{"id":22286,"date":"2022-05-27T00:01:07","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T00:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=22286"},"modified":"2022-05-09T01:07:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T01:07:22","slug":"the-games-of-nintendo-switch-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/27\/the-games-of-nintendo-switch-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"The Games of Nintendo Switch Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Welcome to Spocco Square!\u00a0 It\u2019s a big sporting facility where you\u2019ll play all the Nintendo Switch Sports!\u00a0 Seems like a neat place to visit, if you like playing sports I suppose, but it ain\u2019t no Wuhu Island!\u00a0 It kind of reminds me of those touristy sporting goods stores that have been popping up around near where I live lately, like Scheel\u2019s.\u00a0 Anyway, come with me on a tour as we take a look at all the games you can play in this game.<\/p>\n

But before we do that, I thought we\u2019d take a trip down memory lane and look at the other games in the Wii Sports series, since this is kind of a sequel to those.\u00a0 It all started with Wii Sports.\u00a0 To say this game was a big deal is an understatement.\u00a0 It was the pack-in game for the Wii and introduced everyone to motion controls.\u00a0 I think it\u2019s considered one of the highest selling games of all time.\u00a0 Granted I think that has a lot to do with it being a pack-in game, but it was still really good.\u00a0 In fact, it was so good that it dethroned my long-running favorite sports game, which before that was Super Dodge Ball on the NES.\u00a0 You could play simple sports like bowling, tennis, baseball, boxing, golf, and more!\u00a0 I have a lot of good memories of waiting in line to buy the Wii, and then going to a friend\u2019s house right after it so we could play Wii Sports together.<\/p>\n

Just as Wii Sports introduced the world to motion controls, Wii Sports Resort introduced everybody to one-to-one motion controls, which were added to the Wii a couple of years down the line.\u00a0 Favorites like Bowling and Golf returned here, as well as many new sports.\u00a0 You played these sports on a fictional resort island for your Miis called Wuhu Island.\u00a0 One of the highlights of Wii Sports Resort was getting to fly a plane and explore the island.\u00a0 In fact, they used that idea again when they released Pilotwings on the 3DS, since that also took place on Wuhu Island.\u00a0 That same island appeared in other games, too, like Mario Kart 7 and Super Smash Bros.!\u00a0 I wish they\u2019d revisit that island again in another game.<\/p>\n

When the Wii U came out, Nintendo released Wii Sports Club.\u00a0 It was basically a port of the first game, with some added online functionality and uses for the separate screen on the controller. \u00a0You could also choose to buy the whole game or each sport separately, which was kind of dumb.\u00a0 It\u2019s probably my least favorite of the series, but it\u2019s still a good game.<\/p>\n

Which brings us to Nintendo Switch Sports.\u00a0 Some old favorites return, as well as new ones.\u00a0 You can make a new avatar or use your old Mii.\u00a0 You can play online globally, with local players, or with online friends only.\u00a0 One of the problems I have with this is that you can only unlock stuff for your avatar by playing online globally, and they don\u2019t have a lot for you to choose from on the outset, which is why I used my Mii.\u00a0 But anyway, let\u2019s take a look at the sports you can play here.<\/p>\n

Bowling<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a crowd favorite, and it\u2019s my favorite, too.\u00a0 Online you can play with 16 others in elimination rounds until a winner is crowned.\u00a0 The neat thing is that nearly every time I\u2019ve played this one online, I\u2019ve won!\u00a0 In single player you can do regular lanes or ones with obstacles on them, so that\u2019s kind of neat.<\/p>\n

Tennis<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is another returning one from Wii Sports.\u00a0 I\u2019ve never been big into video game tennis because most of the time it feels like glorified Pong.\u00a0 Online I\u2019ve won a little over half the time.\u00a0 It seems like you can only play doubles online, but you control both characters, as one is a clone of your Mii, which is weird.\u00a0 Or maybe I haven\u2019t figured out how to change the options yet.\u00a0 In single player mode you can choose to play singles or doubles and the difficulty of the CPU players.\u00a0 You can choose the difficulty of CPU players in the other sports, too, just so you know.<\/p>\n

Badminton<\/strong><\/p>\n

OK, I know that Badminton and Tennis are totally different sports and play differently in real life.\u00a0 But on a video game gameplay scale, aren\u2019t they about the same thing?\u00a0 This one plays a bit faster than the tennis game, though.\u00a0 And it\u2019s always singles, no doubles.<\/p>\n

Chambara<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the sword fighting game from Wii Sports Resort.\u00a0 I guess they changed the name to make it sound less violent.\u00a0 You smack each other with foam swords and you\u2019ll win if you can knock the other player off the pedestal and into the water.\u00a0 It kind of reminds me of that one event from American Gladiators.\u00a0 If that show were still popular I bet we\u2019d have a motion controlled video game of it on the Wii or Switch.\u00a0 You hold down a button to block, and if you are successful, you can stun the other player and have an opening to attack.\u00a0 Anyway you can play the game in one of three ways.\u00a0 Just regular with one sword, a charged sword mode where you can block to charge up a powerful blow, or fight with two swords (using two JoyCons).\u00a0 I\u2019ve probably won the least amount of times with this online.<\/p>\n

Volleyball<\/strong><\/p>\n

This one takes a bit more finesse because you must flip the JoyCon up to bump the ball, as well as jump and block.\u00a0 But you must flip the JoyCon down to spike it.\u00a0 Once you get that down, the game is pretty fun.\u00a0 But it\u2019s still not as good as Beach Spikers on the GameCube.\u00a0 That one was neat.\u00a0 And you could unlock an outfit to make your player look like Ulala from Space Channel 5, and any game with her in it can\u2019t be all bad, right?<\/p>\n

Soccer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hey it\u2019s Rocket League without the cars!\u00a0 Ha ha!\u00a0 With as popular as this sport is internationally, I\u2019m surprised it hasn\u2019t been on Wii Sports before!\u00a0 You kick an oversized ball into a large goal and play on teams of four.\u00a0 Teamwork plays a key here, because you want to usually position yourself for someone to pass the ball to you instead of having everyone chase the ball.\u00a0 But it\u2019s hard since communication is limited online.\u00a0 Some versions of this game come with a leg strap just like the one in Ring Fit Adventures.\u00a0 I\u2019m guessing you\u2019re supposed to put the JoyCon in that to simulate kicking, but you don\u2019t have to if you don\u2019t want to.\u00a0 I would imagine that would cause more accidents by kicking the TV or others anyway!<\/p>\n

Golf<\/strong><\/p>\n

So golf isn\u2019t actually in the game yet, but according to the last Nintendo Direct, they said they\u2019d add it in the fall.\u00a0 Not sure why they couldn\u2019t put it in now to make the game feel like more of a complete package.\u00a0 So I don\u2019t know how it\u2019ll play yet as of this writing, but I think it would be cool if they reused the same courses from Wii Sports and Resort since those were based on classic Nintendo golf games!<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s all of Nintendo Switch Sports.\u00a0 I\u2019d say it\u2019s better than Wii Sports Club, but not as good as the first two games.\u00a0 But I still enjoyed it.\u00a0 One thing I like about the Wii Sports series, as well as other casual games in the group like Wii Play and Wii Music (yes I even liked that one), is how inviting the games are.\u00a0 Nothing feels intimidating and when you play, you\u2019ll always say, \u201cI can do this!\u201d And that\u2019s a good feeling to have!<\/p>\n

Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nintendo Switch Sports is rated E-10 with an ESRB descriptor of Mild Violence.\u00a0 It\u2019s no more violent than the sports they are based on, but you do smack around cartoony people with foam swords and knock them into the water.\u00a0 I\u2019d say parental supervision is recommended for online interactions as well.\u00a0 People can get around filters and make their names a bit off color, and sometimes in the sword fights, I saw people point the sword toward their mouth area and move it back and forth and it looked like something else that I won\u2019t go into here.\u00a0 But other than that it\u2019s mostly safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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