It's a child's edutainment toy that creates a new way to play games and something grown ass people cry like babies about because it doesn't cater to them.
Nintendo are giving away the patterns for free online, so schools can print as many as they want.
How is it stupid? It's a kids edutainment toy that teaches them the basics of engineering and coding. It also taps into the maker community where there's money to be made. They can bring in new gamers and get parents that want their kids to have entertainment that stimulates their kids imaginations to buy a switch.
You obviously don't have a Switch.
Exactly.
1 2 Switch was actually pretty successful even though the game sucked.
The Paper craft community is pretty large. Kids love putting these things together with their parents and the prospect of having everything pair with a video game is a big plus.
The cardboard from Nintendo isn't free. You can get the patterns for free online and make it yourself though.
The thing that makes cardboard better than using plastic is cardboard is easier to repair and if it does break Nintendo is putting out the patterns online for free, so you can just get some good cardboard from a crafts store and make it yourself.
Another great thing about it is every game has a video detailing the engineering that went into the product in a way that kids can understand. Labo is a great way to get young kids into engineering and coding.
Nintendo sells their own laser cut replacements, but they're giving the patterns away for free online, so anyone can download them and make their own.
I think more people in the maker community are just going to download the patterns from Nintendo and make the replacements themselves with supplies from a arts & crafts store, but the replacements Nintendo sells should be priced around $10 - $15.
It's already on pre-order and it has a launch date. The health sensor was a prototype that was never made into a product. This is a product that is for sale.
The target audience for this are kids and parents that want their kids to do something that can stimulate their imagination. This product is for parents that are interested in STEM toys for their kids and for the maker community. Paper craft toys are very popular right now and they have a similar cost to Nintendo Labo. Labo is going to be very popular with family's that have young children. It's not targeting the gamer.
People on this site are most immature and don't see what Lobo actually is. Some of these dudes think it's VR when it has nothing to to with VR.
If you think this is VR, then you don't know what VR is. This is a interactive edutainment toy for kids that teaches them coding and engineering in a fun way. I don't know where you see VR.
It's AR.
Most toys that teach coding and engineering cost more than this. I think it's going to be a hit. Paper make toys and S.T.E.M stuff is pretty popular right now.
It's not meant for most of the Switch's current audience. It's a child AR toy add on that teaches kids engineering and coding, which is pretty popular right now. I think this'll be a big hit.
It's great to see kids excited about learning. Also good on his kid for trying to get the Paul brothers off of his suggestions.