Basketball Is Dunking Onto Nintendo Switch Sports This Summer

We need more than just basketball, Nintendo.🤦‍♂️

please tell me its not another game that Camelot is being wasted on

Hello? I'd like to report a crime, specifically grave-digging.

I need Boxing, not basketball. 🙄

Cool, why not. Not the sport I was hoping for but I’m happy the game is still getting some love!

Was definitely not expecting a Nintendo Switch Sports update this late. Gotta admit, basketball was one of my favorite sports on Wii sports resort so I’ll be sure to check this one out

WE ARE SO BACK

Ugh. Nintendo really doesn't want me to buy this game, do they?

And I was actually seriously considering grabbing it, and now I'll have to wait at least another year before there's a reprint with Basketball on the cart.

I initially passed on this (despite yearning for a Wii Sports successor for so long), as it was released incomplete at launch, but even two years after the last update, they dump this on us.

At least it's less irritating/egregious than if it had been paid DLC instead, but I'm so fed up with Nintendo launching unfinished sports games. By all means, give them a soft digital launch, but I'd prefer that they delay any physical releases until the game is actually complete.

This was one of my favorites from Wii Sports Resort (the 3-point contest, anyway), so I'm happy to see it added here.

I definitely was not expecting Nintendo to update this game again, especially considering the previous updates merely added content meant to be in the game at launch. This is an actual update. Very Nintendo of you to announce this out of left field, Nintendo.

Thought for sure baseball or boxing would have come before basketball

@SillyG It's an online focused sports game, if you're that bothered about downloading an update for it, this probably isn't the game for you. I spent hundreds of hours playing it so far but if I wasn't going to go online with the console, (something you need to do to update the game anyway) I'd probably be better off playing something else.

Otherwise seems like a silly reason not to buy a game you want to play. It may not be perfect, but life is finite, you should play games you're interested in. Plus they sold over 13 million copies, so now's the time to play if you want good competition; there's no shortage of players.

Plus it's way better online with rollback netcode and better physics than Sports Club, which was much better than the non existent online for the Wii games. And there's really nothing like it on the market so might as well get it if you want it. I think it's easily one of the best games on the system.

Glad they're updating this! This gives me hope that they'll add more sports, as this game deserves.

i don’t understand, wii sports resort had more content. why is this game lacking so much and taking so long to add new sports that should’ve been in the game from launch

At this point who cares.

@jedgamesguy 😂

Easily my favorite moment of the direct.

This is one of our top played games in our library of over 100 Switch titles.

Soccer with a leg strap online is my favorite experience in gaming of this generation. The strategy of volleyball makes it very interesting to play and golf is fantastic!

I can't wait for basketball and appreciate the gift from Nintendo. Big win in my book!

The weirdest announcement of the direct but a welcome one. Nintendo Switch Sports isn’t an amazing game but got more hate than it deserved. It’s a solid title and I’m looking forward to picking it back up to play the 3 point shootout. Loved that in Resort.

@SillyG I am pretty sure they didn't add Golf to the cartridge yet, which was added more than a year ago, so you might be waiting awhile.

@LinktotheFuture : They should have, as the latest prints come in a revised box with golf reflected on the packaging.

@SillyG I stand corrected. The listings on the Best Buy and Amazon websites list in the fine print that a software update is required for golf, but I can't tell if that is still true or if the descriptions haven't been updated yet.

@LinktotheFuture : It's likely that they simply hadn't bothered to update the description. There is word from other users that the cartridges have indeed been updated (which Nintendo usually does when issuing reprints). Japanese releases are usually the best in this regard.

@SillyG I will probably just stick with the original cartridge unless I find the new one really cheap. I haven't played it in a long time, I was annoyed there wasn't a way to play a standard game of bowling instead of having to be a certain place in order to move on. I haven't even tried golf yet.

@cyrus_zuo big voleyball fannhere too. Especiallynin a team with my daughter. Nintendolife realy misunderstood the possibilities.

Wow a suprise new content

@dcon_dot_exe References to basketball were datamined from the Online Play Test in early 2022. Dodgeball was also referenced, but it's unclear if that'll materialize

So... Dodgeball, Boxing, and Frisbee Golf when?

@LinktotheFuture Mine has golf on the cart and box art, and it came with a little garter for the joy-con.