By Nick Pino
Nintendo has just taken the wraps off a series of cardboard toys that will augment and interact with the Nintendo Switch. It’s part of a program called Nintendo Labo and it’s here to help kids both young and old make, play and discover a whole new universe of experiences.
Shown first during a teaser video that aired today on YouTube, Nintendo Labo is a kooky, DIY series of cardboard toys that interlink with the Nintendo Switch to transform the console into everything from a miniature piano to a giant fighting robot – i.e. it’s Nintendo at its weirdest and most fun-loving, doing what only Nintendo can do.
The trailer shows a number of different uses for the toys – there’s the piano, of course, but also fishing poles, motorcycle handles, foot pedals and bird houses, too.
Each cardboard toy seems to sync up to an interactive experience that appears on the Nintendo Switch – the fishing pole syncs up to a fishing game, naturally, and the robot backpack seems to work with a giant robot fighting game – however, it’s unclear whether the toys and experiences are sold separately, or if the experiences are packaged with each cardboard sheet.
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Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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