Poll of the Day > That Nintendo Labo thing is neat.

(+) Yeah! (+)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3Bd3HUMkyU

A clever way to use the hardware.

Also, I know there's another topic, but I made this one anyway.
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it is pronounced labia
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Summary pl0x
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Mead posted...

it is pronounced labia

There was a hairdressers called Hair Labo near my old apartment. >_>
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It's cardboard...
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And how quickly do they expect kids to destroy the cardboard or build incorrectly and permanently ruin their first experience?
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papercup posted...

It's cardboard...

Metal Gear uses confirmed.
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It's neat, but it's cardboard. I heard a rumored price of $70, which is lulz.
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Bit early for April Fools innit?
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Lol so this is what Nintendo does when it's supposed to be working.
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Possibly the stupidest thing I have ever seen. I was pretty close to buying one of these things thinking that Nintendo had redeemed themselves over the past few years. Nope. Not doing it. I'm not supporting this level of insanity.
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Judgmenl posted...

Possibly the stupidest thing I have ever seen. I was pretty close to buying one of these things thinking that Nintendo had redeemed themselves over the past few years. Nope. Not doing it. I'm not supporting this level of insanity.

You're not paying for labo though
You're gonna be missing out, the Switch is beastin'
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I didn't ask for this.jpg
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It's quite creative, and looks like it will encourage some interesting game development (and some VR interfaces?)
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Ok having watched the video now, this looks awesome

Kids that are already into legos and Minecraft are gonna go crazy for this kinda thing
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It's for the keeds
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quigonzel posted...

RCtheWSBC posted...

It's quite creative, and looks like it will encourage some interesting game development (and some VR interfaces?)

Yet could also run the risk of once again alienating third-party developers.

How so? It seems to encourage more innovation than not.
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Is the Switch even capable of driving playable framerates for VR?
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Does Nintendo think they've got a 10x more expensive proprietary R-Pi?
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quigonzel posted...

RCtheWSBC posted...

quigonzel posted...

RCtheWSBC posted...

It's quite creative, and looks like it will encourage some interesting game development (and some VR interfaces?)

Yet could also run the risk of once again alienating third-party developers.

How so? It seems to encourage more innovation than not.

It's like it was with the Wii U gamepad when most third-party developers decided it wasn't worth the trouble.

Except for the part where this is completely optional. You're not going to alienate developers with options. The Gamepad was intrinsic to the WiiU, so developers were reluctant to neglect it. This, though? Not developing for Labo is about like not developing for Kinect or Move.
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dragon504 posted...

It's neat, but it's cardboard. I heard a rumored price of $70, which is lulz.

and a game. you're paying 70 for cardboard (and other materials) and a game. Most games now day or 60 bucks, so you're only paying 10 bucks for cardboard and some extras.

Judgmenl posted...

Possibly the stupidest thing I have ever seen. I was pretty close to buying one of these things thinking that Nintendo had redeemed themselves over the past few years. Nope. Not doing it. I'm not supporting this level of insanity.

then don't buy this game? you don't have to buy every game that comes out for a system. just buy what interest you.

green dragon posted...

and a game. you're paying 70 for cardboard (and other materials) and a game. Most games now day or 60 bucks, so you're only paying 10 bucks for cardboard and some extras.

Those do not look at all like $60 games. They're the kind of game that should be priced in the $10-20 range. So it's generously like $50 of cardboard... with some sensors, but there's probably less tech there than an RPi, and an RPi is cheaper. Of course, an RPi is nowhere near as cheap as a tenth of the price of Labo, so I don't know what Kyuubi is smoking (as usual)

Rockies posted...

there's probably less tech there than an RPi, which is cheaper although not a tenth of the price as somebody implied

Switch is 330, R-Pi 3 is 30.
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Rockies posted...

green dragon posted...

and a game. you're paying 70 for cardboard (and other materials) and a game. Most games now day or 60 bucks, so you're only paying 10 bucks for cardboard and some extras.

Those do not look at all like $60 games. They're the kind of game that should be priced in the $10-20 range. So it's generously like $50 of cardboard... with some sensors, but there's probably less tech there than an RPi, and an RPi is cheaper. Of course, an RPi is nowhere near as cheap as a tenth of the price of Labo, so I don't know what Kyuubi is smoking (as usual)

I agree that the games individually aren't 60 dollar games. But I'm guessing that they come in a pack together.

from polygon.com: The price of the Variety Kit is roughly $10 more than a full Nintendo Switch game

variety kit, to me, means that there will be more than one game/thing to build.

I said "price of Labo" which you know because you had to edit it out of my post that you quoted. The price of the Switch (which I guess is much cheaper here in the US) doesn't count because the Switch is a standalone device that's useful for other things. If you want to make that kind of comparison, then you better include keyboard, mouse, monitor, ethernet cables/wireless router, etc. in your RPi price

green dragon posted...

then don't buy this game? you don't have to buy every game that comes out for a system. just buy what interest you.

Yes, but it's Judg, and he tends to try to hard to come up with flimsy justifications for being cranky.
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I think the low tech approach is really smart

Does anyone really need more expensive gizmos lying around. If the joycon already does something why make an extra peripheral
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Rockies posted...

I said "price of Labo" which you know because you had to edit it out of my post that you quoted. The price of the Switch (which I guess is much cheaper here in the US) doesn't count because the Switch is a standalone device that's useful for other things. If you want to make that kind of comparison, then you better include keyboard, mouse, monitor, ethernet cables/wireless router, etc. in your RPi price

And you were referencing me, that was comparing Switch to R-Pi. Labo is like R-Pi I/O extensions.
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Mead posted...

I think the low tech approach is really smart

Does anyone really need more expensive gizmos lying around. If the joycon already does something why make an extra peripheral

But it's low tech and expensive, that's the problem. For the price of the $70/$80 bundle I could get a pro controller or new joycons. That seems like a much better purchase to me. I know I'm not really the target audience for this but what amount of potential fun makes it worth it to spend that much money on cardboard? I'm sure that once people start getting their hands on this and see what everything needs, you're gonna see DIY instructions all over for how to cut up your own cardboard boxes

Rockies posted...

you're gonna see DIY instructions all over for how to cut up your own cardboard boxes

Sweet
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Rockies posted...

For the price of the $70/$80 bundle I could get a pro controller or new joycons. That seems like a much better purchase to me.

Unless we're looking at those purchases in a vacuum. Remember that those bundles include games. A pair of Joy-Cons can't do much on their own.
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Its awesome but I just want FE trailer
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i don't understand how, say, the keyboard works

what is sending the signal to the switch
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helIy posted...

what is sending the signal to the switch

The power of magic and love

helIy posted...

i don't understand how, say, the keyboard works

what is sending the signal to the switch

It shows how it works at 2:10, the Joycons detect those white squares.
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since when did the joycons have cameras in them
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helIy posted...

since when did the joycons have cameras in them

Since always. Remember that sandwich eating game that makes people look like dumbasses?
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oh it's an ir camera
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People do realize that even though it cost like $70 or whatever, most of that is for the actual game? You know, the things that normally cost $60, right? And before you say the games should cost less, it seems like the game has a bunch of games altogether. So, buying like a bunch of $5-$10 games on one cartridge and a bunch of cardboard. I assume they'll also sell the cardboard separately(or maybe free refills), because those will break and tear easily. And probably pretty fast...
Also, it seems interesting... I may look into it...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TG2b4KlcK0
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Mead posted...

Rockies posted...

you're gonna see DIY instructions all over for how to cut up your own cardboard boxes

Sweet

After watching the video again I admit this seems less possible. Maybe like the house and the RC car, but the rest are pretty intricate

Rockies posted...

Mead posted...

Rockies posted...

you're gonna see DIY instructions all over for how to cut up your own cardboard boxes

Sweet

After watching the video again I admit this seems less possible. Maybe like the house and the RC car, but the rest are pretty intricate

all it takes is one person getting one, and scanning it.
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Yeah you're right, cause I remember looking at the kits and they're basically rectangular sheets with the cutouts displayed on them (as opposed to the more complicated pieces already being cut out)

I figured there would be. I mean, it's cardboard. DIY shouldn't be to hard....
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This looks kinda neat. I might buy it(for some reason lol). I wonder how that cardboard robot game will play?
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LeetCheet posted...

This looks kinda neat. I might buy it(for some reason lol). I wonder how that cardboard robot game will play?

In looks like the joycons get strapped to your feet

Lol Nintendo what the hell are you doin
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Rockies posted...

Yeah you're right, cause I remember looking at the kits and they're basically rectangular sheets with the cutouts displayed on them (as opposed to the more complicated pieces already being cut out)

Don't you still need the sensor square thingies so the joycons actually work with the kit?

Those things might be proprietary.
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