The above picture is the evaluation of colleagues who love fan after experiencing Nintendo Switch Sports. It seems that in the face of Nintendo somatosensory games, "stimulation is not exciting" is more valuable than "good or not".
A sports meeting in the living room
Connect to your TV, pin Joy-Con, turn on Nintendo Switch Sports (hereinafter referred to as NS Sports), and you can "play" tennis and football with your friends and players around the world.
▲Is this foot handsome? Hand waved out
Similar to switch's other somatosensory games, with the Joy-Con buttons, you can play by simply swinging the gamepad as a racket as if you were participating in the corresponding sport in reality. Even for novices, you can get started quickly.
Now NS Sports is not a complete body, only tennis, volleyball, badminton, football, bowling and fencing 6 sports, in the future update, Nintendo will also bring us golf, and even basketball, dodgeball and more sports (basketball and dodgeball have not been officially confirmed).
Golf will be available this fall
Tennis & Badminton, my fitness top pick
Sharing Joy-Con, split-screen games, somatosensory controls, NS Sports' methods of operation and graphical display are not much different from other Switch party games, "Mario Party, but Sport".
▲ Split-screen tennis matches
Of the 6 starting events, my favorites are badminton and tennis, which are similar in operation and have the best fitness effect.
With the automatic movement of the in-game characters, swing the Joy-Con, you can save the ball in front, fly to the dunk, and have a wonderful and exciting duel with your friends in the living room. Of course, you can also be more immersed in the addition of footsteps.
Even if there is no network and friends are not around, you can choose AI games of different difficulties, novice players like me, the highest level of AI, is really impossible to beat.
The characteristics of the ren game "easy to get started, difficult to master" are also reflected in NS Sports, although the basic operation is very simple, but with the swing, the wrist twists to varying degrees, and various rotating balls will be played. On the video platform, the wonderful operation of various gods will make you constantly exclaim "this game can still be played like this".
▲ For example, hit the Internet. Image courtesy of Station B UP main leonvdream
▲For example, ACE serve
▲For example, long-term stalemate. Image from: Station B UP Master FallinJan
If you are an NS member, you can also play against players around the world online to win costumes, stickers, emoticons and other equipment, and non-members can also experience this feature, but there is a limit to the number of equipment you can get.
While the game doesn't require you to actually run, if you're immersed enough (the living room is big enough) and follow your character around, the motion will be much better.
Tennis and badminton are also the most experienced by colleagues, after all, waving a racket and waving Joy-Con is easy to associate, and it is easier to get started. Some colleagues with actual tennis and badminton experience praised the game's action design when experiencing the game. Colleagues who don't exercise often have the idea of wanting to go to the stadium to play.
Fencing & Bowling, skill is more important than strength
The key word for the two balls is "sport", and the key word for fencing and bowling is "skill".
In fencing, you must block the opponent's attack while finding the right angle to counterattack. Similar to The Legend of Zelda: Sword of Heaven HD, in the fencing ring, you're Link.
You can choose to attack and defend, and quickly decide the winner or loser.
You can also choose to defend and counterattack, steady step by step.
Bowling is really a skill duel, with joysticks and buttons used to control the direction and angle of the shot, and the speed of swinging the arm affects the strength of the ball. It seems that the movement of Joy-Con in the moment when the ball is out of hand will affect the arc of the bowling ball.
I saw a UP owner at B station sharing his NS Sports tips, bowling, and he even played a spinning ball by twisting his wrist, and the techno party could go to his video to learn from it.
▲Rotating ball. Picture from: B station UP main small 7_IMPHYCHO
Here you must boast of the online battle mode, 16 players from all over the world will play 3 rounds of bowling duels, throwing, waiting, last place elimination, really like the game.
The most "outrageous" thing is that if you are eliminated in a certain round, the game also has a viewing area, you can sit here and wait for the showdown to end.
Almost all the colleagues who came to experience it praised fencing, decompression, fun, excitement, fun, fencing witnessed all the happiness of everyone, but also received the biggest scream, "If only 16 people could fight together" . Bowling, which requires skill and time, has not been favored by many friends.
Football & Volleyball, Timing! That's right, timing!
When it comes to football and volleyball, the key word becomes "timing." Although it is football, although it is a body feeling, the football project has almost nothing to do with the "foot". Control the Joy-Con to move the player, swinging the ball to the left and right and shooting.
Because this football is really big, it is more like an amusement project in the playground, dribbling, stopping the ball, crossing, Marseille slalom, in front of NS Sports, which football lovers don't look professional at all, the skills and experience I have practiced in other football games seem to be not professional at all.
Although the game also offers kicking operations, you can fix Joy-Con on the leg for penalty duels (the physical version contains straps, which are the same as the straps in Fitness Ring Adventure), but after the experience, it can only be said that it is better than nothing, and most of the time the game is still played with a wave of hands.
Volleyball sports also need to find the right time, in the game, the system will remind you what you should do next, holding the ball, smashing, blocking the net, or fast or slow, will affect the quality of the catch.
For friends who play somatosensory games for the first time, the difficulty of these two games is slightly greater, especially football, and multiple buttons are coordinated to make colleagues who want to experience it slightly discouraged. Volleyball, which needs to be accurate and cooperatively operated, is also a bit difficult to get started. However, after successfully scoring goals and cooperating with scoring, everyone still has a sense of accomplishment.
Fitness? It's still far behind
After all, there is "Sports" in the name, and I believe that everyone is also looking forward to its fitness effect. Let's start with the conclusion: No.
To test the athletic effects of NS Sports, I played NS Sports for 35 minutes, Fitness Ring Adventure, and Dance All In, after my heart rate stabilized, and used my Apple Watch to record my heart rate and calorie burn.
The first is The Fitness Ring Adventure, which continues to pass at the highest level, because there are selected levels, skills and plots, the effective exercise time is only 24 minutes, and the final consumption is 261 kcal, with a maximum heart rate of 151 (average heart rate of 117).
Next is "Dance Full Force", in the time of 1 song, almost all of them are in continuous exercise, and it does not take too much time to change songs, so you can see a very regular heart rate fluctuation, 35 minutes a total of 7 songs, consume 322 kcal, the highest heart rate is 167 (average heart rate 130).
And NS Sports, which I have high hopes for, even if it is serious about doing the action, it can complete various operations with a wave of the wrist, and it is really not ranked in terms of physical exertion. After 35 minutes, only 171 kcal is consumed, with a maximum heart rate of 95 (average heart rate of 79), compared to 191 kcal on a 30-minute walk and a maximum heart rate of 128 (average 116).
Want to work out? NS Sports is not as good as a 100-step walk after a meal.
Out of curiosity, I danced with Liu Qihong for 35 minutes, from "Materia Medica" to "Cowboy Is Busy" to "Dragon Fist", consuming 442 kcal, the highest heart rate of 189 (average 158) - NS Sports is also a music, the real exercise has to see Liu Qihong.
▲The intensity of Liu Qihong's fitness exercises is relatively high, and he can do what he can
Although it has the name "Sports", in experience, NS Sports's positioning is more inclined to the "Super Mario Party" series of works, the purpose of the game is to make your friends gather more fun, and sports is only the way to achieve this goal. NS Sports is a somatosensory game, not a fitness game.
Want to work out? You have more options. Now it seems that the fitness exercise on the Switch that combines fun and athletic effects has to be "Fitness Ring Adventure". Moderate amount of exercise, rich exercise methods, from warm-up before exercise to stretching after exercise to fitness tips, it is a comprehensive home fitness assistant.
The main thing is that the whole game process spirit ring will praise you, from beginning to end to praise you.
▲ There is also poisonous chicken soup
Summary: There is still a long way to go, and Sports is afraid of being brilliant
Before the release of NS Sports, the game lovers and non-game enthusiasts around them showed great interest, Wii Sports's sales of more than 80 million copies were in the front, coupled with the increase in the demand for home fitness entertainment today, NS Sports set off a pursuit like "Fitness Ring Adventure" seems to be nailed down.
But, my lord, times have changed.
In fact, after Wii Sports, Nintendo also launched a sequel "Wii Sports Resort", sales plummeted to 33 million copies (still a lot) - similar gameplay, more than a decade later, the somatosensory game is no longer fresh today, simple to some boring waving, it is difficult to reproduce the glory of Wii Sports.
In terms of entertainment, there is a big gap between NS Sports and the "Super Mario Party" series; in terms of sports and fitness, it is not as good as the effect of predecessors such as "Fitness Ring Adventure".
NS Sports is fun, colleagues are full of laughter when they experience it, and the price of 4300 yen (digital version) is also worth the ticket price today when the yen has depreciated. But casual gamers and fitness users alike can find better options on the Switch.
If you're a big switch player, I believe you've already started the digital version and made your way to the A-League; if you want to work out, I'd recommend established fitness games like Fitness Ring Adventure at a stable price, or wait for the price to stabilize before starting NS Sports.
NS Sports continues the classic of Wii Sports, brainwashing music, fresh art style, excellent body feeling, it will surely become a new choice for party games, but the simple operation and only 6 sports items make it difficult for players to maintain novelty for a long time.
If you're already with NS Sports, here are a few tips for you:
1. Follow the game prompts to fix the controller, there are already bloggers who are too excited to smash the TV;
2. When playing, the distance between friends is slightly farther, and the hands of two people touch each other, which is quite painful;
3. Happiness is the most important, quarrel do not do not;
4. This is a (almost) all-ages game, bring your family along!