{"id":3468,"date":"2022-04-29T18:50:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T16:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/does-nintendo-switch-sports-work-on-switch-lite-yes-but-its-limited\/"},"modified":"2022-04-29T18:50:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T16:50:17","slug":"does-nintendo-switch-sports-work-on-switch-lite-yes-but-its-limited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/does-nintendo-switch-sports-work-on-switch-lite-yes-but-its-limited\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Nintendo Switch Sports work on Switch Lite? Yes, but it&#8217;s limited"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"source-title\">Does Nintendo Switch Sports work on Switch Lite? It&#8217;s <\/div>\n<p> limited.<\/p>\n<div class=\"source-text\">\n<div>\n<p ><em>Nintendo Switch Sports<\/em>, out Friday on Nintendo Switch, brings back the motion-controlled fun of <em>Wii Sports<\/em> for the modern era, letting players enjoy bowling, soccer, badminton, and more with their Joy-Cons. It&#8217;s great! It&#8217;s great! <\/p>\n<p >Switch Lite owners will need an external set of Joy-Cons to play <em>Nintendo Switch Sports<\/em>, similar to how earlier motion-control-dependent games like <em>Ring Fit Adventure<\/em> and <em>1-2-Switch<\/em> work. The Nintendo Switch Sports <\/em>, Nintendo states on their support site <\/a>. that the Nintendo Switch Pro Controllers do not work with Nintendo Switch Sports Nintendo. )<\/p>\n<p >But there are more severe limits on local multiplayer in <em>Nintendo Switch Sports<\/em> on a Switch Lite, so if you were planning on playing a close-quarters game of doubles tennis, for example, that&#8217;s not possible locally. <em>Nintendo Switch Sports <\/em> allows for two-player play in games such as tennis, badminton and volleyball. There are some game modes like bowling and soccer that allow you to pass-and-play. However, this is only possible in specific modes. <\/p>\n<div >\n<blockquote >\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Heads up to people who are planning to use tabletop mode with Switch Sports or use it on a Switch Lite, the game will force TV mode for local multiplayer <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HGLhZNKhzp\">pic.twitter.com\/HGLhZNKhzp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Akfamilyhome (@Akfamilyhome) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Akfamilyhome\/status\/1519923917644701696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2022<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p > Nintendo Switch Sports <\/em> supports online play so Lite users have an option to go to if you don&#8217;t mind playing in local multiplayer. <\/p>\n<p >Nintendo makes note of these kinds of restrictions in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/store\/products\/nintendo-switch-sports-switch\/\"><em>Nintendo Switch Sports<\/em>&#8216; listing on its website<\/a>, noting that the Wii Sports sequel only supports TV mode and Tabletop mode, and that &#8220;software compatibility and play experience may differ on Nintendo Switch Lite.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p >Nintendo Switch Lite owners are likely well aware of restrictions such as these on the handheld-only Switch by now, but for those hoping to get the most out of <em>Nintendo Switch Sports<\/em>, the standard Switch is the better option. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"source-image\">https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/H50XHFozehH1z1RWNd_4Gnkhf2s=\/0x0:5760&#215;3016\/fit-in\/1200&#215;630\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/23425786\/Switch_NintendoSwitchSports_screen_06.jpg<\/div>\n<div class=\"source-link\">https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23048602\/nintendo-switch-sports-switch-lite-support<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does Nintendo Switch Sports work on Switch Lite? It&#8217;s limited. Nintendo Switch Sports, out Friday on Nintendo Switch, brings back the motion-controlled fun of Wii Sports for the modern era, letting players enjoy bowling, soccer, badminton, and more with their Joy-Cons. It&#8217;s great! It&#8217;s great! Switch Lite owners will need an external set of Joy-Cons [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3468"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}