Wii Sports is back on the Switch 2, and it rules

<figure> <img alt="A screenshot from the video game Nintendo Switch Sports Resort." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Nintendo" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/NS2_NintendoSwitchSportsResort_scrn_17.png?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph"><em>Wii Sports</em> holds an important place in Nintendo's history. It's the best-selling piece of software the company has ever made, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/5/20750161/wii-sports-speedrunning-nintendo">one that permeated culture in surprising ways</a>, and its success helped rejuvenate Nintendo after a period of steady decline. It also kicked off one of the company's most important and unassuming franchises. While subsequent sports titles from Nintendo never sold quite as well as the original <em>Wii Sports</em>, they've become a fixture for each new console, much like a new <em>Mario Kart</em> or <em>Pok&eacute;mon</em>. And now the Switch 2 has its own version, <em>Nintendo Switch Sports Resort</em>, and it's the best so far.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">You'd be forgiven for not realizi …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/1013753/nintendo-switch-sports-resort-review-switch-2">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>