Nintendo Co got its start in 1889 as a successful manufacturer of “hanafuda” – Japanese playing cards made out of stiff paper. Now the game maker is embracing the same materials for its next trick.
The Kyoto-based company starts selling on Friday an unusual collection of attachments for its hybrid Switch tablet-console: cardboard add-ons called Nintendo Labo. Priced at US$70 (RM272) and US$80 (RM311), the build-it-yourself cardboard kits, with accompanying software, will let users transform the Switch into a miniature piano, motorcycle handlebars, robot exoskeleton and other objects.