Nintendo has revealed that Nintendo Switch Sports is getting a basketball replace on Tuesday, June 9. Whereas the free replace was introduced final month, a launch date wasn’t talked about till now.
The basketball minigame is simple, the place gamers can use movement controls to attain as many baskets as they will within the three-point problem. 4 gamers may also compete in opposition to one another in a five-streak battle or three-point-contest, in addition to play two-on-two matches.
Nintendo Switch Sports included six sports activities at launch, which had been volleyball, badminton, bowling, soccer, chambara, and tennis. After launch, Nintendo added full soccer movement controls in addition to golf. Now, greater than two years since its launch, it is lastly getting basketball.
To place that in perspective, Nintendo Switch Sports is getting new content material even additional after launch than Animal Crossing: New Horizons did. Which will come as a shock, on condition that Nintendo Switch Sports bought 13.11 million copies as of March 31, 2024, in comparison with Animal Crossing New Horizon’s 45.3 million gross sales determine.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons launched in April 2020 and stopped receiving any additional content material after November 2021 with the Blissful Dwelling Paradise replace, and has since been solely getting patches to repair bugs.
Nintendo Switch Sports launched in April 2022. In GameSpot’s Nintendo Switch Sports evaluate, we stated, “Nintendo’s newest motion-controlled sports activities recreation resparks the magic of taking part in with others, however not with out a few fumbles alongside the best way.”