# Nintendo Switch Sports Resort launches this week

> Nintendo's new sports collection for Switch 2 is a refined arcade experience that could define the console's early years.
- Title: Nintendo Switch Sports Resort launches this week · The Verge
- Summary: Nintendo's new sports collection for Switch 2 is a refined arcade experience that could define the console's early years. Nintendo Switch Sports Resort…
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- Source: The Verge — https://theverge.com/entertainment/1013753/nintendo-switch-sports-resort-review-switch-2
- Author: Andrew Webster
- Published: 2026-10-20T13:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 2 min
- Topics: nintendo switch sports resort, switch 2, nintendo, sports games, motion controls, arcade games, technology, culture
## Wii Sports changed everything
Wii Sports is the best-selling software Nintendo has ever made. It permeated culture in surprising ways and helped rejuvenate Nintendo after steady decline.

> the best-selling piece of software the company has ever made
## Sports games became a console fixture
While later Nintendo sports titles never sold as well as the original, they became a fixture for each new console, like Mario Kart or Pokémon.
## Switch two gets its own version
Nintendo Switch Sports Resort is launching on Switch two this week. It is the best sports game in the series so far.
## Launching amid bigger releases
Sports Resort arrives during a hectic time for Switch two releases, sandwiched between Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave and the upcoming remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
## Twelve sports with motion controls
The game features twelve sports and activities requiring motion controls. Tennis and bowling return alongside skateboarding, thumb wrestling, and flying a plane.
## Simplicity is the strength
Each activity is incredibly easy to pick up. You can learn golf fundamentals in about a minute using a Joy-Con, making it perfect for arcade-style play with friends.
## Depth beneath the surface
While most games are simple, there is significant depth. Bowling includes a mode with one hundred pins at once, and players can spend hours perfecting spin techniques.
## Open world exploration is new
Sports Resort takes place in an open world island setting. Three new activities focus on exploration: prop plane, power cruising, and skateboarding, with a sightseeing mode to find landmarks within five minutes.
## Original Sports sold eighteen million copies
The first Nintendo Switch Sports has sold more than eighteen million copies, topping beloved games like Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Splatoon three.

> more than 18 million copies
## A perennial seller for Switch two
Nintendo Switch Sports Resort launches on Switch two on October twenty-second. It is the kind of game people pick up alongside Mario Kart when buying a new console.
## Key takeaway

Nintendo Switch Sports Resort launches October twenty-second on Switch two as a refined sports collection that may become a system staple, following the massive success of the original Wii Sports.