Maybe with the Switch entering the final stages of its life, Nintendo just thought, ‘What the hell, we’ve got a game, let’s just ship it and fill the gap in June — might as well!’ And while it’s unusual for a first game to be introduced with so little fanfare (none, actually), we have to agree that it’s definitely the right approach for this title.
And it’s been a minute since Nintendo released a ‘casual-centric’ game. 2022’s Nintendo Switch Sports was probably the last to focus on the blue ocean crowd the Wii helped attract; in 2023, we had a number of more genre-specific titles, including Fire Emblem Engage, Bayonetta Origins, and Advance Wars.
It’s fitting, in a way, that there’s another 1-2-Switch that appears alongside another Zelda. Once again you have an iconic pair that showcases the extremely diverse gaming experiences that Nintendo is experimenting with on its hardware. However, the difference this time is that you have one of the company’s most anticipated sequels ever — a game with a heavy marketing push that, anecdotally, we’ve seen more posters for in our hometowns than any Nintendo game ever — placed next to a first-party game that even the first party is keeping quiet about, adding a page to its website and otherwise keeping shtum.
Oh good. Perhaps this release right before Pikmin 4 could make the latter look more impressive by comparison. Don’t get us wrong, we’re very excited about Pikmin, but it was never a mainstream title that could compete with Zelda, and we were honestly a bit sad that it was the first sequel to such a monumental game as TOTK. All 1-2-Switches are eyeballing it, that’s for sure.
Is anyone actually excited about Everybody 1-2-Switch? Let us know below if the cheap price or the big (or not so big) horse has tempted you.
