Nintendo has announced its first new Labo kit since the original DIY cardboard Switch accessories launched in April. The new package is called the Vehicle Kit, and lets you build controls for a car, a submarine, and a plane. The game is played on the TV screen, and you can switch between each vehicle at will by putting a Joy-Con “key” into their controls. There’s also an acceleration pedal that works with all three vehicles. This isn’t the first Labo kit to simulate a vehicle; the first Variety Kit included a motorbike handlebar that later gained Mario Kart 8 Deluxe compatibility. The Vehicle Kit will be available on September 14th for $69.99.<doc-sep>Nintendo has announced another Nintendo Labo kit, this one being focused on vehicles. The Nintendo Labo: Vehicle Kit, as it's called, launches on September 14 and comes with cardboard materials you can use to create things like a car, a submarine, a plane, and more. It also includes a "key," which you can inset into any of the vehicles. To switch between vehicles you can remove the key and slot in a new one. The pack also includes a single pedal for driving. Check out the video embedded above to see how this works, and to get a first look at some of the mini-games you can play using the Vehicle Kit. The Vehicle Kit is priced at $70 in the United States. It follows the previously released Variety Kit ($70) and Robot Kit ($80) that came out in April. You need a Nintendo Switch to play. Nintendo also reminded players that the Vehicle Kit supports the Toy-Con Garage, which is the set of programming tools that you can use to further customise your creations. This isn't the first time Nintendo Labo and racing games have come together. In June, Nintendo updated Mario Kart 8 Deluxe to let you play with Toy-Con controllers.<doc-sep>Nintendo has just announced the latest in its Labo series of whimsical cardboard accessories for the Switch gaming console, and this one looks like a must-have. Called the Vehicle Kit for obvious reasons, the flat-pack, assemble-it-yourself add-ons include a steering wheel, gas pedal, “keys” that activate different vehicles, all of which work inside a cool-looking game that comes with. Frankly this just looks like a humongous bargain. Perhaps the most humongous of all time. $70 gets you a whole fold-up steering assembly with shifters on the sides; a pedal that I really hope stands up to some serious stomping; a joystick for piloting a plane, a weird thing that controls a submarine; and a “key” that your Joy-Con fits into, which itself slots into the various other setups to activate them. They’re all meant to be used in a game that, despite not having a name, looks insanely cool. It looks like a big island with secrets hidden all over the place that you just tool around in using your buggy, your submarine, and your plane, and whatever other weird vehicles you might come across. You can race, spray-paint your vehicles, blow up rocks and cut down trees. There’s also a two-player mode where you battle with cars that have extendable arms for some reason. Don’t think too hard about it. Of course you’ll have to put all this together yourself (I guess either I think kids read TechCrunch or our readers buy Nintendo gear made for kids), but we found Labo to be a delight to assemble and play with so that shouldn’t be a problem. It’s a feature, not a bug. You’ll be able to buy this kit starting September 14 for $70, which, again, is obviously a steal. If any of us gets their hands on one ahead of that date we’ll definitely let you know.<doc-sep>
Nintendo will release a new kit in its Nintendo Labo line of cardboard creations this September. The Nintendo Labo Vehicle Kit will add cardboard-based controllers for a car, submarine and plane to the lineup of Toy-Cons that Nintendo fans can build and play with on Switch. Also included in the Vehicle Kit will be a Toy-Con pedal and a pair of Toy-Con keys that players can assemble. With the second key, “players can even invite a co-pilot along on their in-game journey,” Nintendo said in a press release. Each of the three vehicle kit Toy-Cons will feature its own controls and special moves, Nintendo said. The Toy-Con car steering wheel will include a cord that players can pull to pop a wheelie, while the Toy-Con submarine controller will include a button that players can press to launch a grappling hook. You can see the Vehicle Kit in action, including some special moves for the Toy-Con car that involve a buzzsaw and a bomb-tossing arm, in a new video released by Nintendo today: The Nintendo Labo Vehicle Kit will be released on Sept. 14, and will cost $69.99, the same price as the previously released Variety Kit. Nintendo launched its Labo line in April with the Variety Kit and Robot Kit. Nintendo also released a creative software suite known as Toy-Con Garage at launch that allowed Nintendo Switch owners to create and program their own DIY Toy-Con creations. For a closer look at the Nintendo Labo Vehicle Kit, check out product photos of the Toy-Cons in the gallery below.