Nintendo Switch Sports Review

[@thedapperdolphin1590]

The story about how your parents played the game really sums up a big part of the Wii’s success. The motion control were very simplistic and didn’t offer much beyond simple movements. However, people’s imaginations took it to the next level. The games didn’t actually recognize or react to your crazy movements, but the belief that it did made these simple games a lot more fun and involved. You could easily play Wii tennis sitting down, but who actually did that?

[@infamouz111]

Me lol

[@ggeed3834]

Relax guys let him have his moment

[@AugustBurnsRed181]

Paraplegics.

[@chimmychuck]

me

[@epicgamermax7204]

@@AugustBurnsRed181 😂 did not expect that

[@notsocooldude7720]

I’m just happy they haven’t abandoned the type of game that made the Wii so special. A lot of people will dismiss games like wii sports as just being a cheap gimmick but playing those games with friends and family is some of the most fun I’ve had with video games

[@gradient5319]

Even me, playing wii sports' practice games all alone are some of the best experiences I've had with videogames.

[@gradient5319]

People often dismiss the practice minigames because they don't appear on the main screen, but to me that content alone is almost better than the main game.

[@DeanDoesMapping]

Wii sports is definitely one of my all time favourites. Seeing it on switch is extremely nostalgic

[@trayambakchakravarty]

This man woke up and described in detail how his parents owned him in switch sports

[@mr_m4613]

Yeah thats why he gave it a 7 lol

[@thehamiltonshow]

IGN reviews never disappoint. How they keep embarrassing themselves is beyond me.

[@denimchicken104]

What’d I miss? when did he say his parents beat him?

[@antoniomendes7961]

@@thehamiltonshow This was unironically a great review. Don't dumb. Be fair. How could they have done a better review?

[@Mikey-em8hs]

He’s just being honest. This is not the Wii Sports we know and love.

[@clem8475]

Honestly, archery is sorely missed. It was my favorite on Wii Sports resorts. The controls were really precise and intuitive. Hopefully one day as DLC on this new collection.

[@khvlil6803]

Yeah exactly and bowling!

[@kalleenstoddard357]

My favorite was air sports.

[@wasabisquad2790]

Archery was the best part

[@sims2lovealot]

@@ToweringPepsiMan that sword game was amazing!!

[@CaptainFun7857]

They might bring it back

[@akirayama1534]

I’m excited for this game, but this does seem like a downgrade over Wii Sports Resort which felt a lot more fleshed out than the original game. This feels like it has quality of Resort with the quantity of the original, and considering that Resort is over 12 years old, this game really should’ve had more content than a 12 year old game

[@ROFLWAFFLELAWL4]

Dont worry, Im sure well get a Switch Sports Resort

[@mmjahink]

DLC FTW chump

[@XboxgamerZ]

It's called greedyness, developer make less atm and charge more

[@gatorbait9385]

If you call this the quality of Resort, then you don't remember resort well.

[@taner873]

@@gatorbait9385 exaclty why he didn’t

[@EllieBerryPie]

"Remember 15 years ago when everyone was playing Wii Sports?" Jesus Christ, make me feel old

[@staceyjamison6680]

We're still playing it ....

[@jakelane7468]

Funny how KZbin was made around the same time

[@RadRat1138]

Now 17 years ago. I remember 39 years when I got a Nintendo Entertainment System for Christmas in 1986, aged 9 =)

[@WingTipAviation]

Sad there is no golf, baseball, or archery. Its a deal breaker for me. The extra games in the original wii sports resort was perfect when you got bored of one game.

[@emilsecker7881]

Golf is coming

[@HellzDrifter]

@Dani G80 you’ll get over it kiddo

[@donkeykongisbetterthanmari7495]

@@HellzDrifter cringetendo

[@HellzDrifter]

@@donkeykongisbetterthanmari7495 whoosh

[@David-fanboy]

They just added golf

[@DrewCheech]

Worth every penny for the bowling alone, and now all 4 players can go at the same time that’s awesome. Hopefully we see baseball and boxing as DLC in the future.

[@MichaelDoesLife]

Going at the same time sounds worse

[@DrewCheech]

@@MichaelDoesLife yea it could be chaos but it could also help if you’re playing with younger ones and they get a little impatient. Or if you just want the fun insanity of it 😁

[@kiba488]

lol 60 dollars for 1 minigame

[@jamesmith1048]

You're crazy

[@tcsslaveleia61]

Andrew, no one likes you or your other Nintendo Apologist friends

[@reese373]

Hopefully Nintendo releases updates with more sports. Looking forward to bowling, tennis and badminton with the fam.

[@heyyou4725]

They have already announced that golf will be released in fall of 2022. (for free) Hoping for a few more sports though. :D

[@MCHellshit]

Im hoping for Baseball and Boxing. Those were my favorites

[@__Luner]

@@MCHellshit and 100 pin bowling

[@TheGreenBeast539]

Or maybe release all sports at once. Nintendo sometimes🙄

[@davidreiser9663]

Need baseball forsure

[@echo12345ish]

Everyone: It's the same Me: Thats why I'm here

[@Visualhead_Spacer]

So for $40 game, we get 6 mini games. It appears Nintendo will milk this game with DLCs as running, boxing, table tennis, cycling, basketball, baseball, archery, frisbee, etc are all still missing.

[@shauryasuri3653]

Maybe 2-5 usd per minigame. So like 30 usd for all dlcs or something

[@HutchIsOnYT]

@@shauryasuri3653 probably free for expansion pack users

[@outright4697]

@@HutchIsOnYT honestly wouldn’t be suprised if Nintendo did that it’s Nintendo so they probably would

[@gabrielb4494]

Golf is free though, that would lead you to believe additional sports will be added. This is Nintendo tho so you can't use common sense with them

[@jimmyrobertson9118]

@@gabrielb4494 your saying it like it's a bad thing

[@heBEE255]

Where is Baseball!?!? That was my favorite wii sport back in the day. Also the classic announcer should've made a return.

[@7am_shotz]

Baseball not being in it is the reason I’m not getting it

[@simplyrin210]

DLC

[@gw7911]

They have a rewards system the classic announcer would be nice as one of the rewards.

[@camaya5136]

Hopefully they end up adding it as an update soon

[@BoxCarBoy12]

Finally someone who liked baseball, all of my friends who played Wii sports back in the day hated it for some reason lol. I'd also like to see basketball and archery make a return as well. 3 out of my 5 favorite sports are sadly missing in this game

[@Seankichu]

It's pretty disillusioning that they put both Tennis AND Badminton in here, when they only have 6 sports total. It's kind of a wasted slot that could have been used for sports with more variety.

[@tsaslayz9491]

totally agree

[@TheChef_isCookin]

For me the online bowling semi-battle-royale-style mode elevates this game to a whole new level

[@supremepc6298]

HAHA true

[@dbalto14]

Is it really? I’m on the verge on buying it.

[@anhonestreviewer7015]

It took them so long to bring out only a handful of games compared to Wii Sports Resort? What the hell have they been doing all this time??

[@claytonzanetassie]

All these years and they have SIX GAMES. Wow

[@generousgeoffrey]

Definitely think the replay value is going to skyrocket whenever online gets going

[@primoscarab5771]

To me it looks like you don’t have to move as much as you had to in wii sports resort. Which is a shame because wii sports was always about wild movement. Chanbara for an example looks like it only requires one quick handmove and not a full arm swing.

[@pivotguydc1149]

Nah, you didn't have to move much in the Wii games either.

[@dexter2178]

@@pivotguydc1149 exactly

[@boredguy5805]

wii sports was never about wild movement, people just did it. Not gonna be any different with this game

[@ExtraPrivatable]

@@pivotguydc1149 with the original 5 you can just sit on your couch and move your arms

[@kevinchadwick9108]

Hahah that’s probably because if a joycon went swinging at a flat screen today it’ll go straight through it compared to the Wii remote bouncing off those massive tvs and flying back at you

[@EddieC2000]

Bought this game for my Daughter for Christmas in 2022. We had some friends over to play it and we played it together. We got bored with it in 2 weeks. It's been collecting dust on the shelf for over a year. Yet we still play Wii Sports Resort to this day. There isn't much of a comparison.

[@jayt4533]

I’m glad this is back. Nintendo sold a wii to both my parents and my aunt and uncle back in the day who don’t ever play video games but found wii sports to be so much fun. Definitely something special there with wii sports.

[@DizzyHotSauce]

Contrary to your opinion, I've enjoyed the Football mode the most! It really feels the most tactical because of the importance of positioning, passing to teammates at the right time and aiming the ball correctly.

[@indymaximus1566]

Shane that 90% of the time your team is constantly sprinting for the ball like vultures

[@DizzyHotSauce]

@@indymaximus1566 It's definitely like that to begin with, but if you get into the pro league and make your way up, players start getting a lot better at positioning.

[@pooch0]

all it needs is the 3pt contest, baseball and boxing and i’ll buy a switch just for this

[@XboxgamerZ]

And baseball

[@roberthutchison554]

@@XboxgamerZ he said baseball

[@melvaughn2526]

3pt contest would be heaven

[@thedapperdolphin1590]

“Remember 15 years ago…” the review just started, and it already made me feel old.

[@KenKaizenn]

“You really FEEL like an athlete.” -IGN *probably*

[@NoNamex1412]

There's a little bit of something for everyone

[@antoniomendes7961]

This was unironically a great review. Don't dumb. Be fair. How could they have done a better review?

[@KenKaizenn]

@@gabrielgoncalves2763 it’s still fun for me today

[@ACameronUK]

“12 friends”?!? 😳 …oh of course, we can all find that many…I’ll just be over here crying into this tiny cup for an unrelated reason…

[@denimchicken104]

I’m sure his “friends” are just coworkers at ign

[@David-ro1sb]

Also, if you already own RingFit physically, no need to buy the physical version of this game for the leg strap accessory.

[@niallharrington3636]

@@ddsalvador8710 they are talking about buying switch sports digitally as they would already the leg strap from ring fit

[@dar7279]

is switch sports 60$ in person? and 50 if you buy it online

[@andyc7777]

@@niallharrington3636 lol yeah but they also mentioned "if you already own Ring Fit physically" which is pointless because you can only own it physically 😂

[@ddsalvador8710]

@@dar7279 its 40 if you buy it digitally, and 50 if you buy it physically

[@niallharrington3636]

@@andyc7777 that not entirely true its available digitally in the Japanese eshop you would just have to create a Japanese account on your switch

[@rantsolot]

Kinda disappointing there's no basketball or baseball. Besides those being 2 of my favorites, that's just a bad marketing decision all-around. It's literally a sports collection and two of the most popular sports in the U.S. and worldwide aren't even in it.

[@Gigi-zr6hp]

Lmao no the most popular sport in the world is football in which it's a big joke in the US. Also included in this game. It's always americans feeling like they're the center of the world.

[@TheScottAF]

@@Gigi-zr6hp that’s because we are better than you.

[@like2upload3videos]

@@Gigi-zr6hp He said two OF the most not the two most..

[@MyJaiminho]

Baseball isn't popular outside USA/JAPAN, even in USA it isn't between The most popular Sports.

[@shauryasuri3653]

Cricket is more popular than baseball

[@Elibbb-sx3kg]

Let's take a moment of silence for all the tv's thet destroy in wii sport

[@flintfrommother3gaming]

And let's take a moment of shame for how Nintendo handled the handle issues, no pun intended.

[@user-ww4dj5si4l]

..............................

[@Geobot3000]

Out of the 6 sports (resort has 12 btw) only 3 of them are new and out of those 2 of them are copies of tennis 😐

[@cheek077]

Recycle and reuse. Been happening on all platforms for years, but the Switch hardware limitations is making Nintendo dig up older games more often as placeholders until the next system is announced/released.

[@FierceDeityAndrew]

Volleyball too is pretty much just tennis without a racket.

[@sebstenson9387]

Really makes you FEEL like a sports player, 9/10 a little something for everyone

[@Niccolonic]

Makes you FEEL like spiderman

[@WallyGamer32]

Disagree with almost everything in this review. The only thing that feels true to me is that Soccer is most disappointing. But this game is lacking in content just like Mario Golf Super Rush when it first released. The promise of free updates at a later date just shows how lazy Nintendo has become as a company. Mario Party Superstars didn't even have any new updates as of rn and only has 5 boards and 10 characters.

[@Philbyyyy]

Nintendo have been doing the bare minimum for years. People don't expect anymore from them and are happy with bare minimum. So why try?

[@inputfunny]

Exactly. Part of Nintendo died with Iwata. They're just not the same any more.

[@jimmyrobertson9118]

@@inputfunny Nintendo has never died with iwata their still alive and well and kicking and this game is lit

[@dexter2178]

@@jimmyrobertson9118 facts

[@edmartinez925]

Now I'm worried that the new Mario Strikers game will end up the same way. Without Iwata, Nintendo has gotten even worse with their poor decision making.

[@Michael-fs5ct]

Boxing was my favorite

[@joratto2833]

didn't even make it into Resort :(

[@genricjohn]

@@joratto2833 it didn’t even make it into this :(

[@RilGames.]

@@joratto2833 didnt even make it into wii sports club :(

[@jesuspernia8031]

@DML102 I’d actually rather play Wii Boxing than Arms

[@RG-Zeldaplayer]

The lack of archery is for me the biggest flaw in this package - I'd have liked to see the game utilise the ring-con to emulate drawing back the bow string as an option.

[@ronflapGG]

A VR version of a Nintendo sports will be the next installment that will have novelty and be great fun. This seems like a Wii Sports repeat

[@pakaman9101]

True but with Online, we don’t talk about Sports club. Also apparently Nintendo is working on VR, perhaps the next console is 4 ways? Dock, Handheld, Tabletop, VR, (maybe even AR)

[@Yengozi]

@@pakaman9101 AR is kinda lame tbh

[@jorgepadilla9945]

recroom basically..

[@Kamzzmixedit]

FOR THOSE WHO DONT KNOW THERE IS RANKED. When u get enough wins you unlock pro mode. He didn’t mention that all games are against real people rather than npcs and that there is skill based match making

[@sergioruiz4837]

“It has less games than Wii sports resort” “It takes about an hour to see all that it has to offer” - 7/10.

[@justmetal227]

Feels more like a 6/10 for now And re review once the dlc drops

[@bruhderp]

The game isn't even out how sould you know?

[@DonutBurger]

@@bruhderp Review copies.

[@syrexio]

@@DonutBurger Yeah maybe, but they also didn't touch on the online. I'd say 7/10 is at least justified by online. If you want to count the unlockables and ranks, 8/10 maybe.

[@ryandejong1185]

They should continue the series by making a Nintendo switch party or a switch play of sorts. Just not switch music…

[@happinesstolerant]

SWITCH PARTY!? Take my money!

[@kennethgreer7543]

lack of baseball is mindboggling

[@genricjohn]

and no boxing! that was amazing in wii sports!

[@DonutBurger]

Baseball and Boxing were my two favorite Wii Sports of all time.

[@Philbyyyy]

Boxing and baseball too. Bare minimum effort from Nintendo

[@TheBrownLamb]

7 seems incredibly generous given your criticism and general lack of content

[@BodybuildingSteve]

Yeah 7 is a “great” score imo but this feels like a strict 5/10 or “average” not bad not great

[@alexmitchell2581]

Also, considering its predecessors this just seems like a lesser version on a newer console

[@joshuaclark8829]

Man... give me frisbee, basketball, flying from Resort and I'm in

[@daftgeartv]

The most unbelievable part here is when you say you got a group of 12 people together.

[@Dinosaurprince]

And he then spent $1200 on Joycons.

[@maplemiles3381]

0:25 its still the same novelty as wio sports in 2006 with the same passion and charm put into it

[@suwooshi]

the question is: can you throw the bowling ball backwards now?

[@Imora]

You still can't sadly

[@Pokemarbles]

Cool profile pic. Where’d you find it?

[@NeoNN1mbus]

The game feels like a downgrade from wii sports resort

[@syrexio]

CLUB was a downgrade from resort. THIS is an upgrade from Club.

[@davidnec571]

One thing this game has that Wii Sports Resort didn't have is online multiplayer.

[@Sir_Robin_of_Camelot]

@@syrexio Your point? Lol

[@zeliha8113]

Just be happy the game exists

[@jimmyrobertson9118]

It's not a downgrade

[@adammieuli]

Nintendo needs to bring back archery too

[@Luke-zx4nx]

“Remember 15 years ago?” It was FIFTEEN years ago?

[@PhantasmThe]

4:07 that was very close to hitting the TV

[@nightfox5466]

Really wish it had baseball, that was my favorite game mode on the wii.

[@OmenBurst]

It went from a novelty party game to nostalgia freak gamers playing a competitive minigame collection AND ITS GREAT

[@donkeykongisbetterthanmari7495]

you bored yet?

[@qwefg3]

Nice game, but feel lacking. The games have less than the Wii varients. We had twelve games cut down to six... and the only real improvements seem to be bowling and soccer... one with an expansion for extra stuff. Soccer being a new game with old problems. The second problem is the odd lack of equipment to make for Mii stand out... yes you can 'grind' and randomly pull a new piece out, but not a lot of these games will last long enough for it. Mostly miss Archery, and some of the other interesting sports.

[@ArmorStudioNYC]

No tennis? Baseball? Golf? Archery? Cmon Ninetendo.

[@ghostxplatinum]

Golf is coming in the Fall and Tennis is already in the game. More sports will probably be added in the future. I'd love to see Baseball, Archery and Boxing make a comeback.

[@Magifa]

Verdict: 5:51 Score: 7/10

[@pinkypixel23]

Does someone know what song plays in 0:26?

[@robertwarf3316]

Can't wait to play. Hope we get baseball again, too

[@gloriousleader406]

Controls might be hard on the switch lite.

[@itsmicahjai]

hehe

[@lesli3654]

A game like Fusion Frenzy on the switch would be a lot of fun.

[@beardsarejustfacepubes5682]

On any console!

[@thewatlingtons6047]

Wait. Fusion Frenzy was supposed to be like Xboxs Mario Party. Im confused...

[@aprilsrno]

Imagine the chaos in the living room if a party of parents would be playing Switch Sports.

[@beardsarejustfacepubes5682]

Archery... From resort was amazing. Why Nintendo go backwards? 🤔

[@juniorcruz469]

Do you need two remotes? Or does the one single remote allow you to play with two people since it splits?

[@gacd2104]

Reviewing this game based on the experience with your family is the best way you can do it, it's the full experience.

[@grahaaam123]

No 1v1 in Tennis? Crazy

[@chasebishop309]

6:44 the music and pins were in sync till the end of the video

[@pedro_villaca]

Correction: Golf will arrive as a free update, not DLC

[@jessebishop1144]

What about Basketball, Boxing, or Baseball?

[@justinzotos2184]

Where tf does a gamer find 12 friends

[@kazemegaman]

Really looking forward to badminton and chambara mostly but bowling BR was pretty fun during the beta

[@Kay1im3nade]

0:42 Wow! Nintendo Switch Sport Center Complex

[@carolinehix6128]

Looks like wii sports with all the fun removed from it. No fruit cutting ? showdown ? archery ? frisbee..

[@maplemiles3381]

The fun is still in switch sports like wii sports

[@FawadBilgrami]

Bought it and kids been playing whole day, away from the Fortnites and other games.

[@slottygw2wvw842]

Bought just for the bowling this is very fun times

[@jamesmith1048]

This game is just the bare minimum. Theres no reason for us to have less games at all. Nintendo just keeps doing this mess and the fan boys will find anything to justify their lack of effort

[@jimmyrobertson9118]

That is false information their and this game has effort in it

[@xenondoro8573]

Yeah, getting Mario golf vibes. Releasing an unfinished game, then adding the dlc's later on to finish it. And once it really feels like a proper game, they announce there won't be any more content, essentially killing any kind of longevity.

[@logankerr8090]

seriously how is golf NOT in the game?

[@BryWithAWhy]

Wait until the price drops and more games get added, got it ✅

[@PatrykBukowiecki]

So buying it!

[@aquano1972]

Wish this game was way cheaper for what it is, or more content for how expensive it is. Only 6 games at launch (3 of which being pretty similar) is pretty bad. If they double the sport count I’d consider buying it, but at the time of typing this is just not fair for consumers

[@likeabantha9517]

It's all fun and all until you have to face Matt again. *Matt nightmares intensify*

[@shanesmith6447]

Didn’t need to flex on us with the 12 friends, we can’t all be popular like you

[@JDay19]

How much is the DLC going to cost though ? Or will it be part of the nintendo online membership

[@Santialid]

Why not put on the title that you are only reviewing the offline part of the game? The online feature is what makes this game great.

[@ashleyburns6752]

If you could only buy this or Mario Tennis, which would you get? Obviously this has more games, but presumably the tennis gameplay is a lot better on Mario.

[@coastaku1954]

I've been wanting this since the Switch launched, why did it take this long?

[@bengotagun]

That bowling looks like it'll make ChizPlays videos even more hilarious!

[@rickybobbyroode9814]

Who?

[@geothermal1992]

Where’s baseball?

[@Cian_M04]

Quick question: Do you HAVE to use motion controls for this game or can you just use the joycon or a controller?

[@turntprophet7960]

Oh look, another bare minimum game from Nintendo with “free updates” in the future.

[@turntprophet7960]

@@maplemiles3381 6 mini games at launch isn’t bare minimum?

[@jimmyrobertson9118]

@@turntprophet7960 the game is not bare minimum 6 sports in enough

[@turntprophet7960]

@@jimmyrobertson9118 low standards but you do you

[@seab7553]

@@jimmyrobertson9118 please touch grass you’ve been bootlicking under every comment

[@26.2MilesOutsidePartsUnknown]

How do you have trouble connecting the joy cons? You got a switch for the 1st time a week ago 😑

[@flexor212000]

12 friends. Who has 12 friends....

[@nadow1899]

Looks mid

[@freezybreezy1001]

So just to get this clear there’s no base ball, basket ball, and boxing? You’re charging $40 for 6 games when the original had more options and was free. And literally 3 of the 6 games are similar.

[@sacmienboi916]

The original was free. This one should have been a free game too.

[@luigithunder3588]

Thats because it was bundled with the console

[@MichaelDoesLife]

It's OVER!

[@FatalxCrylixYT]

Is that Banglore from Apex Legends?

[@leadhesh]

Kinda missing half the picture by only showing gameplay footage. Missed opportunity to showcase gameplay

[@blackrose_221]

Does this game have matt from Wii sports. Or not?

[@blackrose_221]

@@B1inded3agle__ 0/10. Worthless. Disgusting. Worse than ET by atari

[@hotheadedgamer9126]

@@blackrose_221 pretty sure it does

[@bob1779]

It's a shame that everyone is so focused on the fact that miis aren't quite in the game.

[@hydro1959]

would love to see basketball, football, and boxing

[@vexnity460]

football is... already in it!

[@AnthonyJ26]

Is there any chance we can get baseball on here it was one of my favorites on wii sports

[@94jmbottaro]

shouldve been free with NSO

[@pigbraincharlie666]

Hopefully Ninentdo releases a new golf game similar to the tiger woods series. My Father has played it every day since launch on the Wii.

[@ekoms108]

It should have launched with golf