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Virtual Reality Comes to the Nintendo Switch with the Nintendo Labo: VR Kit

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A whole new Nintendo Labo set has been announced and it is pretty amazing! This time the Nintendo Labo Toy -Con set, Toy-Con 4 is a VR Kit! Yes, with Nintendo Labo and the Nintendo Switch kids can create a virtual reality headset with several interesting attachments. A friend sent me a photo of it yesterday and I wasn’t sure if he was pulling my leg but it is real and it is coming on April 12, 2019. This new kit is a first because kids and parents get to actually built a VR experience together. Nintendo Labo is all about the experience of the build and the enjoyment of playing with the Toy-Cons once they are built. This VR kit looks to be really incredible.

This is not just a VR goggles headset, no there is much more. I mean, there are the Toy-Con VR Goggles but there are also several attachments to enhance gameplay. There are also several buying options and I will lay them all out for you here. You can get started with just the Nintendo Labo: VR Kit – Starter Set + Blaster ($39.99) which comes with the Toy-Con VR Goggles and Toy-Con Blaster. If you want to add on then you can get the two expansion packs : Expansion Set 1 ($19.99) has the Toy-Con Elephant and Toy-Con Camera and Expansion Set 2 ($19.99) includes the Toy-Con Wind Pedal and Toy-Con Bird. The other option is purchasing the complete Nintendo Labo: VR Kit ($79.99) which includes the Nintendo Switch software and materials to build all six Toy-Con projects – the Toy-Con VR Goggles, Toy-Con Blaster, Toy-Con Camera, Toy-Con Bird, Toy-Con Wind Pedal and Toy-Con Elephant – as well as a Screen Holder and Safety Cap. This is the best option to try everything.

I know how much my kids have loved the Nintendo Labo Vehicle Kit and the Variety Kit. Andrew still loves the fishing game. With the VR Kit he’ll be able to pretend he is swimming underwater and photographing those fish instead.

The kits will look like this:

Nintendo Labo VR Starter Kit

Nintendo Labo VR Kit

Nintendo Labo Expansion Pack 1

Nintendo Labo Expansion Pack 2

I don’t see it available on Amazon.com for Pre-order on Amazon.com yet but once I do I will get that information to you. I do know that the two expansion kits will be exclusive to buy only at https://store.nintendo.com/. You can learn more about the Nintendo Labo VR Kit on the official page at https://labo.nintendo.com/kits/vr-kit/. You can also follow Nintendo on Twitter at @NintendoAmerica.

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Making Good on a Promise

Retro Gaming

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When I was a kid I played the Nintendo Entertainment System, the NES. My very first one had the serial number of 000001, I swear to God!! However, that one gave up the ghost and I got another to replace it. My grandparents got the system for me and I played that every single day! The Legend of Zelda was my most favorite game and it was cool because the game saved your progress on a special battery. I think it was only supposed to last for 5 or 10 years however. I saved the system so that one day when my kids say that they are bored with all the cool things they have I would make them play these old games.

I’ve been writing for The Toy Insider for a while now. I write about video games and my next article is about Retro gaming. I can’t think of anything more retro then a Nintendo Entertainment System and all the games that I played as a kid. Although, you can pretty much get access to every single one of the games that I physically have in the digital space. Nintendo Switch has Nintendo Switch Online, a $20 a year service that lets you play online games with friends (through an app on a phone) but it also lets you play so many of the classic games including The Legend of Zelda.

I shows this to the kids last night so that I could get a photo for the article. I’m going to see if I can connect the system to my TV upstairs and see if anything still plays on it. Otherwise I am not sure what to do with everything. I have over 50 games that I either bought or were bought for me. Many hours mowing lawns to get the money to buy them myself. It may be time for eBay.