{"id":22609,"date":"2022-10-10T00:01:48","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T00:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=22609"},"modified":"2022-09-04T12:28:51","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T12:28:51","slug":"narona-sports-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/10\/narona-sports-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Narona Sports (Switch)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/narona_box\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-22603\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/NARONA_BOX-150x68.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"68\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/NARONA_BOX-150x68.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/NARONA_BOX.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Play a handful of sports in colorful 2-D areas with Narona Sports on Switch. \u00a0Unlike most sports games, where you view the action in 3-D or in top down fashion, here it\u2019s a side scrolling affair and kind of reminds me of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/21\/kungfu-kickball-switch-ps4-xbox-one-pc\/\"><strong>a game I reviewed earlier this year called Kung-Fu Kickball<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 You\u2019ll play games like Soccer, Basketball, Volleyball, and even some I\u2019ve never heard of like Ulama and Basque Ball.<\/p>\n<p>Controls in all the sports are super simple.\u00a0 Run around with the control stick, press down to slide on hills, and use a jump button to bump and hit the ball.\u00a0 Most of the games have you do this to get a ball into a goal, whether it be on the ground, in the air, or on a wall, depending on the sport.\u00a0 You can compete in single matches or do a tournament with a set number of matches per random sport.<\/p>\n<p>The main problem I had was with the controls.\u00a0 You are forced to play with a JoyCon on its side, so it makes it really hard to play in handheld mode for single players.\u00a0 I wish they would\u2019ve allowed you to have more control options.\u00a0 And the simple gameplay is a curse, too, as I never felt like I had full control of the ball when playing.\u00a0 Also, you unlock new sports and characters by playing, but it never saved my progress when I would stop.\u00a0 So all that made this one very frustrating.\u00a0 Only get this one if you are planning to do multiplayer only.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/narona_screen\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22604\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/NARONA_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/NARONA_SCREEN.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/NARONA_SCREEN-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/NARONA_SCREEN-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nothing violent or objectionable here.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, but not necessary just to play.\u00a0 Narona Sports is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play a handful of sports in colorful 2-D areas with Narona Sports on Switch. \u00a0Unlike most sports games, where you view the action in 3-D or in top down fashion, here it\u2019s a side scrolling affair and kind of reminds me of a game I reviewed earlier this year called Kung-Fu Kickball.\u00a0 You\u2019ll play games 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