The groundwork is there and the games well built for the most part. The games are a blast to play, especially with friends and the online is pretty decent (for a Switch game).

I found that in chambara, the sword fighting game, the motion controls kinda suck. My sword always quickly ends up in a different orientation to my controller even after frequent recalibration, although some people I asked said they didn't have this problem so maybe my joy cons are just old and busted.

I also wish that the football gamemode was just a little more fast paced or at least lasted longer. Games too often end with no goals for either team when the teams are well balanced. Still fun though.

The main issue with the game is the lack of content. At launch there are 6 games. That is a whopping 1 more than in Wii Sports that came for free with the Wii in 2006 and HALF of the 12 games that came with Wii Sports Resort in 2009. Nintendo have announced a golf game mode coming in Autumn and I really hope they announce more to come in the near future because it definitely needs it to become the definitive Nintendo sports game. The joy cons are literally perfect for boxing; surely they have to add it in at some point.

What would be great is if they just released a full game's worth of content in the first place, or better yet: released a full game's worth of content in the first place AND announced free updates! I don't think that's too crazy of a thought when you consider Wii Sports Resort sold 33 million copies.

Also who asked for the new avatars

Reviewed on Aug 26, 2022


Comments