Nintendo Labo touring five Italian museums

Nintendo has launched its newest creation, Nintendo Labo, which allows young and old alike to assemble cardboard toys around the Nintendo Switch console, then having said toys interact with special software to make a working piano, a fishing rod to catch fish on the console’s screen, and ride a motorcycle, to name a few. A second kit even allows the player to transform into a robot.

In order to better showcase this new product to the public, Nintendo will bring Labo to five different museums in as many cities acrossItaly. Below is the detailed press release:

"Play is a serious thing: it is the best method of learning and learning, especially for young children. In a country like Italy, where 57 percent of the population describes itself as video gamers, the educational potential of the video game medium can reach as many as 17 million people. And this is why Nintendo, a world leader in the creation and development of interactive entertainment, which has always been attentive to the educational implications of its products, has decided to make its official entry into Italian museums with Nintendo Labo, a new line of interactive experiences based on play and discovery. From Milan to Rome, passing through Genoa, Perugia and Naples: there will be as many as 5 museums where adults and children will be able to enjoy themselves to the fullest by participating in workshops and laboratories that, combining the useful with the enjoyable and mixing analog with digital, will eliminate the technological gap between parents and children, involving the entire family.

Kicking things off is the City of Science in Naples: every weekend from May 5 to June 24, inside Corporea, Italy’s first interactive museum on the human body, prevention and health, and in other exhibition areas, young and old alike will discover the innovative Nintendo Labo with a whole new approach. To learn, while having fun! Enthusiasts of all ages will be able to transform simple sheets of cardboard into interactive creations called Toy-Cons, designed to work with the Nintendo Switch console and Joy-Con controllers. Whether it’s a fully functioning 13-key piano or the handlebars of a motorcycle, a robot, a house or a fishing rod, as if by magic, the fun will be in seeing them animated on screen and discovering all the secrets behind the revolutionary technology that makes it all possible. Bread for digital natives as well as an invaluable resource for their parents. Assemble, play and discover: this is the leitmotif of the Nintendo Labo workshops. A common thread that will allow everyone to follow the various creative stages, actively participating in each one. First, you assemble, assembling the cardboard sheets and customizing your creation with imagination and flair. After that, you play, experiencing the unique thrill of seeing a cardboard toy car come to life and animate, piloting it left and right thanks to the incredible interaction with the Nintendo Switch console.

Finally, with the Garage Toy-Con, you discover how to create your own customized cardboard toy from scratch or reprogram an existing one-the only limit is your imagination. With a simplified interface where you can select cause and effect factors, anyone can learn the basics of programming, even the youngest children. And that is how education and play become one!

After the City of Science in Naples, it will be the turn ofExplora, the Children’s Museum in Rome: here the workshops will be held during the Summer Campus, from June 11 to September 14. Genoa’s Città dei bambini e dei ragazzi, on the other hand, has scheduled a first weekend of workshops exclusively for families on May 26 and 27, while from June 13 to Sept. 14 all children between the ages of 6 and 10 enrolled in the summer campuses can participate. The Post, Perugia’s Museum of Science, and MUDEC, Milan’s Museum of Cultures, will also host Nintendo Labo workshops during their Summer Campuses scheduled from June 11 to Sept. 9."

Photo credit: Nintendo.co.uk

Nintendo Labo touring five Italian museums

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