After recently revealing that basketball would be coming to Nintendo Switch Sports, Nintendo has now officially released this free update for the court sport.
As previously revealed, it comes with a trio of different game modes including two-on-two matches, solo three-point competition and ‘Five Streak Battle’. Local and online multiplayer support is also included with this.
Here’s the full review, courtesy of Nintendo’s support site. Along with basketball, “several issues have been fixed” to improve the overall gameplay experience:
Latest update: Ver. 1.5.0 (Released July 9, 2024)
Basketball
- Basketball has been added. It can be enjoyed in all modes: Play Globally, Play Locally and Play with Friends.
All in all
- Several issues have been fixed to improve the gameplay experience.
As you can see above, Nintendo has also uploaded a new preview trailer featuring both basketball and golf. Free Golf update added to Switch Sports 2022.