{"id":19218,"date":"2019-07-12T00:01:44","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T00:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=19218"},"modified":"2019-07-10T01:21:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T01:21:00","slug":"nintendo-labo-vr-kit-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/12\/nintendo-labo-vr-kit-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Labo VR Kit Wrap-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Well all the Labo VR things are built and all my articles about each one are written, so I figured I\u2019d put them all into one place for easy reference if anyone is interested in reading about them.\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Goggles<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The first and most important thing you should build are the goggles, as every other thing you build requires them.\u00a0 It\u2019s not the best VR in the world, but for $70 to $80 bucks, as compared to other VR options that cost hundreds if not thousands of dollars, it\u2019s not bad at all.<\/p>\n

Camera<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

I really liked the VR Camera.\u00a0 I imagine kids today probably wouldn\u2019t even know what an old camera looks like or how it works, so this one may be lost on them in today\u2019s cell phone society.\u00a0 With the camera you can play a neat underwater photography game and another one where you take pictures in a weird house.\u00a0 I just wish they\u2019d make a Pok\u00e9mon Snap game with this.\u00a0 Come on, Nintendo, everyone wants that game.\u00a0 Make it already!<\/p>\n

Elephant<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The cardboard you fold for this one kind of looks like an elephant, but you really don\u2019t do any elephant type things in the games you play with it.\u00a0 It\u2019s just an apparatus that allows you to manipulate objects in 3-D VR space. \u00a0It just so happens that the device they made kind of looks like an elephant.\u00a0 Or maybe the Labo folks are Alabama fans.\u00a0 Roll Tide!\u00a0 Anyway, you can play a game where you move objects around for a marble to roll to a goal, and the other game is just a 3-D painting and drawing tool.\u00a0 I had the hardest time with this one, though, because since I\u2019ve been blind in my left eye since birth, I can\u2019t see the 3-D effects.\u00a0 Normally that\u2019s not such a big deal, but these two games require a bit more depth perception (which I don\u2019t have) than the other games.<\/p>\n

Bird<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

You make a bird and flap its wings to make it fly in the game.\u00a0 You can play a game where you fly around an island, hatching eggs and then feeding the baby birds.\u00a0 Very fun.\u00a0 And in the other game you just race through rings.<\/p>\n

Wind Pedal<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Of all the things you can build in the Labo VR Kit, the Wind Pedal is the largest.\u00a0 And the most gimmicky.\u00a0 It\u2019s just a modified gas pedal from the Labo Vehicle Kit, and fans wind in your face when you step on it.\u00a0 You can play one game with it, or use it with the Labo bird to fly faster.\u00a0 But I don\u2019t think the wind aspect really makes it more immersive.\u00a0 The only game that I can remember that used wind to feel more immersive was the arcade snowmobile racing game Arctic Thunder.\u00a0 The cabinet blew cold air in your face.\u00a0 It was nice on a hot summer day.<\/p>\n

Blaster<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

And last is the Blaster.\u00a0 It\u2019s the most complicated thing you can build here, and they even made a VR set that just let you build the goggles and the blaster.\u00a0 I guess to keep the price down for those who didn\u2019t want to spend as much money.\u00a0 I imagine some parents may not like that you\u2019re building a gun, but it really feels more like a Super Soaker or a cartoony bazooka or one of those t-shirt cannons you see at sporting events.\u00a0 You can play two games with it.\u00a0 One is a shooting gallery style game where you fire at silly one eyed aliens in a city setting.\u00a0 It\u2019s a bit generic, but still fun, and reminds me of Point Black, which would make an excellent VR game I think.\u00a0 The other game is an awesome two player game where you shoot fruit at hippos to feed them!<\/p>\n

Bonus Article!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nintendo Labo Customization Set<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

When Labo first came out, Nintendo released a little customization set with stickers and stencils for you to decorate your Labo creations with.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t get it because it was ten bucks, but a close relative found it on clearance and bought it for me so I figured since I wrote about all the other Labo stuff, might as well write about this one, too!<\/p>\n

My other Labo articles<\/strong><\/p>\n

And that\u2019s all for now!\u00a0 In the comments section, let me know what you think of the Labo VR Kit. \u00a0Do you think there will be any more Labo sets?\u00a0 I don\u2019t think there will be, as I don\u2019t think they sold very well. Here are links to my other Labo articles as well if anyone would like to read them.\u00a0 One good thing is that many of these older sets are now on clearance as well, and you might be able to find them cheaper.\u00a0 They\u2019d make a great activity for a bored kid over the summer!<\/p>\n

Nintendo Labo Variety Kit<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Nintendo Labo Robot Kit<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Nintendo Labo Vehicle Kit<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well all the Labo VR things are built and all my articles about each one are written, so I figured I\u2019d put them all into one place for easy reference if anyone is interested in reading about them.\u00a0 Enjoy! Goggles The first and most important thing you should build are the goggles, as every other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19218"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19220,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19218\/revisions\/19220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}