PS4 and Switch have motion controls even in their standard controllers. So yes in 2006 when Wii came out motion controls were the future and now they are the present.

[2pacalypsenow]

If that was the case, every game would be using them and would revolve around motion controls, which they are not.

VR is a good supplement to what we have, but it's not the future, at least not the near future.

Just like 3D at home, its bound to fade away until the next thing comes up.

[Prince_TFK]

“Just like motion controls were a fad”

Oh that’s why the Wii was a failure and had bankrupted Nintendo.

...oh wait.

[Segata]

Not every game uses the D-pad either. Not every game uses shoulder buttons. Nintendo made those the future and now they are standard.

[blawren4]

Labo and motion controls are more the future of gaming than a controller with two analog sticks. VR kind of requires motion controls. What about these types of kits like the robot after a few iterations to provide the necessary resistance, coupled with VR headsets to make VR more believable in the future. Or we can sit on a couch with a controller in our hands. What else has more potential for being the future of gaming?

[Nyxus]

Still not interest.

[Neonridr]

it's not for everyone. Heck Nintendo themselves directly said that this was aimed at kids. So no harm if it doesn't interest you.

[Nyxus]

Of course, just stating my opinion, as a Switch owner.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

Not interested in the majority of what it offers, but the piano and guitar games look like they'd be really fun to mess around with.
A lot of people aren't going to give it a fair chance, though.

[Nyxus]

I already know this isn't for me, I just don't see this keeping me interested for longer than an hour. So why would I spend 70 or 80 euros to find that out?

[Zeldafan64]

Why waste your time commenting on something you have no interest in? Horrible waste of time if you ask me. If there's something I have no interest in I just ignore it if I can.

[Nyxus]

I was responding to this specific headline mainly. And I can assure you it didn't take much time, but thanks for your concern.

[Neonridr]

my son lost his mind when he saw the Robot suit one. I had to order it for him. He is going to have a blast with these things. I will give a few a try, but I will be more interested in just building the sets for him.

[Thatguy-310]

Doesn't even offer 1:1 motion controls. The experience just seems underwhelming as far as the robot goes. The other stuff looks pretty neat tho.

[Neonridr]

@Thatguy-310 - my son is about to turn 6. He doesn't care about 1:1 motion controls. We haven't even seen the software in action, a brief trailer showing like 2 seconds hardly does it justice.

[OffRoadKing]

When your six year old destroys it are you going to spend another $80 to replace it?

[Prince_TFK]

@offroadking

“Cardboard design patterns for the various games will freely be provided online, meaning that you can replace or build parts with just about any material, provided you’re crafty enough.”

http://www.nintendolife.com...

So it costs $80 to buy material for replacement?

[TheUndertaker85]

I feel like this should be brought up...

So your six year old isn’t going to care about 1-1 when they’re playing a game that involves tracking movement? So when it doesn’t do what they do they aren’t going to be disappointed, upset, frustrated, or any other range of emotions that go along with giving them “control” only for that control to fall within lines?

Yeah, good luck with that. I was a kid once and have two myself.

Good and fine you want to build things with your child but don’t act like children can’t grasp 1-1 or just magically understand invisible restrictions.

[Neonridr]

@TheUndertaker85 - my kid plays Mario Kart and bounces around the track from side to side. He still has a blast playing it. When I play the Lego games with him, he usually ends up down in the corner of the map stuck on something. Does he care? No, again he is having a blast. He wouldn't even understand 1:1 motions at his age. He would be wearing a cardboard getup destroying stuff on the TV. That is good enough for him. he isn't going to sit there and be like, "hey my right hand swing didn't respond in real time.. this game sucks!"

[The 10th Rider]

I think the big thing is the Labo Garage. Have you seen the type of things you can do with that? Now I don't have the dedication or creativity to be interested in it, but you can be people are going to develop some highly creative things with it.

[SR388]

I would love to give it a try only problem for me is clutter, where am I going to put all these lil things I has no room! Lol

[CrimsonWing69]

i still feel like someone is supposed to run out from around the corner and yell, "Punk'd".

[GodisaGeek]

Hahah! Yeah, right? Nintendo is literally selling us cardboard! That said, Chris (guy from the write-up) was just blown away... so we'll see, when we get to review it/etc and spend more hours with it.

[Thatguy-310]

Tho it's pretty gimmicky the concept is cool and mind blowing on how it functions with the switch. That being said like any other gimmick the enjoyment wears off rather quickly

[Neonridr]

it's for kids. They have short attention spans. And these sorts of things are perfect for them to play with for a few minutes at a time. This isn't meant to be some deep experience here. The games you are playing are mini-games in nature.

[Pancit_Canton]

I would rather invest my time and creativity on DREAMS, rather than Labo. At least I'm creating something I'm passionate about which is; video games.

[uth11]

"Nintendo Labo isn't just a fad, it's a new benchmark in video game creativity | GodisaGeek"

thats what they say about all the fads

[SkippyPaccino]

Each labo should bring you an hour of joy... 45 minutes to build it and 15 minutes of playing a silly mini-game...

It might be aimed at kids, but this father of 3 is saying a big fat "NO"... go play with that useless hatchimal I bought you, or the 100 other peice of plastic junk you won't touch. Lol

[Knushwood Butt]

+ 1

[InTheZoneAC]

Fad, I don't care how many people buy it. Look at Nintendo Wii to Wii u sales...fad

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

You sound like you desperately desire Nintendo to never sell anything creative or weird ever again.
It'd be funny if it were....well, funny.

[InTheZoneAC]

you're wrong on two assumptions in one reply, great job!

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

Not my fault that that's how you made it sound.XD

[Prince_TFK]

Anything regarding Nintendo are fad to you. We get it.

[InTheZoneAC]

Anything regarding Nintendo "is a" fad to you

[DONTB]

CUT MY LIFE INTO PIECES!!!

[The_Jackel]

I'll pass thanks, as much as it may be fun with some of it. id rather not waste money on this to have over priced cardboard that will just sit and collect dust.

[narsaku]

Well... I don't own one, but I don't know about that... Seems pretty early 90's cereal box cutout gimmicky to me.

[mervin43]

I have a Switch and I love it but this doesn't interest me at all. I'm looking forward to real games like bayonetta 3, Mario tennis, shin Megami tensei V, metroid, etc.

[DivineAssault]

I think its a great idea.. I wouldnt get it but i can see parents and children having fun together.. Nintendo is the only company that can pull off this kind of stuff..

[SegaGamer]

Nintendo is the only company that is ALLOWED to pull off this kind of stuff. If Sony or Microsoft did this, or any AAA publisher outside of Nintendo did this, they would be laughed at.

It really is true what people say about Nintendo fans, they will buy anything if it's made by Nintendo.

[Razmiran]

What do parents and children have to do with nintendo fans?

[GameGod26]

Cardboard.....

[TheOttomatic91]

https://youtu.be/H47ow4_Cmk...

[Knushwood Butt]

I just see the usual Nintendo fans defending Nintendo, despite repeatedly stating that Labo is marketed at children.

[michellelynn0976]

And I see the usual Sony fans who bash this even though it is not aimed at them and oh, early reviews are great.

[Mr Lahey]

It's not on ps4 so it's just cardboard... 😂 This community is getting out of hand lol!

[michellelynn0976]

Labo is very creative. Why so much negativity? This is fun and creative. Yet @SuperSonic91 and @OffRoadKing @JaguarEvolved are at again. We don't know what can be done with this, but it has potential. It could if they use it right, be a lasting product that helps video games. And oh, for the Sony fans who accuse Nintendo fans of buying anything Nintendo. The Virtual Boy says hi, Wii Music says hi and the Micro Game Boy. And coming from a fanbase that bought the Order. Pot meets kettle. Is this fear that Labo might (key word might) beat GOW in the sales? If it does, tough. Grow up and deal with it.

[SR388]

So much hate as always :p

[michellelynn0976]

I am used to it. But, I do let them know that there are others who disagree with them.

[FernDiggidy]

Cardboard! The FUTURE of gaming is here!

[Uglyday]

Beanie Babies weren’t a fad they were just a benchmark in stuffed animals. Tickle Me Elmo wasn’t a fad it was just a benchmark in learning entertainment. Hatchimals weren’t a fad they were just a benchmark in robotic birthing toys.

5/5 for all benchmarks that totally sold so many copies they weren’t “fads”