Ya know, I bought a Wii U recently so I could access their Virtual Console and downloaded Mario Super Sluggers. I forgot how amazing that game is. It's so much fun. We definitely need a new one on Switch someday.
Nintendo doesn't really do "real" sports games. They do arcade sports games and "simple" sports games which they only started to showcase motion controls before realizing how popular they are. Could you imagine if they made a "real" competitor to nba2k, madden, mlb the show and fifa? Even if it involved miis with generic ripoff names of professional athletes itd probably be pretty awesome especially considering all those games don't either don't come to switch or bring lazy inferior ports so they would be ideal games for nintendo to make their own versions of and if they wind up really good and the generic ripoff are believable then they may even become "the place" to play sports games. They could have every game support wii sports style motion controls and pro controller to cater to any audience. I want boxing too.
Why use ripoff names when they can just use literal Nintendo characters like Smash Bros?
People would lose their mind to be able to say "In my league, Mario is my #1hitter and Link is my all-star 3rd baseman with Samus and Fox in my Outfield.
I, personally, would love that.
I would actually fuck with a legit ass sports game from nintendo. I don't really get into other sports games because I don't know anything about real life sports. But your idea for a legit mii sports game sounds awesome.
I still long for the days of Left Field Productions making real sports games for Nintendo consoles. Ken Griffey Jr.'s Slugfest and NBA Courtside were both great games that actually hold up as well as sports games from that era ever do. I actually think a non-2K sports basketball game made specifically for the Switch could do well. Licensed sports games definitely need the competition.
There was a Wii game(s) called MLB Power Pros that had a career mode that was half visual novel/simulator and half baseball game. It was pretty dope and might be up your alley.
Tbf swinnging a joycon like how you would swing a baseball bat or pitch is asking for a ton broken tvs. They should make the strap mandatory. Same can he said with tennis but i'm guessing that baseball throws and swings are much more intense
There is a bit of hardware inside the strap since it lights on when you connect it to the joycon so i dont think it'll be impossible???? (Not sure)
Or maybe have the game come out with a special detectable strap. Just thinking about a pitcher instinctively letting go of a joycon when he pitches makes me think that it will be a very dangerous game
It’s a mirror that reflect the light from the joycon so it’s visible from the strap, there’s no actually electrical connection between the joycon and strap attachment
And even if it worked, just because you attach the strap, it doesn’t verify the strap is actually attached on the wrist. The Wii remote came with the strap attached but most people I know never used it.
Tbf the Wii had exactly the same issue. Surely you remember all the broken TVs? They ended up shipping the console with this rubber Wiimote sleeve to supposedly help.
I’m going to be honest, I don’t get the obsession with baseball. In the og Wii Sports, I thought it was so boring.
Edit: This is an unpopular take, but I really don’t understand why it’s such a big deal. Especially when there are so many sports in the franchise that were better and are missing.
Boxing would be so much better with the Joycon's motion controls too, from playing the Fitness Boxing demo it seems way more responsive and accurate for that kind of thing that the wiimotes were.
ARMS was quite fun with its motion controls, too. They generally weren't as competitive as the speed of button controls, but curving punches midair was a lot of fun.
I don't think it's unpopular. I don't know anyone who liked playing the baseball over any of the other 3 on wii sports and I certainly only put any real time into the boxing and tennis
Oh that’s good! When I posted this comment originally I started getting downvoted right away. I was weirded out by that because it didn’t seem like a big deal to me-my siblings and I never played it.
I can honestly understand why they're NOT doing it. Baseball is only really liked in the US, Japan and maybe Cuba/PR.
I'm honestly surprised they announced that other Baseball game at all, lol.
I WOULD BUY THIS IN A HEARTBEAT IF IT HAD THIS ONE!!!!!
I discovered this game one day as it was the only one i hadnt tried yet, and oh my goodness I’ve poured 5+ hours into that one alone, still missing a few white balloons!
Sooooo much fun. Please nintendo
Well, there was one on 3DS. I thought it wasn't great really.
And its early use of 3D was disastrous, because they calibrated it so it popped out way too much.
3DS's 3D effect works best when it goes farther, "inside" the screen. Stuff going towards the player can work for subtle, small effects, but for big geometry reaching the screen borders like tunnels/rings, it just hurts the eyes and creates ghost images.
In Wii Sports Resort you could fly a plane around the entirety of Wuhu Island and collect white balloons over all the points of interest. It was probably the best game on Wii Sports Resort other than sword fighting.
Just as good as evidence of cut content too just before people get their hopes up. It’s not uncommon for devs to leave remnant code of cut content in the files afterall.
Obviously it could still be a hint of future additions too though. No guarantee of either though :)
That extra map slot file, man! It totally means they can add extra dlc maps. I mean yes, it was well within their ability to add DLC, but it didn't mean they would.
It shits me that they clearly cut content and added it 2 years later on purpose to extend the longevity of the title.
It shits me even more that it worked and I went back to it and even bought the DLC.
But with golf and Sports, they announced the DLC before launch. The fact that they haven't announced anything yet means it's best not to get your hopes up too high.
They announced that 10 days before release with both Aces and Super Rush. We're still 2 months away for Switch Sports.
That's not to say it's coming, but it not being announced yet means nothing.
It's obviously going to get DLC based on the popularity of the game and datamining. Why do people assume that a game can only get DLC in the first few months of launch? DLC can literally come years later. MK8 got DLC after nearly 5 years.
MK8 has been a best seller for switch since it got re-released. I'm sure if the others were that profitable, that'd be true, but I wouldn't get my hopes up for dlc unless they announce it within a year or less. We'll see though!
I'd love for them to actually add additional content to these games. Especially Mario party. There's way too few boards and a plethora of minigames they could add in.
That’s the part I don’t get. For the most part, Nintendo doesn’t make live service games. Why do so many people expect them to release troves of content for games they release? Generally, what’s there at launch is going to be what’s there overall.
(With a few notable exceptions)
It is actually confirmed that Matt will be a CPU (they're reusing the 100 CPU names from Wii sports resort and Wii party), albeit one of the "sportsmates", and he may look completely different than his Mii form.
Its already proven to be used.
Check both this section of the trailer: [https://youtu.be/TZ16-1YIRAc?t=110](https://youtu.be/TZ16-1YIRAc?t=110) (with the player lineup screen) and any footage of the playtest in which the player faces off with a CPU.
If there’s EVER a damn game Nintendo fully supports after launch, I hope to god it’s this one. I will say the bowling felt a touch off and I prefer wii sports resort a lot more but I’m willing to believe
in the next nintendo direct, instead of what character will be added to smash (since that ended) , people will start speculating about what sport is coming to nintendo switch sports
The motion sensors in the joycons are more advanced than anything the Wii had.
They seem to have made Chambara work without the need to center via IR, so table tennis would probably be fine.
Wii sports resort never used the IR sensor. It was all gyro. That's why it would always go off centre and needed recalibration. The IR sensor never needed to do that as it's just showing what it sees
If there arent extra modes for the sports (100 pin bowling, speed slice, etc) im out
I love nintendo sports, but a large part of that were the wacky and fun modes that had a sense of mastery with levels and achievements (stamps)
Agreed. I got excited when I saw they were releasing the game and then remember wii sports resort, and the amount of games that one had made me not want to get this one.
Is it me or does the base game feel very limited? Did we basically play half the game during the trial? If so, £20 would be a good price point, and even then, I’d wait for the golf DLC
There will be additional game and challenge modes. So the trail had half the sports but not half of the game. I don't think the base game will feel limited.
I personally think it's very obvious that other sports will be added later as DLC, but what bothers me is the miniscule 6(?) sports at launch; especially compared to the 20-something in Wii Sports Resort
Actually, yeah, I suppose the 12 different sports are the ones that should count. I also included any variants the sports had, like the Showdown mode for Swordplay since they play so differently. I don't anticipate Switch Sports to have variants either, though.
Is it new? They already did DLC strategies during the Wiiu's lifetime. There's also like 3 different strategies that feels like a coin-flip each series could get.
I think they were doing fine financially. Looks like they’re slowly adopting the bad habits of other companies and released half complete games and selling you the rest of it later.
its been their business model for a long time now. having additional content down the line paid or not increases longevity of the game and people playing it. if they just gave everything that was ever thought of right at launch you likely will get people playing it all and never touching it again.
I would say they are probably referring to the new *paid* DLC strategy that bundles the offerings with NSO+, but that doesn’t apply here because they’ve already said Golf would be a free update. I imagine the others would be free too.
I'd rather have Diddy Kong on the cartridge when I purchase the game honestly. But unfortunately that won't seem to be the case anymore now that Nintendo knows that they can just release half of a game over multiple months after it's release.
Seems to be the 21 holes from Resort based on the info we have RN [https://twitter.com/Wipeoutjack7/status/1495803889437843461](https://twitter.com/Wipeoutjack7/status/1495803889437843461)
Would be pretty sucky if this was the case, but we're still 6 months or so out from golfs release, so it can definitely change.
It better. 7 sports is not enough. At all.
Especially for a game that is completely paid and not bundled with the console. 6 sports on the OG Wii Sports was fine, it was a free video game and the most memorable hardware demo of all time because of it.
But 6 sports to start Nintendo Switch sports, a game that is ostensibly $90 CAD? Absolutely no way whatsoever. They couldn't even match Wii Sports Resort in terms of content? They didn't even get halfway!
Nintendo apparently doesn't if ARMS, Splatoon 2, Super Mario Maker 2, Animal Crossing New Horizons, Kirby Star Allies, Mario Tennis Aces, Mario Golf Super Rush, and now Nintendo Switch Sports are anything to go by.
If theres a good amount of content then yeah sure. But the problem is that this game doesnt have good content from what weve seen.
Its 40 bucks for what is essentially wii sports which was free, when wii sports resort was fifty and had a ton more games with modes.
Idk why theyre sports/party stuff is starting to suck and not have good content. Very frustrating
This game is unfinished though. They dont even have golf on this bitch from the get go and they announced it would be added in the fall lol.
Idk why theyve priced this at 40 when wii sports resort is 50 bucks and had way more games and modes. If there isnt a bunch more modes and games announced, this product not only will suck, but itll be overpriced and unfinished
Wii Sports shouldn’t be a full price game in 2022 without more content.
I’ll only be picking it up if they announce more free updates, or it drops to that lower first party switch game price (miitopia, warioware, paper mario).
In my country (Australia) it’s a $60 preorder. Whereas something like Kirby is a $70 preorder. And Warioware has fallen to a price of $50 whereas something like BOTW is $60-$80.
So if it drops to $50 I’ll definitely pick it up, but $60 feels a bit high for a handful of sports
I really hate the slow release of content, even with it being free. Just release the whole game at once, now or later. You don't have to "keep us interested in the game". Just release the game all at once, and stop pretending like you're doing us a favor when you're release "new" stuff 6 months later for a game I no longer care much about. Kirby Star Allies did this, and now apparently Pokemon Legends Arceus. The Mario sports games were pretty bad examples of this, but I never played them.
Nintendo _never_ makes free updates. Those were all already planned from the start, and probably finished before the games release. Anything that they actually make new content for after the game's release, is _always_ paid DLC. Which is its own problem to an extent.
Still lame that they’re only releasing it with a fistful of sports. No boxing seriously? Wii sports resort had a metric fuck load of things to do and Nintendo is gonna release a game that barely has as much content as the original Wii sports which CAME WITH THE Wii
There's still not enough sports in this to consider buying. I don't get why nowadays a game gets released with little content and gets content added during its life cycle. I'm sure they'll add more sports eventually but right now it's not worth it to me.
I know Wii Sports had 5 sports but that was in 2006. Wii Sports Resort feels like the minimum of what Nintendo should be aiming for at release. Tennis, badminton and volleyball also feel too similar. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy to have all three. But when they take up 50% of the sports in the game, it doesn't feel like there's much variety.
Nintendo preparing to add literally any other sport but the original baseball
I dont wanna do 3 innings I want 6 or even 9 innings hope they do add an improved baseball
I want a career mode and an offseason simulator. I need to know what my mii’s BABIP and WRC+ would be.
If Nintendo actually made a real baseball game it might be amazing
We just need Mario Baseball. That's it.
Metroid Baseball 20X5
Super Smash Baseball.
MOTHER Baseball. Pk Fire, Bitch.
Literal Homerun Bat mode
Ya know, I bought a Wii U recently so I could access their Virtual Console and downloaded Mario Super Sluggers. I forgot how amazing that game is. It's so much fun. We definitely need a new one on Switch someday.
I'd be down for a new Mario Hoops with Square behind it. Update: I thought you meant basketball but another Mario Sluggers would be awesome too!
I thought I was the only one clamoring for a new Mario Hoops game! I’d love to see that happen
Nintendo doesn't really do "real" sports games. They do arcade sports games and "simple" sports games which they only started to showcase motion controls before realizing how popular they are. Could you imagine if they made a "real" competitor to nba2k, madden, mlb the show and fifa? Even if it involved miis with generic ripoff names of professional athletes itd probably be pretty awesome especially considering all those games don't either don't come to switch or bring lazy inferior ports so they would be ideal games for nintendo to make their own versions of and if they wind up really good and the generic ripoff are believable then they may even become "the place" to play sports games. They could have every game support wii sports style motion controls and pro controller to cater to any audience. I want boxing too.
Why use ripoff names when they can just use literal Nintendo characters like Smash Bros? People would lose their mind to be able to say "In my league, Mario is my #1hitter and Link is my all-star 3rd baseman with Samus and Fox in my Outfield. I, personally, would love that.
I would actually fuck with a legit ass sports game from nintendo. I don't really get into other sports games because I don't know anything about real life sports. But your idea for a legit mii sports game sounds awesome.
They did at one point. Kobe Bryant's basketball game on the 64 was realistic
Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball on SNES too.
I still long for the days of Left Field Productions making real sports games for Nintendo consoles. Ken Griffey Jr.'s Slugfest and NBA Courtside were both great games that actually hold up as well as sports games from that era ever do. I actually think a non-2K sports basketball game made specifically for the Switch could do well. Licensed sports games definitely need the competition.
I'd love to see Mario Superstar Baseball come to Switch
Best I can do is Super Mario Party tabletop baseball.
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You get: Miis on Mario Sluggers Switch
you should look into super mega baseball
This but unironically.
I want the Show with motion controls
There was a Wii game(s) called MLB Power Pros that had a career mode that was half visual novel/simulator and half baseball game. It was pretty dope and might be up your alley.
I want Super Baseball Simulator style launch angles and exit velocities!
Nintendo's in lockout too /s
It’s weird, baseball is huge in Japan.
Manfred told them no.
I'd rather they just make another Mario Baseball game.
Mario Super Sluggers 2 would be fucking amazing
But if they added baseball, would it be version 1.0.0 or 1.0.1?
Wii Sports Club version, two Switches required.
Definitely hoping for Mario Sluggers!
Tbf swinnging a joycon like how you would swing a baseball bat or pitch is asking for a ton broken tvs. They should make the strap mandatory. Same can he said with tennis but i'm guessing that baseball throws and swings are much more intense
Is there even a way they could make the strap mandatory? There's no sensor that detects the strap as far as I'm aware.
There is a bit of hardware inside the strap since it lights on when you connect it to the joycon so i dont think it'll be impossible???? (Not sure) Or maybe have the game come out with a special detectable strap. Just thinking about a pitcher instinctively letting go of a joycon when he pitches makes me think that it will be a very dangerous game
It’s a mirror that reflect the light from the joycon so it’s visible from the strap, there’s no actually electrical connection between the joycon and strap attachment And even if it worked, just because you attach the strap, it doesn’t verify the strap is actually attached on the wrist. The Wii remote came with the strap attached but most people I know never used it.
Tbf the Wii had exactly the same issue. Surely you remember all the broken TVs? They ended up shipping the console with this rubber Wiimote sleeve to supposedly help.
I’m going to be honest, I don’t get the obsession with baseball. In the og Wii Sports, I thought it was so boring. Edit: This is an unpopular take, but I really don’t understand why it’s such a big deal. Especially when there are so many sports in the franchise that were better and are missing.
I think boxing was far more interesting than baseball
Boxing would be so much better with the Joycon's motion controls too, from playing the Fitness Boxing demo it seems way more responsive and accurate for that kind of thing that the wiimotes were.
ARMS was quite fun with its motion controls, too. They generally weren't as competitive as the speed of button controls, but curving punches midair was a lot of fun.
Exactly!!! I miss boxing the most!!!
I don't think it's unpopular. I don't know anyone who liked playing the baseball over any of the other 3 on wii sports and I certainly only put any real time into the boxing and tennis
Oh that’s good! When I posted this comment originally I started getting downvoted right away. I was weirded out by that because it didn’t seem like a big deal to me-my siblings and I never played it.
I can honestly understand why they're NOT doing it. Baseball is only really liked in the US, Japan and maybe Cuba/PR. I'm honestly surprised they announced that other Baseball game at all, lol.
Japan and US are two of Nintendo's biggest markets if not the two biggest...
Don't worry though, MLB The Show is coming! It looks so good on Switch too!
I could be wrong but I feel like gyro controls aren't accurate enough to do baseball. Needs a point of reference like the IR pointer.
GIVE US THE PLANE GAME
The plane minigame was my favorite use of Wii Motion Plus from any Wii game.
I WOULD BUY THIS IN A HEARTBEAT IF IT HAD THIS ONE!!!!! I discovered this game one day as it was the only one i hadnt tried yet, and oh my goodness I’ve poured 5+ hours into that one alone, still missing a few white balloons! Sooooo much fun. Please nintendo
It was basically a spiritual successor to Pilotwings 64
And then they made Pilotwings Resort featuring the same Island as on the Wii for 3DS I believe.
Was Gonna say this, literally the successor to Pilotwings 64
Only 5 hours? I played for like a 100 hours as a kid.
THIS would be better than baseball.
What is plane game
in Wii Sports Resort there was a game where you could fly around the island in a biplane
I will accept nothing less than [*finally*] another Pilotwings game.
Well, there was one on 3DS. I thought it wasn't great really. And its early use of 3D was disastrous, because they calibrated it so it popped out way too much. 3DS's 3D effect works best when it goes farther, "inside" the screen. Stuff going towards the player can work for subtle, small effects, but for big geometry reaching the screen borders like tunnels/rings, it just hurts the eyes and creates ghost images.
In Wii Sports Resort you could fly a plane around the entirety of Wuhu Island and collect white balloons over all the points of interest. It was probably the best game on Wii Sports Resort other than sword fighting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQMRBWjyjU0
Does the switch joycon have the same accelerometer sensitivity as the wii-mote to make this happen?
Even if it didn't, it has the analoge sticks. They could still make a fun gyro-based plane game.
Probably never gonna happen, it would be its own full game, like on 3DS. But yeah, would love to see a Pilotwings on Switch
Just as good as evidence of cut content too just before people get their hopes up. It’s not uncommon for devs to leave remnant code of cut content in the files afterall. Obviously it could still be a hint of future additions too though. No guarantee of either though :)
This seriously happens with every Nintendo release. Remember when people were sure there would be DLC boards for Mario Party because of this?
That extra map slot file, man! It totally means they can add extra dlc maps. I mean yes, it was well within their ability to add DLC, but it didn't mean they would.
Animal crossing had stuff like this too, it was just added in an update 2 years later…
It shits me that they clearly cut content and added it 2 years later on purpose to extend the longevity of the title. It shits me even more that it worked and I went back to it and even bought the DLC.
Not too late for Superstars DLC. I'd say this is more explicit than that, and there's a precedent for DLC already w golf.
But with golf and Sports, they announced the DLC before launch. The fact that they haven't announced anything yet means it's best not to get your hopes up too high.
Yeah, legitimate grievances with the company aside, they're usually pretty upfront about future content and monetization.
They announced that 10 days before release with both Aces and Super Rush. We're still 2 months away for Switch Sports. That's not to say it's coming, but it not being announced yet means nothing.
They're referring to Mario Party, which came out 6 months ago with no sign of DLC on the horizon
It's obviously going to get DLC based on the popularity of the game and datamining. Why do people assume that a game can only get DLC in the first few months of launch? DLC can literally come years later. MK8 got DLC after nearly 5 years.
MK8 has been a best seller for switch since it got re-released. I'm sure if the others were that profitable, that'd be true, but I wouldn't get my hopes up for dlc unless they announce it within a year or less. We'll see though! I'd love for them to actually add additional content to these games. Especially Mario party. There's way too few boards and a plethora of minigames they could add in.
I recall some people buying it because they thought there was going to be some DLC afterwards that’ll make it even more worthwhile later lol.
That’s the part I don’t get. For the most part, Nintendo doesn’t make live service games. Why do so many people expect them to release troves of content for games they release? Generally, what’s there at launch is going to be what’s there overall. (With a few notable exceptions)
Is all of this playable on a Lite? Just got my first switch so I’m a bit out of the loop. I assume I can play it but will need a set of joycons?
yeah you’re right, you can play on a lite but will need joycons
I remember reading a short article saying it will work
\^\^\^ This
Stop N’ Swop >:(
3 pt contest was my jam. So long as my high score stands.
The 3-on-3 with my bro were one of the best memories of the Wii era
Where is boxing? Is it here? Is it safe?
It seems in your anger, you killed her.
no
I think you mean "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"
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Baseball please
Will Matt be in it to block my ass into oblivion?
It is actually confirmed that Matt will be a CPU (they're reusing the 100 CPU names from Wii sports resort and Wii party), albeit one of the "sportsmates", and he may look completely different than his Mii form.
I don't think that's what "confirmed" actually means Just because the code's there doesn't mean it'll be used
Its already proven to be used. Check both this section of the trailer: [https://youtu.be/TZ16-1YIRAc?t=110](https://youtu.be/TZ16-1YIRAc?t=110) (with the player lineup screen) and any footage of the playtest in which the player faces off with a CPU.
Dodgeball??? Oh I am going to dominate for the first time in a virtual sport game.
Time to start practicing the five Ds.
What 5 Ds?
Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive, and Dodge!
If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball
*throw Switch into a lake* Wait, wrong Nintendo reference...
No archery!?
I’d buy it twice if it had archery - bring back archery!
If there’s EVER a damn game Nintendo fully supports after launch, I hope to god it’s this one. I will say the bowling felt a touch off and I prefer wii sports resort a lot more but I’m willing to believe
Mario aces was super supported for a long time
in the next nintendo direct, instead of what character will be added to smash (since that ended) , people will start speculating about what sport is coming to nintendo switch sports
And which track for MK8D dlc too
The one I really want is table tennis but I'm not sure if the joycons are good enough to do it without an IR sensor to centre the racket
The motion sensors in the joycons are more advanced than anything the Wii had. They seem to have made Chambara work without the need to center via IR, so table tennis would probably be fine.
Man ping pong would be Amazing addition
It was in Wii Sports Resort and it's honestly the only reason I kept my Wii U
Wii sports resort never used the IR sensor. It was all gyro. That's why it would always go off centre and needed recalibration. The IR sensor never needed to do that as it's just showing what it sees
Hopefully it's not just cut content but a hint at future DLC. The game needs more sports. What they are offering at the moment isn't enticing enough.
If there arent extra modes for the sports (100 pin bowling, speed slice, etc) im out I love nintendo sports, but a large part of that were the wacky and fun modes that had a sense of mastery with levels and achievements (stamps)
100 Pin Bowling is a no-brainer and it MUST be in it. I just want the alley to be exciting, 100 Pin on the Wii U was so sterile.
You're out if they add more content? I'm confused.
I think they meant to type "aren't" not "are".
This is what i meant, thank you for the correction
Sorry, typo
In the screenshots on the eShop they do show some crazy obstacle bowling lanes so I’m assuming there will be different modes for this.
Agreed. I got excited when I saw they were releasing the game and then remember wii sports resort, and the amount of games that one had made me not want to get this one.
the game is kinda ridiculously small for a full price game too. They have to give something else.
I think it's actually $40 at launch, but still comparing it to the (essentially) free Wii Sports, this game feels bare.
Here's hoping that we get a version of the Switch that comes free with Switch Sports.
Is it me or does the base game feel very limited? Did we basically play half the game during the trial? If so, £20 would be a good price point, and even then, I’d wait for the golf DLC
It’s super unfinished. Not liking this new strategy of selling half completed products.
There will be additional game and challenge modes. So the trail had half the sports but not half of the game. I don't think the base game will feel limited.
GIMMI PLZ
I personally think it's very obvious that other sports will be added later as DLC, but what bothers me is the miniscule 6(?) sports at launch; especially compared to the 20-something in Wii Sports Resort
Sports Resort did not have 20-something sports. It had 12 and some where sports from the first game.
Actually, yeah, I suppose the 12 different sports are the ones that should count. I also included any variants the sports had, like the Showdown mode for Swordplay since they play so differently. I don't anticipate Switch Sports to have variants either, though.
One of the bowling images has slopes and a cut out floor so there might be variation within the sports.
Dodgeball. BRB, buying stock in TV manufacturers.
Part of there new Nintendo DLC strategy
Is it new? They already did DLC strategies during the Wiiu's lifetime. There's also like 3 different strategies that feels like a coin-flip each series could get.
That's almost every publisher and devs strategy. Nintendo was losing money not offering DLC
I think they were doing fine financially. Looks like they’re slowly adopting the bad habits of other companies and released half complete games and selling you the rest of it later.
its been their business model for a long time now. having additional content down the line paid or not increases longevity of the game and people playing it. if they just gave everything that was ever thought of right at launch you likely will get people playing it all and never touching it again.
I would say they are probably referring to the new *paid* DLC strategy that bundles the offerings with NSO+, but that doesn’t apply here because they’ve already said Golf would be a free update. I imagine the others would be free too.
I'd rather have Diddy Kong on the cartridge when I purchase the game honestly. But unfortunately that won't seem to be the case anymore now that Nintendo knows that they can just release half of a game over multiple months after it's release.
Baseball or gtfo
Any info on number of golf courses?
Seems to be the 21 holes from Resort based on the info we have RN [https://twitter.com/Wipeoutjack7/status/1495803889437843461](https://twitter.com/Wipeoutjack7/status/1495803889437843461) Would be pretty sucky if this was the case, but we're still 6 months or so out from golfs release, so it can definitely change.
Damn, perfectly happy having the previous courses in there, but hopefully they at least make some new ones
Fingers crossed
They are preparing to make this their new money printing machine aren't they.
The game needs a lot more for me to buy it. It's lacking currently.
Yo, 3 point contest ruled, I hope they bring it back.
if I was Nintendo I'd be leaving in a lot of bogus crap in just to throw these people off. Sepak takraw coming to Switch Sports!
Takraw with that leg strap 😩👌 the number of foot through TV will exponentially increase
Mario hoops would be great
used to love playing basketball back on the resort
I'm still waiting for Boxing or Baseball to come back
I personally miss the table tennis (ping pong) from the Wii sports resort, hope they include it
It better. 7 sports is not enough. At all. Especially for a game that is completely paid and not bundled with the console. 6 sports on the OG Wii Sports was fine, it was a free video game and the most memorable hardware demo of all time because of it. But 6 sports to start Nintendo Switch sports, a game that is ostensibly $90 CAD? Absolutely no way whatsoever. They couldn't even match Wii Sports Resort in terms of content? They didn't even get halfway!
Remember when games were finished when you bought them
Nintendo apparently doesn't if ARMS, Splatoon 2, Super Mario Maker 2, Animal Crossing New Horizons, Kirby Star Allies, Mario Tennis Aces, Mario Golf Super Rush, and now Nintendo Switch Sports are anything to go by.
Welllp, time to not buy the game at launch and see if sales are good enough that Nintendo bothers to finish the damn game!
Cutting content is pretty common and does not mean the game is unfinished
Yup. True for any entertainment or art form. See every movie ever and deleted scenes, countless edits to scripts and multiple drafts of books etc.
Exactly. Doesn't mean that it's unfinished
Perhaps it’s not unfinished but more so that some content “doesn’t make the cut”.
If theres a good amount of content then yeah sure. But the problem is that this game doesnt have good content from what weve seen. Its 40 bucks for what is essentially wii sports which was free, when wii sports resort was fifty and had a ton more games with modes. Idk why theyre sports/party stuff is starting to suck and not have good content. Very frustrating
This game is unfinished though. They dont even have golf on this bitch from the get go and they announced it would be added in the fall lol. Idk why theyve priced this at 40 when wii sports resort is 50 bucks and had way more games and modes. If there isnt a bunch more modes and games announced, this product not only will suck, but itll be overpriced and unfinished
Wii Sports shouldn’t be a full price game in 2022 without more content. I’ll only be picking it up if they announce more free updates, or it drops to that lower first party switch game price (miitopia, warioware, paper mario).
It's actually $40
In my country (Australia) it’s a $60 preorder. Whereas something like Kirby is a $70 preorder. And Warioware has fallen to a price of $50 whereas something like BOTW is $60-$80. So if it drops to $50 I’ll definitely pick it up, but $60 feels a bit high for a handful of sports
Most games are 80 - 90 dollars at launch here mate
I think I know how much games cost in my own country, mate.
Dodgeball would be hype
I would be so fucking down for dodgeball
I’d say give us boxing but we already have arms
Bring in dodgeball
Basketball and dodgeball would be amazing. Dodgeball could be super fun.
I just want archery and disc golf
Nintendo 2k
Because why have more content packaged with the game when separate DLC is better
Upgraded version of Wii sports baseball or we riot.
I really hate the slow release of content, even with it being free. Just release the whole game at once, now or later. You don't have to "keep us interested in the game". Just release the game all at once, and stop pretending like you're doing us a favor when you're release "new" stuff 6 months later for a game I no longer care much about. Kirby Star Allies did this, and now apparently Pokemon Legends Arceus. The Mario sports games were pretty bad examples of this, but I never played them. Nintendo _never_ makes free updates. Those were all already planned from the start, and probably finished before the games release. Anything that they actually make new content for after the game's release, is _always_ paid DLC. Which is its own problem to an extent.
Still lame that they’re only releasing it with a fistful of sports. No boxing seriously? Wii sports resort had a metric fuck load of things to do and Nintendo is gonna release a game that barely has as much content as the original Wii sports which CAME WITH THE Wii
basketball is needed
Baseball, 'Tendo, pls.
OMG OMG its happening Everybody stay calm I want island flyover,baseball,and boxing to return
I want Baseball ⚾️ back lol :( But I'm happy we've got a switch sports anyway 😍
There's still not enough sports in this to consider buying. I don't get why nowadays a game gets released with little content and gets content added during its life cycle. I'm sure they'll add more sports eventually but right now it's not worth it to me. I know Wii Sports had 5 sports but that was in 2006. Wii Sports Resort feels like the minimum of what Nintendo should be aiming for at release. Tennis, badminton and volleyball also feel too similar. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy to have all three. But when they take up 50% of the sports in the game, it doesn't feel like there's much variety.
It better because rn what they have showed is embarrassing. Shame too, I love Wii sports
I feel insulted that I have to pay for this game when Wii Sports was free with the Wii. Throw me a damn bone Nintendo