Basketball’s just arrived on Nintendo Switch Sports.
Reader, it seems lovely.
Behind the court there’s an elegant arc of a building, a kind of restrained Zaha Hadid number.
At the other there’s a deck with seating exposed to the balmy skies.
Sure, you risk getting a Spalding Size 7 in your cortado, but them’s the breaks.
Nintendo Switch Sports review
And basketball itself is just as pleasant, to be honest.
I love a free update to a game I already own, and this one’s a treat.
Offence is pretty fun, of course.
It’s fast and responsive and the physics are just gorgeous.
It’s surprisingly fun to simply watch a ball bouncing around before deciding not to go in.
Failure has never been so appealing.
But when you switch to defence, basketball suddenly opens its eyes and also shows its teeth.
It’s a bitter delight to be in defence.
Great stuff when they’re dribbling, but even better when they’re about to shoot.
It’s a full-stop in the middle of a sentence.
It’s delicious or infuriating depending on what side you’re on.
They’re all varieties on three-pointers.
It’s lovely arcade fun with plenty of potential for hi-score chasing.
Stand back and it looks a bit like fireworks.
And really, that was all Nintendo Switch Sports was missing by this point.
