As Nintendo starts making motion control games with the Wii, one of the things we see is a Wii remote flying from hand to the TV, smashing the screen, and shocking the enjoyment. Nintendo has a strap in case you lose your controller in your hand, but accidentally throwing a controller to the screen and smashing it is also a reference to a particular era of video games. And Nintendo Switch Sports was a game that could relive those situations that Wii Sports had shown in the past.
Nintendo Switch Sports is a collection of sports games that includes 6 sports, and 3 of them are familiar to those who have enjoyed Wii sports, but the remaining 3 are newly included sports. Tennis and bowling are similar to the Wii, but games that require more complex controls, such as badminton or swordsmanship, are reminiscent of the Wii Sports Resort. On the other hand, Nintendo Switch Sports is half the size of the 12 sports of the Wii Sports Resort.
As such, although the number of events in Nintendo Switch Sports has decreased, there is also a new feature that all sports correspond to online play for the first time in the series. When I tried it online, the quality was not bad, so when the official version is released, I think a lot of people will gather online.
The Wii dream comes true
Local play (playing with people nearby) is at the heart of the Nintendo Switch Sport’s appeal, and it’s also the mode in which we spent most of our time in preview. After choosing a custom character to replace Mii, I played all six sports, from soccer to swordsmanship, and started sweating at the end. The composition of the game also made me feel like I was immersed in Wii Sports in the past when I first enjoyed it by waving my wrists.
My favorite sport was swordsmanship. With the purpose of taking the opponent off the field, this mode in which two gladiators collide at first feels like a change from a simple button-blow to motion, but it’s so simple that you’ll soon forget the thought, but with the depth of mechanics and breath You will be amazed at the strategy that can take place between the busy workshops.
Times like these certainly reminded me of when I used to use the Wii Remote for the first time, swinging it like a Star Wars lightsaber. At that time, there was a limitation in Wii motion recognition, so Nintendo later released a peripheral device called Motion Plus, and I remember being able to enjoy it enthusiastically while overpowering the opponent with a diagonal slash from this peripheral device.
On the other hand, unlike this kind of swordsmanship, tennis is based on timing rather than control skills. I can’t judge how well the Nintendo Switch reproduced real tennis because I’m not good at real tennis, but badminton, a similar sport, has a spike mechanism unlike tennis, showing deeper strategy and precise motion control. But the best moment I’ve had playing Nintendo Switch sports is that I actually blew my shoes off while playing soccer with my leg straps on.
It has been a long time since the Wii was released, and with the advancement of VR technology, the current motion control technology has become so sophisticated that it cannot be compared with the Wii era. If the fundamental paradigm shift in sports games that people imagined when the Wii was released was limited by realistically limited controls, it feels like it is finally being realized in Nintendo Switch Sports.
In fact, these mini-game collections usually tend to put novelty higher, so if you ask ‘how long can you enjoy a title on Nintendo Switch Sports?’, it’s true that you have some doubts, just like the Wii Sports. But just as nobody is talking about Wii Sports today, you don’t have to enjoy a timeless experience. A game that can be enjoyed lightly with current technology is also necessary.
Nintendo Switch Sport will be released on the Nintendo Switch on April 29th.
