Nintendo Switch Sports Resort Launches Today: Price, Sports and Online Modes
Nintendo Switch Sports Resort arrives exclusively on Switch 2 today, October 22, bringing 12 motion-controlled sports back to Wuhu Island with a new solo mode, online play and a console bundle.
Switch Sports Resort leans on Joy-Con 2 motion controls for most of its twelve events. Image: Nintendo.
Nintendo Switch Sports Resort is out now, available exclusively on Nintendo Switch 2 as of October 22, 2026. It picks up where 2009's Wii Sports Resort left off, sending the same cast of twelve motion-controlled events back to Wuhu Island and adding a real single-player campaign, year-round online play, and a rebuilt hub area called Spocco Resort. There is no Switch 1 version. Joy-Con 2 and a Switch 2 system are required.
Wuhu Island looks different this time
The island itself is the headline change. Wuhu's volcano, Maka Wuhu, now sits on a noticeably wider base, and the old boat dock has been replaced by Spocco Square, a waterfront plaza that doubles as the game's social hub and the entry point into most sports. Nintendo teased the relaunch on its official account ahead of today's release.
It's almost time for a getaway to Wuhu Island! ⏱️
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) Nintendo of America on X
Compete in 12 immersive sports, customize your Sportmate or Mii characters, and more in #NintendoSwitchSportsResort, coming exclusively to Nintendo Switch 2 on Oct 22.
Players build a Sportsmate, a new custom-character option that sits alongside the returning Mii, and both can be dressed in gear bought with Spocco Points earned from matches. The Item Center rotates in limited-time cosmetics tied to the calendar, which is why the shop is running a Halloween set this week.
All 12 sports, and how each one controls
The roster keeps every Wii Sports Resort favorite and folds in two new events. Most use swing-style Joy-Con 2 motion controls; Skateboarding is the exception, built around Joy-Con 2's mouse mode.
- Archery, Tennis, Golf, Bowling, Table Tennis, Volleyball, Basketball, Boxing - motion controls, largely unchanged from the Wii Sports Resort versions
- Power Cruising and Prop Plane - vehicle events raced across open stretches of the island and surrounding water
- Thumb Wrestling - new, a one-on-one Joy-Con 2 grip event
- Skateboarding - new, uses Joy-Con 2 mouse controls on a flat surface to steer
- Jump Rope - a short warm-up minigame, not one of the twelve main sports
Island Crown is the new solo mode
Previous entries in the series leaned almost entirely on local multiplayer. Switch Sports Resort adds Island Crown, a single-player ladder across nine of the twelve sports where you climb through ranked opponents toward that sport's Island Champion. Wins bank Spocco Points toward Item Center gear, so Island Crown works as both a tutorial and the game's only way to unlock certain cosmetics without buying them outright.
Multiplayer, Friend Lobbies and GameChat
Local play supports up to four people on one console and one screen. Online, Nintendo splits multiplayer into two tracks: Casual Online Play covers nine of the twelve sports and opens matchmaking to anyone with a Nintendo Switch Online membership, while Pro League is the ranked ladder for players who want their results to count toward a seasonal rank. Friend Lobbies hold up to eight players, two per connected console, for private matches with people you already know. GameChat is also wired in, letting friends talk or show video between rounds, though video requires a compatible USB camera on top of the Switch Online membership and a linked Nintendo Account.
Price, the Switch 2 bundle and what you need
Switch Sports Resort is $49.99 digitally on the Nintendo eShop, with physical copies running a few dollars more at retail. Nintendo is also selling a console bundle that pairs a Switch 2 system with a digital copy of the game and a three-month Nintendo Switch Online Individual Membership, priced to undercut buying everything separately. Anyone picking up the bundle to use GameChat or Pro League will still need an active Nintendo Switch Online plan once that trial membership runs out. The game carries an E10+ rating for mild violence from the ESRB, and the eShop listing puts the download at roughly 10 GB, small enough to fit alongside other recent Switch 2 releases without much juggling of storage. If you also picked up Game Freak's Pokémon Legends: Z-A on Switch 2 this month, Sports Resort's 10 GB footprint is an easy fit next to it on the same microSD Express card.
Online player caps beyond the eight-person Friend Lobby figure have not been published yet; Nintendo says more detail is coming after launch. Until then, Casual Online Play and Pro League are the two ways to find strangers, and both require nothing more than the base Switch Online membership to join.