A CardboardMario Kart ArcadeCabinet Is the Ultimate Nintendo Labo Project

YouTuber DanCreatorhas us enquire what merriment Switch accessories we ’d be love had Nintendo not seemingly abandoned itsLabo cardboard construction kits . As fun as thecardboard sportfishing rodwas , we ’d eagerly swap it for a full - on cardboardMario Kart Arcade cabinet , sodding with a working steering bicycle and gas pedal .

If you do n’t rememberLabo — which is understandable yield 2018 now feel like a decade ago — it was sort of like Nintendo meets Ikea , but or else of furniture made from atom board , players assembled gambling accouterment likeVR gogglesfrom pre - prune cardboard sheets or built interactive toys like a fully playable piano , which were all powered by the Nintendo Switch and its Joy - Con controllers . WhenLabo was first revealed , it left a lot of Nintendo buff cancel their heads , but it was a ingenious manner to expatiate the Switch ’s potentiality and introduce unexampled approaches to gameplay , without resulting in a pile of abandoned gambling accessory after a game was completed . ( Think Guitar Hero . ) When you got bored of Labo , you could just toss all the constituent in the recycling bin .

After launching a handful of initial outfit , Nintendo has n’t update Labo in a few years now . But what if the company had stick with it , and introduce more and more detailed ways to enjoy games on the Switch ? We ca n’t help but feel that DanCreator peered into an alternate dimension where Labo was still run strong , and based on what they saw , was inspired to build a cardboard diversion of the incredibly fun Mario Kart Arcade cabinet .

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DanCreator ’s creation is a variation on the official colonnade cabinet , given the Mario Kart Arcade software is n’t actually available for any of Nintendo ’s consoles , and presumptively never will be . rather , hidden inside its composition board frame is a Nintendo Switch connected to a TV running Mario Kart 8 Deluxe : a suitable option . There are some other electronics powering this creation , include speakers and LED accent lights , but otherwise the cabinet is entirely made from cardboard , including the steering bike and petrol pedal which both contain a motion - sensing Joy - Con , and an adjustable seat which reckon not uncomfortable .

This creation plausibly would n’t last a Clarence Day in a real colonnade — composition board does not mix well with spilled drinks — but for home plate use it ’s an infinitely cheaper way to bring this plot dwelling . surely , there ’s probably a few hundred dollars Charles Frederick Worth of electronic parts and cardboard stock needed to build it , but that ’s a far cry from the realMario Kart Arcade cabinet ’s $ 11,500price tag .

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