Tag: Labo VR
Poll Nintendo Labo VR Celebrates Its First Anniversary, Are You Still Using Your Toy-Con VR Goggles?
A headset like no other
Whether it feels like yesterday or a lifetime ago, the Nintendo Labo VR kit is now officially one year old. In this time, it has received a standalone Labo kit and Nintendo has released multiple free updates for its existing Switch game line-up that add VR support. It started out with a free update for Super Mario Odyssey...
News New Labo VR Mini-Game Arrives On Switch News Channel In Japan
Fortune fun
If you've been looking for a reason to dust off your Labo headset, Nintendo has just released its 15th free mini-game for Labo VR Kit on the Japanese Switch News Channel. This new game titled Omikuji – which translates to "Fortune" – requires players to shake the Joy-Con and then draw a fortune with the A or R button. Here are the...
News Another Free Labo VR Mini-Game Has Been Released
Explore the moon in VR
Nintendo has done a great job of supporting its innovative Labo VR kit with free mini-games, and we've just been gifted yet another today. Dubbed 'Lunar Exploration', the game tasks you with hopping into a lunar rover and exploring the surface of the earth's only natural satellite. To download the game, head over to the...
Video Nintendo Labo Director Tsubasa Sakaguchi Discusses VR Kit Development
Cardboard innovation
Last year, Nintendo said Labo was a title and platform that would be supported and sold for a prolonged period of time. Staying true to its word, earlier this week the company released a special VR update for Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. This follows on from
The catch? It's only in Japan
Nintendo's Japanese YouTube channel has just uploaded a trailer showing off a new update for the Switch version of Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. Version 1.3.0 – out now in Japan – adds in Labo VR support, allowing players to view and work their way through a series of
News Miyamoto Believes Nintendo Have Not Fallen Behind With VR
It is just being careful...
Another interesting response during the recent Nintendo Shareholders Q&A was from the one and only Shigeru Miyamoto when he was quizzed about the "impression that Nintendo has been a little slow to join large global trends like the mobile business and releasing games that use VR". The legendary designer rejected...
News Here's Your First Look At The VR Mode In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
And send your amiibo out on an adventure
The latest update for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is now available. Outside of the main patches, this is quite possibly one of the most exciting updates the game has received so far. Version 3.1.0 allows you to view and battle in a brand-new VR mode, provided you have access to the Nintendo Labo Toy-Con...
News Today's Smash Bros. Ultimate Update Adds Labo VR Support
Plus more amiibo goodness
Version 3.1.0 of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate goes live today, and will add support for the Labo Toy-Con VR Goggles. The new 'VR Mode' will give you a whole new perspective on the action, and will, of course, require you to already own the Labo VR Kit. Version 3.1.0 will also allow you to send your amiibo fighters on...
News Unity Announces Support For Labo VR On Switch
Now part of the game engine's development tools
While the VR experience offered by Labo VR Kit is undeniably limited compared to some of the more high-tech Virtual Reality offerings on the market, it's a great introduction to the concept and there's plenty of potential in it should developers feel the desire to explore the virtual possibilities...
News Spice And Wolf Brings A VR Anime Experience To The Switch This Summer
Get to know the wolf goddess
Since the launch of the Nintendo Labo VR Kit in April, more and more virtual experiences have been released on the Switch. If you have been wanting to get some extra use out of your Toy-Con Goggles, you might be interested to hear Spicy Tails and Gemdrops have announced Spice and Wolf is coming to Nintendo's hybrid...
Video Can A Headstrap Really Fix Zelda VR And Labo VR?
We put the Sweat Proof Gaming strap to the test
Labo VR is a great introduction to the world of Virtual Reality for Switch owners, but the much-hyped VR support it brings to Zelda: Breath of the Wild is a little disappointing – we found that it was disorienting enough to make us feel quite unwell, in fact.
