Nintendo Switch Sports

Nintendo Switch Sports Resort was announced during the June 9, 2026 Nintendo Direct as the motion-sports follow-up to Nintendo Switch Sports, which released in 2022. The game is set for October 22, 2026, on Nintendo Switch 2, and Nintendo's Yoshiaki Koizumi demonstrated finger wrestling during the broadcast. The announcement laid out 12 sports: ping pong, archery, boxing, tennis, volleyball, bowling, basketball, golf, sumo finger wrestling, skateboarding, marine bike, jump rope, and propeller plane, with motion controls through Joy-Con 2 and mouse operation for skateboarding. Preorders opened after the broadcast.

The pitch shifted in October, when a Denfaminicogamer hands-on described an open-world Wuhu Island that players run across freely, hunting hidden hibiscus flowers and swimming with dolphins. The preview listed the same 12 activities as tennis, bowling, archery, boxing, volleyball, ping pong, basketball, golf, finger sumo, propeller plane, skateboarding, and marine bike, with jump rope as a warm-up. Tennis, ping pong, and volleyball were singled out for Joy-Con 2 swing controls. The sports are now one part of an island rather than a menu screen.

On October 6, Nintendo announced the Nintendo Switch 2 (Japanese-language, Japan-only) Choose-Your-Game Set for November 12, pairing the console with one downloadable game chosen from Mario Kart World, Nintendo Switch Sports Resort, and Tomodachi Collection: Waku Waku Life at 63,980 yen including tax. The set prices the standalone download of Nintendo Switch Sports Resort at 5,980 yen. By October 20, the packaged version without an exclusive bonus was listed on Amazon.co.jp for 6,027 yen, against an official 6,980 yen, a gap of roughly 1,000 yen. The game supports offline and online play.