Nintendo's Upcoming Party Game Everybody 1-2-Switch! Showcases "100 Players At Once"

I'm now curious as to whether this game'll get mentioned in the upcoming Direct.

Horace for Smash?

What's with the horse? I honestly don't get it. Seems like some cheesie 90s mascot for an odd fruit drink aimed at kids.

@NintendoByNature
no one gets it.
Not even the treehouse. This game's existence was leaked over a year ago and no one cared:
https://www.gamesradar.com/nintendo-reportedly-has-an-unannounced-1-2-switch-sequel-that-tested-horribly/

Leave it to Nintendo to invent "the Mario killer" themselves!

@nukatha welp, there ya have it. I probably wouldn't even download it for free.

@NintendoByNature According to one of the leaks, it's supposed to be a pun. "Horse" sounds close to "host" in some languages, the joke is that the game has a horse as a host.

100 players, Flash Mob games ! 😆

That is one of the most cursed videos I've ever watched.

What the heck.
This is the comment.

They named the horse Horace. Has Disney sued yet?

awesome a game for 100 people!! now i need to know 100 people...

A game without looking at a screen is always going to get a cold reception from folk who play video games. This game isn't for me. Normally, I have a good idea on how well it will do but I have no idea how big this demograph is. I'm certainly not going to judge it on a leak from over a year ago. A lot can change and you may be being prejudice based on misinfomation. Like I said, not for me. Just...not sure who it's for...

@raygboyd333 Are there even 100 people interested in this game?

@GrailUK
Everybody 1-2-Switch is definitely for me. 😁

I…… don’t understand in the slightest but am for some reason interested to see more.

@Bolt_Strike
Well, you betcha.
There might be at least 100 peoples out there already have interest with Everybody 1-2-Switch.

Just gonna copy paste this from tvtropes.
Everybody 1-2 Switch went through a very difficult development. After the first game proved to be successful, Nintendo naturally greenlit a sequel. The developers, inspired by the Jackbox games, decided that players should use their smartphones to control the game, both to differentiate it from its predecessor, and to allow it to support a large number of players. However, focus tests of the game yielded very negative results. Many testers found the games to be boring and frustrating, especially families with children, the game's primary target demographic. Nintendo employees were no more charitable; the localization team nicknamed it "Horses@#$", after its horse-mask wearing host. Some staff, afraid that it could harm Nintendo's reputation if released, advocated that it be cancelled, or given a more limited release, like being sold at a reduced price or given out for free with Nintendo Switch Online. Nintendo executives pushed back against these ideas, feeling that the game should not receive anything short of a full, $60 retail release.

Yeah this game is gonna be doa

This just came through my YouTube feed. I could see my kids having a lot of fun with this.

A lot of the usual gamers are gonna clown on this hard, but it does seem like that kind of game that'll have a time and a place with the right crowd.

Not that it'll make up for that many sales, but I can absolutely see this finding a niche at conventions, like Rock Band, Just Dance, Jack Box games, and that musical Joust game played with those Playstation Move controllers. Though, those have a much lower barrier of entry in selling people a concept.

@Anti-Matter ...

It's a joke, of course there really are 100 people, I was just making fun of how few Nintendo fans are interested in this.

@Greatluigi
I don't think so.
I am the supporter of this game.

Why did they debut the trailer the day before the Direct?😆

@WoomyNNYes The game of all time is too powerful to be included in the Direct obviously

@WoomyNNYes So there's no wasted minutes on trash in the direct.

@WoomyNNYes
I think the Direct will be focused on more meaty games so Nintendo decided to separate Everybody 1-2-Switch with separated trailer.

@luckyseven Touché. No one can contain it's power.😆

@Anti-Matter What's up Anti!<3

Why I’m I still getting mega jack party games vibes from this?

I don't really have any strong feelings about the minigames themselves, which look very similar to the ones in the original 1-2 Switch, but that horse host is quite off-putting.

I don't know, man. I kinda love it.

Seems kind of fun. Definitely would be a game for gatherings, especially after too many drinks too. Looks to have more appeal than the first one did, so it made me interested.

Nintendo just uploaded a first-party game trailer the same day they announced a Nintendo Direct! How amusing it had to be this game even.
Just imagine how trolling it would be, if they spent three minutes of the 40-minute Direct with this video. Good choice in uploading it separately... hopefully only that.

I got 1-2 switch. Kids enjoyed it for an hour. Never played it again.

This game is dead on arrival

This video also gave a realization: Smartphones can officially work as Wii U Gamepads for Switch games.

@Bolt_Strike I mean, I guess lol

@Crockin
I don't think so.

I'm not, gonna be honest here, really understanding the appeal of this game. So maybe it's just not the game for me anyways. And that's fine for me.

But I'm not gonna knock anyone down for liking/wanting this though. So that's all i'm gonna say.

@WoomyNNYes Probably because nobody is gonna care about it other than the games that they're anticipating in tomorrow's Direct. They'll probably run to the bathroom if they had announced it in the Direct, so they would probably want to get this trailer out of the way. Lol😅

I wanna play this now. I would also break half the stuff in my apartment.

Seems fun for part of an afternoon, then into the pile of forever forgotten games. At least the trailer was laughably memeable

@kalosn
I was thinking what if Nintendo will consider smartphone for secondary controller for their next Nintendo games.

@NintendoByNature It's okay. I don't think it's meant to be that funny, I think it's just dad-joke quality humor.

@Anti-Matter That is the one positive about this, and I was actually thinking about the same thing on the next gen improvements thread.

I could see this being a big thing at conventions or team building activities at corporate retreats and stuff like that. I like what they're trying to do with the series, has a very Jackbox Party Pack feel to it.

I'm also curious if the smartphone connectivity might lead to other first party Nintendo games utilizing it in the future, allowing for a return of asymmetrical gaming options that the Wii U was trying to introduce.

I kind of like it, I get tired of the same old stuff, and this looks like a lot of fun with the right people and some beer. Probably be really fun at a bar, or a classroom, or a house party.

The best battle Royale game.

Perhaps this is a way of testing one option for doing a DS NSO service. An officially licensed Flip Grip style device would allow for handheld, but this would allow for TV mode.

Also, "horse host Horace." I couldn't even read that quickly silently.

Where am I gonna find 100 hosta- people to play this with me?

@Anti-Matter
Calm down. You've been known to have strong opinions and been judgemental about games others like that you find offensive.

Personally, I think this game is junk. But I don't have to buy it and if others like it, fine. It doesn't affect me in any way.

It's pretty easy, really.

I don’t think I’ve ever cringed so much during a video before…

But if I ever have 100 friends come over, I’ll dress up as a horse and get them all to play. At the end, I’ll have no friends, but at least I’ll have a horse costume

From the people who brought you Shake Weight…

I could see this being played at bar and bat mitzvah’s, all those kids always have their own phones and parents never know how to keep all of those tweens occupied for 3 hours. Maybe a sweet 16 if the kids were sneaking in their own Trulys.

Based on the price I can see this selling well to unsuspecting relatives providing it is given enough of a marketing push and is a physical release. Can't see it selling more than the original though.

@Anti-Matter think harder

Using the phone as a controller and the Jackbox inspiration are good ideas, but the game just doesn't seem fun.

The Horace heresy has begun...

@Crockin
I enjoyed my 1-2-Switch and I think I will enjoy more from Everybody 1-2-Switch.

I was booing so hard watching this awful video that my throat is now hoarse.

This game will single-handedly (or rather one--hundred-handedly) undermine 6 years of stability updates. For shame, Nintendo.

In all seriousness though, this concept really should have been repurposed into a WarioWare: Smooth Moves sequel. THAT was single-handedly the most fun I think I've had in a party environment, as it supported up to 12 players with only a single Wii Remote, but the real crowd-pleaser was the 5-player marathon game that ends with players taking turns cutting each other's ropes. Great, great times, and such an underappreciated classic.

And despite the 200 or so hours that I've poured into Get It Together, it was such a crushing disappointment for such a long-dormant franchise to get such a "by the numbers" sequel.

@Sisilly_G
I was the opposite.
I was excited watching Everybody 1-2-Switch trailer.
Some of my questions about using handphone as secondary controller has been answered from the trailer.
If the game display the hours gameplay, I will show off my accumulated gameplay hours of Everybody 1-2-Switch.

Ouch. No wonder they decided to reveal the game and trailer outside of the Direct. This looks… not good lol.

I have 8 kids, so this looks fantastic.

I gotta say it, Party Phil was a better host.

I think Nintendo have actually lost their minds. This trailer is awful, but I am genuinely curious to see how this plays out.

@RainbowGazelle I'm really not sure how else you could adequately showcase a game like this. Its going to have to be a cheesy video in one way or another when your game is so much less focused on what's actually happening on the screen and so much more focused on how the player is physically interacting with the different minigames.

Leave it to nintendo to think incorporating smart phones into the gameplay is "innovative".

All mini games look the same....up and down movement....so far...

I did not like, unfortunatly...

I don’t know how else to say this, this game looks really bad.

Who’s the audience? What are they doing that wasn’t in the original? Why did they think the original warranted a sequel anyway?

I’m not trying to bash the developers, but seriously what were they thinking?

Haven't had the chance to watch the video yet and I'm not gonna dismiss the game just because it isn't Zelda (which, for the record, I don't like as much as the average Nintendo fan). I may have the right group of people who might enjoy something like this.

I wonder who's behind the Horace mask.

I'd never buy this in a million years, but the video was morbidly entertaining. Like how you can't stop yourself from smelling bad milk...

Is Horace played by John Mulaney? Either it's him or they got someone that sounds a lot like him.

@duffmmann Full disclosure, it's probably the over the top, fake happiness of the players and American accent of the host. I'm probably being unfairly critical as a Brit, but these (usually American) fake, overreaction-filled adverts are just grating.

I don't trust that horse.

I believe that horse is the message of Nintendo to us like in Godfather!!! Buy this game or else it will be like an accident....

I don't get it at all. But, man, I feel like this is ripe for memes.

@raygboyd333 What, so you can sneak away and leave them to it 😜

I liked 1-2 Switch. I didn't like playing it that much, but I really liked the idea of using the joycon for cool things. If you can use your phone to play this, I don't see how it can be interesting.

Look at my horse, my horse is amazing

This just looks like a game from another time, once again Nintendo jumping on a type of game way too late, the jackbox games have been around for ages.
This is going to be a complete failure.

My lovely lovely lovely lovely horse!

This event was probably the most fun anyone will ever have with the game lol.
Also, if it sells really bad, it could end up being a rare and sought after game in 30 years.

nothing will be change ,Pretty sure You will be fun at first begining 30 minutes..after that the game leave to dust again same as 1 2switch

Still don't understand why they're even bothering with releasing this. Looks like something you'd find a hundred copies of while dumpster diving

@raygboyd333
Only 99

@MapleTheGoat
Not everyone have interest with mainstream games like zelda or splatoon or fortnite or smash bros.
Be granted if Nintendo still making this quirky game because there is always the audiences for this game.
Why did Nintendo bothering for the sequel of 1-2-Switch ?
Because gamer like me, myself prefer this quirky game rather than too mainstream games.
It's not a sin for somebody have interest in quirky games.

No such thing as bad PR I suppose. For a game that supposedly is unwanted, it is getting a lot of attention.

@NintendoByNature have a sense of humor lol

I remember the original 1-2 Switch saying it is a videogame where you look at other players and not the screen. Kind of like, you don't need to own the game.

As I have said the previous game sold over 3 million copies, and this is a perfect fit for a lot of the Switch's more casual gamers, of course it will be in todays direct.

Even more so with the quick fire nature of the announcements.

I watched the video

Brb I need to rinse my eyes and I can't find the bleach

Woah there! What did I just watch?! I know it’s horse**** but I was grinning the whole way through. Could be fun in the right crowd though (for 10 minutes).

Rather perplexed by the hatred for this game to be honest, people must realize, that Nintendo can't run it's company solely for them.

And the last game sold mor copies than a lot of the "fan favorite" games on here, that the very same people champion, and want more of.

I'm proud to say that I have never owned the original 1-2 Switch let alone wanted to play it. The same I can safely say for this one.

Please don't waste any direct time with this...

Honestly, I kinda get what they were going for when I hear it was inspired by Jackbox. It does seem kinda in the vein of Wii Play. Jackbox is a much more personal/social experience though, and you makemuch less of a fool of yourself. Could be fun for the right crowd.

Squid Game 2 looking...not so nice? Lol, imagine a live E3 presentation spoiled with this, just like the old days (could still be fun with a couple of people, but just terrible to watch)!

@Anti-Matter Smartphone interactivity? Woah... that suddenly gave me an incredible idea/theory for the Switch successor's main feature.
Just thinking about it, it simply sounds so perfect in a commercial sense.

Woah, already 102 comments.
Can we have Flash Mob party with 100 peoples here ? 😆

This looks like the kind of thing that would be really fun as an attraction at a themepark (with a live host and big screen, and 50-100 punters taking part once an hour or so) or once a week night time entertainment at a holiday park that has "audience participation" entertainment like Butlins, where the people who go there are specifically looking to take part in silly games for fun. If there was space to set up a dedicated room this would be perfect for Super Nintendo World etc.

BUT. And this is a big "but". This would be significantly less fun with small groups like families or even kids birthday parties. Not everyone will be as invested. One child will really want to play and kinda beg their parents and siblings to join in and it will be awkward or the parents will keep putting off excuses of why they can't play - "maybe next weekend". Birthday parties or family/comunity stuff like barbeques or halloween parties etc will find it hard to find enough people willing to join in to make it not awkward. Single played or just a couple of siblings etc this will grow old VERY fast and it will be clear just how basic the games are, and something like Mario Kart, Smash or Mario Party will be much more appealing.

I can sort of imagine some schools having it in after school enterainment or special events for kids that want to join in. Youth clubs, church groups, scouts/guides etc. perhaps, if there were enough kids willing to get into the spirit and not be embarassed.

I've been part of similar shows and games at Disney Theme Parks over the years - actually including an official 12 Switch showcase at Disneyland Paris, and it was great! But that was mostly because of the "game show" atmosphere with the host, audience etc. It didn't make me want to buy the game to play at home.

You may say that you can play online. But again, the simplicity of the games means 90% of the fun is the contagion of being in the same room as the people and seeing & hearing their reactions, perhaps group bonding with people you know. Perhaps it could work well if it makes it easy to connect to friends online and have voice/video chat whilst doing so, like people who stream jackbox games together. I dunno though, I just can't see it.

I think this will be a flop... commercially it might sell "ok" but the people who buy it will be gettign it for a specific party or event and are likely to find they don't play it much outside of this.

As I said, in the right environment (like a theme park where there are large groups of people looking for loud family fun) it would be amazing. I just don't see it working in many people's homes. I don't say any of the above to disparage anyone looking forward to this, if you enjoy it, that's wonderful, and I'm glad its your type of thing!

This trailer probably means this game is out of the Direct. So we get 3 more minutes of worthy games.

@samuelvictor
I will challenge myself to play Everybody 1-2-Switch by Solo play, meaning I take control both of Joy Cons to be played at the same time.
I already succeed playing 1-2- Switch by Solo play, I took control of the Joy Cons, depend on the mini games, both of my right and left hands worked differently.
Sometimes my right hands did faster, sometime my left hand did faster, in very very rare case (nearly impossible) I accidentally made an exactly same seconds for Quick Draw for both of my hands, something that only happens by 0.0001% and the result was Draw.

@JohnnyMind,

It's not the game some core fans want, and you know Nintendo should be taking advice from these armchair experts, and running the company for them...

Give me a break.

@JohnnyMind,

I also love the comments suggesting the game has a place in certain areas, and totally ignore the fact the original sold more games than a lot of those fan favorites, Nintendo should be bringing back...

The original sold better than the following core favorites...

Paper Mario The Origami King
Yoshi's Crafted World
Metroid Dread
New Pokemon Snap
Arms
Mario Strikers Battle League
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Mario Golf Super Rush
Pikmin 3 Deluxe
Captain Toad Treasure Tracker
Mario Rabbids Kingdom Battle
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Miitopia
Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition
Astral Chain
Wario Ware Get It Together
Pokemon Tournament DX
Brain Training For Nintendo Switch
Metroid Prime Remastered
Bayonetta 3
Bayonetta 2
Fire Emblem Engage
Fire Emblem Warriors Tree Hopes.

There were quite a few more in the list, but these are many core fan favorites, that Nintendo bring to us, even though many are pretty poor selling games, in the grand scheme of things....

@Anti-Matter I'm glad you're excited for the game. Different people have different tastes and thats a wonderful thing. I'm currently developing 4 games of my own (plus 2 Sonic fan games as a hobby!) and I know each one of them will only appeal to very specific audiences. And as they are different genres, some people who like 1 of them won't necessarily like the rest. Life is about variety and choosing your own fun

My main worry with party games is that they need a lot of people to all want to play the same thing at the same time, which in my experience barely ever works. But if you find ways to play this type of game by yourself and still enjoy it, that's great and I'm glad you have a game you are looking forward to!

Heck I have fun playing various Kart racing and arcade sports titles, FPS games, and even Mario Party & Pokemon Stadium by myself when most people think of them as multiplayer only experiences, so thats not far off what you're doing. And I also like to play classic Sonic stages over and over with time trials, as well as simple retro arcade games over and over to challenge myself and try and beat my personal bests. Sounds a bit like how you are using this game, so I can see how that would be fun for you

@JohnnyMind Thanks! I'm glad you had fun at the house parties you went to. I'm interested in if most people were drinking? Perhaps this would lower the inhibitions of those who are too embarassed or stick in the mud to want to join in looking and acting silly. I must admit, as I don't drink nowadays, I mostly think of house parties as the family ones I went to when my kids were young with large groups of people from the lcoal community or family gatherings, rather than say 20-30 young friends at a house party having drinks and chilling.

@JohnnyMind
I think the hatred of this game from the gamers who is too cool to play cheesy games because they only want zelda like games with open world and beefy specs so when Nintendo released a cheesy game for casual gamers, they felt Nintendo suddenly didn't care with them and they expressed their disappointment by talking trash about this game.
They said the games that nobody want, the games that DOA, etc. I mean hold your ego.
Not everyone have interest with zelda like games so be granted if Nintendo still care for casual gamers because some of casual gamers like me myself don't even have interest with zelda games so this is the time Nintendo gave us the game for casual gamers.
It's our time to shine now so please don't get mad if there is another cheesy games.
You don't like the game, just moved on and don't disrespect other gamer who have interest with this game by saying the games that nobody want.
Who said nobody want?
We want this game and excuse me we want to have some fun with this game.
Don't rain on our parade.

@johnvboy I wonder how much of the sales are influenced by the fact it was a launch title

@Anti-Matter this is coming from the guy who considers M rated games to be an actual physical representation of "evil". But sure, don't rain on your parade...

@johnvboy The original wasn't asking for 100 players.

How often are you going to get 100 people, who all want to do this, in the same room? This doesn't seem to be online-based, all 100 people will have to be in the same physical location.

@Manxman64 That was definitely a HUGE factor and one that many are missing when they compare its sales figures to other games. This was the only exclusive first party game physically released on launch day. It was months before we got Mario Kart and even that was a Wii U port. People wanting exclusive first party games, especially those who had been loyal to the Wii U, had very slim pickings in that launch window, especially if they weren't a Zelda / open world fan, OR if they wanted a multiplayer experience to share with siblings/family.

The original was not an "evergreen" title. It sold well to begin with, then stopped selling well when better alternatives came up. Sure, newer titles will mostly sell less copies to begin with, even heavy hitters, because there is SO much more competition nowadays, but they will continue to sell over time. The fact the original is still listed at $50 on the US E-shop is ridiculous, no-one is paying that nowadays.

That said, I know there is a HUGE potential audience for party games. The Wii proved that. Most of that market has moved to smartphone based apps that are free or cheap. Its smart that this game is only $30 at launch... I wonder if thats still a little too high though. At $15 no-one would be complaining at all.

@JohnnyMind Interesting. Well I'm glad you had fun, sounds like you have a great bunch of friends

@JohnnyMind Cool, glad it was fun! Like I said, I played 12 Switch at a special event in Disneyland Paris (technically Disney Village, which is a shopping/dining/entertainment area next to the entrance) and it was great! But that was mostly due to the atmosphere of a stage, big screen, a proper MC/host making it like a gameshow, and audiences gather round and cheering etc. I couldn't imagine playing it by myself or persuading my friends/family to play, so I never bought the game despite having a blast that day. It was also the first time I played the Luigi's Mansion arcade game, and a Sonic themed basketball game by Sega! Good day

@AllieKitsune,

We do not know enough as yet, as you said it seemed that way, but Nintendo would have to be crazy to place such a limitation on the game.

@JohnnyMind Thanks! Forgive me if you've mentioned it before and I forgot but I've no idea where you live. If you are in Europe and ever get the chance to go to Disneyland, they still have the Luigi's Mansion machine there, its great! They have a few of them I think. Pretty sure I've seen them in the hotel Santa Fe and possibly the Cheyenne arcades too (you don't have to stay at the hotels to explore these - in fact you don't even need a Disneyland ticket to get into Disney Village either so you could just get a train to teh area and explore for free). I don't think I've ever seen the Luigi's Mansion machines anywhere else outside of Japan so they must be fairly uncommon.

As for the basketball game, I'm sure you know but there have been many Sonic themed general "arcade experiences", most famously the popcorn dispenser and ride on car which both have their own mini-games which are easily emulated nowadays... but in Japan a very large part of Sega's income is manufacturing the kind of non-videogame generic arcade experiences you see everywhere, like crane games, ufo games, penny pushers, etc etc. They also even manufacture the toys/prizes for such machines, everything from cheap plastic tatt, through plushies of all kinds of characters (not just Sega ones), to really fancy figurines of anime figures.

Its uncommon to see Sega branded machines in Europe and America as they are huge and difficult to transport, and there are so many generic versions of these things manufactured by companies closer. But go to almost any Japanese arcade and you'll see Sega branding over a large percentage of the machines, often with Sonic somehow attached even if only as a small sticker or part of the logo. The Youtuber "Nick Robinson" just yesterday posted 2 shorts of a generic crane machine he found which actually had the Megadrive's soundchip in it and played Sonic music as its attract mode!

The machines in Disney Paris are two big "throw as many basketballs into the hoop in a certain time" machines. Good fun and nice to see Sonic have representation in the Disney parks still. Back in 1993-1994 there was a whole "Sega World" in Epcot where you could see and try out all the latest including early prototypes of stuff in development! It was amazing. The YouTube channel "MyRetroLife" has some great camcorder footage of it back in the day.

As for Nintendo representation in Paris, sadly around 2018 they closed the 2 main arcades in Discoveryland, they used to have lots of Sega and Nintendo stuff, but theres still Mario Kart and Cruisin' arcade cabs in some of the Disney hotels, and as I said, there's still that arcade in Disney Village which hopefully isn't going anywhere

Over 100 comments for a 1-2-Switch game? 😂

@JohnnyMind Oh cool, yes I remember now that you mentioned that when we were discussing Mickey & Donald comic books!

You can get a direct train from Milan literally to Disney Village! I have several Italian friends who come and visit me (I have an apartment within walking distance) and say its a long train but easy and they just sleep on it. The stop is "Marne-la-Vallée Chessy".

A quick google search seems to say its only about €40 for the train ticket and as I said, Disney Village and all the surrounding stuff is free to enter. Of course, if you want to enter the 2 theme parks, you need a ticket, and this is an extra €60-100 and at that point you'd probably also want to stay in a hotel overnight, but just for a day trip to see the arcades and look around the themed areas, catch some free entertainment etc, €40 is a bargain, especially if you go on one of the special occasions like New Years or various other holidays where they have live entertanment, fireworks over Lake Disney etc etc. Its a wonderful place to be 🥰

@UmbreonsPapa
Well, we can have a Flash Mob party game with 100 peoples here. 😆

I'm so "ummm" right now I don't know what to say...

@Sisilly_G Good thing we're getting the real deal on top of this game