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

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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...

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