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1-2-Switch cover

2017 · Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development · Arcade · Party

1-2-Switch

Nintendo exclusive

1-2-Switch is a party game for everyone! Throw an impromptu party anywhere with anyone thanks to a new play style in which players look at each other—not the screen! Bring the action and fun into the real world as you face off in wild-west duels, cow-milking competitions, and more. While the action unfolds off-screen, the audience watches the players themselves instead of the screen.

Released
3 March 2017
Platforms
Nintendo Switch
Genres
ArcadeParty
Developers
Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
Publishers
Nintendo
Series
1-2-Switch
Modes
Local multiplayerMultiplayer
Perspective
TextAuditory
Themes
ActionParty
Country
Japan
Age ratings
GRAC ALLCLASS_IND LESRB E10+USK 6CERO APEGI 7ACB G
Languages
Dutch, English, English (UK), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain)
Copies sold
2.3 million as of 2018-03-31
Entry
#1 in 1-2-Switch
Composers
Maasa Miyoshi

About

1-2-Switch is a 2017 party video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It was released as a launch title for the system. The game uses the system's Joy-Con controllers, with players facing each other performing various minigames. By December 31, 2022, it sold over 3.74 million copies, ranking 40th in best-selling games on the platform.

A sequel, Everybody 1-2-Switch!, was released in 2023.

Keywords

  • minigames
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  • motion control
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The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

1-2-Switch is a party video game in which players do not usually rely on what is happening on-screen, but rather make use of audio cues and the functionality of the Switch's Joy-Con controllers to play in several different games. It features 28 different minigames, most of which involve two players, who each use one of the Joy-Con controllers and are often encouraged to look at each other during gameplay. Aside from tutorial videos for each game, players mostly rely solely on audio cues and feedback from the Joy-Con's rumble feature to indicate how well they are performing.

Development

After Nintendo announced the game at the Nintendo Switch event in January 2017, Nintendo showed off six of the minigames to the public. The game was also unveiled to show off Nintendo's innovative Joy-Con capabilities, through the HD Rumble and IR Motion Camera features.

As a way to promote the milking minigame and the Nintendo Switch, several representatives of Nintendo of America took part in a cow milking competition at a dairy farm in Woodstock, Vermont.

Reception

1-2-Switch received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator website Metacritic. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received weak approval, being recommended by only 10% of critics.

Upon the release of its initial trailer, several commentators compared the game to the WarioWare series. Ben Skipper of the International Business Times made note of the game's sexual innuendos.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Nintendo Switch3 March 2017Japan · North America 3 March 2017 · Worldwide 3 March 2017

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