Nintendo Switch Sports Online Bowling (Recorded on 4/29/22)

Switch Sports just released yesterday and Keet and I formed a friend lobby and jumped online in the evening for our first experience with the game. I was a huge fan of Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort, so Switch Sports was definitely right up my alley.

For our first match we decided to try out bowling, which basically uses the same tried-and-true mechanics from Wii Sports Resort and Wii Sports Club. However, there is one difference: you no longer release the button to release the ball. Instead, the game releases your grip automatically. It’s like the difference between Frisbee Golf in Wii Sports Resort and Skip Skimmer in Wii Play Motion.

Keet didn’t notice this at first (and neither did I until after the first attempt at throwing the ball), so it messed him up initially. However, once I caught wind of the difference and mentioned it, Keet started catching up really quickly.

Whereas Wii Sports Club allowed for four people to bowl online against each other at the same time, Switch Sports supports eight-player online bowling, which is neat. I think you can also take two people online from the same console, though I haven’t tried that yet (I only have one set of Joy-Cons). I hope you enjoy this footage of my first bowling match in this game.

On a related note, I will now be posting all of my online multiplayer footage simultaneously on my Youtube channel and here, so if you want to use Rumble instead of Youtube, I'm hopefully making it a little easier.

Keet's channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/KeetAndBait

Recorded with the Elgato Game Capture HD60 and the Switch's HDMI cable at native 1080p resolution and 60 frames per second. I'm using detached Joy-Cons with motion controls.