1-2-Switch

Mild overall intensity
Highest flag: Violence — cartoon/stylized
Party/Casual

What's in it

Violence cartoon/stylized
Low

Comedic, bloodless quick-draw gun duels and a samurai sword-catch minigame framed as slapstick party contests; no injury or blood shown.

Who can reach your kid

What it is

1-2-Switch is a local, in-person party game built around a collection of very short two-player minigames that use the Joy-Con controllers' motion sensing and rumble, with players often watching each other rather than the screen. Activities are light and silly — milking a cow, eating a sandwich fastest, balancing a virtual ball in the controller, table tennis, a samurai sword-clash reaction test, and a Wild West quick-draw where two players 'draw' and shoot on a signal. The only content of note is this cartoonish, bloodless mock combat; there is no realistic violence, no bad language, no sexual content, substances, or scary material.

How it's framed

The game is framed as goofy, face-to-face social competition; its handful of 'combat' minigames are presented as stylized reaction-time challenges (a duel, a sword clash) with no consequences, injury, or menace, and the tone throughout is comedic and lighthearted.

Details

Developer
Nintendo EPD
Publisher
Nintendo
Released
2017
Metacritic 58critic score (third-party) · out of 100

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