<s>
1-2-Switch	B-Device
is	O
a	O
2017	O
party	O
video	O
game	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
that	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
launch	O
title	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
uses	O
the	O
system	O
's	O
Joy-Con	B-General_Concept
controllers	O
,	O
with	O
players	O
facing	O
each	O
other	O
performing	O
various	O
minigames	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2021	O
,	O
it	O
sold	O
over	O
3.63	O
million	O
copies	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best-selling	B-Device
games	I-Device
on	I-Device
the	I-Device
platform	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
1-2-Switch	B-Device
is	O
a	O
party	O
video	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
do	O
not	O
usually	O
rely	O
on	O
what	O
is	O
happening	O
on-screen	O
,	O
but	O
rather	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
audio	O
cues	O
and	O
the	O
functionality	O
of	O
the	O
Switch	O
's	O
Joy-Con	B-General_Concept
controllers	O
to	O
play	O
in	O
several	O
different	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
28	O
different	O
minigames	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
which	O
involve	O
two	O
players	O
,	O
who	O
each	O
use	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
Joy-Con	B-General_Concept
controllers	O
and	O
are	O
often	O
encouraged	O
to	O
look	O
at	O
each	O
other	O
during	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aside	O
from	O
tutorial	O
videos	O
for	O
each	O
game	O
,	O
players	O
mostly	O
rely	O
solely	O
on	O
audio	O
cues	O
and	O
feedback	O
from	O
the	O
Joy-Con	B-General_Concept
'	O
s	O
rumble	O
feature	O
to	O
indicate	O
how	O
well	O
they	O
are	O
performing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Nintendo	O
announced	O
the	O
game	O
at	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
event	O
in	O
January	O
2017	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
showed	O
off	O
six	O
of	O
the	O
minigames	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
unveiled	O
to	O
show	O
off	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
innovative	O
Joy-Con	B-General_Concept
capabilities	O
,	O
through	O
the	O
HD	O
Rumble	O
and	O
IR	O
Motion	O
Camera	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
promote	O
the	O
milking	O
minigame	O
and	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
several	O
representatives	O
of	O
Nintendo	O
of	O
America	O
took	O
part	O
in	O
a	O
cow	O
milking	O
competition	O
at	O
a	O
dairy	O
farm	O
in	O
Woodstock	O
,	O
Vermont	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1-2-Switch	B-Device
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
's	O
decision	O
to	O
release	O
the	O
game	O
separately	O
from	O
the	O
system	O
was	O
criticized	O
by	O
several	O
commentators	O
,	O
arguing	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
better	O
off	O
as	O
a	O
pack-in	O
game	O
,	O
similarly	O
to	O
Wii	B-Application
Sports	I-Application
,	O
although	O
Nintendo	O
stated	O
that	O
they	O
opted	O
to	O
allow	O
consumers	O
to	O
select	O
a	O
game	O
to	O
purchase	O
rather	O
than	O
bundling	O
one	O
and	O
increase	O
the	O
Switch	O
's	O
price	O
so	O
as	O
to	O
not	O
disinterest	O
consumers	O
and	O
compromise	O
the	O
console	O
's	O
sales	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cory	O
Arnold	O
of	O
Destructoid	O
criticized	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
a	O
true	O
single-player	O
mode	O
,	O
and	O
went	O
as	O
far	O
as	O
to	O
say	O
that	O
the	O
minigames	O
were	O
worse	O
than	O
what	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
Wii	B-Application
Sports	I-Application
,	O
arguing	O
that	O
they	O
lacked	O
any	O
sort	O
of	O
progression	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
April	O
2017	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
reported	O
that	O
1-2-Switch	B-Device
had	O
shipped	O
nearly	O
a	O
million	O
copies	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2022	O
CESA	O
Games	O
White	O
Papers	O
revealed	O
that	O
1-2-Switch	B-Device
had	O
sold	O
3.63	O
million	O
units	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
December	O
31	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
