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curl-6 on 18 January 2018
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Suky said:
Kwaidd said:

I think that there are an awful lot of people (I'm not just aiming at VGC users, here) that just aren't understanding the whole "For kids and the kids at heart" concept.  It's pretty simple, really.  If you aren't a kid, or a kid at heart, or a parent with young children...this isn't meant for you, it isn't being marketed towards you and there is zero reason to talk about how stupid the concept is because you aren't interested in it.

The concept came from way out in left field, I agree.  Who would have ever seen something this zany coming, even from Nintendo?  But, it's pure genius.

 This is a perfect idea for parents who spend time with their kids doing arts and crafts, to then be able to combine these "science projects" with technology in a way such as this.  The added ability for kids to color or put decals on their projects to really make them their own vs them coming with pre-determined designs/colors is cool.  I'm not saying there certainly will be, but there could be huge potential for these "Toy-con" to advance and grow through all sorts of different ideas.  Looking at what they've already thought of, hopefully the only limit is imagination on the part of Nintendo, or 3rd parties that may come up with some innovative ideas that Nintendo doesn't.

Also, on a side note.  This project is not taking away from time spent on developing the "gamer's games".  The teams responsible for triple A titles like Metroid or Mario are not doing Labo mini games software and in turn delaying those bigger games.  That's just ridiculous.

Actually children aren’t interested in this at all. A kid knows more the value of cardboard. Garbage. But some people who are mature enough would be more interested unfortunatetly. People with “issues”. And Nintendo knows that. So actally this whole idea is very pathetic I insist,plus thinking in somebody else mental issues just because some weird idea.

User warned -RavenXtra

I'm a teacher who works with kids in primary school. Last year I bought a bunch of my old cardboard boxes into school one day and we had a construction session where they build themed train stations out of them. And they absolutely loved it; it was probably the best session we had all last year. Kids love cardboard. Kids love building and decorating.

And it's quite sad that you feel the need to belittle people who enjoy things you do not as having "mental issues".

BraLoD said:

The day has come Nintendo is writing its name on some cardbox and selling you high, and people will buy it, damn that was a joke guys!
The concept with the aim for young kids is great, but it's fucking cardboard, cardboard for $70, it's shameful, I don't even...
The greed has no bounds.

Can we retire this "$70 for cardboard" meme? Apart from getting old, it's straight up untrue. It's $70 for a video game with a set of peripherals, which is fairly standard pricing.

CrazyGamer2017 said:

Yeah but it's Nintendo so if they want to sell you cardboard at the price of gold, people will pay and think they bought diamonds. So this is embarrassing indeed but not for Nintendo, they are the ones who will cash in on all their naive customers.

And I thought the Switch was weak from a point of view of processing power, now all those who say that such power is not what matters the most in video games are going to be very happy cause yeah, cardboard LOL.

$70 is a pretty typical price for a video game + a bundled peripheral. Pretty sure Mario Kart Wii + the Wii Wheel and Wii Fit + the Balance Board were priced similarly.