{"id":59421,"date":"2026-06-10T00:45:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=59421"},"modified":"2026-06-10T00:45:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:45:58","slug":"the-next-nintendo-sports-game-for-switch-2-features-thumb-wrestling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=59421","title":{"rendered":"The Next Nintendo Sports Game For Switch 2 Features Thumb Wrestling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"subtitle\">Nintendo Switch Sports Resort features 12 activities and it&#8217;s coming to Switch 2 on October 22.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap lead-image-holder\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2190598\/the-next-nintendo-sports-game-for-switch-2-features-thumb-wrestling\/\" data-post-title=\"The next Nintendo sports game for Switch 2 features thumb wrestling\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-post-id=\"2190598\">\n<picture id=\"p6d845a9fc857aeb1ef66b848687fc507\">&#13;<source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/the-next-nintendo-sports-game-for-switch-2-features-thumb-wrestling\/intro-1781022661.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/the-next-nintendo-sports-game-for-switch-2-features-thumb-wrestling\/intro-1781022661.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image \" src=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/the-next-nintendo-sports-game-for-switch-2-features-thumb-wrestling\/intro-1781022661.jpg\" data-slide-url=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2190598\/the-next-nintendo-sports-game-for-switch-2-features-thumb-wrestling\/\" data-post-id=\"2190598\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-slide-title=\"The next Nintendo sports game for Switch 2 features thumb wrestling: \" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"Two cartoon-ish characters play a thumb wrestling game.\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">Nintendo<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">As revealed during Tuesday&#8217;s Nintendo Direct, the company is bringing its long-running series of sports sim games to Switch 2 with a new entry called <em>Nintendo Switch Sports Resort<\/em>. The follow-up to 2022&#8217;s <em>Nintendo Switch Sports<\/em> features a dozen sports that you can play yourself or with family and friends via Joy-Con 2 motion controls.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The lineup includes series staples such as bowling, tennis, basketball, golf and boxing. You&#8217;ll be able to warm up with some jump rope too. There are a few leisure sports in the mix as well, such as power cruising, prop plane flying and skateboarding (which supports mouse controls).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nintendo Switch Sports Resort \u2013 Nintendo Direct 6.9.2026\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XNcXNZJV6IE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">By far the most unusual activity \u2014 I hesitate to call it a sport \u2014 in the mix is thumb wrestling. Here, you&#8217;ll hold the Joy-Con 2 vertically and tilt it from side to side. You can press one of the shoulder buttons to trap your opponent&#8217;s thumb for the win.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Nintendo&#8217;s sports games have always been fun, going all the way back to <em>Wii Sports<\/em> in 2006, so I&#8217;m looking forward to the latest edition. <em>Nintendo Switch Sports Resort<\/em> is coming to Switch 2 on October 22. Pre-orders are open today.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2190598\/the-next-nintendo-sports-game-for-switch-2-features-thumb-wrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo Switch Sports Resort features 12 activities and it&#8217;s coming to Switch 2 on October 22. &#13;&#13;&#13; &#13; Nintendo As revealed during Tuesday&#8217;s Nintendo Direct,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[8209,258,2830,89,255,24474,5521],"class_list":["post-59421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-features","tag-game","tag-nintendo","tag-sports","tag-switch","tag-thumb","tag-wrestling","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/59423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}