Character switch

Video game concept

Player controls only single character, but can switch it to another at any time, with the old disappearing somewhere until swapped to again.

51
games
20
platforms

Alternate name: Character swap

This is for the character being switched in-place, not the controls switched to another character elsewhere.

Unlike switching controls to another character, this is quite unrealistic as the character you play as is swapped in-place to another, as if they were hiding in the other character's pocket.

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Games by year

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The first Character switch video game was released on June 26, 1992.

Nintendo, Eidos Interactive and Frozenbyte published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 9
GBA 7
Linux 6
3DS 3
MS-DOS 3
SNES 3
GB 2
PS3 2
X360 2
Mac OS X 2
Mac OS Classic 2
NES 2
Xbox One 1
Amiga 1
Nintendo DS 1
Amiga CD32 1
TI Calculators 1
Wii 1
Wii U 1
PS4 1