Nintendo Switch Sports Should Borrow Wii Sports Resort's Swordplay Showdown

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The latest Nintendo Direct came with all kinds of surprises, and many of them were very welcome ones. Aside from Chrono Cross' remaster and the return of Mario Strikers, Nintendo officially announced Nintendo Switch Sports, a new multiplayer game that's meant to capture the magic of the Wii's beloved Wii Sports series. Considering how long it has been since the halcyon days of Wii Sports, there wasn't much reason to believe that Nintendo Switch Sports would happen, but it made itself known nevertheless. Although the game seems to largely swap out Miis for a new style of avatar, it looks like a nostalgic successor to the Wii Sports franchise so far.

Of course, if Nintendo wants to make Nintendo Switch Sports really nostalgic, it ought to lean more into bringing back the most beloved game modes from its predecessors. There are tons of games and sport variations from Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort that haven't made the cut into Nintendo Switch Sports yet. Perhaps the most important of them all is Wii Sports Resort's Showdown, a PvE horde battle from the game's Swordplay mode. Nintendo Switch Sports partially inherits and improves Swordplay as Chambara, so the door has already been opened to Showdown's return in a new, robust form.

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In Wii SportsResort, Swordplay had two multiplayer modes in the form of Duel and Speed Slice, but fans who played these games could also unlock a single-player mode called Showdown. In Showdown, the player would visit various locations on Wuhu Island, from sandy beaches to mysterious ruins, and battle hordes of other Miis that advance on the player little by little. Showdown looks simple, but it turned out to actually be a pretty significant