What Nintendo Switch Sports Gets Right About Volleyball

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Nintendo Switch Sports has been out for over a month now, continuing Nintendo's 16-year-long tradition of creating action simulation games geared towards those looking for casual fun with motion capture technology. For many, it's the perfect answer for those who yearned for a newer and shinier version of Wii Sports but for others, it falls short of Wii Sports' former glory.

Many players expressed disappointment with how the mini-games fail to include side content or alternative game modes. This can diminish the replay value, especially if compared to previous iterations like Wii Sports Resort which contained double the content. Currently, Nintendo Switch Sports comes with six activities, though golfing is said to be on its way via download in a free future update. These games include tennis, bowling, chambara (swordplay), badminton, volleyball, and soccer, although only the last three are new to the Sports series. Astoundingly, the 2v2 volleyball mode nails what makes these sports simulation games so enticing, and seems to be the most redeeming feature for the $40 price tag.

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For those who want to learn or casually play volleyball, this is not a bad starting point at all and serves as an adequate teaching experience. A tutorial explaining the mechanics shows players how to pass, set, spike, and block. All of these feel very intuitive to how one would do these movements in real life, as volleyball typically consists of keeping the ball off the ground and trading the ball back and forth across a net. The heart of what made Wii Sports so beloved can truly be felt in Switch Sports' simple controls.

Playing on the easiest setting, «Normal», against computer-controlled opponents is the