Why Nintendo Switch Sports Doesn't Use Miis
The Wii Sports series will be getting a follow up on Nintendo Switch: Nintendo Switch Sports, although it doesn’t use the series’ iconic Miis to the same extent as the original. Announced during the February 9, 2022 Nintendo Direct, Nintendo Switch Sports follows in the series’ footsteps as a motion control-based game with various sports to play. The game is slated to release April 29 and will have an Online Play Test throughout the month of February.
Nintendo Switch Sports will come with soccer, volleyball, bowling, tennis, badminton, and chambara at launch. A free update in fall will also add golf to the game’s lineup. The game will use the Nintendo Switch’s Joy-Con controllers’ motion control feature to let people play the games using the motions they would as if it were the real sport. Unlike the original, however, the character models have a slight cartoonish or anime-inspired style, and aren’t directly using Miis.
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The original Wii Sports was bundled with Nintendo’s immensely popular Wii system, and made use of the console's new Miis. Players used their Miis as avatars in the game, and Miis went on to become Nintendo staples. They’ve been used in the Nintendo 3DS StreetPass and its associated games, and Miis are the primary characters in games such as Tomodachi Life and Miitopia. The Mii even features in Super Smash Bros. as the playable character Mii Fighter, complete with plenty of costumes to reference their customization possibilities. But the recent Nintendo Direct showcased Nintendo Switch Sports gameplay with an obvious shift away from using Miis. Although Miis featured very briefly in the example volleyball game, the rest of the gameplay
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