Now that
Nintendo has confirmed, according to
Nintendo Life, that it will not be manufacturing replacement kits for its new
Labo cardboard accessories, consumers are going to have to find an alternate means of duplication. So, it's either plate their
Labo pieces in titatnium (good luck with that) or find a way to create their own replicas once the inevitable wear and tear makes the originals unusable. Luckily,
Nintendo will be granting free access to all of their
Labo designs, which will make DIY all the more doable.
That said, never has there been a better time to be a 3D printing enthusiast! With several 3D printed
Nintendo Switch mods already available, like these
super sweet joycon knuckles, it's only logical to assume that this will also be the case for
Nintendo Labo kits. While it's certainly worth noting that cardboard is less expensive to replace than mass-produced plastic accessories and none of the
Labo games actually require the cardboard pieces for play, gamers are likely to get annoyed if their
Nintendo Labo kits don't have a certain degree of lastibility. And we all know just how roudy annoyed gamers can be.
Of course, annoyed or not, everyone isn't going to drop hundreds of dollars on a 3D Printer (or throw hours into figuring out how to use one for that matter), but it's going to be fun seeing these cardboard accessories get a facelift from
Nintendo's 3D printing fans, if nothing else!
Are you a 3D-printing Nintendo fan with plans to create for
Labo? Think
Nintendo has lost their mind (again)? Let us know what
your approach to
Nintendo's latest, wonderfully unorthodox gaming accessory will be!