Footage showing completion of 1-2-Switch’s most challenging minigame has been posted online, with the user claiming to be the first in history to actually “beat” the game.
Reddit user Elfilin uploaded footage of the end of the Plate Spin minigame, which has seemingly never been documented online before.
“Most players don’t even think it’s possible to beat,” Elfilin said.
Plate Spin sees two players each spin a Joy-Con like they are spinning a plate on a stick, with the first one to drop the onscreen plate being the loser.
The minigame also has a cooperative mode, where both players must keep their plates spinning for as long as possible. Since the timer counts down from two minutes, this means the game technically has an end – but Elfilin and their co-op partner appear to be the first to upload proof of its completion.
Elfilin explained what makes this particular challenge so difficult, which may explain why this footage had never been previously seen online.
“First, it requires two people in-person, so even if you master it solo, you can’t complete it without a partner who’s also mastered it,” they said.
“You can’t even practice alone, and if your partner drops the plate, you both have to start over with the biggest, easiest plate.
“Second, it’s surprisingly physically demanding. It doesn’t feel that way in short bursts, but try holding your arm up and spinning it like a lasso for several hours. Both my arm and my friend’s were sore after every session.”
The dedicated player said they “spent hours replaying” the minigame to practice and figure out the best techniques.
1-2-Switch released as a Nintendo Switch launch game in 2017, and was succeeded by sequel Everybody 1-2-Switch in 2023.
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Written by Reece Heather
A lifelong Nintendo fan and a longtime editor at Zelda Universe, Reece will forever be grateful that he somehow dodged the Naughty List of Christmas 1998, when Santa delivered the life-changing gift of a Nintendo 64 with Super Mario 64, Banjo-Kazooie, and Mario Kart 64. When he's not playing games, Reece is usually reading Punisher comics, delving helplessly into the weirdest depths of anime and manga, or spending time with his cocker spaniel Gracie -- the goodest girl ever!
