Nintendo Switch Sportsis almost here, and Nintendo is starting to discuss it in more detail. It recently dropped a new trailer forNintendo Switch Sportsthat provided significantly more detail on the game than its initial announcement. Aside from providing additional details on the game’s character customization system and online play, both of which help the game differ greatly from Nintendo’s previousWii Sportsgames, the trailer revisited the six sports that’ll be available in the game at launch. While some sports look like they’ll mostly be played in traditional ways, others included some highly creative spins, especially bowling.
InNintendo Switch Sports,bowling offers players a lot of variety. Naturally players can play a standard game of bowling, but the game also features special lanes, which function as obstacle courses that players have to clear in order to knock over pins. Players will find themselves contending with pits, moving barriers, changes in elevation, and more. Additionally,the newNintendo Switch Sportstraileroffered a glimpse at Survival Bowling, where 16 online players will compete against one another. The variety of ways to bowl inNintendo Switch Sportsis really something special, and ideally the rest of the games sports will find ways to imitate that creative spirit.
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Bowling’s Diversity in Nintendo Switch Sports
PastWii Sportsgames made sports simulation special thanks in part to the clever twists that Nintendo put on familiar games and activities.Wii Sports Resortwas particularly good at this. The game may have featured 15 sports, but even then, Nintendo included two or three variations on each of these sports, giving fans a huge number ofthings to do inWii Sports Resort.As a result, the game could be played for hours on end without feeling stale. The variety within the game’s core sports allowed players to mix up their play time in all kinds of ways before returning to a favorite mode.
Nintendo Switch Sportsneeds a similar sense of variety. The more options players have when choosing how to play each individual sport, the better.Nintendo Switch Sportshas far fewer sportsto choose from thanWii Sports Resort,meaning that no matter how good the gameplay is, players will likely master the game far faster than they would inWii Sports Resort.Without a wealth of play options,Switch Sportscould get stale pretty quickly. That’s why the design of bowling is such a good sign. Bowling will offer players a lot of interesting takes on its central theme, and so hopefully Nintendo has similarly creative ideas for each of the game’s other sports.
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Nintendo Switch Sports' Innovations
There are certainly a few signs of diverse play amongtheNintendo Switch Sportslineup of games. For instance, Chambara allows players to choose between three different sword types that’ll change up their fighting style. These sword options will allow Chambara to offer players a little extra mechanical challenge that ought to keep the game mode interesting for a significant amount of time. That kind of innovation needs to be found in all parts ofNintendo Switch Sports, regardless of whether a sport is aWii Sportsveteran or new to the series.
Admittedly,Nintendo Switch Sportsalready has some valuable innovation in key areas.The game’s playable Sportsmateshave the potential to offer highly detailed customization that immerses the player better than ever, andNintendo Switch Sports' ranked online multiplayer will give the game’s competitive players something to work towards. Nevertheless, Nintendo needs to get the game’s fundamentals right too. Each ofNintendo Switch Sports' games need separate game modes that put new twists on play and encourage players to think about the sport differently. That’d go a long way to keepWii Sportsfans interested in this curious successor.
