Nintendo Labo: Hit or Miss?

I think miss, cardboard breaks way too fast.

 

For real tho

 

It's an interesting idea, but I think it's a waste of money. Cardboard breaks far too easily, so I see it being a recurring cost. It's a miss

 

It aint worth it, you make a wrong fold and the entire thing is bust. It also will break easily and how do you store this without it getting damaged? I get it is cheap to make but I can only see it backfire as kids don't have the patience to make those every time they wanna play a game, and parents aren't gonna take the damage to the bank every time the cardboard falls apart.

 

I could see how this would appeal to, maybe, origami fans, or people who just like keeping busy... but as everyone else said, it seems like a waste of money.

 

Dang, I was going to make this topic and I missed my chance.

So, first off, I don't think anyone would have ever predicted or saw this coming. An idea like DIY cardboard modeling is not something one would expect from a video game company, but on the other hand, Nintendo plays by nobody's rules but its own, so the expectation here is irrelevant.

Second off, I want to know what goes on inside Nintendo's R&D department. Clearly someone said "I think this is a good and fun idea; let's roll with it", and I want to see how the creative process moves, as it progresses from the idea to the final product. I have nothing but speculation at this point, but it's something I so desperately want to learn. It's just so full of possibility that it makes me positively giddy.

As for whether or not Labo will do well? Who cares? The fact that Labo exists at all is bringing so many things to the forefront of attention, and I for one want to see what happens every step of the way. Indeed, I still have much to learn.

But while we're on the subject:

Spoiler

 

I think that at it's core it is an important element for the switch. There was a game theory a while back that explored the potential of the switch and I think that there are many elements of that at play here. I almost hope that it does well just to encourage growth in the switch.

 

At the end of the day, Nintendo is doing what Nintendo have always done best: being a toymaker company. After all, isn't that what they started as, before specializing in gaming?

At first, I began to feel extremely pessimistic at the idea of something like this really taking off, especially given the price range. But then when I log into the Lego site (literally THE most iconic brand for kids) and see how much they're selling their stuff, Nintendo's price seems fairly reasonable in comparison given the functionality.

 

I think it's bloody brilliant. Will it fail? Probably. But, as others have mentioned, this is NINTENDO we're talking about. Personally, if I had a Switch I'd go out and buy it, mainly because it just looks like so much fun.

And as a side-note, anyone who thought Wii Sports was a bad idea can go take their opinions back to the trash can where they (the opinions) belong; it was fun, enough said. /rant

 

It is a fun idea, but where are you going to store all those things? I don't have infinite space in my room.

 

its pretty cool
but the fact that you could just make it at home seems kind of dumb

 

It is a good idea, but I see only one problem with this. It is made of cardboard. Making something like this out of material that can easily wear and tear would make consumers have to buy the product again. Who's bright idea was it to be made of something that can't survive a five-year-old anyway?

 

The idea's interesting, but not only does it look unnecessary but, yeah, they couldn't have picked a stronger material to make it out of?

 

Ha! I hear that. I loved Lego as a child, and to be frank I still do, but at some point deep into teenagerdom I stopped buying them, because the price point wasn't something I or my family could handle easily.

 

It seems as if good kids toys don't really come cheap anymore. u_u

 

i think this about sums it up tbh