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

(+) Yeah! (+)

Reminds arv of makey makeys
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Witchcraft
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Snake is excited.


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...the fuck did I just watch?
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CyborgSage00x0 posted...

...the fuck did I just watch?

Toys
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I mean this is literally for kids. It's fine if you like it, but it's not for you

Being offended by this when the Switch's third-party support in its first year has been better than the entire life of the Wii U is absolutely ridiculous
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I can see people going ape shit collecting these.

Personally, I think it's one of the least interesting Nintendo things I've ever seen.
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T0ffee posted...

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.

Presuming the Joy-Con's IR camera works like the Wiimote's, I'd guess they're IR LED arrays of some sort. If they aren't too complicated, they could potentially be made at home, though that would involve a lot more specialized materials and know-how than cutting out some cardboard, especially if the arrays do anything to detect how the strings are moving.
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Nomak-54 posted...

Lmao

Umm...
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green dragon posted...

Nomak-54 posted...

Lmao

Oh god
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That took longer than I expected
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really excited to play video games with a cardboard back pack.
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Lots of people offended by something specifically targeted towards kids! Let the kids enjoy it, it looks pretty interesting
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It's going to literally ruin gaming for everyone forever

Nightengale posted...

I mean this is literally for kids. It's fine if you like it, but it's not for you

a_doyle_42 posted...

Lots of people offended by something specifically targeted towards kids! Let the kids enjoy it, it looks pretty interesting

Oh, yeah, it's not like it changes my opinion of Nintendo or ruins the Switch for me, but I think it's fair to criticize it and be skeptical. Realizing that I'm not in the target audience, my only real complaint is the price point, but I also think saying "$70 for cardboard" is too facile. People tend to ignore that you also pay for the design/development. I'm still not paying that much for cardboard and basic games though.

LinkPizza posted...

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...

I have bought maybe 2 $60 games ever. Is this what it feels like to be a Nintendo Fanboy? Buying expensive games that aren't worth nearly that much?
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Judgmenl posted...

I have bought maybe 2 $60 games ever. Is this what it feels like to be a Nintendo Fanboy? Buying expensive games that aren't worth nearly that much?

I know you don't have a job anymore, but could you really not afford to pay $60 for a game when you were making $60k+ and living with your parents?

Also do you really wonder why you don't have any friends when your attitude is like this?

Rockies posted...

Judgmenl posted...

I have bought maybe 2 $60 games ever. Is this what it feels like to be a Nintendo Fanboy? Buying expensive games that aren't worth nearly that much?

I know you don't have a job anymore, but could you really not afford to pay $60 for a game when you were making $60k+ and living with your parents?

Also do you really wonder why you don't have any friends when your attitude is like this?

What? No, PC games are rarely if ever $60. The ones that are $60 are usually AAA garbage.
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So you haven't owned a console in the last like 13 years? I know you were primarily PC, but I thought you had something else. Either way, it doesn't change the fact you have a shitty attitude.

Rockies posted...

So you haven't owned a console in the last like 13 years? I know you were primarily PC, but I thought you had something else. Either way, it doesn't change the fact you have a shitty attitude.

I bought a PS3 for 3 games a few years ago, but no only two consoles I've owned past 2000 are The PS2 and PS3.
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It kind of sucks that Nintendo games take forever to drop in price, but I think everyone takes for granted that these massive price drops are a relatively new thing in gaming. It's not really that big a deal to me because Nintendo has been all about first-party for a while and I don't care about every first party game of theirs that comes out. It's not like they have all the third-party AAA titles that MS and Sony has, sitting at $60 for years.

this looks really cool. I hope my sister buys some for my nephew so I can play with them when I go home this summer.
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Rockies posted...

I think everyone takes for granted that these massive price drops are a relatively new thing in gaming.

It's compensation for spiking game prices for no good reason.
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When did game prices spike, it's well-discussed how price raises have fallen well short of inflation

Something for $69 on 4/20 ( )

The only people laughing after this releases will be Nintendo, because they have (grown, adult) fans who will buy this.
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What's next, the Nintendo Scroto?
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Why do people keep calling this VR? It's like AR at best, but I don't even think I'd say that based on what I've seen

Rockies posted...

Why do people keep calling this VR? It's like AR at best, but I don't even think I'd say that based on what I've seen

The VR headset was shown in a demo.

And AR is typically more higher end than VR in headsets. AR uses the environment around you to add 3d graphics to, VR just does the 3d graphics.
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Judgmenl posted...

Rockies posted...

Judgmenl posted...

I have bought maybe 2 $60 games ever. Is this what it feels like to be a Nintendo Fanboy? Buying expensive games that aren't worth nearly that much?

I know you don't have a job anymore, but could you really not afford to pay $60 for a game when you were making $60k+ and living with your parents?

Also do you really wonder why you don't have any friends when your attitude is like this?

What? No, PC games are rarely if ever $60. The ones that are $60 are usually AAA garbage.

Sure. That's PC. And like you said, the AAA ones are still $60. Just because you don't like them doesn't mean other people don't. And other systems have games that also start at $60. As in most of them for systems. So this is what's it's like to be gamer who buys new games for any system.
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Okay, I watched the video and my biggest complaint is why the fuck aren't 5-10 year olds in this video?

I mean almost every use they showed was like oh yeah if I was 5-10 I would love that. Yet, the entire video seems to be people in their 20's-30's using the cardboard stuff.
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Monopoman posted...

Okay, I watched the video and my biggest complaint is why the fuck aren't 5-10 year olds in this video?

I mean almost every use they showed was like oh yeah if I was 5-10 I would love that. Yet, the entire video seems to be people in their 20's-30's using the cardboard stuff.

A couple hands looked kinda young. But it was probably for the choreography and for showing us how certain things worked. Maybe...
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LinkPizza posted...

Monopoman posted...

Okay, I watched the video and my biggest complaint is why the fuck aren't 5-10 year olds in this video?

I mean almost every use they showed was like oh yeah if I was 5-10 I would love that. Yet, the entire video seems to be people in their 20's-30's using the cardboard stuff.

A couple hands looked kinda young. But it was probably for the choreography and for showing us how certain things worked. Maybe...

idk, like a lot of stuff from nintendo kids will probably really like it but it's the older folks and manchildren that will do the crazy and interesting stuff with it.
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Nade Duck posted...

LinkPizza posted...

Monopoman posted...

Okay, I watched the video and my biggest complaint is why the fuck aren't 5-10 year olds in this video?

I mean almost every use they showed was like oh yeah if I was 5-10 I would love that. Yet, the entire video seems to be people in their 20's-30's using the cardboard stuff.

A couple hands looked kinda young. But it was probably for the choreography and for showing us how certain things worked. Maybe...

idk, like a lot of stuff from nintendo kids will probably really like it but it's the older folks and manchildren that will do the crazy and interesting stuff with it.

Probably. It does look interesting, though...
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LinkPizza posted...

Judgmenl posted...

Rockies posted...

Judgmenl posted...

I have bought maybe 2 $60 games ever. Is this what it feels like to be a Nintendo Fanboy? Buying expensive games that aren't worth nearly that much?

I know you don't have a job anymore, but could you really not afford to pay $60 for a game when you were making $60k+ and living with your parents?

Also do you really wonder why you don't have any friends when your attitude is like this?

What? No, PC games are rarely if ever $60. The ones that are $60 are usually AAA garbage.

Sure. That's PC. And like you said, the AAA ones are still $60. Just because you don't like them doesn't mean other people don't. And other systems have games that also start at $60. As in most of them for systems. So this is what's it's like to be gamer who buys new games for any system.

Not to derail the thread too much, but I am someone who enjoys AAA games. The production quality is there. I have played so many indie, flash, even gamejam (where indie devs make a game in a short amount of time in a loose competition) games, and none of them compare to the quality of a AAA game. You have exceptions like Cuphead and Minecraft, but those are one in a million lottery winners in the industry. AAA and non-AAA is night and day for quality.

That being said, I don't buy AAA games anymore (mainly because I just play the stuff I own or free-to-play PC MMOs). I think AAA developers have teams that are way bigger than necessary, resulting in overpriced games, a bloated marketing team/budget, and overall pushing the idea of making money to make games, rather than making good games to make money. No current AAA dev values the game and its impact on the industry anymore, it's all about bottom-line net profits. To bring it back a bit, this has also been Nintendo's mantra for some time, since the Wii. They openly admitted that their hardware post-Gamecube was lagging behind the industry because it would save them money (saving consumers money is hardly the motivation behind the decision to use prev-gen tech). But we all know that's just PR talk for "people will buy our stuff anyway, especially when most of them aren't aware of the difference between us and the competitors".
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https://labo.nintendo.com/kits/variety-kit/

I shit you not, it actually costs $70.

Lmao, this is the biggest joke I've ever seen. Poor kids are going to spend close to a hundred for cardboard that's worth less than $1. What a scam.

If Microsoft or Sony did something like this there would be blood.

The value of this is basically buying a $70 TV, and then throwing away the TV to play with the box.
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Yellow posted...

https://labo.nintendo.com/kits/variety-kit/

I shit you not, it actually costs $70.

Lmao, this is the biggest joke I've ever seen. Poor kids are going to spend close to a hundred for cardboard that's worth less than $1. What a scam.

If Microsoft or Sony did something like this there would be blood.

The value of this is basically buying a $70 TV, and then throwing away the TV to play with the box.

for the thousandth time, you're aren't just buying the cardboard

green dragon posted...

for the thousandth time, you're aren't just buying the cardboard

And the little tiny plastic pieces, and some ink, and a couple pieces of string and some rubber bands...

Do you have any idea how much this stuff is worth? We can do a breakdown estimate. Yeah, a TV package includes some padding, and if you're lucky, a couple stickers.
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Yellow posted...

green dragon posted...

for the thousandth time, you're aren't just buying the cardboard

And the little tiny plastic pieces, and some ink, and a couple pieces of string and some rubber bands...

Do you have any idea how much this stuff is worth? We can do a breakdown estimate. Yeah, a TV package includes some padding, and if you're lucky, a couple stickers.

It comes with software

green dragon posted...

It comes with software

It had better be a full game is all I can say.
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Yellow posted...

green dragon posted...

for the thousandth time, you're aren't just buying the cardboard

And the little tiny plastic pieces, and some ink, and a couple pieces of string and some rubber bands...

Do you have any idea how much this stuff is worth? We can do a breakdown estimate. Yeah, a TV package includes some padding, and if you're lucky, a couple stickers.

And a video game that comes with it. So, that's $60 already...
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Yellow posted...

The VR headset was shown in a demo.

Where

Yellow posted...

green dragon posted...

It comes with software

It had better be a full game is all I can say.

Define "full"
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Nightengale posted...

Yellow posted...

green dragon posted...

It comes with software

It had better be a full game is all I can say.

Define "full"

It's comes with at least 5 games. So, if each of those games equal 1/5 or a game, it's a full game...
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Well Yellow was already being obtuse in this topic so I just wanted to know what he considers a full game
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Nightengale posted...

Well Yellow was already being obtuse in this topic so I just wanted to know what he considers a full game

Yellow being obtuse
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More like Yellow being Chartreuse

NYUK NYUK NYUK
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RCtheWSBC posted...

More like Yellow being Chartreuse

NYUK NYUK NYUK

Heeeeeh
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