im not gonna buy it but i like the cardboard.. its probably good for the environment lol  

xd this makes mario run seem cheap  

Posted by Coco

I've heard Nintendo is working on making some kind of VR system for the switch

Posted by Coco

1:36  

nintendo needs to go back to making gamecubes tbh havnt liked a nintendo product since. Hell even the games are ass now i remember the old super smash bros and paper mario ttyd (yea they messed up paper mario up real bad since) most fun games i ever played. now their selling cardboard what a joke and the funny thing is people still gonna buy this crap cause its nintendo.  

Posted by TomatoPanda

nintendo needs to go back to making gamecubes tbh havnt liked a nintendo product since. Hell even the games are ass now i remember the old super smash bros and paper mario ttyd (yea they messed up paper mario up real bad since) most fun games i ever played. now their selling cardboard what a joke and the funny thing is people still gonna buy this crap cause its nintendo.

They have good games and the Switch is the first time in awhile that hasn't been a simple gimmick.

The Labo thing currently looks stupid though.  

Posted by TomatoPanda

now their selling cardboard what a joke and the funny thing is people still gonna buy this crap cause its nintendo.

Well I'm not gonna buy it because it's Nintendo. I'm buying it because it looks awesome and super fun. I do feel like the cardboard thing might be a bad idea but we won't know what the material is like until we actually see it for ourselves. I mean when you think about it, you just have to treat it like you would treat any electronic you own (i.e. don't get water on it, don't step on it, don't treat it like crap and be careful with it). The way it works seems really, really cool and would be super fun to build....and maybe Nintendo will sell spare cardboard sheets for a cheap price, who knows? Maybe the expensive part is the game that comes with it, so letting you buy just the pieces for really cheap to replace old ones that might have been destroyed will possibly become an option.

I can't seriously be the only person that thinks this looks super cool. Don't be so harsh on it when you don't even know what it's going to be like. I feel like Nintendo would know better than to straight up sell flimsy cardboard to destructive children for insane prices. I seriously feel like there's more information to come.  

Posted by Coco

Well I'm not gonna buy it because it's Nintendo. I'm buying it because it looks awesome and super fun. I do feel like the cardboard thing might be a bad idea but we won't know what the material is like until we actually see it for ourselves. I mean when you think about it, you just have to treat it like you would treat any electronic you own (i.e. don't get water on it, don't step on it, don't treat it like crap and be careful with it). The way it works seems really, really cool and would be super fun to build....and maybe Nintendo will sell spare cardboard sheets for a cheap price, who knows? Maybe the expensive part is the game that comes with it, so letting you buy just the pieces for really cheap to replace old ones that might have been destroyed will possibly become an option.

I can't seriously be the only person that thinks this looks super cool. Don't be so harsh on it when you don't even know what it's going to be like. I feel like Nintendo would know better than to straight up sell flimsy cardboard to destructive children for insane prices. I seriously feel like there's more information to come.

Nintendo didn't know better to not make the Wii U.
Another point is, what is the use of this game? Is there progress? Is there some kind of online feature? Or is it just some little gimmick? It looks like right now it would be this fun/cool little thing to mess around with for a little while before putting it away reassuring yourself that you will use it again and there is no reason to regret buying it. If there is real gameplay value and something that would keep it fun after the first few times you use it, then maybe it would be worth it (we just don't know yet so it's possible?). If not, the software itself better be free with the cardboard accessories being the thing that costs money.

Lazy sounding or not, the part where you have to build the crap yourself doesn't really appeal to me and it gives off that Wendy's Kids Meal vibe to the point I would prefer it to be plastic and prebuilt, and I wouldn't even care about the fact that it would take away the personalization thing because I would never get around to that myself anyway. Common switch accessory colors (red, blue, black, yellow, white,etc.) would work just fine for me.

It seems like only younger kids and anyone who has nothing to do would have time for all of this construction and personalizing.

The cardboard itself doesn't even look that flimsy, it looks like thicker cardboard but cardboard will be cardboard so it probably wouldn't be that hard to damage.

I would just hope the figures themselves don't fall apart easily so that you don't have to constantly put them back together.

I honestly don't think this is the worst thing Nintendo has done, but I just think that there are other better things they could be focusing on for the Switch than this at the moment.

UPDATE:
I read more on it, and it seems like the minigames wouldn't be that bad to play, but what I would like to know if there would be online leaderboards tied to these minigames, like "Top Fish Catchers" or "Top scorers in Robot Mode". Or even a feature in the piano minigame to record the music, save it, and share it with other people to hear and try to play. Maybe there could be a mode where you try to play different Nintendo game songs (Notes would be on screen and they would fall downwards and that's the key you hit when the note is at the bottom of the screen), and there could be a leaderboard for each song.

This could actually be worth it if that's the case.

Now for personalization.

There is going to be a designated customization kit (ugh) for an extra $8.99 which sounds kind of crazy, it comes with stencils and stickers though. I think people can easily personalize it in better, more creative ways for free/cheaper price (if they have to go on a Walmart run for the following things) with their own supplies and resources rather than buying the official Nintendo kit for it.

Where I got more info about it:
http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/n...eorder-3374470  

that much money for some pieces of cardboard... that is stupid lol.
not buying.

Posted by Coco

Well I'm not gonna buy it because it's Nintendo. I'm buying it because it looks awesome and super fun. I do feel like the cardboard thing might be a bad idea but we won't know what the material is like until we actually see it for ourselves. I mean when you think about it, you just have to treat it like you would treat any electronic you own (i.e. don't get water on it, don't step on it, don't treat it like crap and be careful with it). The way it works seems really, really cool and would be super fun to build....and maybe Nintendo will sell spare cardboard sheets for a cheap price, who knows? Maybe the expensive part is the game that comes with it, so letting you buy just the pieces for really cheap to replace old ones that might have been destroyed will possibly become an option.


I can't seriously be the only person that thinks this looks super cool. Don't be so harsh on it when you don't even know what it's going to be like. I feel like Nintendo would know better than to straight up sell flimsy cardboard to destructive children for insane prices. I seriously feel like there's more information to come.

it's cardboard. it's paper. lmfao.  

Why waste money buying this when you can build your own...lol.  

Posted by Ethacon

Nintendo didn't know better to not make the Wii U.

Well that's not really a fair argument lol. Yeah the wiiU was pretty awful but they were trying something new and I feel like they recovered themselves with the switch. Not everyone gets things right on the first try.

Posted by Ethacon

Lazy sounding or not, the part where you have to build the crap yourself doesn't really appeal to me

Posted by Ethacon

It seems like only younger kids and anyone who has nothing to do would have time for all of this construction and personalizing.

Well to each their own I guess...I love building and crafting things and always have since I was a kid. I don't think this is something only kids and people who have nothing else to do would like lol...there's a lot of people (like me) who love crafting and working with their hands that would thoroughly enjoy this imo.

Posted by Wolfie

it's cardboard. it's paper. lmfao.

Paper can be pretty durable if done right. Pretty sure mythbusters did an episode on paper armor and it worked lol

Posted by Bryan*

Why waste money buying this when you can build your own...lol.

I don't think it'll be that simple...I mean sure you might eventually be able to print it off and build it yourself, but like I said earlier it looks like there's more to it than cardboard. The joycons are like... detecting something...and that's what makes the whole thing work, so maybe there's something included in the kit that you integrate into the things you build that make it work?

Like I said we've only gotten this 1 vague video and the website to go off of that doesn't really explain much. I'm sure we'll learn a lot more about it as it gets closer to the release date. Y'all so quick to bash it tho like dayum at least give it time to live before you start beating it into the mud.  

Posted by Coco

Well that's not really a fair argument lol. Yeah the wiiU was pretty awful but they were trying something new and I feel like they recovered themselves with the switch. Not everyone gets things right on the first try.





Well to each their own I guess...I love building and crafting things and always have since I was a kid. I don't think this is something only kids and people who have nothing else to do would like lol...there's a lot of people (like me) who love crafting and working with their hands that would thoroughly enjoy this imo.


Paper can be pretty durable if done right. Pretty sure mythbusters did an episode on paper armor and it worked lol



I don't think it'll be that simple...I mean sure you might eventually be able to print it off and build it yourself, but like I said earlier it looks like there's more to it than cardboard. The joycons are like... detecting something...and that's what makes the whole thing work, so maybe there's something included in the kit that you integrate into the things you build that make it work?

Like I said we've only gotten this 1 vague video and the website to go off of that doesn't really explain much. I'm sure we'll learn a lot more about it as it gets closer to the release date. Y'all so quick to bash it tho like dayum at least give it time to live before you start beating it into the mud.

yeahhhh, those cardboards look like your average pieces of cardboard lmao.
also, u say we're so quick to bash it, but ur also so quick to decide to buy it xP  

it's very inovative and practical,I applaud nintendo on that front however I would not imagine myseld paying more than 20$ for cardboard.

I would think that this concept would have come from nintendos philosophy of keeping prices cheap so it's more affordable to wide audiences(and especially young families)

I thaught the idea was to keep costs down for acessories because we all remember how pricey they were on the wii however that doesn't seem like the case.

I don't think nintendo will do well in selling this product.  

The robot boxing part really catches my eye. This is a very interesting approach to interactive additions. I just worry about the durability of these products. Nintendo is good at making products that last. While this is cardboard, I hope it's not cheap cardboard. It's very creative. Hats off to Nintendo for having some creativity.

Posted by Coco

I don't think it'll be that simple...I mean sure you might eventually be able to print it off and build it yourself, but like I said earlier it looks like there's more to it than cardboard. The joycons are like... detecting something...and that's what makes the whole thing work, so maybe there's something included in the kit that you integrate into the things you build that make it work?

There also seems to be pulleys inside some of these. It's a lot more than just cardboard.  

Posted by Coco

Well that's not really a fair argument lol. Yeah the wiiU was pretty awful but they were trying something new and I feel like they recovered themselves with the switch. Not everyone gets things right on the first try.





Well to each their own I guess...I love building and crafting things and always have since I was a kid. I don't think this is something only kids and people who have nothing else to do would like lol...there's a lot of people (like me) who love crafting and working with their hands that would thoroughly enjoy this imo.


Paper can be pretty durable if done right. Pretty sure mythbusters did an episode on paper armor and it worked lol



I don't think it'll be that simple...I mean sure you might eventually be able to print it off and build it yourself, but like I said earlier it looks like there's more to it than cardboard. The joycons are like... detecting something...and that's what makes the whole thing work, so maybe there's something included in the kit that you integrate into the things you build that make it work?

Like I said we've only gotten this 1 vague video and the website to go off of that doesn't really explain much. I'm sure we'll learn a lot more about it as it gets closer to the release date. Y'all so quick to bash it tho like dayum at least give it time to live before you start beating it into the mud.

If not everyone gets everything right on the first try, and this is their first try at this, well...

You just added to the argument that Nintendo hasn't always thought things through because this is the first time trying this so it could be bad.  

Posted by Wolfie

yeahhhh, those cardboards look like your average pieces of cardboard lmao.
also, u say we're so quick to bash it, but ur also so quick to decide to buy it xP

Fair enough.

Posted by Ethacon

If not everyone gets everything right on the first try, and this is their first try at this, well...

You just added to the argument that Nintendo hasn't always thought things through because this is the first time trying this so it could be bad.

It could be, but we don't know yet. The only issue I potentially see with it is the cardboard being mixed with destructive children. I just know I probably won't have a problem with it personally because I try to be very careful with the things I own, unlike kids usually are. But considering how Nintendo tends to aim it's products at kids more than adults, I feel like there must be something more to it to make it more durable. Especially considering how expensive it is.