{"id":16310,"date":"2017-04-28T00:01:20","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T00:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=16310"},"modified":"2017-04-01T20:54:46","modified_gmt":"2017-04-01T20:54:46","slug":"the-mini-games-of-1-2-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/28\/the-mini-games-of-1-2-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mini-Games of 1-2-Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>One of the launch titles for the Nintendo Switch was 1-2-Switch.\u00a0 It\u2019s a party mini-game collection showing off the capabilities of the new console.\u00a0 At first I wasn\u2019t sure if I would get it, but after playing it at PAX South, I decided I would get it after all.\u00a0 And since I like to write about mini-game collections, here is a blog about all the ones found in 1-2-Switch.<\/p>\n

Before we get started, I will say that I think this should\u2019ve been a pack-in game with the Switch, kind of like how Wii Sports was on the Wii.\u00a0 I just don\u2019t think it\u2019s worth full price, especially since Breath of the Wild cost nearly the same amount.\u00a0 I got the game thinking I could have fun playing it with family and friends, and I have, but I still don\u2019t think I got my money\u2019s worth from it.<\/p>\n

Most of the games are for two players, but some are meant to be played with one person, or you can pass the controller around.\u00a0 There is a mode called Team Battle where 2 to 20 people can compete in a selection of mini-games right in a row.\u00a0 I\u2019m lucky if I can get one friend to come over and play with me, much less 20!\u00a0 Anyway, here are the 28 different mini-games you can play in 1-2-Switch<\/p>\n

Telephone<\/strong><\/p>\n

For nine years I worked at a customer service job where we were scored on how many phone calls we took that day.\u00a0 So I got really good at answering the phone fast!\u00a0 So I\u2019m pretty good at this game, too.\u00a0 Two people set their controllers down, and when they hear it ring, whoever picks up the controller the fastest and says \u201cHello\u201d into it like a phone, wins.\u00a0 Sometimes they mix it up and have you pick up the phone only for a certain ring tone!<\/p>\n

Ball Count<\/strong><\/p>\n

This one really shows off the HD rumble capabilities of the Switch\u2019s Joy-Cons.\u00a0 You hold the controller like you are holding a little box with marbles inside.\u00a0 By moving the virtual marbles about, you are tasked to guess how many balls are in the pretend box!\u00a0 It works very well and is pretty amazing actually.\u00a0 But it\u2019s really the only time I\u2019ve seen this effectively used on the Switch so far.\u00a0 Whoever can guess the correct number of balls, wins.<\/p>\n

Zen<\/strong><\/p>\n

You must hold a Yoga pose as long as you can without shaking.\u00a0 Whoever shakes the most, loses.\u00a0 It\u2019s pretty boring and sounds like a leftover game from Wii Fit or aomething.<\/p>\n

Treasure Chest<\/strong><\/p>\n

In most games they tell you to look at the other person in the eye, but in this game, it helps to look at the screen instead.\u00a0 It has a pirate theme and you must move the controller around to unravel chains around a treasure chest.\u00a0 Whoever unravels their chains completely off and opens the treasure first, wins.\u00a0 Again, it helps to have this on the big screen so you can easily see what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n

Milk<\/strong><\/p>\n

This one is hilarious.\u00a0 You must hold the controller vertically with one hand and squeeze the buttons and pull down like you are milking a cow\u2019s udder.\u00a0 Whoever can fill the most glasses of milk by doing this, wins.\u00a0 You must actually squeeze from the top and move down as you pull to get the most milk.\u00a0 Some of my little brothers refused to play this with me, saying it made them feel a little uncomfortable.\u00a0 It helps to look at the screen on this one, too, as it shows how much milk is coming out of the udder you are squeezing.\u00a0 You know this isn\u2019t the first game where you milked a cow.\u00a0 I remember seeing a cow milking game in arcades where you had to squeeze the lit udders to get points for tickets.\u00a0 It was basically a weirder version of Whack-A-Mole!<\/p>\n

Safe Crack<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rotate the controller like you\u2019re turning a safe dial.\u00a0 When you feel it vibrate a little differently, hold it there and you\u2019ll unlock a part of the combination.\u00a0 Do it three times to open the safe.\u00a0 Whoever can do this fastest, wins.<\/p>\n

Quick Draw<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the game that everyone has seen a demo of on TV or whatever.\u00a0 It plays like how you think it would.\u00a0 Hold the controller down at your side and when the game says \u201cFire,\u201d point it at the other player and press the trigger button like a gun as fast as you can.\u00a0 Whoever is the fastest draw, wins.\u00a0 But it\u2019s not just like some Kirby Quick Draw game, they are a bit more accurate with it.\u00a0 You can get penalized if you are pointing too low or too high, and it\u2019ll show how fast each person fired and the angle of their shot on the screen.<\/p>\n

Samurai Training<\/strong><\/p>\n

One player holds their controller like a sword about to strike down, and the other tries to \u2018catch\u2019 it with their controller before it hits their head.\u00a0 If the catcher succeeds, then you switch sides.\u00a0 Whoever \u2018hits\u2019 the other player first, wins.<\/p>\n

Sneaky Dice<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shake the controller like you\u2019re holding a cup of dice and turn it upside down to roll.\u00a0 The game will secretly tell each player the number that you rolled on the dice by vibrating that many times.\u00a0 You can try and trick the other player into rolling again, and you can roll again up to three times.\u00a0 But there\u2019s more to it than that.\u00a0 If you have doubles, you can still beat the other player even if you have a lesser number than them.\u00a0 But you won\u2019t be able to tell that just by vibration alone.\u00a0 It\u2019s a bit of a gamble, but it\u2019s more fun than it actually sounds.<\/p>\n

Signal Flags<\/strong><\/p>\n

This one has a nautical theme, and you hold your controller like you\u2019re holding up two signal flags on a boat.\u00a0 When you hear a female voice telling you which direction to point the flags, follow her exactly.\u00a0 When you hear a male voice barking orders, do the opposite of what he says, so it can be a bit tricky.\u00a0 Whoever makes the least mistakes at the end of the drill, wins.\u00a0 For some reason, this game made me think of Space Channel 5. Up, down, up, down (chu, chu, chu).<\/p>\n

Soda Shake<\/strong><\/p>\n

Players take turns passing around one controller, and shaking it like a closed soda bottle.\u00a0 You can feel the controller rumbling like there\u2019s fizz in it.\u00a0 I would say that whoever has the soda bottle and shakes it and makes it pop loses, but the screen just says \u201cCelebration\u201d when it does that, so I\u2019m not really sure.\u00a0 Looks like just another variation of Hot Potato to me.<\/p>\n

Shave<\/strong><\/p>\n

I never thought I\u2019d hear the words \u201cShaving Contest\u201d in a video game, or ever.\u00a0 In this one you move the controller around your face like it\u2019s an electric razor.\u00a0 The controller will vibrate more when you are shaving hair, so you use that to tell where you have left to shave on your face.\u00a0 Whoever can shave all the hair off first, wins.\u00a0 Or if the time runs out, whoever shaves the most, wins.\u00a0 I must have a weird shaped head or something because I had to move the controller up to my eyeball to shave.\u00a0 I imagine this game would be kind of weird to play if you are a lady, too.<\/p>\n

Joy-Con Rotation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Both players set their controllers on its side, then take turns carefully picking them up and rotating them.\u00a0 You can put the controller down at any time to earn points, but you must be careful because if your movements become too shaky, you\u2019ll lose the points earned from the rotation!\u00a0 Do this a few times and whoever gets the high score, wins.<\/p>\n

Table Tennis<\/strong><\/p>\n

You swing the controllers like you\u2019re playing a game of table tennis.\u00a0 But here\u2019s the catch.\u00a0 You can\u2019t see what\u2019s happening on the screen.\u00a0 You must use your ears and guess the rhythm of how the ball is bouncing on the table to know when to swing.\u00a0 I had a hard time with this one.\u00a0 I can\u2019t even play table tennis well even when I can see what\u2019s going on!<\/p>\n

Baby<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a single player game, and one of the few where you must attach the controllers to the screen.\u00a0 A picture of a baby is on the screen and you must cradle the Switch and rock it like a baby until it stops crying.\u00a0 And then you gently set it down for it to go to sleep.\u00a0 Definitely one of the weirdest games on here.\u00a0 It reminds me of Babysitting Mama, a game on the Wii.\u00a0 That game came with a plush baby doll and you stuffed the Wii remote inside it and rocked the baby in the game while the speaker on the Wii remote made baby sounds.\u00a0 It was definitely one of the strangest games in the Cooking Mama series and also one of the weirdest games on the Wii, too!<\/p>\n

Fake Draw<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s just like Quick Draw except they\u2019ll try to trick you by saying words like \u201cFlowers,\u201d or \u201cFly Paper.\u201d\u00a0 You must only fire your gun when you hear the word \u201cFire.\u201d<\/p>\n

Baseball<\/strong><\/p>\n

One player pitches and the other swings in a couple of innings of baseball.\u00a0 The pitcher can push buttons to throw curveballs and fastballs and such, and the batter must listen and feel as the ball wizzes by to know when to swing.<\/p>\n

Eating Contest<\/strong><\/p>\n

You know how when they first presented the Switch, they said that one of the controllers has a camera that can read basic shapes and such?\u00a0 Well I think this game uses that capability.\u00a0 It\u2019s another single player game, and you hold the controller near your mouth with it open (don\u2019t eat the controller).\u00a0 Then when the game starts, flap your mouth like you\u2019re eating as fast as you can, and the game will read that as bites of sandwiches.\u00a0 Try to eat as many sandwiches as you can this way.\u00a0 Definitely one of the weirder games on this collection.<\/p>\n

Beach Flag<\/strong><\/p>\n

First you must wave your controller like you\u2019re running really fast.\u00a0 Once the game tells you you\u2019re at the flag, make a pulling up motion with the controller to pull up the flag first and win!<\/p>\n

Wizard<\/strong><\/p>\n

All you Harry Potter fans can make your wizard battling fantasies come true!\u00a0 Each player waves their controller around like a lasso to charge up energy, then thrusts it forward like a magic wand to release a magical blast.\u00a0 You can thrust forward even more to push back the other player\u2019s energy, but they can also counterattack.\u00a0 Whoever ends up zapping the other player, wins.<\/p>\n

Sword Fight<\/strong><\/p>\n

Swing your sword around to land hits on the other player, and you can block hits, too.\u00a0 Whoever lands the most hits at the end of the round, wins.<\/p>\n

Boxing Gym<\/strong><\/p>\n

A boxing coach tells you certain punches to make, like jabs, uppercuts, and hooks, and you must hit a punching bag with the correct punch before the other player.\u00a0 This is definitely one game that you want to stay as far apart from the other player so you don\u2019t hit them!\u00a0 The neat thing is that after you do this, the game will show you what it would look like if it were a real boxing match, and whoever lands the most correct hits fastest, wins.<\/p>\n

Plate Spin<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this circus themed game, hold the controller like you\u2019re spinning a plate on a stick.\u00a0 Try to keep your plate spinning longer than the other player, taking care that it doesn\u2019t fall off!<\/p>\n

Copy Dance<\/strong><\/p>\n

Players take turns dancing while the other copies their movements.\u00a0 The game rates you on your rhythm and performance.\u00a0 One of the reasons why I\u2019m not a big fan of motion controls is that it\u2019s hard to know how the game judges your performance this way.\u00a0 But whoever gets the higher score, wins.<\/p>\n

Runway<\/strong><\/p>\n

Walk across the room like you\u2019re on stage at a fashion show.\u00a0 Put your hands (and controller) on your hips and strut from one side of the room to another as you pass your opponent doing the same thing.\u00a0 Then you meet in the middle again and do poses.\u00a0 The game rates your movements like in the dance game to declare a winner.<\/p>\n

Air Guitar<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wave your controller like you\u2019re strumming a guitar at a rock concert, and the game will rate you on how well you strummed to the rhythm and your showmanship.\u00a0 Whoever has the highest score is a rock god!<\/p>\n

Dance Off<\/strong><\/p>\n

This one is similar to Copy Dance except you\u2019re not copying each other\u2019s moves.\u00a0 It\u2019s more about moving to the beat of the rhythm of the music.<\/p>\n

Gorilla<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hold your controller and beat your chest to the rhythm of the music to win the favor of a female gorilla.\u00a0 It\u2019s a bit creepy in its presentation of that.<\/p>\n

And those are all the games in 1-2-Switch.\u00a0 Let me know what you think?\u00a0 Is the game worth it?\u00a0 Any favorite mini-games?\u00a0 Let me know in the comments section!\u00a0 Later!\u00a0 –Cary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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