Portal 2's Co-Op Is Perfect for the Switch

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Wednesday's Nintendo Direct had a lot to offer for eager viewers, outlining the near-future plans, tech, and games for all things Nintendo. Arguably one of the most exciting things to come from the presentation is the re-ignition of the Portal franchise via the announcement of Portal: Companion Collection for the Nintendo Switch.

Portal: Companion Collection is set to bring ports of both Portal titlesto the Switch, much to the delight of long-term fans. The iconic puzzle-platformer games, having been originally released in 2007 and 2011 respectively, are perhaps showing their age in their current transferability to handheld consoles, but that isn't to say that the charm and allure of the mind-bending titles have waned in any way. Interestingly, Portal 2 has been confirmed to port over with its beloved co-op mode, which will transfer perfectly over to the gameplay ethos of the Switch and its multiplayer.

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It would be good to first contextualize why Portal 2's co-op was so well received by fans to begin with, to then fully understand how it will translate so well to the Nintendo Switch. After all, with Portal 2 being considered one of the most influential sci-fi games ever, it must have got a lot of things right. Not just awkwardly adding a duplicate character model to the same puzzle rooms as the single-player story, Portal 2's co-op creates its own unique lore and place within the Portal universe.

The premise of Portal 2's co-op is that a player and a friend play as two robot test subjects who solve puzzle rooms as part of the Cooperative Testing Initiative created by Aperture Science. Loosely guided by the infamous and murderous AI GLaDOS, gamers play as either Atlas or