The Wild Story Behind Nintendo’s Unannounced 1-2 Switch Sequel – Fanbyte (2022)

TITLE
The Wild Story Behind Nintendo’s Unannounced 1-2 Switch Sequel

AUTHOR
Imran Khan

PUBLICATION
Fanbyte

YEAR
2022

ARTICLE TYPE
Article

FROM THE ARTICLE
In March 2017, Nintendo released 1-2 Switch, one of the Switch’s two first-party titles to launch alongside the hardware. While it wasn’t exactly critical competition for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the 1v1 minigame competition was half-tech demo, half-casual party pleaser for the Wii crowd that did not materialize for the Wii U. In that respect, the game was a success — to the tune of 3.45 million copies — which produced a rather significant return on investment. It made sense for Nintendo to start working on a sequel — where that sequel is, however, is a much stranger story.

COMPANIES MENTIONED
Nintendo

GAMES MENTIONED
Everybody 1-2 Switch

PLATFORMS MENTIONED
Switch