Read an article from Polygon (http://www.polygon.com/2017/2/8/14546750/1-2-switch-minigames-videos) saying that 1-2-Switch will have 28 minigames. Is that enough to to justify the 50 dollar price tag for you guys? I'll probably end up getting it.
1-2-Switch
Game » consists of 4 releases. Released Mar 03, 2017
A multiplayer game for Nintendo Switch that focuses on face-to-face interactions rather than watching the screen.
1-2-Switch has 28 minigames. Enough?
I'll add to the "more than I thought" pile. It's still not something I would spend $50 on, though. At least not right now.
It's not the number of games that matters. It's the fact that they're minigames. There's no substance. It's like asking $50 for 28 plain hot dogs. I'd much sooner spend that on a steak.
@hermes: I have read one theory that might explain why it's not a pack-in. For the Wii and Wii U, their pack-in games made use of what was THE main gimmick of the console (wagglin' and the tablet respectively). The main gimmick for the Switch is in the name, the ability to quickly switch between handheld and home console mode, which is not really something that any individual game can 'showcase' all that well. The mini more advanced Wiimotes are a secondary feature.
Yeah, that sounds totally reasonable. I ain't too tempted at purchasing it just yet, but who knows, it might end up being a great collection.
this collection feels to me like a multiplayer wario ware game without the charm. I think i get why they made everything look unapealing in the game screen, they want people to face each other instead of looking at the screen and of course to kinda show off how the new features of the motion HD work
Should have been included with the console. I don't know how substantial all the minigames are so I cant comment on the price being justified.
That's definitely a bigger number than I thought it would be. The more important question is how many of those are actually worth playing?
Based on what I've seen, its quantity over quality. None of the games actually look fun to me. I'm still holding out hope this will be used as research to help make a new Wario Ware.
How many of those mini games are actually replayable? I'd like to try to fake eat a sandwich once, but then I'll just go back to eating real sandwiches. This should have been a pack in game...
They could put 300 minigames in there and I still wouldn't want to pay 50 bucks for it.
I just don't want to pay that much for something I'd probably at best play for 2-3 hours total.
I'm probably the wrong person to ask though, as I'm not sure there is a price I would be willing to pay for it.
If i had to market a minigame collection, i would want to show at least 1 of the best games in the package upfront.
If i look at the milking, the table tennis, the cowboy duel and the fake eating minigames, none of those strike me as high quality minigames.
Still more games than i expected, so that's nice. But unless marketing failed, i don't think we'll see more substantial games out of this.
If they just had a library of 100 minigames and would switch em up Wario Ware style, i think this would be an awesome product. Standing face to face with your friend and having to adjust to whatever minigame appears would be pretty hilarious.
Have no interest in this, but 28 mini games is way more than expected, so it helps justify the price. Can we all agree that the one thing we can look forward to for this game's release is the game's quick look? Should be reminiscent of the very best of those Kinect QL's.
I hope I'm proven wrong about this, but it seems like Nintendo has managed to make the Switch's gimmicky control schemes and launch mini-game pack much more one-note than Wii Sports was; more akin to Nintendoland in terms of, at least, appearing very shallow from first impressions. If that's the case, even 100 mini-games would not make 1-2-Switch a worthwhile purchase. We'll see.
@sammo21:Oh I'm not even disagreeing, just stating that for the record. Although we don't know for sure yet, I'm being cautious on this one and waiting for reviews.
@cheetoman: Okay, now this I do strongly disagree with. The first few months of this system have Zelda, Snipperclips, Mario Kart, Arms, and Splatoon. That's quite an impressive first party lineup for the system's first few months. When you compare it to other contemporary systems, I feel a lot better about this one than any system since the Wii at least.
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