Nintendo Switch Sports is a Disappointing Disaster of a Game!! (Nintendo Switch Sports Review) - FGR
3Nintendo Switch Sports is a Disappointed Disaster of a Game!!! (Nintendo Switch Sports Review) - FGR
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I can't believe it! Nintendo Finally has a successor to Wii Sports on the Nintendo Switch! Oh boy, I can't till it comes out in… April of last year… wow. I am so late with these reviews that it's not even funny. It should be so fun playing these… seven sports! That's less than the Wii Sports Resort version! Well… at least the game is… oh no! That Metacritic user score is bad. Well, the only opinion that truly matters is my opinion, and my opinion is that the game is a horrible polished turd.
[Intro]
I will make many references to Wii Sports, so watch my review of that game. I'll link to it below. Nintendo Switch Sports starts strong with an incredibly polished menu showing off the three main options. First is Online play, which is the big draw to it. You can play online with people all across the world to unlock uniforms. Secondly, there is a local option to play with people in the same room. Lastly, there is the option to play online with a friend code. So far, so good, right? Well, right off the bat, not going into any of the options or sports, we have a problem. That problem is, of course, where is the single-player content? The trailer shows this big mall where all the sports are held … surely they must have something in this game, right?
Wrong. Nintendo Switch sports is unique in Nintendo's discography, being that it's an online-focused game with basically no single-player content. It has less single-player content than even the original Wii Sports that came for free with the Nintendo Wii if you are from America. The leveling system? Gone. Ranking your Fitness with the mini-games and challenges? Gone. The mini-games and challenges themselves? Gonezo. Please, Jack… say that there is 100-pin bowling. The GOAT mode of the original game? Well, it's gone. I am bringing this up as that is the major complaint for this game and why it truly deserves the low Metacritic score. It's an incredibly baffling decision that caused me to rage quit playing this for thirty days. Here is my chart. You can see that last week I wrote off that it sucks. Barley even played the game for twenty-five minutes because I was so damn bored.
Now that I got that lack of content, we can talk about the rest of the game. Once you pick your mode, you then go and choose your sport from this homepage. Little facts about the area and the open shops pop up on the loading screen. It would be cool to explore it, though. The seven sports that come with the game are Volleyball, Soccer, Badminton, Chambara or sword-fighting, Bowling, Tennis, and Golf. Let's take a deep dive into each of these sports directly.
Volleyball will have you hit a ball back and forth to spike it on either side of the court. You do that by serving to the other side and setting and spiking the ball. You want to time your hits perfectly to spike it over to them. It's a bad choice for a mini-game in this collection. These are already stripped-down versions of these sports, and Volleyball is already boring enough as is. Sure, you can move left and right In this one, but It's still boring to play. There is just not enough gameplay here to chew on.
Soccer is a pretty fun and unique take on the game. The ball and the goals are giant, so you kick it around like in rocket league. It's also the only game that utilizes the Leg strap accessory that comes if you purchase the game in stores or own Ring Fit adventure. Why package this just for a single sport? Well, it's because Nintendo rushed this game. You walk around with the joystick, jump with a flick of a wrist and kick your leg to kick the ball. It's a super fun time. It's probably the second-best sport here, next to bowling. Again with this sport, I feel like it could be fleshed out more. Have more field types and a fun mode with various items you can pick up. I feel like the sports in this are just a snack when I am starving for a full-course meal here. Especially since they are charging fifty bucks for this.
Next up is badminton, which is a one vs. one version of Tennis. You smack the shuttlecock back and forth until it lands on the other person's side. It sucks. There are different types of hits, but who cares? It all acts the same. The character moves for you, so there's no strategy to it. The mechanics are exactly the same as Tennis, which is why it's in the collection in the first place. An easy thing to develop and get shipped out. It's easy to get a non-stop rally between two players due to the lack of strategy. Worst game in the package.
Chambara is a fun one for a little while. In it, you choose your type of sword and try and swing to get your opponent off of the platform. You can pick between a single blade, double blade, or a charging sword. You can block by holding the trigger and rotating your arm around...
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