“Automatic L” – Nintendo Fails to Excite Fans With a Shocking Wii Sports Based Reveal

Published 02/10/2022, 7:41 AM EST

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On February 10th, 2022, the popular gaming brand Nintendo took the internet by storm through Nintendo Direct event. Nintendo surprised the entire community when they revived their popular 2006 release Wii Sports as “Nintendo Switch Sports”. It’s true, it’s basically the Wii Sports for Nintendo Switch. No doubt it’s something that excites the community more than anything. Switch Sports features some of the classic sports games from the popular Wii Sports. Like fans will get to enjoy sports like chambara, bowling, tennis, and more.

In fact, Nintendo also introduced three brand new sports: badminton, volleyball, and soccer. Moreover, the gaming giant has effectively optimized Switch’s joy-cons for Switch Sports. Using which fans can play this game using joy-cons motion tracking technology. But the one thing that’s a little disheartening for the fans is this title doesn’t feature boxing, baseball, and Miis sports.

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On the Nintendo Direct event day, the gaming giant uploaded the official announcement trailer of Switch Sports on YouTube. Nintendo is all set to launch Switch Sports on April 29th, 2022. Moreover, the company plans to run a few online tests around the 18th-19th of Feb 2022 ahead of its launch.

In fact, the fans can also be a part of testing by activating Switch Online subscriptions. During the testing phase, the fans will be able to play sports like bowling, tennis, and chambara. Furthermore, the testing phase will only allow random matching features. And fans won’t be able to play with their friends.

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Nintendo Switch Sports- kicking motion feature in the soccer game and other announcements

The Japanese gaming giant introducing soccer into Switch Sports isn’t a surprise for the fans anymore. But the way Nintendo optimized their joy-cons, especially for this sport, is worth talking about. Fans can play soccer using two methods: by holding joy-cons in their hands and by placing them over their thighs. It’s true, fans just need to place joy-cons on their thighs using leg-strap accessories and play this sport using kicking motion.

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The Japanese gaming giant left the community more curious than ever through some massive upcoming project announcements. Like Mario Strikers: Battle leagues, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Portal: Companion Collection, Mario Kart 8 Delux DLC, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, and many more.

Let’s have a look at a few of fans’ reactions to the Switch Sports announcement:

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Swetabh Shekhar is an eSports author at EssentiallySports and holds a Master's degree in Mass Communication. He has been playing video games since his childhood days and has witnessed the evolution of the gaming industry. GTA, Assassins Creed, Call of Duty, and The Walking Dead are some of his all-time favorites.
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