Every time Nintendo launches a very successful game, it will always be accompanied by a "outlier" that makes everyone confused.In 2017, this work is the two-player party game "1-2 Switch" - a collection of easy-to-play mini games.It focuses on physical interaction like "Wii Sports", but does not have cute Mii characters; it is also similar to "Mario Party"'s multiplayer fun model, but lacks brand awareness.Players may be asked to squeeze the milk of "electronic cows" in the game, or try hard to inflate the virtual balloons - although this casual party game has sold millions, overall, people seem to have forgotten Nintendo's "universal participation" experiment.But at least two exceptions: they recently completed a record that even game developers have never challenged.
A player with username Elfilin said that he was still in high school when the game was released. After buying it first, he soon discovered that it had become a "cross-border Amway" - he could easily get started regardless of whether the other party knew the game or not."I am a big fan of Nintendo's hardcore technology toward games, but the magic of "1-2 Switch" is that I can just pull a passerby to play the "Quick Gunner" game, and he may win me with his backhand." This link Elfilin mentioned requires players to pull out "virtual pistols" like Western cowboys, and he later took the game to college and opened up the social circle: "When you first meet someone, this is definitely an excellent icebreaker." He specifically mentioned that half of the mini games require players to keep eye contact, and even magical instructions such as "pushing each other with their butts".
There is a game called "Plate Spin" in "1-2 Switch": players need to use a Joy-Con handle to balance the virtual plates, and the key is that both parties can interfere with each other in reality, and the game will regularly reduce the size of the plates.This is an interesting but extremely difficult challenge - in most cases, the game can't last long.In IGN's 2017 demo video, one round of game lasts only for just over 20 seconds, and the other ends in even 10 seconds.Strangely, the timer of this game lasts for 2 minutes.Elfilin's friend noticed this in 2024 and suddenly asked him: "Have you tried playing until the countdown ends?"
"I said I've never done it, and I can't find anyone online to claim to pass the level, and no one even admits that the game can last until the end," Elfilin recalled.So he and his friends decided to challenge this "impossible task".In three marathon attempts, the two played this seemingly simple game into a physical extreme challenge - they had to move their hands continuously throughout the whole process, and any mistakes would lead to a timeout interruption.Not long after, Elfilin's arms began to ache, and the two had to put on soft stools to support their arms.
They gradually figured out the strategy: the plate will shake when it rotates too slowly, and too fast will cause the support column to deviate from the center, but can be adjusted by pausing for a few seconds; whenever the plate shrinks every 30 seconds, they must maintain the rhythm with the decreasing radius of rotation—easier than hard to say.After 6 hours of sore struggle, the two finally saw the timer return to zero.
The audience burst into cheers, and before the game announced the "draw", it specially congratulated the players on completing this feat.This may sound a bit funny, but it is worth noting that there is no evidence of "disc rotation" passing the level online at all - after all, this does not come with a halo like refreshing the speed pass record in popular games.Although this is Nintendo's first-party work, most people have never played "1-2 Switch" in full, even the developers themselves.
When Elfilin shared this achievement, a player who participated in the "1-2 Switch" test appeared and revealed: "As the tester at that time, congratulations! No one inside of us seemed to have passed this game. To be honest, I was surprised that we actually ended up doing this." The account history of user cellShock_r shows that he had published game development related content many times before.
Elfilin revealed that they actually completed this achievement last year, but with the release of Switch 2, he felt it was time to jump out of his circle of friends and "show off"."It's obvious that the mechanics of this mini game took a lot of thought, and I appreciate this," he told Polygon. "It's definitely worth bragging about being the only one who passes Nintendo's first-party game - especially this piece that sells 4 million copies - is definitely worth bragging about."
