This article was originally written for TheNintendoVillage.com, a website I founded and ran from 2018 to 2021.

Nintendo has just released a brand new game on the Switch eShop totally out of the blue. Originally showing up on the Japanese eShop, it goes by the name of The Stretchers, is developed by Tarsier Studios, and is now available in the West too.

The gameplay sees two medics running around town rescuing troubled citizens known as ‘Dizzies’. You can play solo, or hand off a Joy-Con to a friend for co-op play.

Here’s the lowdown from Nintendo:

”To rescue Dizzies, players will drive to each scene in their ambulance, and this is where the chaos begins: break through walls, soar through the sky and face other wild perils on the way to each rescue.
Once they’ve arrived, players will need to cooperate to pile Dizzies up on their stretcher (or grab them by the limbs) and bring them back to their trusty ambulance, dodging dangers and cracking conundrums along the way.”

It sounds like a suitably crazy party game to kickstart your weekend. You can check out some gameplay in the trailer below:

Source: Nintendo PR