Nintendo Labo’s creators explain how they built a new way to play out of cardboard
One of the most interesting aspects of Nintendo Labo, the company’s new line of DIY cardboard accessories for the Switch, is how it can double as an educational tool. While building things like cardboard pianos and motorcycles, players are encouraged to learn more about how these objects’ function, and there’s also a creative mode where they can learn basic programming concepts and design their own interactions. And considering one of the leads on the project, Kouichi Kawamoto, previously worked on Nintendo’s Brain Age series, the links to learning seem clear. However, according to Nintendo, it wasn’t actually something the company thought about while designing Labo. “We didn’t plan on it turning out to be educational at all,” says...