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I just like seeing Switch Sports beat Fire Emblem, Mario Strikers, and FIFA. Until Multiversus comes out, that's my game of the year. All the new content every week and loads of competition, it's hard to put it down. Easily one of the best games on the system.

@Travisemo007 Yeah, they shut down Wii online a few years ago, though apparently there's still a way to do it unofficially but I haven't tried it myself.

@Travisemo007 Yes you were mistaken. Miiverse is gone, online is still there. I just played Splatoon last week and got into a few ranked matches, and it only took maybe a minute to get 8 players; I played a little Mario Maker as well and played a few Expert 100 Mario Challenges. They got rid of uploading for that game, but, you can still play the millions of levels people have made prior to that.

That's great, such a fun game

@Great_Gonzalez I think random matchmaking for the co-op could have made it a 10/10 and maybe a map maker with level sharing, still a 9 is really good. (edit: you know what I ignored the price, I guess for just $20 maybe it should be a 10/10)

It didn't really cost anything, I mean the stocks are still his. That's as good as cash, assuming the stock doesn't plummet for some reason.

This looks just like the 2nd game. Where are the hover cars and ice fishing modes? It's like they don't get their fans at all.

I don't care what they call it as long as it's something original. I mean I'll pick it up no matter what, but I think naming it Switch 2 or Switch U or 3Switch is a terrible idea. I already have a Switch, why do I need another one? It makes it sound old, like a system that already came out and rather than make a new system, it's just an upgrade.

Like the NES 2, that's just a remodel of the NES. A Wii 2 sounds like the name of the Wii Mini, an N64 2 just sounds very dated. Nintendo doesn't just make one system after another with minimal upgrades like Sony or Microsoft, so for Nintendo to just name it a Switch 2 it sounds like they just ran out of ideas and this is literally practically the same thing as what we all already own. And if you're a Nintendo produced or indie game fan, more power isn't an attractive offer, since games like Mario Kart and Smash Bros or Splatoon, they all run great on the Switch, same with most indies, and it has a very fast OS as it is.

That's why I think they'll include a robot or do something weird that sets it apart. I've been hoping that with that 3D technology they invested in, maybe they could make a good VR display out of that. Then they could sell us all the old games again, with working in VR as the new gimmick to sell it again. ARMS, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe +, Splatoon, Switch Sports, Fitness Boxing, Ring Fit Adventure, those games would all be worth buying again to play in VR.

Switch Sports Soccer is the best Soccer game there is, on Switch or not. Online 4 v 4 is fantastic, the rollback netcode makes the game never laggy. The controls are great, and only going to get better when they add the leg strap update, and unlike some sports, games are quick, never boring and with only 4 players per team and a stamina bar, it's easy to find a position your team needs. I never really cared for team based games because I thought it was weird to be controlling a whole team at once, changing players constantly, but controlling 1 player with a team of 3 against 4 other players is the kind of game I always wanted to play. I mean Rocket League has that, and it's fun for a while, but 8 way movement beats forward and back any day.

Trivia Murder Party is great, but, for the people I play with, we didn't care for the other two. But I'm sure they're a lot better with more people playing. If I had to pick favorites, it would be Trivia Murder Party, You don't know Jack, Guesspionage, Drawful, and Fibbage.

Enter the Gungeon 2 (not exit the gungeon) could make them a lot of money, if it's anywhere as good as the first. Also, I think they undervalue their games, I got hundreds of hours out of Enter the Gungeon, they could have sold that as a full priced game, and it would have been worth it.

That's just how bowling is, in real life or not. Some people know how to get strikes. You can't make a bowling game where it's not possible to get strikes, it's not like golf where there's varying wind or player interactivity like soccer or tennis, a game of bowling should be the same on the first frame as it is on the last. There's no element of chance involved in bowling, it's all skill, so if you've got the skills and know how it's done, you should be able to do it 100% of the time.

Seems like a problem that's plagued bowling games since the invention of the genre. I guess you could bowl outside with a wind meter or force you to use random weighted balls to add a little bit of RNG but it's not very realistic.

@Rykdrew Why don't you just play offline then? The lag-fest on Sports Club online wasn't any better (if you could find an opponent), and the Wii games didn't even have online. It would have been better if they had more options than just the 1 vs 30, but it's still far as I can tell the best Bowling game on the console.

Switch Sports is the only sports game I need, and if you're looking for a game that plays Tennis like Wii Sports, there is no alternative. Mario Tennis is just disappointing if that's what you're looking for. And the Bowling is better and faster than Clubhouse Games 2, and these have rollback netcode, so it's a million times better than Sports Club's laggy experience, or the offline games. As good as the CPU is, it's never going to be comparable to playing real opponents, and the weekly costumes, titles, emojis, etc. make it hard to stop playing. I'm kind of surprised it's not listed here.

Nice, Switch Sports is fantastic, well deserved.

This shouldn't have been an article here, it's not a Switch game so who cares? It's kind of silly talking about how it could possibly be coming out for an unnannounced console that's most likely several years away. If they don't want to put it out on a Nintendo system (again) they don't deserve the press coverage on a Nintendo site.

Needs more Casino Pinball themed zones

I wish I could get excited for this, but I'm more than satisfied with the Soccer in Switch Sports. I just hit A rank, and it's still just as fun as the first time I played it. This might be a fine game, but if I'm in the mood for soccer, I'm not going to want to play anything but Switch Sports. It kind of reminds me of Mario Tennis on Switch, I picked it up on launch day, looked forward to it for awhile and played it for a while, but all these special moves and gimmicky weirdness just made me want to give up playing it. And then Switch Sports came out and I finally got a great tennis game, and because it's so good, I have no desire to play anything else.

Maybe if they waited a couple years to release Mario Strikers I could have possibly gotten the chance to get tired of Switch Sports by then, but the game just came out, they haven't even put out the leg-strap Soccer patch or Golf in yet. This seems like bad timing.

I'm sure there's patents preventing it but, if a company really wants to put up a good fight against Nintendo, they'd release a system that comes with a dock, 2 detachable controllers, and a kickstand. As cool as one of these looks, I just know my hands would get tired after a while and I'd want to take the controllers off and set the screen on a table or a desk or something. And I can't help but worry about what happens if there's drift or like my PS4 controller the L trigger makes it think the left analog stick is pointing up. On the PS4 or Switch I can just toss the bad controller out and use another one, it's a bit more complicated when the controllers are attached to the system itself.

Mario Maker 2 and behind that Mario Maker 1. Those games are way better than the other Mario games. I mean the other games are great, but once they're done they're done, you can keep playing them over again but you're really not seeing much of anything new. I can play Mario Maker 2 or 1 every day for years since launch and still constantly be surprised and amazed by never before seen levels by the greatest creators in the world, those other games just can't really compete with that.

Switch Sports Soccer & Multiversus (Velma FTW)

I remember those blind pupil-less characters, they were really popular back then.

@Paraka Whether Nintendo puts out an old Wario Ware game that a lot of people have already played or they put out something new, it really makes no difference. They won't be the same game as this. Shake it is old, I want to play something I haven't played before, and I'd pick up any new Wario Land games but they won't play like this, and they'll likely cost 3 times as much. And those are finite games, you get to the end and that's it, there's nothing wrong with having more games like that to play because you won't be playing Wario Land forever.

That's just some games have big Mario and some don't. Odyssey didn't have any super mushrooms, so of course Paulline was a lot taller.

Polka Fantasy sounds like a Weird Al version of a Meiko Nakahara song

It's probably just 3 new NFTs with art based on SIlent Hill

Free to play sounds good as long as you don't need a login and password at startup. That's an instant uninstall from me, in that case.

Any time I'm feeling under the weather, I start playing some Enter the Gungeon and it always takes my mind off things.

The same thing I play every day, Switch Sports Soccer and Volleyball. I just unlocked the squirrel costume and just learned that you can move around in Volleyball so that's been a ton of fun. I ran into Matt playing 1v1 Soccer the other day, but he beat me, so I'm going to have to try that again if I want to record the win.

@klaw4846 The game is a 10/10, I just ran into Matt playing the offline Strong CPU 1 on 1 Soccer. He is now a chef that wears a yellow hat.

If they keep putting out great 1st party games, I'd be happy with another 5 years of Switch.

@TrixieSparkle Wii U was a bad name, but Wii 2 is just as bad imho. For someone who remembers the NES 2, a Wii 2 just sounds like a new model of the Wii.

@AndyC_MK111 Oh sure, everybody hates the internet, especially for competitive multiplayer games and 10 year old a.i. on the Wii it's practically the same thing as playing against a real person.

Anyway again, which offline sport on Wii Sports Resort do you think is better than the best game on Switch Sports?

(also not sure what you mean by "can't interact with them")

@AndyC_MK111 I'm curious, you seem to act like you've played both so which sport is it exactly that's on the offline game Wii Sports Resort that you think is so much better than online 4 v 4 Soccer a.k.a. the best game ever?

@klaw4846 He's probably in there somewhere. I ran into Syoban teamed up with the champ Lucia while playing Tennis offline in the medium difficulty setting. Apparently Lucia is a lot better at table tennis than she is regular tennis because I beat them on my first try, but still cool to see them. Lucia has aged and has face wrinkles.

If people think this is a bad game, I question that persons tastes; or maybe they're just lazy people who hate to move. It's just another reminder that these game rating websites just prioritize getting videos up quick so they can get all the clicks rather than spending the time necessary to really put up a fair review.

Seems pretty obvious, and am surprised it wasn't a choice but the game should have online multiplayer and some kind of single player mode. A lot of people don't have someone to play against so having online multiplayer would have sold a lot more copies. I always wanted to get 1-2 Switch but I just didn't think it would get enough use as it is, but online multiplayer would add a ton of replay value.

I seem to just play Soccer (my favorite), Volleyball, and Tennis the most. And Chambara and Bowling are alright, but I didn't like Badminton, it just feels like a slower version of Tennis.

Switch Sports deserves the top spot easily, nothing is more fun than Soccer online. I can't believe Nintendo decided it was a good idea to release Mario Strikers in just a few months. Compared to Switch Sports it looks terrible, like why would someone choose to play an inferior product, and who's going to buy both? I think they would have sold better if they had waited a couple years between releases.

well at least tv's are cheap these days

seems like a weird limit, but also playing 2 player or more on that little screen doesn't seem ideal for most of the sports. And as was mentioned, people would be hitting each other because they'd have to be close to each other to look at that little screen. Lots of people would be injured or worse, and Nintendo would get tons of lawsuits over something like that. I'm sure their many lawyers made sure to nip this in the bud before it became a problem.

I thought it was a lot of fun but the song selection wasn't that good.

This is ridiculously fun, Nintendo Life had the right idea in waiting for online to rate. The online is the main mode here and after playing a while, I'd rate it a 10/10. The Tennis is awesome, and so is the Soccer, and the Bowling, and I love how there's all those collectibles and leveling up, and how you can unlock new taunt messages and 2 word titles. It's got this progression system that was sorely missing on the previous entries. If you don't like Wii Sports you won't like this, but for fans of the franchise, this is as good as it gets.

The Tennis back on the Wii U and Wii you'd have to hit up on the controller often to recalibrate it in the middle of the match, and that never came up here, it just worked the whole time. Being a 2 player game controlling both characters gives you a lot of control and of all the games I've played (only about 3 hours so far), the game is completely lag free, never once pausing, or slowing down, or anything (which was a huge problem on Wii Sports Club online). The Bowling where everybody all bowls at the same time is quick and fun, rather than boring waiting for your turn. And the Soccer 4 vs 4 is really unlike anything and probably the best thing I've played in a long time, you get massive satisfaction when you can block a goal or score a point for your team. Once I got used to it, I didn't want to put the game down. I can't express what a massive improvement this is over the previous games.

Oh no it plays like Wii Sports and Wii Sports Club, and I'm incredibly disappointed that it doesn't have 50 games included. This should be a pack in, don't they know how poor I am right now?

Maybe they'll recreate scenes from the Ron Jeremy Mario movie in Lego form

Weird seeing them discontinue online support for OnLive games, especially since the service hasn't been operational since 2015.

Is money not a good enough reason? You'd think if a company made games, they'd want to port them to every console available; to get a piece of every market.

I'm disappointed, this looks just like the other Splatoon games. Why don't they fly around in hovercars and use space lasers to do each others taxes or something. Or how about a turn based hot dog selling game where you have to use fancy LED displays to get more customers than your opponents. The same reason I didn't like the new Mortal Kombat, it's just like the other Mortal Kombat games, but why don't they change it up a bit so it plays more like Peggle. More blood and gore and fighting, come on, we've all played that game already, how about something fresh.

I miss Table Tennis