Nintendo Switch Sports (Game) (2024)

Nintendo Switch Sports is the 2022 Nintendo Switch successor to Wii Sports (2006), Wii Sports: Resort (2009) and Wii Sports: Club (2013) created by Nintendo.

The physical game can be purchased from Amazon USA here.

It currently has eight sports, which are Badminton, Bowling, Chambara, Soccer, Tennis, and Volleyball, with Golf being released on November 28, 2022, and Basketball being released on July 9, 2024.

The game is available in (and has localized titles in) all 12 Nintendo Switch system languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, and Korean.

There are also small variations between the Nintendo Switch's continental locale settings:

• For English, the "Americas", "Japan", and "Hong Kong / Taiwan / South Korea" locales use the name Soccer, whereas the "Europe" and "Australia / New Zealand" locales change it to Football, which is the name of the sport in all but 2 countries in Europe.^{[note 1]} However, all other phrases in the game, e.g. "Customize" and "Traveling", use the American spellings in those two locales as well.
• For French, the "Europe" locale uses the distinct French spacing before exclamation points and question marks, while the "Americas" locale lacks the spacing.

Story[]

Most of the game takes place on Spocco Square, which has recently been converted from a nearby big metropolis' outdated wharf to a large waterfront park. Among vast amounts of gardening, fountains, and walk paths, various buildings in the park are dedicated to shopping, cafés, libraries, and sports.

The volleyball and chambara buildings, and parts of the station-badminton square, were converted from old wharf buildings and containers, while all other buildings were built from the ground-up.

The players and competitors are known as the Sportsmates, who have consistent access to all sports including those that lack alternate fields and training fields (e.g. volleyball and basketball). Their main goal is to make their way up through the Pro Leagues in the sports they aim for.

Despite the name of the Pro Leagues, the competitions are almost entirely amateur. The Sportsmates can earn fashion clothing and accessories, sports equipment, personal title phrases, reaction stamps, and to varying extents food supplies from nearby serving places. They also have access to the center building's showers, and free rides with the express boat between Spocco Square and the golf fields.

Controllers[]

The game requires a Joy-Con L and Joy-Con R pair, and will not progress to the main menu without a Joy-Con pair. It does not support Pro Controller, the Nintendo Switch Lite's built-in controls, nor any touchscreen functionality. Additionally, the game does not allow Joy-Cons to be clicked onto the Nintendo Switch, preventing players from charging one Joy-Con while using the other for single-Joy-Con sports.^{[note 2]}

The physical version includes the Leg Strap, whereas the Nintendo eShop version does not.

Although the game frequently tells players to use Joy-Con Straps, it is unable to detect if any straps have actually been clicked onto the Joy-Cons.

In the rare event during Two Players "Play Globally" that one of the two Joy-Cons run out of battery during the "Press A/▶" prompt to start the match, the match will commence nevertheless and with no controller connection prompts, forcing the remaining player to play 1-on-2. Only after the match but before the scores for weekly sets are given, does the game prompt to connect a second Joy-Con again.

The game supports haptic feedback. Small rumbles occur when browsing/clicking menus, and during various gameplay actions such as, but not limited to, swimming, hitting, swiping, throwing, or dribbling.

Modes[]

The game has 4 modes on its main menu:

• Play Globally (Online matches), including its subcategory Two Players.
• Play Locally.
• Play with Friends, including its alternate mode LAN Play that can be shown by pressing L + R + L-stick press.

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Names in other languages[]

With the exception of for Japanese, the names were only used in marketing and on box art, but not in the game itself.

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