PSA: Shoot Some Hoops With Drag x Drive's Dev Team This Weekend

Fantastic!
What wibbly wobbly joy!

I think this game is growing on me. I’ll give it a shot this weekend! I like that you get bonus points toward your overall score for tricks — Rocket League could learn something from that!

this match honestly looks rad. the spin and fakeout toss at 1:26 got a laugh out of me

It's a good thing it's global.

Looks Fun: yes
Wanna try it: yes
Purchase: pending

Ok spinning the ball on your finger and immediately draining a 3 in his eye was wild for this game haha. Looks fun I’m gonna try it out. Nice to see positive comments so far 🙃

Why does a UK site not list the UK times for this event?

played one match online and won like 12:0.
already got my fill though

Played it a bit and it’s better than the Metroid Prime: Blast Ball spiritual successor I thought it was. Still a bit bland in the visuals department though.

I don’t know if I really like using mouse controls on my legs, it’s kind of pants.

Did the training section and got fed up with it. Perhaps I need to find a better surface to use the joy-con on, as the controls felt inconsistent to me. I'll try again later. Maybe.

Wow, this is much funner than i expected. Nintendo might have something special on their hands here.

i keep forgetting about this 💔 i might if i get real bored but thats looking unlikely.

This game is very good but defending needs working on, I’m the centre and I can’t stop shots. Plus players are not passing which is annoying.

It's more fun than I expected and I actually got pretty good at it (worked well using my legs for the mouse surface) but not sure it's something I'd want to pay £17.99 for.

If it was a Free to Play title (maybe with NSO?) I'd probably play it once in a while but I have a feeling charging for it might cause it to die like Kirby's Dream Buffet did 😕

I'm really not feeling this game. It just looks like a bland gimmick/tech demo for the mouse controls

Honestly? No thanks. If they put more effort into the design, I'd gladly play... This game looks terrible and I feel like it's just exploiting people with disability for social points.

The controls definitely take some getting used to.

having played for an hour my first impression is this game takes a lot more dexterity to control than i thought, doing precise turns and tricks especially. but ive been having fun, id like to practice and play more matches

not sure about mouse controls on my legs tho. its comfy but moving straight hasnt been consistent, it could be the folds on my shorts

I've had fun so far. Unfortunately online ball hoggers spoil the enjoyment when they don't pass to you even though you do to them.

PS. Don't use your bare legs if wearing shorts. I had to use my chopping board in the end.

Surprised Nintendo hasn't announced their own mouse mat similar to the plastic one I got with Mario Party in 1992.

Played 90 minutes of the first Jam and intend to play the next two. I definitely see the depth of skill expression in the controls, the wheelies in particular. They not only give a different turning radius but also slightly change your sweet spot while shooting. And I'm very interested in the dash+hop technique shown off in that dev video, makes grabbing rebounds look much easier.

The dash speed felt slow at first, but it's better once you're on a court. They start you on a big outer track with much longer straightaways than you'll actually play on. A basketball court isn't that big, so a single dash takes you quite far.

And mind your ergonomics - I came out of it with a bit of pain in one wrist already, which I think is correctible. 90 degree angles for your elbow are supposed to be best for handling mice.

Good game , but :
-PRICE !!!
-no handheld mode

Unfortunately I won’t be able to play because of the limited time windows. Saturdays I work for 14 hours, and while Sundays I have off I spend my day with my fiancé and step daughter and we will be going to the zoo tomorrow so no chance of getting on. Would love the chance to play since I’m not sold on the game yet, hopefully we get some kind of free trial period for NSO subscribers in the future that runs for the entire weekend

@premko1 $20 for a good game is a problem?

@premko1 Be pretty pointless in handheld mode 😁

I don't have the hand eye coördination for this, but man does this play like a dream!! 🤎🤎☺️

I really enjoyed the test today, it feels like the skill ceiling is really high. Will play again tomorrow but already on the verge of purchasing it.

@DangoTown Honestly, I felt the same way about Rocket League. Just exploiting automobiles for social points.

Just gave this a blast. It's silly fun!

Shame that it looks bland though. I think the visuals will stop many people from trying it.

I wasn't interested in this, but I am now.

I kind of like what they're going for but I probably won't get it, I'm just not a big basketball fan, and it reminds me of Rocket League. Which looked cool but every time I played it I had no idea what I was doing and just lucky to touch the ball. Here it's got like tank controls, I have a hard enough time finding the basket.

Then I was in a match earlier where these 2 players would just go back and forth making slam dunks, no passes. And I guess that's great if it helps you win, but it was pretty boring to watch. Seems like most games I played, I'd be looking on their end to slam into them when they leave their safe zone, they'd go flying right on past me, and by the time I turn around they're down the way about to make a basket.

Also in the training I liked throwing baskets, but when the game starts with actual human opponents what always happens to me is I raise my arm and someone slams into me screwing up my shot.

I played around with it tonight and let the kids try it out. Liked how the HD Rumble gave the movement a tactile feel. I thought it was pretty neat overall. I think it is very reasonably priced, but I don’t plan to get it because I don’t think it is something I would play a lot. It seems like the kind of game that will be difficult to play casually online because the people that get into it will get very into it and become very skilled (which is great for them). Unless maybe Nintendo implements some kind of match making that tries to match skill levels.

It's not bad. Movement controls actually feel pretty slick and I like the little expressions you can do by waving the arms. I'm having trouble shooting though and sometimes it can be frustrating just doing something simple like pivoting in place.

I had high hopes for this game, but nothing could prepare me for how much fun i actually had with it! Can’t wait to play the full game.

@Krambo42 No for a good game with plenty of essence ( which I dont see here )

@dazzleshell Why ? Use r / l to move wheel forward , zr / zl to move wheel back , buttons for shooting and thats it .

@premko1 So you want to play it like you are in an electric wheelchair?

... Okay.

I got bored quickly and quit by the end of the first tutorial game. The game is way too slow and too much effort to play, this would be better if you could use a trackball mouse to move in all directions quickly and the joycon to throw. This is little more than a tech demo, which reflected in the amount of effort put into the game and it's price. Not for me!

@DangoTown I think that comment does more harm then the game itself.

This should have been a 5$ Switch Sports DLC; not a full game. Was bored before the end of the tutorial. Worse still; I felt dumb AF. Can't imagine anyone taking more than 30 minutes of this in a lifetime.
Cool tech demo, but that's about it I'm afraid.

Drag x Drive didn't click with me at first, but I got better and scored quite a bit. My defense still needs work, though.

This looks like a proof of concept that didn't quite prove the concept, so maybe if it was part of some kind of sports centered mini game collection that they packed in w the Switch 2...

The kids and I, tried it a few times. It was pretty horrible. Wheelchair physics/controls are really bad. Flying wheelchair glitches ruined all logic.

Bad game.

@DangoTown People with disabilities still participate in things and even do sports still. Look at the Para-Olympics, so I'm not sure how it's exploiting their existence. Wheelchair basketball is also a real thing too.