Nintendo Switch Sports Resort Hands-On Builds Out Wuhu Island
The pitch has moved off the menu screen: the sports are now one part of an island you roam between events, which is the part of this package a preview can actually test.
Reporting from 1 source: Denfaminicogamer.
A Denfaminicogamer hands-on preview of Nintendo Switch Sports Resort describes an open-world Wuhu Island that players can run across freely, hunting hidden hibiscus flowers and swimming with dolphins. The preview lists 12 activities: tennis, bowling, archery, boxing, volleyball, ping pong, basketball, golf, finger sumo, propeller plane, skateboarding, and marine bike, with jump rope as a warm-up. Tennis, ping pong, and volleyball are singled out for Joy-Con 2 swing controls.
The familiar events return, and so does the layer around them. The preview finds Wuhu Island rebuilt as a space you can run across, with famous spots to visit and hibiscus flowers to hunt between matches, plus dolphins to swim with. Sports remain the core, and the count is large: twelve activities at once, plus jump rope as a warm-up. Control hinges on Joy-Con 2 motion, with swing speed and angle setting shots in tennis, tilt adjusting spin in ping pong, and three separate motions for receive, toss, and spike in volleyball.
- Tennis: swing the Joy-Con 2 like a racket; vary speed and angle for lobs and spins
- Bowling
- Archery: the writer's personal favorite among the events played
- Boxing
- Volleyball: separate motions for receive, toss, and spike
- Ping Pong: returns from Wii Sports Resort; tilt controls spin on cuts and drives
- Basketball: 2-on-2 with switching offense and defense
- Golf
- Finger Sumo
- Propeller Plane
- Skateboarding
- Marine Bike
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.