very curious how Nintendo, every few years, they independently choose to live two parallel lives: one a fan of the shameless Metacritic, a ray of light that unabashedly conquers the globe of the video game called Zelda, the other diametrically opposed, who does not care about criticism and just wants to exist. . during some evenings with friends. It happened in 2017, with Breath of the Wild and 1-2 Switch at launch; It happens again in 2023, with Tears of the Kingdom and Everybody 1-2-Switch! just over a month later. We are facing one of the most economical products that have existed in the history of Kyoto, launched almost in secret, pinched in the Direct and placed there, practically in a corner, to speak to a type of audience that Nintendo had not addressed for a long time. a little: the completely casual.
All 1-2-Change! It takes up its own legacy from day one and enriches it with a wide range of new resources to penetrate those who watch video games even from afar. Do we write neighing? Not bad, the protagonist and protagonist of the title is a horse, Horace, who tries to do what he does - or at least did - Buzz on Sony consoles.
Follow Me On review of Everyone 1-2-Switch! to see if the Kyoto giant offers a product cool enough for the hot summer ahead.
Photos and colors
Describing all 1-2-Switch! is relatively simple: a party game that requires one Joy-Con each to play, but opens to the smartphone for the first time. You read correctly: the smartphone. We will start from here because it is the real novelty of this second chapter. Enough a cell phone and a wifi connection and in an instant we are inside: we select the nickname, the image and we start playing with friends. Unfortunately our Motorola does not have sensors so certain activities were prevented, but it does not matter: we went from real-world photography games to capturing the color on screen, to the launch of Joy-Con shuriken and swords, on the other, the use of the smartphone by up to a hundred players greatly amplifies the title's demographic reach. Sure, expect frequent blank screens and consequent connection resets, but overall, paradoxically, we had almost more fun with the smartphone than without it, which is really absurd considering what those who write about smartphones think.
Having a second screen available to everyone, perfectly synchronized with the game, brings a certain sense of true fun back to the evening in which we are all masters of our gaming destiny. In addition to 20, 40 and 60 minute challenges where you can win by points or as a team, Everyone 1-2-Switch! It also puts into play a kind of very, very basic questionnaire - perhaps even too basic - and a bingo, perfect for Christmas bingo evenings at home. The problem, in these cases, is not so much the total simplicity and lack of depth of the minigames, but rather the time you have to wait between explanations, tutorials and empty words spoken by the software that break the rhythm quite a bit. We got tired, but perhaps we would have appreciated more play and less waste of time.
One pad each
What was written above can obviously also be done with the Joy-Con, with an ad hoc mode that contains some exclusive games created on the particular Nintendo Switch accessory. Whether it's a literal butt-kicking contest, or a UFO game where you imitate positions, whether it's a fun game of hide-and-seek where you take turns. a Joy-Con is hidden and the other must find it by vibrating it or blowing up unexploded balloons, All 1-2-Switch! It has about forty games but some are different versions of the same one, which represents a slight real replayability problem already in the third or fourth session, when we have more or less tried them all.
It must be said that we had a lot of fun, we laughed, we joked, we made fun and we even argued in the usual role play: All 1-2-Switch! is still a valid extemporaneous ally, capable of making people pick up something and have fun out of nowhere. There is the compromise: Nintendo is aware that it has a full-price competitor, decidedly more attractive but less fast and immediate in terms of access - read Mario Party - and that is why it lowers the price of Everybody 1-2-Switch. ! in half, which effectively makes it a good gaming companion to spend a few hours with friends, as long as you accept deliberately minimal mini-games in the game offer.
In general, there are very nice games, like the Nintendo version of 1-2-3 Star or jumping rope, capable of bringing more than one smile, making the experience brief but sincere, genuine, a small breath of air that refreshes even the most fundamentalist hardcore gamer for a few minutes.
Conclusions
digital delivery Nintendo eShop Price 29.90 € Holygamerz.com 6.5 Readers (7) 5.9 your voteAll 1-2-Change! It arrives more than six years after the first episode, but it doesn't seem like much time has passed: thanks to the addition of the smartphone game, the game offer is enough to allow you to spend some relaxing evenings. You just have to take into account the fairly ephemeral nature of the minigames and the fact that the replay value is what it is, with a very dry and well-defined flow of gameplay. More could certainly have been done, but it makes no sense, at that price, to turn down a sequel to what is ultimately one of the most peculiar and surreal casual experiences in the Switch library.
PRO
- Some minigames are pretty good.
- The incorporation of the smartphone expands the audience
- Price quote
AGAINST
- Very minimal game structure.
- Lots of downtime
- It is difficult for him to go through three or four sessions.
