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Nintendo defends 1-2-Switch being a standalone launch game

They didn't feel it should be bundled with the hardware.
Christian Gaca 13 February 2017

Some gamers have the feeling that 1-2-Switch might not contain enough content to make up for its rather big price tag of £34.99, as they feel that it's the Switch's equivalent of Wii Sports, a game designed to show off the new technology and therefore should be bundled with the console.

Now Nintendo manager Shinya Takahashi, responsible for the Switch's business, has defended the move in an interview with The Guardian. Takahashi said that Nintendo "felt that between this strong line-up, and the strength of the titles, as well as the strength of the 1-2 Switch software itself, that it didn't feel to us that should be bundled with the hardware, but rather was something that we felt stands alone within that overall first-year line-up."

Takahashi has faith that 1-2 Switch has the strength to stand on its own, but do you?

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