Is Nintendo Switch Sports Really THAT Bad?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 พ.ค. 2022
- I think you'll find he rated it 'Not Bad'
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My main problem is the focus online. This is the one game, that pretty much EVERYONE expects a good local experience.
And it work perfectly locally, it offers the same content as the other Wii sport games
@@Polmo1997 you never played Wii Sports Resort then. 12 games and heaps more modes.
But how many did you actually play?
Whoops, I meant to only reply to the comment above mine, and I can't edit on mobile...
@@Philbyyyy i have a copy of wii sport resort and they have some good local play modes (although "only" 8 games where fun in multiplayer).
But compared to Wii Sport and Club there are no difference to the local offline offering, we have even one extra game (two when golf will be added)
They must add sports we have previously seen such as baseball, table tennis, water sports, and many other fan favorites. If they do this as a free DLC the game will definitely become iconic.
@@reubenaringo8513 who knows golf is already confirmed to be coming
I hate what they are doing with this “finish it later” thing but BETTER LATE THAN NEVER I GUESS.
Free dlc
💯 My fear is Nintendo will try to turn this into a dlc cash machine. I’ll be annoyed if that’s what happened
Instead of women's sports like baseball, they should include men's sports like cricket.
I think what makes this game so mediocre is that it is basically a mini game collection, with only 6 mini games. Wii sports only had a few games too, but each game had a few different ways to play it, making the overall experience feel so full. It’s this difference that makes switch sports feel so lacking in charm and variety, in my opinion (also RIP Miis as the dominant avatar.)
And also, Wii Sports was a) free, b) incredibly unique for the time, and (in my opinion) completely outdone by Wii Sports Resort. Wii Sports isn't lightning in a bottle that can just be captured again 16 years later. Or at least, not without evolving the formula.
Also Wii Sports was “free”. There’s a reason why Wii Sports Resort had LOTS of mini games, because you had to actually pay money for it. Plus it had new hardware bundled with it. This game just seems barebones.
Didjt wii sports resort also include a wii mote though? Or maybe just a wii motion plus add on. For less money than this new switch sports is...ridiculous
@@slenderfoxx3797 Man, can you imagine if this new game came with a special edition pair of joycons? Maybe charge like $60-70? I’d be down for that. But as it stands, I’m gonna wait until it goes on sale.
Don't forget it controls so fucking badly
I really appreciate that you are using the whole score system of 0-10 where mediocre is actually a 5 in the middle and not a 7!
People have different impressions of what is passable. 6 is considered middling by most because people don't want to pay top dollar for something just OK, and anything less is considered just different levels of bad, not worth buying regardless of how not bad.
The 7 medicore thing never made sense to me either.
The main problem is that Wii Sports was sold as a pack-in tech-demo for many people's first video game console of their life. It was one of, if not the, best-selling consoles of their time. A sequel to Wii Sports on a different console would need to be just as valid of a tech demo, and just as accessible for new players. A game like this, releasing at full price, _five_ *_years_* after the Switch's launch... it has absolutely zero of the advantages the Wii game benefitted from. This would be much better suited as a free NSO game, if anything.
In some way this problem is why Miyamoto strongly opposed the released of Wii Sport as a bundle with the Wii (and in the end still vetoed it in Japan, which is the only country in which Wii Sport was not included in the Wii).
He was convinced that peoples would not understand that Wii Sport was much more than a tech demo, and was a full game that demanded enormous amount of work to produce. He was against "giving away for free" a game that in his opinion should have been full price (as much as new entries in the Zelda and Mario franchises).
We can argue whether or not he underestimated how much bundling up Wii Sport would help the Wii to gain the success it had. But given the quality of the Switch Sport games, I think it's clear he wasn't understating the amount of work that was required to create Wii Sport.
It's a game not a tech demo. And it isn't even full price.
While I do agree, it is only £30, which is half the price of a regular switch game and WELL worth it. Same with people complaining about £35 for the expansion pack for NSO, that's a lot less than a single game, and it comes with loads of free DLC, games and good (for nintendo) online connectivity!
@@chlochlo742 Those games are too ancient to rightfully profit from and have issues with how they're being officially emulated, and Nintendo isn't offering a way to permanently own them. And people can do their own portability with the Steam Deck and their own online multiplayer with Parsec. Sure, it's less convenient to do so, but that's on the Steam Deck and emulator makers, not the concepts of Switchlike PCs and emulation themselves, and convenience isn't right to charge for. Nintendo's only charging money for the old games because they want you to perpetually earn the "privilege" of having fun like they're a well-meaning-but-untrusting parent. The online itself is being charged for mainly to make up for the increased cost of physical Switch games compared to physical disc and even physical dedicated portable games, and the new games being somewhat overpriced as a whole is what REALLY funds the online. Nintendo's online isn't exactly going to be the fastest thing to improve, especially with how piracy-paranoid they are.
@@NuiYabuko They said Wii Sports was "sold as" a pack-in tech demo, not that it actually was one.
We've had a blast with it but they really need to add more games 😭 Also, the local multiplayer profile situation sucks 😒
we saw that
and online sucks because they still rely on peer to peer connections rather than their own servers so the game lags for everyone if only one person has a bad connection
@@alabamii nobody's gonna know 🤫
@@itcamefromabox what did he originally say😳
@@OfficialLineOverLine read it again and pay attention to every single letter, how they interact, and the sentence they form.
Remember when Nintendo used to released multiplayer games that were actually finished & weren't half-baked? With tons of content available from the getgo & didn't rely on "free updates?"
Those were the days...
I remember those days that was during the good ol days in the DS,Wii,Wii U,and 3Ds era.
I remember those days. Feels like such a long time ago now! If only Nintendo remembered, too. I really can't stand this "release now and finish later" thing they're doing. Not to mention the fact that customization is locked entirely behind online matches.
The only game that did it right was Splatoon. Any other games that try this just end up failing
@@lionwithglasses8590 Mario strikers too
"A 6 is under expectations" - wholeheartedly agree with that statement, its a fun game but it could and SHOULD have been so much more - WSR was taking the original concept and turning the dial up to 100, SS unfortunately is a step back, and underwhelming :/
As a Wii sports successor, it's great... But it's not just about Wii sports, it's the legacy of Wii sport resort and the 'wii' brand games. The people who were most excited for switch sports wasn't the casual consumer base who bought Wii sports, they've all moved on. It was the dedicated fans, if switch sports had alot of the revamped activities from resorts then I think more people would've been on board with the game.
Mm, that a little selfish to say. Nintendo is a multibillion dollar corporation, they’re not aiming to old players, but to new ones. A lot of the people who bough the game did it for their children and to play in family. That why they changed the mii’s from main character focus. Nintendo don’t give a flying F about fans, they’re more interested in introducing new players to the consoles 🤷🏻♀️
@@dilaisy_loone2846 *kids
I think I'll stick to Clubhouse Games for my casual fix. Lots of iconic board and card games. Plus, it actually has bowling, and darts playable with touch or motion controls. And the best part? It's a full package. No locked content.
I love club house games, but I promise you will have more fun with Switch Sports
It needs more. If they DLC the mess outta this, give it old game modes, give it practice game modes, a Pro System like the OG Wii Sports games had where you can feel progress, and then buff the online experience, they could have a classic. This feels like a foundation game that they can build on, and I hope that they do because it can be so much fun if it becomes as expansive as we know it can be.
I think the game that really suffered the most early on Switch was 1, 2 Switch. That seemed to be like more of a technical demo that should've been a free pack-in, like Wii Sports, but as we've seen recently in Reggie's book, NCL aren't fans of "giving away" their "valuable" software, even if the software isn't as valued by consumers (eg 80%+ critic scores and user ratings across the board, selling millions etc...) as Nintendo think it should be.
Hopefully they can rescue this through QoL and new sport updates, or with a Switch Sports Deluxe/Club Switch Sports/Switch Sports Resort(?) release :p
Fingers crossed for Mario Strikers!
Nintendo was kinda smart to focus on Zelda/Odyssey and avoid veering too close to Wii / Wii U with a focus on 1 2 Switch, but they should have just pre-installed it on the consoles, made it a free download, or sold it physical for like $10. I’d say bundle it with Joycons like Wii Play but the whole point of that game was that you didn’t need more controllers…
You think maybe 1-2-Switch would've been a pack-in or even a free preinstall if Iwata were still alive? I had been arguing that it's not about making bank with Nintendo's persistent monetization of old things, but simply making sure people don't have any fun they hadn't "rightfully earned", believing it to be part of their traditional Japanese moral responsibility, and that's why they continue to be staunchly anti-piracy despite that aspect of them being so hated. They do NOT trust others to behave themselves even though they absolutely should be more lenient. And that's also why they're so scared of online: it's really the whole idea of platform openness they fear. So if Reggie made such a claim about Nintendo, I have no reason to doubt him there regardless of his own motives. But piracy is a bogeyman. If people think you're worth supporting, and they can if you explain things, they'll support you if they can and want. They're not all selfish barbarians who need to be policed during the whole of their mortal existence in order to be cleansed, and Nintendo, let alone the whole world, isn't going to shatter because a bunch of nerds "stole" Super Mario Bros. or whatever. People can know how far is too far, and can still support you later.
"Fingers crossed for Mario Strikers!" That did not aged well
@@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000 li think it’s a great game!
I enjoyed it but the game severely lacks content. Also they’re doing the drip feeding dlc every month or so to keep people interested, which is not a good thing tbh
I have really enjoyed the game so far!
And I think elimination bowling is good because it keeps you from wasting time if you have no chance to beat the players that will be getting strikes and spares when you aren’t.
Whats your experience with nintendo sports games? If this is your first game, your opinion is not valid, sorry. Its a little harsh, but it makes sense considering if you dont know any better then your opinion doesnt have any legitimacy.
@@ducktail4068 any opinion has legitimacy if they played the game. Stop comparing games! Because unless it’s a port, it’s not the same thing 🙄
Yeah I like it too, if they didn’t people would drop after 3 or 4 poor frames rather than complete a hopeless game, which would he worse. I wish they’d added a “full game” mode in addition to elimination though, for the people who would prefer it or want to play that way with friends.
@@ducktail4068 I was actually born on Switch Sports’s release date. It’s the first thing I saw out of the womb, even before my mother.
@@dilaisy_loone2846 "Don't compare game 1 to sequel game!1! Because if it's not a direct port, you can't compare them even though they have the same type of gameplay!!1!1!1!"
That's your logic. Nintendo said nss is a new installment in the wii sports series, so even if it's not a port, it's still fair game.
People are underselling the depth of the soccer dramatically. It’s actually so fun
If people play their positions, it's soooo great.
@@JoeJTSJoe yeah, they never do pass the ball tho. Lower ranks be kicking it anywhere they can🙄
8:32 I have that issue occasionally in Volleyball. It’s because I don’t consciously focus on swinging up straight so my character will do a dive to the left or right depending on where I accidentally yank my arm
One of the things that really made me sad was that some of the features of bowling were removed. The fact that you don't have to let go of the button really kind of simplifies the bowling a little bit too much for me. If I want a granny roll it super slow where it takes a full minute to go down the lane, I should be able to do that. If I want to let it go too late and hear that really loud thud, I should be able to do that. If I want to throw it back at at the crowd behind me I should be able to do that.
I’m having a lot of fun with it! After originally being suspicious of volleyball and soccer (lots of reviews/impressions are less favorable) they’re now two of my favorites. Yes - price/value can be debated (I personally think it should have been free for expansion pack), but when just talking gameplay I think it’s at least a 7. 6 just felt a little low to me - then again, I’m not paid to do the reviews! Nice video guys.
Same here, had an absolute blast with the game and its especially good with friends since you have access to more options there
I just came online searching for positive reviews because I just got the game today and am having a blast! I just realized people are not having the same type of fun that I am having? Glad I came across this comment + the reply. The game is great!
It's great that you're enjoying it! The review actually doesn't say that the game isn't fun, but that its lack of variety (even with easy stuff like changes to the pointing system) hurts it a lot, because you can't do a quick game with someone or a longer session. While less variety in online is understandable, offline mode should offer it. Imagine a Mario Party where you can only do 20 rounds. Hopefully there will be an update that allows such changes.
The game is very very fun. Sometimes I don't realize I've spent over 3 hours in one session of soccer and volleyball online
I really enjoy switch sports... yes, I definitely would've wanted more sports, but I really enjoy my daily hour of online play. We actually celebrated Bayram in class and hooked up my switch. Everyone had a great time with this game...
Byram?
The game has only been out for 1 week and people are already asking for more sports. That's not going to happen so quickly. Nintendo has already confirmed that another sport (golf) is coming but that won't be until the Fall. I'm sure we're going to get more sports beyond that but we're not going to get them as fast as we want. It's unrealistic to think otherwise.
@@ghostxplatinum Should have had more sports from launch. Seriously Resort over ten years ago had more content than a 2022 game it’s fucking sad to see how low Nintendo have stooped
@@seab7553 I don't disagree that there should have been more sports available at launch. It's sad that Nintendo has changed. I'd rather have a complete game on day 1 instead of this too. Hopefully Nintendo abandons this whole "release now, finish later" garbage. They've been doing it for so many years now, I don't see it stopping anytime soon. Oh well I guess...
I think the failure on Nintendos part here is by saying golf is coming in 5-6 months, they're effectively also saying expect no changes to the existing lack of options in everything else in the meantime. - Easy pass for me, from the looks of the game, I'd sooner load of wii sports(/resort) than buy this, and probably have a better time.
that's very true, they should accept the game needs more content and add options
Mario strikers gonna launch the game that is unfinished too
If only the switch used the disc format like the Wii and Wii U, although Wii sports club sucks, since the Wii U is backwards compatible with the Wii, you can just play the original wii sports or wii sports resort
Despite everyone’s thoughts being mixed, I love this game. It’s fun as heck and has much more strategy to it. Wish local play could be played in tabletop with more then 1 person, but I’m happy regardless. Online is really smooth for a Nintendo game and I even got to A rank in badminton. Fun game with the family as it was a blast playing bowling and volleyball together
This is my opinion!
The game is good, no matter what expectations everyone had. This is a wii sport remaster, not a wii sport resort. The controls are not bad, I tested all my joycons and the ones white drift where the only ones where I had problems with accuracy. The online mode is impressive to be.. well, Nintendo. The games have more of a strategy, and you don’t need friends to play it. I loved wii sports, but one of the things I didn’t like was that if my sisters wasn’t with me, it wasn’t gonna be fun unless it was bowling and golf. The rank online system is fine, wish there was a way to completely turn off the special bowling games when playing pro. I love games where there are constant updates and weekly rewards, and it reminds me of animal crossing, specially if they’re gonna make special outfits and accessories for events or holidays.
I wish the online system let you have friends and make teams for soccer, there seems to be hints of a free roaming that was never implemented and I don’t think it’ll ever will, the local play is almost the same as the online, but less fun, and I don’t like that the items are random. Overall, if you’re gonna play with friends, and it’s something that would interest you in the future when they add more content, it’s a good game. Not the best, not great, but good. 7/10 that’ll probably go up as they start to add more and more content. Soon enough, people are gonna forget and stop complaint about it 🤷🏻♀️
I think this sums it up perfectly, the free roaming stuff seems really strange to me too, there's so much trivia about random places you can't actually go to and it feels like it's for something that isn't actually there
@@jumponeverything yeah, it makes it feel incomplete (which it kind of is)
Tennis should've included 3 modes: tennis, badminton, and pickleball. Baseball, boxing, and golf should've come in the base game, and every sport should have 2-3 different modes each.
For contrast, Wii Sports Resort has 12 sports with multiple modes in each sport, giving you endless options to keep you coming back.
In Switch Sports, once you've played each sport once, that's it. There's no more content. Go home.
I got it last week and my wife and I quite enjoyed the game. It's not something I imagine i would enjoy playing for several months in a row but i know it's going to be a game i keep around for when we feel like it or when we're having guests over.
Side note, i totally enjoyed volleyball the most despite watching the review saying it's the least enjoyable sport out of the mix. So I suppose it's a matter of personal preference. I would still give the game 6/10. But did i enjoy it? Yes.
Yea plus the free golf update will definitely help
Just 6 Games + Bad online match making = not worth 40 bucks. 20 bucks at most.
+ bad actual online play
Ive enjoyed it, its not and never will be as good as the original, but that was a masterpiece if we are all being honest. Just REALLY needs more content for a 40$ game.
never say never
Blinded by nostalgia, the only games that matter, tennis and bowling, are wayyyyy better now.
@Dani G80 wii sports was also lacking a lot, and this is obviously gonna have a lot of online support. I guess some people are not into it, but personally I’m exited about it! It’s gonna be like animal crossing. It might be my autism and adhd, but getting new items and new thing in a game from time to time makes it more refreshing that having everything from the get go.
@@dilaisy_loone2846 difference is, wii sports was FREE included with your wii and yet it had mini games for some sports
@@hullstar242 you couldnt be more wrong. This is not a case of nostalgia when the older games objectively had more content. Not to mention they were also FREE including sports resort in certain bundles.
Switch Sports has a lot of style, and does what it does really well. It needs more though. More sports. More offline features. More Matt.
I played it and I love it, but I do agree that it lacks on variety. We should have more options for basically everything
As for the "finish it later" type games, I think the only one that ever did it well was Splatoon 2, at least on the switch. It was a new weapon every single week for I think around a year, new maps every month for like two years, and even after they stopped doing a weapon every week, they moved to 4 weapons every month. It was a constant stream of updates that always kept people coming back because they never left. No other sort of "finish it later" game on switch has really had that level of consistency to keep things interesting.
Big titles such as BOTW, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Smash Bros Ultimate too
Thank you for giving your honest take on the game, I was excited when I saw NSS on the Nintendo Direct live stream, but was on the fence about actually buying it on release because of the whole "drip-feeding of content" concept that Nintendo is so fond of nowadays.
That concept in and of itself became most apparent to me with Animal Crossing New Horizon. So many things that were integral to previous releases weren't implemented for months (swimming, villagers visiting your house, etc), and if it wasn't for the hype of finally getting a main-line AC console release after seven years, then I reckon reviewers would've been harsher with their scoring. There are still game aspects to ACNH that are missing entirely compared to older releases, and we may never get them at all (like more shop upgrades).
Mario strikers is gonna be a hard pass for you too?
I'd say it's alright, but comparing it to the other Sport titles in the series I'd say it's the 3rd best as of right now.
*Pros:*
- Fun way to play with friends, family, or just strangers online or locally.
- Almost all the sports are fun to play.
- The game feels fluid and looks nice.
*Pro/Con:*
- We know that they are planning to add more to the game; either by weekly (accessories) or monthly (new game mode).
*Con:*
- The game feels like a reset; considering their isn't more sports (like boxing) and characters (like Matt) from past series have been left out.
- The game is catered to the online rather than local/single player. Climbing the ranks to play a hard cpu in single player was always fun but challenging to do.
- Playing online sometimes has it's hiccups.
- Every sports doesn't have an extra mode for every sport like battle yourself in tennis, chambra (sword play) showdown or sword play speed slice, and etc.
- You need to equip the Sportsmate, have an account on the switch, and the account needs to have switch online to have the full customization of the character. Guess characters in the game gets nothing but the basics.
At the end, it honestly depends on how one plays and who do they play with.
these cons really make the game seem worse than the other wii sports games and makes me feel more inclined to just ignore switch sports
@@WednesdayMan Again it depends how and who do you play with. Other than that I feel like this game doesn't have the uniqueness of Wii sports games.
*Some examples are:*
- No cool intro like when it's your first time booting Wii Sport Restort you parachute to Wuhu Island
- No unique menu like zooming on your person in Spocco Square like in Wii Sport Resort on Wuhu Island
- Blowing the ball backwards
- Secret 100 pin strike when blowing the ball onto the rail
- Slicing a fruit
- No secret input code to get a unique gear or court like in tennis
- Viewers gets crowded/cheerier when the player is a high rank
- Daytime doesn't change: Night, Morning, Sunset, Noon
There's are a lot more examples but it can be used as a customization option for Switch Sports. Of course this isn't that important, but it's those little details that can make a game more enjoyable, which is why many people say Wii Sports games are amazing.
I agree with Alex about the lack of options, volleyball in real life is best two out of three and in school leagues best three out of five. I was disappointed that there’s no option to play the game for more than 5 points. It just felt like a lack of effort and care went into it. :(
Nintendo Switch Sports isn't bad. The game is only going to get better in time. We know we're getting golf in the Fall and every week (for the next 6 months) there's going to be unlockables to collect while playing online. There's also talk of new sports like basketball and dodgeball coming to the game as well. I'm excited to see where Nintendo Switch Sports will be this time next year.
There are more than 90 sets that we can unlock, according to the data mines. It looks like it’s gonna have a lot of update support like animal crossing
unlockables like different coloured beards, silly little stamps to put on your face!! n oh yeah, don't forget the eye colours!!
man, the reward system is pretty wack imo.. could have improved on it in so many ways but man, this is what they went for?
@@MokuTom bro, you can’t judge it by the first 3 releases out of 100.
@@MokuTom don’t forget new outfits and other customizations such as sports equipment
I agree ☝️ just played it
10:27 This is exactly how I feel about the "modern" Nintendo days. Everything just lacks that charme and feels overly polished.
Same, been a long time Nintendo fan but a lot of the charm is going away. I think it has to do with how they are structuring new developers over in Japan.
@@DougyFreshGames Iwata was a gamer at heart, he put love into his work. Kimishima and Furukawa (the new CEOs) are both business men, they know how to make the most money with their products but don't care about trivial stuff like customization and easter eggs. I think that's at least part of the reason why the Switch menus and everything feels so barebone.
We were warned how Nintendo is gonna charge you in the near future
I'm dissapointed right now. I never had a wii, I have the xbox 360 kinect sports version of this and just bought Nintendo switch sports to try the succesor of the first sports motion controls videogame. Kinect Sports, even being 12 years older, has a lot more content, at least two mini games per sport. In my opinion NSS is the worst of the three (Wii Sports and Kinect Sports)
I am having so much fun with, it’s got ways it could be better obviously but don’t think me and my housemates have gone a day where we’ve not had the ‘Ayo bowling anyone?’ Or putting it on random and 4 of us seeing what comes up. But it definitely has a lot more it could do and I’m hoping when Nintendo sees the popularity they’ll add way more
Really like the style of this game. Spocco Square looks great, characters are cute. Buy in my opinion there just isn’t enough content. Feels like a demo, not a full game. It could have ben sooo much better.. with more sports, free roam, shops..
Yea but the original felt like a demo but was the best game on Wii imo. : )
@@Ray-dl5mp yes but Wii sports was a pack in title and came with the wii. This is a full game that cost 40 bucks and doesn't even have the same amount content as Wii sports.
@@maxleon4402 I agree with that. I’m just not happy they didn’t include baseball or archery. You gotta include all the favorites or at least tell us they are coming. One game we know coming later was weak by Nintendo.
Wuhu island is the goat
@@maxleon4402 its only £30 here. half the price of a regular switch game and it's well worth it
Definitely a 6/10. It's too bareboned to be rated higher.
Watch Mario strikers gonna be less than a 76 on metacritic
The "patching later" method for the current games makes things really unsettling. Why release it after Summer? I wanted to play Golf in summer. Now I have to play Wii Sports.
Then buy a golf game? They never say it was gonna be in release date
Even if they add golf six months later, we would already forget about that because there are other games at the time will be more fun and more content wise
I was excited.
Then I saw there is all of absolutely zero single player content.
If Mario Strikers goes all in on the online play too this year is going to be very bleak.
@@amadeus.7436 the last straw to Nintendo fans
@@amadeus.7436 blame the consumers too over nostalgia buying a name. Look at GTA trilogy definitive edition.
In my opinion Wii Sports was lightning in a bottle that can't strike twice it was perfect for the Wii because the Wii was marketed toward people of all ages and it was popular amongst older people as well who are also more likely to have their own kids and those kids are probably adults with their own children and when they go to visit the grandparents they can all sit and play Wii Sports together only for me it was my Aunt and Uncle that had it. In my opinion it's not as fun to play Wii Sports by yourself or with people online it's best played with people in person.
The game is fine but the only problem is that I'm forced to play online to unlock new customization and how I'm forced to wait every week for new ones that are picked randomly
Seems like user error to me, Alex.
I found Badminton amazing and can control court sending my rivals running back and forth with lobs, spin, drops, smashes, etc. Do you have joy con drift? I’m playing with my white OLED joy cons…
It all feels extremely natural and I’d give the game an 8/10, personally. Loving the game.
I just now had a chance to play the game today. I had a lot of fun with it but yeah, I think the best word to describe how I felt about it is 'limited.' They've had such a long time since Wii Sports/Resorts to figure out what features and game modes we'd like to see added to a sequel....
I did wish you would walk around the square and replace the loot box with money you get from online play and walk to a store that rotates stock each week
I am mostly upset because this game barely even feels like a sequel. Its like they made a new Mario game but literally everything is different except for the fact that Mario is an optional playable character. It doesn’t really expand on past games at all since it has very few options for all the sports, there are no stamps and less sports overall. Not only that the Mii’s are obviously not the main focus as they have less customizability options and unlockable costumes seem to be the main reason why people would want to keep playing the game.
My thoughts on Switch Sports
I enjoy it but I can see that there is a lack in the amount of sports & even the lack of options for each sports like picking the score limit & or removing it & just have it so u can only win if u score x amount of goals ect
I do think $40 ($50 with leg strap & box which btw is insanely high quality) is kinda pushing it a tiny bit as I think $30 would have been better (then $40 for leg strap)
But this game does get me to come back as I like to unlock most if not all the customizations & if you have been keeping up or heard about some of the customizations that have been datamined/leaked they have done themselves pretty good on this particular part of the game
Overall I think once Golf is added & the potential of Dogeball & Basketball it will make the game for those who have yet to pick it up feel alot more worth it
I also hope that when we get Golf that it isn't just a update that adds in 1 sport as I'd like for them to add in challenge modes like how Wii sports had the 100 bowling pins or baseball with the homerun stuff ect
& As for sports I'd like to see get added in the main sport I'd really want is baseball (as I cross my fingers for the next Mario sports game after strikers is a new sluggers🤞🏻) then the only other sports I'd care about would be basketball & boxing anything after would just be bonuses to me
Either way there is fun to be had with this game & we know we will be getting more sports down the road & with summer around the corner where we will be getting lots of gaming news like every summer I'm sure Nintendo will (hopefully) give us more info on what's to come sports wise to this game
9:00 literally the first thing I tried out when I started my first bowling match. Was gravely disappointed :/
One of the best features of ARMS was the online party mode where a group could join up and multiple battles would be set up to get everyone playing. That hasn’t been replicated in any Nintendo game since and that’s a shame. Switch Sports would benefit from it.
Me and my brother got the game yesterday and it’s lots of fun. Online is definitely challenging especially volleyball, but the game definitely kept us busy
Two things about bowling I hate the most is the elimination and special bowling mode. Special bowling is really bs when the game gives you harder obstacles while others around you can get way easier ones.
One detail they added in an attempt to bring charm to the game is a little red bus that travels the Square on 15 minute intervals and it can be seen within some of the sports complexes as it passes by. That being said it feels like too little and would benefit from more details of that variety
its a good game that doesnt feel complete. i also hate how slow new items roll out, it kills so much momentum when i just wanna play and unlock items. i imagine it'll that weeks/ months before we see all the new animal body types
There are a lot of older sports that they could have brought back with new mechanics. One of them is boxing, in which they could add more realistic movements to make the game deeper.
I also don't mind the short online matches with mercy rules. It lowers the chances of rage quitting.
I have a big complaint about how bowling stops all the time to tell you that you're doing it wrong and making you try again even if the ball id halfway down the lane. Seriously wtf
They can add some things with a software update. admittedly, playing badminton in doubles would be nice, maybe they'll add it. I didn't know online only had elimination mode, since haven't played it online yet. They also NEED to add more sports. Boxing was one of my favorites back on the Wii. I'm really sad that it's not in the game. I'd like to see Boxing and Baseball re-added from the Wii. I never played Wii Sports Resort, so I don't know every game that was included in that, but I'd like them to add those too. I'd also like to see them add a training mode like the Wii had.
I’ve been having a blast with this game and am looking forward to future content. No complaints here. I’m smiling and enjoying it every time so far
I believe the variety of games is a little thin. Adding baseball, basketball, disc golf, table tennis, racketball, snowboarders, curling, boxing, skeet shooting and archery would be very nice to add. Not sure why Nintendo had so few spots in this game. Now switch motor sports would be a great game to the switch library with jet skies, airplanes and rally racing to name a few.
I thought your review was great, fantastic to see someone give a considered opinion that isn't just an extension of the marketing. Also really appreciate using a 1-10 scale properly - as you said, a 6 isn't bad. I will probably pick the game up at some point and expect to have a decent time with it, but it's good to know what to expect. Based on the time I spent on the mulitplayer beta, a 6 is what I would expect.
I still can’t believe they used up two spots for Badminton and Tennis in a game that’s dying for content. Those games play almost identically with only slight variances. Badminton should’ve been replaced with Baseball or Golf.
I’m actually surprised people didn’t see from the jump how shallow this game would be. It was fun on the Wii because we’d never had motion controls before, but these shallow “swing the remote” experiences are not fun anymore. Like, what did we expect of bowling exactly? “Roll the ball down the alley” is all bowling ever will be. Badminton and tennis? Two games with nets and rackets. Why were we excited?
I miss the training mini games and the old ranking system. also weird that offline doesn't have a ranking system/champions whatsoever.
This feels like a game that should come free with the nintendo switch as a demo lol.
The reason Wii Sports was so good was because you made a Mii of yourself and then got to play as yourself in a variety of different sports. They had enough depth to make it fun too. It was the fact that it was simple but had depth if you took the time to practice. Golf was easily the best game, but for me bowling was the most fun. I loved playing the 100 pin version. I am kind of sad that they made the characters generic and they don't base it off your Mii should you have one in your profile. The reason Miis worked was because it didn't matter what race or gender you are because they were just cartoon enough to work for everybody's body shape.
In Bowling you don't let go of the button - it's because people in Wii Sports let go, and the controller flew and broke the TV (Most people don't use the strap).
I’ve only done the play test back in February. I thought it was fine, but I also didn’t think it was something I would be playing frequently. I’m glad this isn’t a $59.99 game, but even the $39.99 price seems like a hard ask.
Hell no 40$ is a great price how much lower would you go???
@@tgreg9542 20 to 30. other games before were bundled with a controller or was pack with the console.
@@bakl3467 😂 Sir Mario Party Superstars cost me 59.99$ I only payed 39.99 for Switch Sports. I think that’s fair seeing Switch Sports is way more fun then Mario Party 💯
@@tgreg9542 $40 for a barebones mediocre sports game is low enough for you? Just how irresponsible are Nintendo fans with their wallets?
I've played better and meatier games for $20. Man it really sucks to be a Nintendo diehard.
@@tgreg9542 Also Mario Party being $60 doesn't justify Switch sports being $40. Just accept that Nintendo sold you two barebones games for $100. Mario Party took 2 years to get online play Lmao!
This was what I was afraid of when I first saw people play the game. Hopefully it's more fleshed out in the future but can definitely see it being locked behind NSO +
I bought that and it is really cool,one thing is they could add more sports but we are gratefull for those already added
appreciate this honest review. seems like it's way too common for reviewers, and especially people in casual settings, to use unclear language when describing something that is inferior. If something is substandard, I want to know clearly.
I’ve been really enjoying it! But I totally understand why some are underwhelmed by it. To me, it’s a hit.
They did say that over time that they would add more games to Switch Sports in the summer/fall.
Can you do "drop ball" on volleyball / tennis / badminton??
Hmmm I just bought this game today but haven’t opened it. Maybe I should return it and buy it again next year because by then there might be some updates
Its a decade old (incomplete) tech demo yall are paying 40 for. You could get 2 or 3 incredible indies that actually have effort and passion put in for that
I am aware that your would like to play with other people, but on local mode, you have the ability, in bowling, to play a special mode, which contains walls and bridges, and adds a new experience.
I use to buy almost every 1st party Nintendo game at launch. I no longer do that. With a few exceptions, I wait until these things get a sale (which sometimes means I wait months if not years).
Given how the game design seems to be focused on making the environments somewhat realistic, I can’t figure out how people get on the platform for the sword fighting game.
I have been enjoying the game a lot, and I love the Wii Sports games. I could not agree more about the lack of variety with the games, so hopefully Nintendo will add more modes in future updates. This game and Ring Fit Adventure have kept me moving, and I’m enjoying that aspect of things.
As long as you like multiplayer games it's great and for less than 30 pounds a bargain, as for bowling i usually get a decent long game.
It's good but needs DLC, I've been having a blast with Soccer on-line
Fix for soccer or option make it half court same if they add basket ball. Add emotes when you fist pump and raise your hand IRL.
17:21 - "...more variety in the games than the >>Switch
You don't need the leg strap, get it digital and get it for $40 in the US. For that price and as someone who doesn't have access to a Wii or Wii U it's more than worth it! One more experience to add to the Switch's portfolio, and I am having a ton of fun so far. The controls all feel great to me, especially compared to the Wii and 51CG, and it'll be a blast with the family and friends. Don't let reviews scare you away, if it looks fun it will more than suffice at $40!
I think the complaint is the fact that there isn't a way to get a physical copy without the leg strap (as far as I can tell)
I don't care what score you slap on it. I love it. It's exactly what I wanted- Wii Sports, in HD, on Switch with tabletop mode play. I wouldn't miss this for the world.
Aside from the score you guys gave it, I thought the game was bad from the first trailer I saw from it, the lone fact that the first game was a free launch game (clearly with budget graphics, but it was free) and had boxing was what made it's success imo.
one of the mayor problems is the avatar for local, why cant you use the unlockables for diferent avatar on the same switch? thats a problem for families.
There adding golf but I hope they add more, like baseball or water sports
Bowling down the railing in 100 pin bowling on the wii to hit the button and knock all the pins down is the creativity we need in this game
Hello, i just bought this game today
Is this playable for two players? like vs. mode in one switch? or do i need to played this online?. I just wanted to played this game along with my brother like were enemies. Thank you
Just bought an OLED. Haven’t had a switch since it first came out. I’m gonna wait to buy Switch sports when they add more.
It's not bad, it's just really underwhelming. It lacks most of the charm that made the wii sports series so fun and instead it feels like any other 3rd party sports title (except that its more well made in a technical way). One of my favorite parts was how the world of wii sports and resort felt like a community since all the miis you made and some of the built in ones would show up in the world or background. I just would rather play resort or the original one instead
Not really sure how to word it but a big thing to me was, the island wasn't just a place for the sports. With the Island Flyby, not only could you see locations of the other sports, but the island itself really felt like an actual community, a real lived-in place. If it was real it'd be a place I'd want to visit.
Really wanted 100 pin bowling back
I have a great time playing locally with my family. Most of the negatives are pretty minor to me.
I am enjoying the new Nintendo switch sports. I wish they would have the love wing up system offline and I wish there was boxing and some meat mini games within the games they already have. And I wish it was more options to select when you're playing online by yourself. Besides that I'm still having fun with it. But I always will love the original Wii sports, Wii sports resort and Wii sports club on the Wii U.
I agree there need to be more online options. I came home the other night from a particularly hard day at work and I just wanted to bowl online, and it kept giving me the trick bowling 4 times in a row, I just shut it off after I saw the fifth setup and went to bed slightly angrier. I know I could just play alone, but I wanted to bowl online and just play actual bowling, and I couldn’t. I think that is a mistake.
Is trick bowling the one with the obstacles and stuff?
@@quaxlyquixote4003 yes
@@adambutters1218 Maybe it'll go away if you pause pro mode in the settings? I only started getting the obstacles once I got a ranking
My main issue with the game is simply that they should’ve added more! The six games are quite fun, but I really feel like they should have 10-12. Now, they will probably update it with new games (golf coming in summer), but clubhouse games has 50 games from the start.. that’s the only disappointing thing.
I thought it was great 🤷🏿♂️
Same! Spent all weekend playing it with my sister, such a fun time!
Same! I’ve been having blast.
@@MegaU local play is cool but online play is miserable for everyone if one person in the party has a bad connection
I've been playing it everyday since I got it. Bowling and soccer are easily my favorite sports in the game. I'm also really enjoying chambara and badminton. 🙂
What do we think the leg strap is for? Future games??
The drip feed method isn't great, but at least the sports are fun.
Great party game, would love more bowling modes like the original but I'm enjoying the new games with friends.
The very things that Alex commented are the reason I am waiting on a sale for this game... Popping out Wii Sports Resort in the meantime :)