Nintendo Labo (ニンテンドー ラボ) Toy-Con 03: Drive Kit - Switch

There was only one page of Japanese and that was to put cartridge into the switch. After that all the instructions were on switch.

When I first looked at this I thought it might be kind of a gimmick. Cardboard cutouts for Nintendo games. I was completely wrong. This gift absolutely deserves five stars. Here are six points that make it a great toy. First - the price is great. This toy cost only $28 when I bought it on Amazon. My kids and I agreed, after seeing it in action, that this might easily have been a $75 product. Second - This is a "hands on" toy, not just a "screen-time" toy. It will be a joy for kids that like to build. My son spent ALL DAY Christmas assembling the parts. He is 11 and was able to do everything without any help at all. Certainly younger children will need supervision. However, your child may be excited enough about the toy that they might carefully follow the instructions (a level of attention you may not normally see). For upper elementary age children, it is not something that requires parental involvement as a craft. No knives, scissors, or tape required. Everything needed is included. Suggestion ---> There will be LOTS of cardboard scraps when done. prepare for the mess. Throw everything away in a clean trash bag in case you have to do back through it for a small part or sticker. Third - it comes with its own game inside. The game has an airplane flying component, a dune buggy driving component, a submarine component, a spray-paint component, a foot peddle for acceleration, and little key fob component that you slip out and into each of the larger components to activate them. So it's a double layer of fun. The child enjoys building the controller, and then they get to enjoy driving, flying, working with it. Fourth - the game that comes with it, has amazing building instructions. The parts move and fold on the screen so the child can see exactly what to do. There are no paper instructions ... there are next level folding instructions on the screen as the child builds. Fifth - by building what they play with, the child gets to see mechanical functionality "behind the scenes" ... something they wouldn't normally see unless they took a toy apart. So there is a bit of educational/inspirational factor to this. Sixth - Inside, reflector tape helps to activate various functions of the components as they move. The switch handle controllers have small cameras (or infrared sensors) on them, which interact with the reflector tape.... this enables the cardboard components to have the added functionality they do beyond the gyroscopes that are in the Switch controller's handles. I give this toy five solid stars - and believe it is worth more than it is priced at. Grab one!

ゲームを始める前に、まず段ボールでハンドルやペダルを組み立てる作業が、本当に楽しかったです。最初は複雑そうに見えましたが、Switchの画面を見ながら、一つひとつの工程を丁寧にこなしていくうちに、次第に形になっていくのが感動的でした。 完成まで時間はかかりますが、自分で作ったものが実際にゲームの中で動くのを見た時の達成感は、市販のコントローラーでは味わえないものです。ものづくりが好きなお子さんや、親子で一緒に何かを成し遂げたい方に、自信を持っておすすめします。

I've never built anything before that has connected together as easily and accurately as labo. It's fascinating to see the pieces come together. The game is probably the most engaging out of all the labo units too.

I bought this for my 10 year old son- he had independently made each item. The instructions are on the game card and are so easy to follow. The game card also has games to play. So there is a car game so that you can use the foot pedal and a flying game that uses the joystick that you make and the foot pedal. He is currently making the steering wheel. I honestly never thought it would be this good. Possibly the best thing you could buy to compliment the switch. He’s spent more time making than gaming. Win win