As people got their hands on Nintendo Labo over the weekend, they have been making some really cool, and really funny, creations. They have made everything from rhythm games to functioning clocks to cat toys. Here’s a few I really liked.
Nintendo Labo not only allows you to make a handful of cool cardboard toys that you can play Switch games with, it also comes with Toy Con Garage, a toolkit that allows you to do some basic programming to control the Joy-Con. Players have been using both of these things to make weird and cool stuff.
One player even made a functioning clock using Toy Con Garage, which I’m really impressed with:
今までのやつの応用でラーメンタイマー作ったわ
— おにぎり△ (@riceball0712) April 20, 2018
#NintendoLabo #NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/7qm93YcHkK
Twitter user Geniway used the Labo to play this incredibly dope cover of one of the Squid Sisters’ songs from the first Splatoon. Definitely listen to this:
ニンテンドーラボだけでシオカラ節弾いてみた。#NintendoLabo #NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/NT5VlCpxLF
— お⃞か⃞ど⃞ (@geniway) April 23, 2018
LeavingLuck made a cool game where you throw cards at a hat, and your Switch counts how many made it in.
My first #NintendoLabo ToyCon Garage project aka throwing things at a hat. #NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/fCdagEDN1x
— Leaving Luck (@LeavingLuck) April 21, 2018
Some people are just using these tools to shitpost, which of course means someone did a JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure reference:
康一くんを倒すゲーム
— 岩下スティーブンTHE戌年 (@Daimyohjin) April 22, 2018
#ニンテンドーラボ pic.twitter.com/cVJ1jEeuVM
Twitter user Hitokage22 made a face for their stuffed animal, which is just adorable:
デジ顔〜ボタンとかスティックで表情操作できるぞ #Nintendo_Labo #ニンテンドーラボ pic.twitter.com/DsVJNQQTZ5
— かげひと (@hitokage22) April 21, 2018
Skg_ty used Toy Con Garage to do the fan chants for Idolmaster:
サイレントにコールができる装置をつくりました。#NintendoLabo #ニンテンドーラボ pic.twitter.com/7dI1PCTVNS
— さかぐちとうや (@skg_ty) April 21, 2018
And they followed that up by basically making Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, complete with bongo controllers:
ボンゴとかコンガっぽい音ゲーをつくりました。#NintendoLabo #ニンテンドーラボ pic.twitter.com/7mRMJvTJ4x
— さかぐちとうや (@skg_ty) April 21, 2018
TsukimotoSeiji made a diorama where he could summon shooting stars using the Joy-Con:
ニンテンドーラボで簡単な工作
— 月本せいじ (@TsukimotoSeiji) April 20, 2018
『流れ星の魔法使い』#ニンテンドーラボ #NintendoLabo pic.twitter.com/8HFqOzN7YM
Of course, other players have been making much sillier creations with Nintendo Labo and Toy Con Garage. Behold, a button that just makes all your Joy-Cons vibrate. I have no idea why this makes me laugh so much.
Nintendo: be creative programming your own toy-con creations
— NintendoFaaan (@NintendoFaaan) April 21, 2018
Me:#NintendoSwitch #NintendoLabo pic.twitter.com/ZthKL6c6Vi
The things that people are doing with Labo aren’t always that sophisticated, but they still get a chuckle out of me. Here’s YouTuber Akfamilyhome playing “All Star” by Smash Mouth on the Labo piano:
Here’s something that’s probably very dangerous:
#nintendolabo death match pic.twitter.com/Cw727edWck
— cherry bonbon (@petersteelesgf) April 21, 2018
This person made a cat toy using their Nintendo Labo. This is probably only dangerous for the cardboard, which is not typically a cat safe material.
Cat toy LABO experiment was a success pic.twitter.com/wifKqVPYvY
— Ben Palmer (@palmersaurusrex) April 21, 2018
As we all know, if you give a person the ability to create whatever they want on a creative platform, they will make Loss. I’m gonna leave you on that.
#NintendoSwitch #labo #nintendolabo #nintendo pic.twitter.com/U7fc3RFVvL
— Dev (@devonodev) April 22, 2018