Nintendo have unveiled Nintendo Labo, a fascinating hybrid of buildable cardboard toys, games and experiences that use every inch of the Switch console’s more quirky features. A cardboard remote control car powered entirely by the Joy-Con controller’s precise rumble, a fishing rod complete with extendable line, an interactive doll’s house, even a fully-functioning piano.

Even from the short announcement video below, there is a palpable sense of fun, invention and potential in Nintendo Labo. It is a project aimed at children (and kids at heart, of course), combining a love for video games with building, creativity and even a light smattering of technological engineering.

After a successful first year for the Switch, built on a catalogue of fantastic traditional games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey, Labo is Nintendo looking to broaden the console's appeal with the kind of audacious inventiveness the gaming giant is known for.

Getting your hands on the kit and playing with its possibilities, as we did at Nintendo’s Windsor office, you get the feeling that this is one of the most Nintendo things the company has ever done. Labo is an extraordinary feat of technical invention mixed with the right amount of barmy eccentricity, elevating humble cardboard into fully-functioning toys using a healthy dose of technological wizardry.