1-2-Switch Is A Reminder Of How Nintendo Failed The Wii's Legacy

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Recently, an insider leaked that 1-2-Switch would be getting a sequel, prompting an excited defence of the original game by our features editor Khee Hoon Chan, who I assume is the only person on the planet to have enjoyed the game. In fairness, it is somewhat decent, but it also felt a little bland, and I think the Wii might be the reason why.

I have owned a lot of video game consoles in my time, and have played a lot of video games, but there is not a doubt in my mind that the Nintendo Wii is the greatest console of all time. My reason for this is simple - games consoles are machines designed to bring fun, and the Wii brought the most fun with it. Part of this is subjective, of course. We all have various consoles we remember playing and various amounts of fun therefore associated with each one. But no console put fun at the forefront of its design in the way the Wii did, and it’s a shame that the Switch, so well-equipped to carry on this legacy, has not picked up the baton.

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I love the Wii so much because I could convince my family to play it. It was a family console in every sense of the word, with the motion technology offering a fresh novelty but also a competent enough level of control that even non-gamers could stick with it. The Switch is trying to be a family console, but it hasn’t put all the pieces together, and at this stage it doesn’t seem like it ever will.

1-2-Switch was the first attempt to use the Switch as a Wii, but in many ways it feels like the last. Chock full of minigames, it takes the silliness of the Wii and keeps that spirit of ‘everyone can play’. The minigames themselves aren’t great, but it’s a good start. Everyone