Nintendo Labo Robot Kit

The Labo Robot suit consists of a visor and a backpack. It took me about three hours to put everything together, which is in line with Nintendo's estimate of three to four hours for construction.

Every step is clearly defined and animated, showing every individual piece and crease in the process. You can fast forward, rewind, rotate, and pan around each step, which is helpful if you want to make sure you're doing everything correctly and the default camera angle doesn't show you what you want to see.

The visor is a cardboard rectangle that flips down in front of your face, suspended on a nylon headband. It looks like a goofy costume object, but it plays just as important a role in controlling the robot as the backpack does. The left Joy-con slides onto the side of the visor, and follows the movement of your head.

The Discover section of the Labo Robot software contains a collection of text and video guides for using the robot backpack in different ways.

Robot is the main Play game mode for the Labo Robot software. It gives you five minutes to stomp around a city, smashing buildings and punching UFOs.

Challenge mode consists of five sets of three stages. Each set corresponds to a new skill for your robot: Charge Punch, Drill Kick, Plane Mode, Quick Jump, and Special Beam.

The Hangar lets you customize your robot with the bolt-shaped tools you build. You can adjust the hue (color), saturation (vividness of color), and brightness of each part.

Robo-Studio lets you customize the sounds your robot makes when you move around. There are 10 different sound banks, including clanking robot noises, different musical beats, and giant monster sounds.

The Calories mode simply shows you how many calories you've burned playing as a robot, based on your weight.