![]() Gaming novices won’t have any trouble navigating through the activity and character customisation screens, meaning just about anyone can play, as getting into a game is done quickly with minimal fuss. Broadly speaking though, the aesthetic of Nintendo Switch Sports is clean, sharp, and what you’d expect from a first-party Nintendo game. The sun-drenched city acts only as a hub for you to cycle through menus to select the activities it would have been nice to have something a little more interactive. While the sunny location of Spocco Square looks like it’s been pulled straight from a holiday brochure in the Splatoon universe, you’re unfortunately not able to interact with the setting. The new avatar designs won’t be to everyone’s taste either, but at least there are multiple options. Though the Mii characters can look horribly out of place, it’s still entertaining to play against some horrific creations online. I also tried importing a Mii by scanning an amiibo and, sure enough, one that I made years ago sprung up on-screen. When importing a Mii saved to your Nintendo Switch system, you’ll be greeted with a questionable bobblehead-looking avatar. Netting points via online play also grants the player access to even more pre-set nicknames I scored enough points in a simple minigame on the credit screen which added another selection, for example, so be on the lookout for that easy win! Another cool inclusion is the ability to choose a nickname by selecting phrases and names from a pre-set list. You’re able to dress your sportsperson in different coloured clothing, change their hairstyle, eye colour, eyebrows, skin tone, and tweak their age thanks to a nifty, easy-to-use menu. Each player can opt to either import their own Mii head or to make a unique customisable avatar. Something that is sure to divide players is the new character customisation features. This is not to say that Nintendo Switch Sports isn’t a tonne of fun to play, it’s just that there’s simply not enough of it. Even in multiplayer, you can’t keep track of who is the sporting champion in the same household. ![]() Admittedly, the CPU can offer a tough challenge when you crank it up to the max difficulty, yet there’s no reward for beating them. There’s no way of tracking your progress, and nothing is recorded apart from Bowling high scores, plus, there’s no leaderboard in sight. In addition, each sport has an extremely limited list of modes available to play, meaning that offline solo players in particular can blast through every activity within a couple of hours on all three CPU difficulties. Sure, Nintendo is planning to release Golf later in the year as free DLC, but what’s on offer straight out of the box is all too familiar Bowling plays similarly to what’s found in Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics, and Tennis is, well, very much how you remember it was. Offline, local multiplayer, and singleplayer modesįocussing firstly on the offline modes, ultimately, Nintendo Switch Sports does little in the way of providing players with much content to play with. Nintendo deciding to release Nintendo Switch Sports this late into the Switch’s life cycle remains a bit of a mystery, though playing on and offline with friends and opponents from across the globe helps to breathe new life into something that no longer feels like a gimmick. That’s not to say it’s been completely forgotten though, far from it Ring Fit Adventure made exercise fun with the awesome and effective Ring-Con peripheral, ARMS created an innovative new fighting game experience, 1-2-Switch got everyone hilariously pretending to milk cows, Splatoon 2 brought back gyro-aiming, and there are a fair few third party games available to get players off the couch as well. Nintendo’s focus on motion controls has somewhat waned over the years when compared to the Wii era, but one of the unique initial selling points of the Nintendo Switch Joy-Con was the improved, yet familiar, ability to use real-life movements to control stuff on-screen. Note: This review has been amended from a ‘review in progress’ to now include a full analysis of the offline, online, and local multiplayer modes, plus a final score. Does Nintendo Switch Sports recapture the joy of motion controls that the original Wii Sports graced us with, or does the limited number of modes and a £30+ price tag feel more like a con? Let’s find out. ![]() Six activities are available at launch, both old and new, to get you swinging, kicking, swiping, and jabbing your trusty Joy-Con on and offline. It’s been nearly nine years since the release of Wii Sports Resort, and we’ve finally received a new outing for the series.
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