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Nintendo Labo: Get Creative With Cardboard!
Nintendo Labo
This is Nintendo Labo and they’re giving you new ways to interact with the Switch, with cardboard.
So, what exactly is it? It is designed to help you get creative with the Switch. Create all different kinds of gaming add ons with the variety kits that are available. Such as fishing kits, play piano or even the most impressive one that we have seen an AR Robot kit!
Nintendo are calling the cardboard kits, ‘Toy-Cons’ and are designed to be solely used with the Nintendo Switch. Just by following the onscreen instructions that are displayed on the Switches touchscreen.
The Toy-Cons are so versatile that you can either use the Toy-Cons independently of the screen itself and you watch what’s occuring on screen. I.e: Fishing. Where all the computing is done inside the joy-con controller, or by using the whole console itself to find new ways to play! An example of this would be the use of a motorbike, whereby the switch is placed in the center of the ‘Toy-Cons’ and ‘Joy-Cons’ are placed either side and the accelerometer acts as a steering mechanism.
The most impressive of the lot was the use of a HUGE contraption, with the Robot ‘Toy-Con’. This cardboard accessory is HUGE and is placed on a users back and utilises cables to detect a users movement. From the imagery online this game looks incredibly immersive and we cannot wait to check it out!
Nintendo Labo: Customization
Most of all, the ‘Toy-Cons’ are cardboard and come pre-printed with designs. Therefore users are able to colour them and customise them as they wish! Furthermore if you’re a computer whizz and know how to code, then you’re in luck! You can even create your very own games that interact with the Nintendo Labo! So, get those thinking caps on!
This is Nintendo Labo and they're giving you new ways to interact with the Nintendo Switch, with cardboard.It's called the Nintendo Labo and is designed to help you get creative with the Switch. Create all different kinds of gaming add ons with the variety kits that are available. Such as fishing kits, play piano or even the most impressive one that we have seen an AR Robot kit!Find out more here:howtokillanhour.com/gadgets-tech/nintendo-laboMarcus Bronzy Nick Bright DJ Ace
Posted by How To Kill an Hour on Thursday, 25 January 2018
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8 Awesome things about Mario Odyssey
We struggled to put our Nintendo Switch down and show you 8 AWESOME things about Mario Odyssey! check em out here:howtokillanhour.com/entertainment/8-awesome-things-mario-odysseyMarcus BronzybFunk Butcher DJ Ace Nick Bright
Posted by How To Kill an Hour on Wednesday, 15 November 2017
Mario Odyssey: 8 Awesome Things
Mario Odyssey has been out for a while and we are enjoying it here at the studio, on the train into work, at home, in the bath. Everywhere! We cannot put it down! It truly is one of Nintendo’s best Mario games to date. If not one of their best games. However, we’ll take a minute or two from playing the game and pry it away from our hands and tell you 8 Awesome Things that we LOVE about Mario Odyssey!
Gameplay
Firstly, the gameplay of this game is second to none. Nintendo have done an absolute incredible job building this game. It’s in 3D, yes. Which some people won’t like as it’s not true to what Mario was always about, 2D side scroller. But it has some of the 2D elements that we all know and love from the original game. It plays like a 2D side scroller but in 3D open world bliss. Incredible. It just feels like Mario and not a cheap 3D version of itself.
Audio
This game just sounds great! We know that this isn’t something that you can physically see, but it helps the game! It remains true to Mario and keeps a lot of the retro style audio, even if a little enhanced to bring it into 2017. If you’re stuck on a level it can get repetitive. But you’ve got to ignore that and not let it affect you, you WILL get past that difficult part!
Motion Sensor
The motion sensor plays a big part in Mario Odyssey, you can use it to climb higher, swim faster even fly faster. The motion sensor also enhances the cap’s abilities. These little elements is what separates the Nintendo Switch from other consoles. Small but beneficial gameplay tweaks that push your experience further. When the console is docked it’s best to use the motion sensors, however they do work in portable mode, just not as well.
The Cap
The Cap is what everyone is talking about. While we won’t go into exactly why the Cap acts this way as it’ll ruin the story. You won’t get far not using the Cap as it is a very crucial element to the game. Some enemies you won’t be able to take over, while some you can, so it’s a trial and error game when it comes to the cap. Some parts of the game you can’t get around NOT using it. We love it here at How To Kill An Hour and it’s what makes this game great! Be inquisitive when using it too, You may be surprised!
New Donk City
This is the level that got a lot of attention on social media and for good reason. People have been looking forward to New Donk City ever since it was used to promote the game, when first announced! A derivative of New York City, Mario is transported into a world of humans, cars and tall buildings. It truly is one of the more enjoyable levels of the game, there is A LOT to do on this level. Plus keep an eye out for the intricate 2D level as well. A famous Mario character makes an appearance!
Nostalgia
This is a quick one but a good one. If you’ve ever played the old Super Mario games, Mario Odyssey has an intelligent nod to yesteryear. At various points throughout each level you will have to complete a short level, or task, in complete 3D. At some points the 3D elements even affect the 2D elements!
Difficulty
Mario Odyssey has an ‘adult’ feel to the game, yet remaining it’s core element of a childs game. The game is relatively easy in the sense that it’s got a main gameplay element to it. Collect enough moons to power up your Odyssey, hit the boss 3 times to defeat them. Then move on to the next planet. But there are also levels to this game. If you want to complete it 100% there’s lots of replayability to go back and collect all the purple collectables and find ALL the moons. There are some elements to the game that require a lot of logical thinking to overcome a task. So it’s not just an easy breeze through kind of game. This game will also challenge most adults!
The Switch
Mario Odyssey was built for the Switch, which sounds silly. But this game was built for both the home version of Switch and the portable one.
Some of Nintendo Switch’s games are easily identifiable as portable or home console games. But with Mario Odyssey it works either way. Sure you can play it either way but you get the feeling that it just doesn’t work.
Most importantly though, it works for Nintendo’s AAA game, Mario Odyssey. The gameplay fits both a pick up and play portable game and a sit at home, ‘take your time with it’ game. This is really hard to explain in words, but once you play it, you will understand what we mean!
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Super Nintendo Retro
The golden age of
16-bit gaming returns
Yoshi, Samus and the Star Fox crew are waiting for you to come and play.
The Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment System has the original look and feel of the ‘90s home console, only smaller. Plus, this one comes fully loaded with 21 games!
Two wired retro Super NES controllers are included for multiplayer gaming right out of the box.
Get your hands on some of the best two-player games of the era, including Super Mario Kart and Donkey Kong Country.
Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment System is also compatible with the Wii Classic Controller and Wii Classic Controller Pro accessories
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Pokken Tournament DX
Now we can fight our favourite Pokemon and we cannot contain our excitement! Pokken Tournament DX is out in September.
- Play Pokken anytime, anywhere on Nintendo Switch – Play Pokken Tournament DX in TV mode, handheld mode, or share a Joy-Con controller with another Trainer to battle one-on-one in tabletop mode anywhere!
- A brand new fighter – Decidueye enters the battle, alongside all previous Pokemon from the Wii U and arcade versions
- New Support Pokemon – Litten and Popplio make their debut to lend their support in battle
- Team Battle mode – Pick three Pokemon and battle it out to be the first to defeat all your opponent’s Pokemon to win in the new Team Battle mode
- Group Match mode – Find similarly skilled players in battle rooms for intense and fun battles online
- Daily Challenges – Complete a variety of different daily challenges
- Watch battle replays – Hone your skills by watching other players’ replays and share your best matches online with the new replay feature
Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers
This week we tried out the hotly anticipated fighting game for Nintendo Switch: Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers!
- In Arcade mode, a single player must defeat 12 warriors on the path to becoming the World Warrior champion
- Prepare for intense co-op battles as two friends can team up in Buddy Battle to throw down new two-player combos and attack their opponents from both sides
- Fight locally against a friend or against the CPU in Versus mode
- Go online and fight against the best players across the mode in either ranked or casual matches
- Brush up on old skills – or learn new ones – in the training mode before taking on new challengers
- In the brand new mode called Way of the Hado, players can play a unique first-person mode and experience what it’s like to be Ryu. By using motion controls to perform moves, players can fight off an onslaught of opponents using the iconic Shoryuken (dragon punch), Tatsumaki Senpukyaku (hurricane kick), and Ryu’s fireball super combo, Shinku Hadoken
- Compatible with Nintendo Switch only
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Nintendo ‘Tidy Up’ Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Inkling girl, on Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, gesture has been changed as her original move was seen to be ‘offensive’.
The gesture, performed by the Inkling girl, where she grabbed her bicep with her hand has been removed in the latest version of Mario Kart.
Nintendo simply didn’t realise that it meant something completely different and somewhat offensive in Europe to what it does in Japan.
Nintendo’s New Gesture
Nintendo Original Gesture
Places in Europe, such as Italy, the gesture with the hand on the bicep means “Up yours” or “**** you!”
For Nintendo this is not a good look, so the gesture had to be changed.
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Nintendo Switch 1Million SALES! (Almost)
Nintendo have already sold 1 Million (almost) Switches in the US.
According to Nintendo and NPD the computer game giants have sold a total of 906,000 units in it’s first month.
With the Wii U, sales hitting 890,000 units in its first six weeks in the Christmas period of 2012 (November Launch)
Although both consoles have been slated for a poor lineup of launch titles – however, the Wii U didn’t have a monster of a launch title Zelda Breath of the Wild. Which has sold 1.3 million copies since it’s launch, 925,000 of those being Switch copies with Wii U copies hitting 460,000.
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