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Posted 20 January 2018
Pre-Order - Nintendo Labo Variety Kit 1 (Nintendo Switch) Toy Con 1 £53.85 @ Base
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They also have the Toy Con 2 (Robot kit) for £63.85.
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And here's a link for if you want further info on Nintendo Labo:
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I'm not saying this is a fair price for what you get... Just posting what I believe to be the current cheapest pre-order price!
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And here's a link for if you want further info on Nintendo Labo:
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I'm not saying this is a fair price for what you get... Just posting what I believe to be the current cheapest pre-order price!
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Well, kit 1 @ £53.85 actually has
28 x Cardboard Sheet (includes an extra sheet for customisation)
3 x Relflective Sheet
3 x Sponge Sheet
1 x String (orange) 1 x String (blue)
1 x Eyelet Set (grey)
1 x Eyelet Set (blue)
2 x Rubber band ** (large) + Spares
6 x Rubber band ** (small) + Spares
and the software.
Don't forget that the real cost of something isn't just what you can see. I can imagine a shed load of work went into designing, researching and creating these.
Well rather than teaching kids how to hold a controller and sit on their asses staring at a big screen, this is teaching them how to build and create something from scratch and once they have it then becomes interactive. It's kind of like an interactive Lego but made out of cardboard. I think the idea is to inspire creativity and get the kids involved.
Thats nothing - with the prices of houses now - I've got enough from Amazon boxes to build a castle - once sent me a box of batteries bigger than the van that delivered it!
The prices of cartridges is sadly way too high and this gimmick will sell like hotcakes as its such a new and novel idea but longevity of game play, I'm certain will be extremely limited once the dust settles. Sales will hit the roof and be sold out - crime will sky rocket as people will be robbed for any bit of card and paper they will own.
Amazon will start charging for the boxes once they realise Nintendo-lites are hooked - this craze will sweep the globe and become the new craze to replace cryptocurrency - CARDBOARDING.
Trump will push forward on building his Mexico wall with Nintendo's cardboard and become the 9th wonder of the world -the wall of card.
Damn you Nintendo, damn you. (edited)
Virtua Cop, Time Crisis, Typing Of The Dead, any VR Game, Seaman, Daytona Racing, any Wii Game etc etc....
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?
(pinched from Twitter)
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But, but... it's just a cardboard box; how dare you try and make me think rationally!
Absolute nonsense.
What are you talking about man?!? Have ye lost all yer senses?!?! Go and buy a real fishing kit off ebay for £25 and do the real thing! Buy an electronic piano or a real piano - go do the real thing! You could buy the real McCoys and stil have change compared to buying this crap - console & game and then an IKEA DIY setup and just as flimsy!
Also
Hey.. the Wii u is awesome! Weather it sold or not changes nothing :s
"What the heck is this rumble pack thing doing with my Starfox 64 game?" "It's just another Nintendo gimmick" "Just give me buttons and a control stick - none of this rumble doodad that's not even real anyway"
Must really stick in the craw of the Sony/Microsoft fanboys to see nintendo getting away with such stuff instead of blindly trundling after their chosen console manufacturer down the tech treadmill.
My first piece of nintendo hardware was a toy (billion barrel) so this is a very smart move by a company that knows it's heritage and its target audience and Labo seems a brilliant means of tapping into both.
I'm trying to resist, but this does look fun.
How many boxes we talkin here?
I think the WiiU proved that to not be the case...
Intrigued to know what peripheral "seaman" was using.
Exactly, this is what most people miss and I was probably one of the first to think £60 for cardboard?
The average new Switch game is £45/50, so all the R&D/manufacturing and distribution for the card comes in at £3.85 extra. Decent .
Agreed. Or it could lead to them sitting on their asses reading forums about cardboard boxes in their adult life. Imagine.
Not that brave really, there can't be much production cost / investment risk here and the profit margins will be huge. It is what it is after all - cardboard.
But you also have to consider the impact this has on general software titles. There is less time/attention given to new ideas and development of new software titles, while Nintendo are fannying about with cardboard. Best exampled with the lazy repeat deluxe crap, i.e. MK8 Deluxe (v.3) and DK Tropical Freeze Deluxe (v.2). (edited)
The more ive seen it though, the more i can see the potential. The joycons are surprisingly versatile- putting these party games aside, the number of inexpensive accessories you could probably make for regular games is enormous!
Thank goodness you don't run a company trying to make money, looks like Nintendo are onto a big winner here wether you like it or not. I'm not actually convinced by the concept itself but it looks like it's gonna make massive profit... Which you know... What all companies try and do....
To be fair I like the concept and the experimentation Nintendo are showing here. It seems too expensive (though the software may prove that wrong) but I have a feeling that they will manage to make it compelling enough to succeed and start something unique in video gaming. Kudos. Not long ago I remember a similar argument over the Switch itself on HUKD.
Hoping Nintendo can release a sandbox/mario-maker type capability for Labo in future and unleash the creativity of all it's fans. Then those Amazon boxes really will see some better use.
Slim chance of getting in, but families in London may want to apply for free tickets to this for hands on trial - must have kids age 7-15 to be considered;
nintendo.co.uk/gam…tml