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Reviews Nintendo Switch Sports | Review Thread

Oh wait.

This game is only 40 bucks?

Okay, only having 6 games at launch does not bother me as much then since Golf and apparently two other mystery data mined games are coming?
 
Clix said:
Oh wait.

This game is only 40 bucks?

Okay, only having 6 games at launch does not bother me as much then since Golf and apparently two other mystery data mined games are coming?
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While the datamined games are probably coming, I wouldn't based my purchasing decision around them since they could end up never coming to fruition.
 
BassForever said:
While the datamined games are probably coming, I wouldn't based my purchasing decision around them since they could end up never coming to fruition.
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I feel like Nintendo wants this to be an online casual tentpole release, so as long as it does well I would expect consistent updates similar to like an online shooter, since the game seems to be primarily online focused
 
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storres said:
I did say it was a hot take. I always thought like this. Just don't want another console that Nintendo focuses on these types of games than traditional ones. The current ouput is just perfect for me.
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It's not a "hot take", it's just misinformed on how Nintendo develops their games is all.
 
bellydrum said:
It's not a "hot take", it's just misinformed on how Nintendo develops their games is all.
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It's also something that we've been through before. Like more than a decade ago lmao. I never expected this complaint to come back.

Then again I guess I'm part of the "problem" since I want games like Nintendogs to make a comeback. With that said Nintendo has "core" games deep in development (some of which are coming this year) so it is just a weird statement. Again, Nintendo is capable of delivering both core and casual games at the same time.
 
Yeah, it doesn't make sense, but let's not dwell on it.

I'm still getting this game despite lower critic scores because I had a great time with the demo

Chambara was specifically my favorite
 
bellydrum said:
Yeah, it doesn't make sense, but let's not dwell on it.

I'm still getting this game despite lower critic scores because I had a great time with the demo

Chambara was specifically my favorite
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Are critic scores really lower than expected?, 75 meta seems standard for this sort of game, and thats before online was available, so a lot of the more positive outlets didn't even score the game yet while waiting for online, since that seems to be Nintendo's main focus with this game and its progression systems
 
snikdasnek said:
Last couple of party games buck the trend I argue(MPSS definitely has a good amount of content), will agree on the sports games front though,

The issue is mainly with Camelot due to the small amount of staff, if they can just shore up or get more time on the game I imagine they will release way better since usually the games end up being pretty good when all is said and done.
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MPSS was a remake game, though. And it still only had EDIT: 5 boards, where the games it was remaking all had 6 each. It definitely had more content than SMM, but I wouldn't exactly call it 'content-rich.'

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Sure both Wii Sports and Resort (and I assume club but I never player it) have stuff for someone to do by themselves, but again, why would someone be looking to get this game for it's offline single player content? I get being disappointed because it is, but passing on the game completely because of it? This game lives or dies on how fun multiplayer is with friends and family locally and online, the latter of which is unknown until Friday.
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Personally, as someone who has had very few friends throughout their life, Wii Sports Resort was still fun because of the breadth of sports and how "play multiplayer with bots," wasn't the only 'solo' thing to do. Archery, flying, sword-fighting, bowling, golf, cycling, etc all were just as fun solo as they would be with a friend, and they all had multiple disciplines within each as well. The game also had a ton of single-player achievement to actively incentivise solo play.
 
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BassForever said:
While the datamined games are probably coming, I wouldn't based my purchasing decision around them since they could end up never coming to fruition.
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Well, true. But more that it is 40 bucks. I thought this was 60. 40 bucks is a good price for a party game to me. That's what I paid for Cotton Reboot and I finished that in less than an hour lol
 
Plum said:
MPSS was a remake game, though. And it still only had 4 boards, where the games it was remaking all had 6. It definitely had more content than SMM, but I wouldn't exactly call it 'content-rich.'


Personally, as someone who has had very few friends throughout their life, Wii Sports Resort was still fun because of the breadth of sports and how "play multiplayer with bots," wasn't the only 'solo' thing to do. Archery, flying, sword-fighting, bowling, golf, cycling, etc all were just as fun solo as they would be with a friend, and they all had multiple disciplines within each as well. The game also had a ton of single-player achievement to actively incentivise solo play.
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MPSS had 5 boards and more than the average count of mini games+ side modes
 
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DecoReturns said:
I miss out on some Yeah’s!

Checkmate, Dardan Sandiego.
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Harina said:
Do any of the reviews go into why they didn't like badminton? That was the one thing I was gonna buy the game for. All I can see is it "feels off?"
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feels offully good to play
 
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£30.99 is a good price point for digital tbh. Also, thanks to Polygon for not making me feel like a grandpa in your review text.
 
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I'm trying to reserve full judgeemnt until I can play the full game for myself, but I'm still very much getting the impression this is going to be a lackluster follow-up to Resort...
 
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storres said:
Hopefully, I always have the hot take that these types of games is ehat led to the Wii U. My wish is for the market to reject them. They already rejected Labo, which was a good thing to happen.
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Nintendo didn't have any of these types of games on Wii U though. They didn't put out a real Wii Sports sequel, they didn't really try anything to go after this audience aside Wii Fit U. Labo is also nothing like these games.

Anyway, we need more games like this so I hope it succeeds, and it will.
 
That's actually higher scores than I was expecting, huh. I was convinced press was gonna hate this.
 
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So I just read on the Nintendo website that Nintendo Switch Sports only supports online play with one other person than yourself... Was looking forward to playing with a couple of my friends together :/

For context, in the "No. of players" section for the game it says "Online (1-2)" and at first I thought it was for how many people you can take online on one Switch (like you can play with 2 people online on the same switch in MK8DX) but then I checked for games like Splatoon 2 and MK8DX and they both say "Online (2-8)" and "Online (2-12) respectively. Which I take as a confirmation that I won't be able to play doubles tennis as an example with 3 other friends, which is a real bummer. Actually thinking about cancelling my pre-order, which is a first.
 
mazi said:
is anyone doing an ST for this?
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I can make one if no one will. Not sure if we have some sort of timeline for how early they can launch but probably would have to get it out late tonight US Pacific time. I suppose that would work for out PAL territories anyway.
 
Barely Able said:
I can make one if no one will. Not sure if we have some sort of timeline for how early they can launch but probably would have to get it out late tonight US Pacific time. I suppose that would work for out PAL territories anyway.
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looks like no one has claimed the ST. there's no rush, you can post it anytime you want. usually STs are posted a couple of days before the game is out.
 
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SirShorse said:
So I just read on the Nintendo website that Nintendo Switch Sports only supports online play with one other person than yourself... Was looking forward to playing with a couple of my friends together :/

For context, in the "No. of players" section for the game it says "Online (1-2)" and at first I thought it was for how many people you can take online on one Switch (like you can play with 2 people online on the same switch in MK8DX) but then I checked for games like Splatoon 2 and MK8DX and they both say "Online (2-8)" and "Online (2-12) respectively. Which I take as a confirmation that I won't be able to play doubles tennis as an example with 3 other friends, which is a real bummer. Actually thinking about cancelling my pre-order, which is a first.
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That seems like a mistake. The online test definitely included more than one other human for some of the games like battle royale bowling.
 
julian said:
That seems like a mistake. The online test definitely included more than one other human for some of the games like battle royale bowling.
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If it isn't a mistake, perhaps the internet can bully Nintendo into adding more players into the game like they did with Super Mario Maker 2
 
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Harina said:
Do any of the reviews go into why they didn't like badminton? That was the one thing I was gonna buy the game for. All I can see is it "feels off?"
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When I played it earlier my favorite sports were Badminton and Volleyball honestly. That said I only played a few games so cant say about it on the long run. I am surprised so many people didn't like it, haha
 
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Resort was one of the greatest sports games of all time. Sounds like this will fall short of that. Still getting it!

I just wish Golf was releasing at launch.
 
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SirShorse said:
So I just read on the Nintendo website that Nintendo Switch Sports only supports online play with one other person than yourself... Was looking forward to playing with a couple of my friends together :/

For context, in the "No. of players" section for the game it says "Online (1-2)" and at first I thought it was for how many people you can take online on one Switch (like you can play with 2 people online on the same switch in MK8DX) but then I checked for games like Splatoon 2 and MK8DX and they both say "Online (2-8)" and "Online (2-12) respectively. Which I take as a confirmation that I won't be able to play doubles tennis as an example with 3 other friends, which is a real bummer. Actually thinking about cancelling my pre-order, which is a first.
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Been digging into he actual website for the ST and the individual sport pages say which sports can have how many friends online. Soccer and bowling both say 1-8 friends (bowling goes up to 16 with random matchmaking) and tennis can have 4. I’ll make sure to add to each sport when I finish the OT.
 
I really want this, but I'm waiting until I get my current living situation figured out. I might also wait until Golf is in and more sports are announced.
 
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Barely Able said:
Been digging into he actual website for the ST and the individual sport pages say which sports can have how many friends online. Soccer and bowling both say 1-8 friends (bowling goes up to 16 with random matchmaking) and tennis can have 4. I’ll make sure to add to each sport when I finish the OT.
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Thank you for this, checked myself and I'm reassured. Thanks a bundle!
 
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The game comes out in less than two days and I still don’t know if I can use my Mii with a furry body yet!! Hope we get the full details for Sportsmate/Mii customization soon.
 
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