YMMV / 1-2-Switch

• Accidental Innuendo:
  • The cow-milking game is a gold mine of this, given how the motions of milking a cow's teats (and causing them to produce white liquid) rather clearly resembles masturbation.
  • This video by SiIvaGunner paints the soda shake game as another example, simply by censoring the bottle in the tutorial video and adding the Loud Nigra sound effect once the bottle pops.
• Bile Fascination: This is the primary reason anyone is playing the sequel at all, just to see if it really lives up to its horrendous internal reception.
• Critic-Proof: Despite the less-than-complimentary response from most reviewers, the game sold pretty well, being the second-highest selling title in the system's launch window after The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and went on to sell over 3 million units worldwide overall.
• Memetic Mutation:
  • Virtually every preview of the cow-milking mini game will include a nod to how suggestive and awkward it is.
  • "$50 tech demo"^Explanation A very popular phrase used to degrade the game, due to it both being a Tech-Demo Game and seemingly rather light on content for its price.
  • Stinky Horse Game^Explanation The nickname given to Everybody 1-2-Switch when it was first leaked by a moderator on the Nintendo fan forum Famiboards in late 2021 in a now-deleted post, in reference to the host character and the game's poor internal reception.
  • "Horseshit"^Explanation In the report concerning the game's poor internal reception at Nintendo of America, it was stated that staff allegedly nicknamed the game "Horseshit" after the game's horse mask wearing host. Due to the inherent absurdity of family-friendly Nintendo calling one of their own games this behind closed doors, as well as essentially being an official Fan Nickname, the internet began calling the game this as well.
• Older Than They Think: Outside of the The Jackbox Party Pack games that Everybody 1-2-Switch tries to take after, using a smartphone as an interactive controller for a console title is nothing new. In fact, it's been done with Just Dance through a mobile app since 2017.
• Presumed Flop: The original game is widely assumed to have been a commercial failure due to receiving mixed reviews, complaints over the game's $60 price tag, and being overshadowed by The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. In reality, the game was a modest success, selling a million copies during its first year and ultimately selling 3.61 million overall, enough to warrant a sequel.
• Spiritual Successor: Due to the game not only being a minigame collection, but also being very weird in terms of overall content, it's often compared to the WarioWare series.
• Tainted by the Preview: When it was confirmed that 1-2-Switch would only have 28 minigames in total, fans wondered whether or not that number of games is suitable for that price, with many believing that should have been a pack-in title. The sequel got this even worse, due to only having 17 minigames and the pre-existing moniker as the "Stinky Horse" or "Horseshit" game, though it had the benefit of being a budget release.

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