Long-Rumoured, Reportedly Terrible 1-2-Switch Sequel Reveal

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Everybody 1-2-Switch has been announced. The 1-2-Switch sequel was known to be in development and was reported to be pretty awful according to early playtests--so much so that Nintendo wasn't sure what to do with it.

For those who have already blocked the Switch launch title from your memory, 1-2-Switch came bundled with the Switch when it first went on sale in 2017. The game made extensive use of the Joy-Cons' motion controls, often pitting two players against one another in a series of minigames that included cowboy shootouts or cow-milking competitions.

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Reviews for 1-2-Switch were decidedly mixed, largely because there was no single-player game, most minigames were limited to two players, and once the initial novelty of the motion controls wore off, there wasn't a lot left to keep a player's interest. 1-2-Switch sold well because it was bundled with the Switch, and in February 2022, we found out Nintendo greenlit the sequel.

A few months later, reports surfaced that the sequel was being referred to internally as "horseshit." That's mostly due to the game's new Jackbox-like host called Horse, who is just a man with a microphone wearing a horse mask. However, playtesters reportedly also had harsh feedback for the game, calling it boring and tedious rather than fun for the whole family.

At one point, Nintendo was concerned over whether it could even charge players for the sequel at all let alone the full $60 price. There was some consideration given to releasing it as a free game similar to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe or Animal Cross: New Horizon's DLC.

It seems that Nintendo eventually decided to sell Everybody 1-2-Switch at half-price. Pre-orders for the