Rumour: Go Vacation For Switch Might Include Online Play Based On eShop Listing

I feel embarrassed to admit this cause it makes me look like the ever so loathed, "casual gamer" but this title looks kinda fun to me.

(Now I'll go play a few hours of Ys VIII to feel better about myself.)

@JHDK fun is fun. If some neckbeard tells you otherwise, punch them in the throat and go back to enjoying yourself.
I intend to pick this up due to my love of Wii Sports Resort.

"...players can explore and discover new areas of Kawawii Island..."

I misread that as "Kawaii Island" and was about to give a resounding, "no, thank you." Unless it were referring to just the whole country of Japan, which would have been cool to explore.

@Not_Soos it's a play on "wii" and "kawaii", so you're not wrong

The original was highly overlooked. Spent hours playing it with my daughter, and we had a blast. The game is massive, and there's tons to do. I was kind of shocked how much effort went into it - expecting another wii shovelware gem. If they've managed to tweak and refine the motion controls it'll be great. Hope more people check it out.

@JHDK We're Nintendo fans, and at the end of the day, Nintendo has the most "casual" software of the big three, anyways. Microsoft has had their endeavours with things like Kinect, and I suppose Sony has dipped their toes in that in the past as well. But fundamentally, Nintendo has always been about accessibility, and I think they probably embrace the term "casual."

Not just games like Wii Sports, but even looking back to the original Super Mario Bros., which was made with player convenience and easy access in mind. Even look at series like Mario Kart and Mario Party; matches may get extremely heated and competitive, but anyone who calls these series "hardcore" are fooling themselves (despite the fact I play Mario Kart 8 DX online all the time and get extremely bitter when my VR goes down. )

Nintendo still has their more "hardcore" games in the likes of Zelda and Metroid and Smash Bros. (although even those games are meant to be accessible), but yeah, I don't think you need to worry about looking like a casual on Nintendo Life of all places.

@Mew Ah, that makes sense... thank you.

This looks fun.

@Mew It's Hawaii, without the volcanos.

@JHDK You can make any game hardcore if you play it hard enough!

8.8gb is more than twice that of the Wii version, so twice the fun is pretty much guaranteed I'd say.

@gcunit
I really hope the Trees, Bushes, Grasses, Villa's Furnitures are in Proper 3D shape.
The Wii version are suck (Very Poor 3D rendering, like PS1 games polygons).

The only reason why I would consider this is because Nintendo haven't ported or released a sequel to Wii Sports/Resorts/Club.

Get on it, Nintendo.

I liked the original, might pick this up depending on if I have any money left over for it.

...I did just buy Octopath Traveller and the Off the Hook amiibo though so it seems unlikely...

If they add online then I'll buy this.

It looks like it'll also support conventional controls this time around. If that is indeed the case and there is online play, I'll double dip. Not full price though, that just doesn't feel right.

I really want to play this. It looks so fun.

huh.. this piqued my interested some.

Already pre-ordered and can't wait!

@JHDK Trust me, you could do FAR worse than get this title. It's a really nice game, regardless of the aesthetics, and it really gives you that feeling of being on vacation, since there's no pressure to HAVE to do stuff, so everything goes at your own pace (except for a few vehicle race courses), and you have total freedom in deciding where you go next, so it's actually quite relaxing to play.

@Silly_G And I could say the same to you. This is not just a bunch of unconnected mini games. It's a far more complete experience than Wii Sports Resort, so if you liked that, then this should most certainly interest you as well.

@Not_Soos So, you're going to rule out a game, simply based upon it being called "cute"? No offense, but that's rather short-sighted in my opinion. People that liked Wii Sports Resort will like this as well, since there's FAR more to do, and it is a "real", interconnected world, that you can travel around in, to explore and take part in a myriad of activities, making it quite the rich experience, regardless of how it looks.

@Aozz101x Peeked or piqued?

@ThanosReXXX ah. i see what you did there

@Aozz101x Glad to see you taking it so well. It is a rather persisting error in the English language, though, so I can't help but notice.
Some people even say "peaked"...

The game looks fun except for the motion controls. I hope those are an option, not a requirement or I will have to pass on this game.

Looks fun to play with the family!

Really liking this going to give it a try for sure.

@Kiyata
The 2nd trailer showed a 4 Joy Cons played 4 Players.
That was mean we can play Go Vacation WITHOUT Motion control just to make our character Jump or do something.

my wife and i are super pumped about Go Vacation, curious if it will really have online and if u can turn the motion controls on/off. she likes the idea of motion controls but im hoping they can be turned off. either way this game looks fun and were each getting our own copy

@ThanosReXXX I was mostly just joking; the game looks like it might be quite good. Kirby is one of my favorite Nintendo franchises, so I'm not above playing "cute" games. I guess when I hear "kawaii" used in the West, I associate it more with otaku fandoms and that sort of thing--not that there's anything wrong with that, it's just not my cup of tea. I'm personally not that into anime culture. But again, it was really just meant as a joke; I typically use a tongue emoji to denote when I'm not being serious.

@Not_Soos Ah, my bad, then. And in all honesty, the word kawaii would also not be an immediate attraction to me as well.

Luckily, I already own this game on the Wii, and I quickly found out that it's actually much more entertaining and engrossing than a lot of people might give it credit for at first glance.

I kind of wrote this off as shovel ware but after a second look it seems like it could actually be a ton a fun! Will still wait for reviews to come out before buying but it looks like there is tons of content

I'm not saying it doesn't look OK but this is not what I expect to pay an online subscription for.

@JHDK Definitely do! This was one of my favorite games on the Wii, and I played it to death.

Online or not, I am getting this.

I was already buying it, but this? If this is true, this is seals the deal even more. I’ve always thought this game would be even more fantastic with online play.

@JHDK I got this game on a whim 4 years ago and it was one of the best mini game experiences I've ever played. I will say this, if you have anyone you can play this with its an absolute must buy...and if you don't it's still great (simple) fun.

The web site for the game, and the game's packaging, does not mention online play. The back of the package does have the boilerplate about requiring a subscription to Nintendo Online for online functions, but that's it.

I suspect these "online functions" are simply the appearance of friends' Mii characters against which you can compete — not against the actual friend, but just an AI of their Mii, like you had with the Wii version. No actual online play.

This game really would do well with online play (I imagine the event hosts having an icon showing that there are online people waiting to play that event, rather than people actually milling about the resorts which would be much more difficult to implement). The AI characters are too easy to beat, so you end up with nothing but going for your own personal best, and trying to find all the secret spots (and added to the Switch version, the elusive animals to get pictures of).

At least the Switch version should be able to handle splitscreen local multiplayer. The Wii version couldn't. Even with two players, the Wii version's frame rate was unacceptably low, which was a bit weird because their earlier Wii Ski & Snowboard wasn't so bad at it.

But just the ability to do splitscreen better, a couple of new fishing events, and the find-the-animals challenge aren't really enough to warrant a $50 purchase for those of us with the Wii version and a still-connected Wii or Wii U, unless you really are going to do a lot of local multiplayer, perhaps.

This is a shame, because it's otherwise quite a fun little game. Might hope for a good eShop sale at some point...