Sure, it was just a bit April Fools’ gag. Keep on!
Effectively, that is an odd one to kick off an Easter Monday morning.
With inner developer sources having shifted nearly 100% to the upcoming (but nonetheless unannounced) ‘Change 2’, Nintendo’s flagship recreation for the 2024 Vacation interval will see a return to a less-than-fan-favourite social gathering recreation collection for a first-second-third outing.
1-2-Change: Flashmob Frenzy is the identify of 1-2-Change‘s second sequel, in line with Nintendo Life sources accustomed to Nintendo’s upcoming software program bulletins. Coming after 2023’s long-rumoured follow-up, All people 1-2-Change, this new recreation will apparently faucet into the hip new craze that took the world by storm a mere 20 years in the past.
In keeping with our supply, corroborated with one other inside Nintendo itself, Flashmob Frenzy is an evolution of the 2-100-player gameplay of the All people entry, however this time centered on facilitating spontaneous dance-based performances in public areas. The sport might be download-only and “finances” priced however would require a Energy-Up Band — a peripheral you should purchase and put on in your wrist to allow varied interactive experiences at its Nintendo World parks — to perform correctly.
It is unclear at current precisely how the Energy-Up Bands work together with the software program. They are going to be obtainable to buy immediately from Nintendo’s web site and at large retailers, bundled with codes for the sport. Any bands park guests have bought can even perform, though gamers must obtain a purpose-built app, register a serial quantity, and use an NFC-enabled smartphone to flash the park-bought band with new firmware.
Particulars are skinny on the bottom relating to gameplay specifics, with the official reveal presently deliberate for September. Superstar endorsements and advert spots are additionally within the works. “No one’s signed on simply but,” our supply says, “however the shortlist of potentials contains Usher, Bruno Tonioli, Ashley Banjo, Dame Darcey Bussell, Fred Astaire Jr. III, and Lisa from Steps.”
The primary instalment within the 1-2- collection was a Change launch title in 2017 and bought effectively sufficient to warrant a sequel, which was reportedly caught in developmental purgatory due to poor inner suggestions, but it snuck out within the shadow of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom in June final yr.
What’s Nintendo as much as? Sounds silly to us. Tell us under when you’re up for what Nintendo’s throwing down in Vacation 2024.
