Ben Bertoli
IGNNintendo Labo Variety Kit Review
Published 9/5/2018
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Switch - 4/20/2018
Nintendo Labo Variety Kit
Make two Toy-Con RC Cars, a Fishing Rod, a Motorbike, a House, and a Piano using engineered, pre-cut cardboard sheets and fun, interactive instructions. Then, Play! Steer the RC Car, reel in fish from the ocean, drive your Motorbike, interact with a creature in the House, and play tunes on the Piano. Then, discover how it all comes to life with Nintendo Switch technology and, in Toy-Con Garage, invent new ways to play! Grab your own markers, stickers, and more to customize your Toy-Con creations. Steer the Toy-Con RC Car manually, have it self-drive, or challenge a friend to a match with two Toy-Con RC Cars*. Race the CPU with the Toy-Con Motorbike, collect targets on bumpy terrain, or create your own tracks. Catch in-game fish with the Toy-Con Fishing Rod, then view what you’ve caught or create original fish with Toy-Con Piano in Aquarium mode! You can also play quick tunes with Toy-Con Piano, or record your own music. Insert blocks into your Toy-Con House to feed a creature, play minigames with it, and who knows what else! Then go beyond in the included Toy-Con Garage mode to invent new ways to play with each Toy-Con project in the Variety Kit or create your very own!
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- Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 4
- Publisher
- Nintendo
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The critic average is 80 across 15 scored reviews, with a 35-point spread. Critics are far apart on this one.
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Jordan Biordi
CGMagazineNintendo Labo Variety Pack (Nintendo Switch) Review
Published 5/19/2018
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85
+5 vs critic avg
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Read originalLou Contaldi
DualShockersNintendo Labo Toy-Con 01 Variety Kit Review — Paper Thin Play
Published 5/17/2018
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65
-15 vs critic avg
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Read originalAlex Everatt
COGconnectedNintendo LABO Variety Kit Review – Taking the Bored Out of Cardboard
Published 5/11/2018
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75
-5 vs critic avg
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Read originalErik Kain
ForbesForbes Nintendo Labo Variety Kit Review
Published 5/11/2018
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80
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EurogamerNintendo Labo review - an ingenious and generous cardboard triumph
Published 5/4/2018
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100
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Read originalJorge Ba-oh
Cubed3Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 01: Variety Kit (Nintendo Switch) Review
Published 5/2/2018
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Read originalKallie Plagge
GameSpotNintendo Labo Review: Variety Kit And Robot Kit
Published 5/1/2018
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70
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Read originalDom Reseigh-Lincoln
Nintendo LifeReview: Nintendo Labo: Toy-Con 01 - Variety Kit (Switch)
Published 4/30/2018
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Read originalMatt Eakins
GameSpewNintendo Labo Variety Kit Review: Imagination and Creativity – GameSpew
Published 4/30/2018
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