Nintendo Switch Sports Needs More Games To Feel Complete
I am going to fall into and out of love with Nintendo Switch Sports all year. I gave it a middling 3.5 star review, noting the lack of offline features that would have made the game worthwhile. But playing online, I found it to be one of my personal favourite games of the year... until it suddenly wasn't. With a week left to go until the rewards reset, I have unlocked everything, and progression has stopped again. It feels like it's not quite finished, and a few extra sports (and an improved reward system) should be extremely helpful in helping Switch Sports live up to its potential.
When the online portion of the game went live, there were two reward packs of 12 items each (and a bonus set for unlocking all 12). One had 21 days for players to unlock it, while the other had 14. Seven days later, I have unlocked all 24 and there's nothing for me to do. There is a league ranking system, but for some reason you need to earn this through arbitrary, unseen criteria. I've climbed as high as the D+ league in Football, but am yet to get off the mark in any of the others.
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I routinely make at least the semi-finals in Bowling and win maybe 70 percent of my games in Badminton and Tennis. Chambara I stink at and Volleyball I hate, but I should be in four leagues now, making steady progress. Instead, I'm just in one, and I don't feel like playing the others anymore because now that the rewards are maxed out, I can't even earn points to bank for future storefronts when I might not be able to play online as much. Online is now as pointless as offline. Oh, and to make matters even worse, the 12 rewards I unlocked were from a pool of what appears to be around 16-20. I
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