Nintendo’s new game console Switch has been surprised, and now they have something even more surprising. That is a rare video game in the form of “toys” that brings us back to the “game” that has long been forgotten.
In January of this year, Nintendo released Switch’s new game series, and this excellent game series, even more than “The Legend of Zelda: The Wilderness” even more shocking. They released a set of corrugated paper kits that were assembled by the player and combined with the software on the mainframe to create a variety of toys that could feed back.
This series is called Labo; its body is a piece of corrugated cardboard, Nintendo intends to release Variety Kit and Robot Kit tent for the time being two labor games, sale time is April 20, the price is not low.
Variety Kit Set Price 6980 yen (about 403 yuan)
Remote reptiles: It takes 15 minutes of production time, the installation of some like “worm-shaped” remote control cars. Players need to Joy-Con plug in both sides of the device, and then hand-held main screen to remotely control the “bug” movement, Joy-Con’s vibration will let it slowly move in the plane.
Rods: Comes with a “lever turntable” that attaches thin, elastic threads (strings) that mimic the tension and tension of the actual fishing gear.
Motorcycles: Two Joy-Con can be composed of handles or pedals, the screen is viewed through the Switch main screen embedded in the handlebar.
Small House: Consists of cardboard and rope, with Joy-Con, loaded cassette, game, and peripherals have a lot of linkage effect.
Piano: It takes 2 hours to make the piano module. The operation principle is as follows: Joy-Con’s infrared sensing can sense the feedback when the key is pressed. When the player starts to play, the main switch of the Switch will perform the correct Notation. Also, the turntable configured above the piano shelf can even adjust the game’s sound effects.
Robot Kit Set Price 7980 yen The
Robot Kit is more complicated and difficult to assemble. After assembly, the player will simulate a deformable robot, which will be fed back into the game (for example Smash buildings), the game screen needs to play the TV mode.
Labo Labo looks very beautiful, seems a bit mentally retarded, but also extraordinary creativity, utterly contrary to all expectations. Nintendo public relations staff themselves are not without their satisfaction, said: “The outside world always thought that we have to do this, do that, we are biased to do what we can not think of.”
From the end of January, Nintendo held several Labo experience, from London, Tokyo to New York, to recruit media and local families to experience the novelty of toys. The scene is the most to come, that is excited children.
So far, some foreign media have personally come into contact with Labo and, through their experience description, we finally understand what it is, and in the end how to play and where is the charm. First of all for its ontology – a pile of corrugated paper: 1. This toy is very complicated, has a perfect response, astonishing. 2. Even hand-made people, such as hands-on adults, may take some time to assemble. 3. Although sophisticated, Labo is still cardboard and can only be used as cardboard.
The assembly of the toy looks simple, but it’s not easy to get started, and if you like it by hand, or if your child wants to crush it, then this should be very appealing. For children, it takes time to draw a variety of shapes on the cardboard, then folds along the creases, significantly enhancing their ability to do things.
n all the experience reports, it was not easy to assemble these paper shells. Someone might not be able to make a fishing rod in an hour, let alone a robot, and the robot was a hundred times more complicated than a fishing rod.
Fortunately, the production of tutorials will continue to appear on the Switch to help players speed up the production process. But it still requires a relatively substantial hands-on ability, although the assembly error will not scrap the kit, the missing or missing parts still affect the function.
Hundreds of dollars, it is used to buy a paper shell it? That is not the case. Assembling the cardboard according to the instructions on the Switch is just one of the first challenges and pleasures, and when it’s done, you’ll see the neglected skills on the Switch platform.
Take for example the most natural remote-controlled beetle in the Variety Kit, a piece of cardboard that builds on itself to vibrate forward (much like the little toy that we used to move or spin around as a kid). Advanced kits, on the other hand, use a specially placed reflective tape on the cardboard to trigger motion. Inside the robot suit has four cylinders that respond to the player’s limb movements. If you exercise one arm or one leg, the reflex band will follow. The cameras mounted on the toys read these movements, and the robot on the screen will act accordingly.
All thanks to the Switch handle on the IR camera. This infrared camera tests merely the distance between the depth of field and the surrounding objects. The board in the kit is a glossy mirror board that the Switch can sense by responding to the light and detecting the movement of the part on the paper to return to the accompanying game software.
A similar mechanism is used inside piano toys. When the key is pressed, the reflection band will move and produce sound through the switch. Its responsiveness is very responsive and simulates like a real electronic keyboard. To be honest, these are not advanced techniques, and the cost is not high.
However, Nintendo can use this new product line called Labo to create an entirely separate outer space from competitors in the game industry: education, educational activities, parent-child activities and self-design. Just to play racing games, play RPG or basketball, then any game can be, but to achieve this creativity, only Switch, Switch in the future is likely to be spotlighted by housewives and first education institutions.
Nintendo itself is a toy maker, for what to do cardboard model experience, this time they are not doing the game, but the smart toys, this much larger market than the host game is the ultimate goal of the Nintendo set for the Switch. If successful, then the future incalculable, even if unsuccessful, returned to continue selling their games, the sub-section to do a “game machine” is also considered scenery.
From the personal experience, some players may disdain this; the paper shell is not as attractive as the 3A game, then it is clear that such players are not Labo audience. However, it is inaccurate to say that Labo is designed solely for children. In fact, these toys are not suitable for children to complete independently. In other words, this may be suitable for cultivating the parent-child relationship. The whole family will work together to finish production and experience the production together. That is in line with Nintendo’s game concept and is also broken The more the game progresses, the more confined it is to “one person, one screen a room a day,” the shyness that takes us to a more lively world.
Labo is made of cardboard and inevitably has some wear and tear. While cardboard is reasonably sturdy, how long they last depend entirely on how you and your child are playing. Luckily, officials say tapes and glues are ready Stickies, the basic need not worry about a big problem.
There are cheaper than this stuff pure game carrier it!? In addition, it is noteworthy that Labo is currently known to use a simple software interface to guide and interact, but Nintendo may open more custom content, such as the piano software, you can customize the electric guitar and more Musical instruments, players can also use cardboard assembled an electric guitar to a heavy metal ballad.
If these subscriptions are plentiful enough, Labo would be a game model to detonate ideas, and if Nintendo wants it, it could even open Labo’s different kits to develop an active community where users can share their own customized Labo Design, a walking dog will make a sound, what a spacecraft, which incredible. We hope Nintendo can think in this direction.
Nintendo really want to use the paper shell after the sale of Switch amazing world
The Internet and the media are currently appreciating the fantastic new gameplay Switch, and have all predicted “surefire.” Nintendo is also, as before, thinking about other things that players can bring to beyond the traditional host gaming experience. There is a saying of knowing: “I’ve forgotten what I wanted in my childhood, but Nintendo still remembers.”
Perhaps waiting for the paper shell to go on sale in April, you’ll want to try it.