The Internet Reacts To Nintendo Labo

Nintendo Labo is basically high-tech cardboard, so naturally the internet is still trying to process the Japanese developer’s “new interactive experience.”

While some people hoped for news of new Switch functionality, or perhaps Smash Bros., nobody guessed it would end up being DIY arts and crafts. Leave it to Nintendo to continually subvert expectations and out-Nintendo itself.

In all honesty, you’d probably have to be some kind of monster not to appreciate a company trying to come up with interesting new ways to help kids be creative and exercise their imaginations. That’s also exactly what people across social media started doing as soon as the Nintendo Labo presentation ended. The responses were as varied and absurd as you’d expect.

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How did @Arbys predict it though? #NintendoLabo 🤔 pic.twitter.com/PoVBMFfe9A

— Roscoe's Wetsuits (@Mega_Arcanine1) January 17, 2018

first nintendo labo gameplay leaked pic.twitter.com/BwQ5a4MoNs

— Nick of the Galaxy (@NickEnfurecido) January 17, 2018

Nintendo Labo is amazing. pic.twitter.com/3PJ6g2u7U7

— Tony Coffey (@The__Goomba) January 17, 2018

I think Nintendo Labo will be a massive success. There will be as many Nintendo consoles in cardboard boxes as there was on store shelves after the Wii U launch

— Ex-CEO Kaz Hirai (@KazHiraiCEO) January 17, 2018

Me, using my future Nintendo Labo. pic.twitter.com/MpBtYnfgFw

— Fáyer🔥 (@FayerDev) January 17, 2018

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— Shane (@FourScore64) January 17, 2018

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— Jacob (is gone) (@Le_Jacob_Z) January 17, 2018

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Console Wars after the Nintendo Labo pic.twitter.com/2qIWI1B0YQ

— Zebitas Martinex 🇨🇴🟣🕶️ (@ZebitasMartinex) January 17, 2018

I'm waiting for Nintendo Labo XL pic.twitter.com/1TNdvL4zpS

— Ryan Schubert (@anvilone) January 17, 2018

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#NintendoLabo marks the first Michael Pachter prediction to ever come true: pic.twitter.com/31xSAp1YtK

— Liam (@liamrobertson.bsky) (@Doctor_Cupcakes) January 17, 2018