Did Nintendo FIX Their WORST Switch Games?! Nintendo Switch Sports & Mario Strikers: Battle League 

It’s been a trend with recent spin-off titles from Nintendo. Their gameplay is super fun and the animations are mostly very good, but they sorely lack single-player content.

“I like my girls how I like my Pokémon Gameboy Advance games…real.”~Demeech

These games are subject to be forgotten in the following years, and I’m still not convinced on getting either of the two games at all.

This is what happens when you release a barren game. According to the datamine Battle League was going to to have 10 extra characters from free updates. But since nobody is playing it, the updates got cut short.

Short answer: Absolutely not. Long answer: A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad. And since these games feel pretty rushed...

I like to think of it like this: some people at Nintendo really wanted to make these games good, but because of corporate greed that the higher-ups in the HQ had, they forced the poor employees to rush them, adding "free updates" later on. They wanted to make a good game, but didn't want to risk getting fired so they do the evil corps bidding. It's like what happened with Sonic Origins. That game had a lot of glitches nothing making the game worth it, like Knuckles in Sonic CD or Amy playable in all games after Sonic CD. Those features were PROBABLY intended to be included, but SEGA's executives said no, and to release the games bare-bones as is. Even Sonic 3 & Knuckles, the definitive version of the game (after Sonic Classic Collection for DS) made specifically for this compilation is unfinished. The physics are somewhat wonky and the levels can be beaten earlier than usual because of glitches. What I'm saying is, the devs need to stand up and protest to make their games great again, because it's what Miyamoto stands for. If the corps don't wish to comply, then they should be fired and get some people in charge who actually CARE about making good finished video games.

Only Demeech can get angry at grass and not be awkward!

I just cannot understand how people are okay with new full price games having less (or about the same) amount of content than 17/16 year old games. Just because older games had little content doesn't mean anything. The whole point of a sequel is to expand on what was already made

2:09 beef boss was the orignal hamburger mii and this hamburger is a imposter (Poofesure fans would understand)

"it's like adding knuckles to sonic racing!" Or adding Luigi to a Mario Kart Tour. Yeah, he wasn't in the game at launch lmao

No… once garbage… always garbage… and adding ONE sport or a few characters (that should’ve been there at launch…) doesn’t automatically make them finished…

Since I didnt expect any more characters or stadiums than we got in strikers I was at least hoping for more basic quality of life options. And out of all the things that are still missing they bring quickchat options no one asked for or cares about lol.

They took 7 months to get golf added…. And it’s just recycled courses. What even?

14:30 By this logic it should be ok if next mario kart had only 8 characters because thats how many characters first mario kart had...which is over 30 years old.Heck it should start with 4 characters and add 4 remaining ones in DLCs

Okay that's it, we need fans to get to work. Hey fans, it's time to make a mod for Mario Strikers Battle League. Add gimmicks and change the look a bit to existing fields, add new fields, add new characters, add new items, change the gear system a bit, add minigames, add a story mode, it doesn't even have to be as ambitious as Subspace Emissary (though that would be appreciated), we need to fix Mario Strikers Battle League. We shall call it Mario Strikers Project Charged, or for short Mario Strikers Project C, Mario Strikers PC, or MSPC, fans do your thing. As for Switch Sports, naw that game doesn't deserve to have fans try to redeem it.

The part with George Bush was hands-down one of the greatest moments in Demeech history.

I think this game is better but I don’t think it’s over for free updates, also the special holes are unlockable from Wii Sports Resort

Are these games still bad? Short answer: Yes. Long answer: "I'm going to dedicate the rest of my life to forgetting it."

Bruh Strikers 3 was gutted. Shame on Nintendo for messing this up

2 things. 1. I don’t think you mentioned the Strikers Club feature at all across all videos mentioning Battle League. Was there not much to talk about in that area? 2. I feel like the stadiums not being varied comes from the fact that two variants can be merged together. I don’t think having a terrain change/gimmick one one side of the stadium, and another one on the other, would work. Maybe they could’ve had the gimmicks combine in a way, but idk.

Both games are still not worth it, but I will admit, Daisy in battle league is pretty epic, from her bully Maguire dance to her fuego butt bump hyper strike. The fact she still wasn’t in the base game is so damn baffling, I mean at least she was in the game, not like Waluigi not being in MK7. Also Rosalina best waifu don’t at me.

I generally think switch sports wasn’t even that bad, even tho I hear a lot of people hate on it, I still think it was pretty fun to play, I kinda liked it, but Mario strikers battle league is still awful

We need Baseball, Boxing, Table Tennis (ping pong), Cycling, archery, parachuting, Basketball, Canoeing, Wakeboarding, Frisbee (With Dog) and Frisbee golf in nintendo switch sports. (I doubt we'll get Piloting unless Nintendo decides to re add Wuhu Island).

These games are so forgettable, I keep forgetting that Battle League and Switch Sports exist

Yeah, there aren't any new things to say about about Switch Sports and Battle League. They're painfully mediocre games that doesn't improve or add anything meaningful in any way to their predecessors, but given how the both game sold well, I hope Nintendo take the criticisms of Switch Sports and Battle League into consideration.

Will *definitely* agree that Battle League was always bad. I remember when I tried it with my folks on launch day. We all hated it. A lot. I kept the game, hoping that it would get better, because this was my first exposure to the Mario Strikers series. Nope. Regret spending $60, and now this is likely my first trade in ever. Switch Sports, on the other hand, did give me some level of enjoyment at launch, but ironically, I had less hope for this. I agree that golf did save this game, and it's still not great, but I can see myself going back to this every week or so. Eh, as the saying goes, "to each their own."

I didn’t end up buying Battle League because it’s disappointing, but Switch Sports had a bit of a redemption arc

We're going back in time to the development of the first Splatoon game to prevent Nintendo's first use of the Release now, update later idea. That 's right, we're going back in time to the development of the first Splatoon game to prevent Nintendo's first use of the Release now, update later idea!

Idk why but I found it very funny when you said “ Why does she have to be in games I don’t want to play, and Mario Kart Tour.”

We've had 3 Nintendo CEOs throughout the company's history. Shigeru Miyamoto, who is often attributed with the quote "A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad.". Nintendo also used to use their 'Official Seal of Quality' stamp on games from the NES through Wii. Satoru Iwata, who frequently pushed the boundaries of what made a game fun, who was a visionary within the company, and who had the concerns of the fans at the forefront of his mind with every project he worked on. Shuntaro Furukawa, a businessman first, who came in at or near the start of the Switch Era. And while I don't want to point fingers, Switch spinoffs like the sports titles started their infamous plunge of low quality, likely because of the company switching philosophies from the Official Seal of Quality to the mindset of "Ship it now, fix it later.". Something tells me Furukawa poisoned the Well of Creativity by putting money before enjoyment.

Yea, I think both Switch Sports and Battle League are still a hot mess

Weird how people complained about the Wii U era nintendo's games even when some of their best games were released on the console but praise switch era nintendo's worst souless games just because brand loyalty.

6:20 Sorry to disappoint you but the special courses were already in Wii Sports Resorts. That were unlockable ...

The "full roster" for Battle League should have been the base roster and to have less characters then the game thats 15 years old is sad and depressing

If Battle League has another fREe uPDaTe, it better let you play as your mii. Instant 10/10

Its still a bummer with how battle leage ended up in its current state. While J never grew up with it, when I was able to play a strikers game for the first time, it was charged on wii, and man was it fun. With unique things each character did and how different stages were, it got me excited for league. But after playing a few times, I was saddened how much of a dowbgrade it was.

Nintendo switch sports could of had a chance of being a good game…. But it’s a real shame it got infected by Nintendo’s unfinished at launch, free update (minimum 3 updates) scheme. I don’t want to compare to it’s cousin on switch right now (Go Vacation [2018]), but it goes to show that a simple port of a Wii game does better than a successor sequel of a 2006 Wii launch game

Is no one gonna bring up how stupid it is that P1 and P2 are stuck with a few color selections each?

It’s a fact that they rushed Battle League to be made, but it’s an opinion that they only made this game to shut Strikers fans up for good, only to be set on fire by their rancidly-artstyled fury after everything they tried to make it interesting with.

Not gonna lie,when it comes to the update i fell like Switch sport got the better one,golf works really well and like you said is't probly the best sport in the game

Just give me unlock objectives. No more "unlock randomly" bullshit.

No matter how much I wanted these games to be good, we got what we got at the end. Here's to the future of Nintendo spinoff games I will NOT be buying, and to the more ambitious indie games that have my FULL attention

whoever said gimmicks in the game will be too chaotic just realize what made strikers fun in the first place.. HAVENT PLAYED THE PREVIOUS TITLES!

I feel like this is a trend in modern gaming to release unfished games. There are few reasons to explain why it is this way. First games need more time to develop than in the past. Also studio have tight schedules to follow. They use free updates to basically have time to complete the game. And since these companies are greedy they use dlc's to milk as much they can the player

I was not mentally prepared for Demeech's rapping skills.

Still didnt get either of them … :/

2:26 so Nintendo is copying fortnite now?! 😂

Battle League hurts the most because they turned a great game into a trash game, and not even out of laziness, because the gameplay, characters and animations all show a level of polish comparable to Mario Strikers Charged and Luigi's Mansion 3, but the lack of item variety, character gameplay variety, stage variety, basically everything, kills it immediately after the first match, it's literally just a free demo version of a non-existent great game, especially when a free demo does exist and it's exactly the same as the final release with all the DLC added, it's just a whole lot of nothing, and it makes me sad

Mario Slam Basketball did EVERYTHING right. Has to be one of Nintendos best sports game

Полностью согласен, нифига они в Mario Strikers не починили, хотя и Полин шикарно выглядит:)

strikers is a good... mobile game now before the sharks arrive, imagine being able to buy coins and the decoration currency thing using real money, you got yourself a mobile game right there all jokes aside, you can get more single player content out of Angry Birds And before you start saying things like "ITS A SPORTS GAME, YOU EXPECT THE GAME TO BE GOOD IF YOU'RE LONELY? THE GAME WAS MADE FOR MULTIPLAYER" Pokemon Unite I've spent more time on that online based game than this, and personally, I prefer it over this. Yes yes, I know its an opinion, but it the fact that I got bored of this 60$ game faster than I did with a game that is free should say something

It's been a spectacle, hasn't it? I never knew I needed to hear George W. Bush talk about Mario Golf: Advance Tour. I don't have much to say about Switch Sports other than it was too little, too late, and it at the very least got some actual content put in. Battle League receives no mercy from me. *takes a deep breath* Mario Strikers: Battle League represents everything wrong with Mario Sports and modern Nintendo as a whole. The updates did nothing to fix the game's main problem, it's still the same overpriced tech demo from June! It does nothing really new, what it does was done better in the original and Charged, and frankly, it just comes off as a soulless cashgrab. I loathe this game and while it isn't the worst thing ever, it will forever go down as my least favorite game of all time! Thank you for giving closure to these embarrassing excuses for games! Have a Merry Christmas too, my friend!

definitely agree regarding switch sports. it's a better game than at launch for sure, hopefully it does get more updates in the future. I don't care for Battle League at all, maybe i'll pick up the Wii entry at some point.

I would like to have table tennis and baseball added to switch sports

I bought these games because they were monetarily accessible in my country... Our currency is so garbage right now that when I buy a game, I mostly buy it based on the price and on what I think is attractive. So yeah, these games lack content but I paid an OK price for them so...

We need more characters in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Welp, that aged well

2:19 LMFAO HAHAHA! you referenced Nikocado Avocado again omg lol

You know, sometimes I think it is better for a franchise to be forgotten than to be ruined. Star Fox was ruined by Star Fox Zero and now Mario Strikers has been ruined by Battle League. At this point I dont even know if I want a new F-Zero, Nintendo would probably make something worse than the Gamecube game anyway

I wouldn’t call switch sports the word switch game. Sure it’s no Wii sports, but it’s still an ok game

I love Luigi’s face in the thumbnail

Can someone tell him that Splatoon players don’t want a battle royale mode? Thanks By the way, I’m 99% sure that the “new” holes in golf are also from resort, there were special holes in that game too and the one you showed looks almost identical to the 2nd special hole

I always like battle league and all my friends like it too, its just a pick up and play. Probably not a $60 game but $40 and its worth it

im really bummed that both these games turned out this way, as they're both pretty much the only big game letdowns this generation for nintendo along with BD/SP, and if you lean that way scarlet/violet (though personally im more forgiving when studios try new things)

10:45 That dance animation is so cute

I just can’t forgive Nintendo for the lack of content within golf. It’s the same 21 holes from wii sports resort. Even Club had 27 holes! Where did those extra holes go? No matter how good online is, it gets boring when it’s the same course EVERY SINGLE TIME

so you're telling me I had to wait almost a year for golf and all I get are fields from a literal Famicom game and a 2009 Wii game? not even the club courses?

They do work for a SHOOTER. Which Splatoon is. But guess what Ninty? The Sports games are NOT.

The problem with NSS adding golf is that it's golf. You either love it, hate it, or only play it to grind for points. Hopefully the next sport is more popular.

The most baffling thing? This is still MUCH better than other sports games. As long as EA or Konami makes greedy and inferior sports games made to make money, Nintendo can get away with everything.

No, they just started finishing the development. These were early access games you paid full price for

If that was the final update of battle league then too me it's not complete

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i personally prefer gameplay over graphics/content, and by that logic battle league was amazing but i will say i hated how lackluster it was. mixed thoughts, so a 5/10 from me

7:15-7:30 One of the truest statements The game really lost me with the cringemates, and with the lack of content at first of course, why couldn’t they honestly just made the Miis the base characters like before, like what even went through Nintendo’s head I know it might seem dumb to mainly stop playing because of the cringemates, but I just really love Mii characters and it’s sad to see them sidelined in their base game

I don't know if only I believe this but the same day the second update of Mario Strikers: Battle League was released, Shovel Knight DIG was also released and I think that SKD overshadowed the second update of Mario Striker: Battle League. Unfortunately I think I know what's going to happen with Mario Strikers, Nintendo is going to freeze it again for at least 10 more years. A real shame.

me when wii sports resort also had 3 golf courses seperate from the rest

I still have my profile picture from national leg strap day.

Nintendo had to make sure it plays well on the Switch Controller. I guess that took 7 Months 🤷🏽‍♂️

I am now convinced that Nintendo loves ruining their own franchise’s.

Switch Sports Golf is missing the Lakeside Course from Wii Sports Club

You're describing the main problem with Birdo at 11:05. What is wrong with having Birdo playable in Mario Kart 8? In fact, I can likely chop up the video to replace you saying Pauline with Birdo. Also 12:24 you complained about something that mods for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe have introduced already, why can't Nintendo do it themselves?

There’s nothing unhealthy about a hamburger besides the bread and chees

Strikers hurt me so much. Waited so long for it, only to be... Strikers. In the least exciting way possible. I held on to my hope until I played it, even though it was a pretty clear picture, but welp, the magic was tarnished.

Is Battle League worth it if I can get it for £25 or under? I know it's light in content but it looks pretty fun, I gotta say.

Not surprising, Nintendo stayed going backwards.

And well if you decide stop the constant talk on switch sport and battle league is your decision, is maybe the third or fourth I am saying this but if you ever gonna do the saga in the vein of this two I have paths you should take so it won't as staled like both of them had with your later rants: 1.do it on longer bursts: pretty straight foward just mention the games in longer time gaps so it won't stale faster like you said on your MK origins on 8 eating your favorite food againand again you get bored and that is no expection to anything in the grand scheme of things 2.add a stronger line up: this issue is basically the main reason why ranting on this two ended as staled faster from my POV, 2 games is just not a lot when you talk on them positivley or negativley , if you hold a stronger line up and talk on them in veraity it can make overall more demand in listening on the posts 3.do in short burst but change to others and focus on them for a respective time:just find the right time to switch to other games and focus on them so have another way to balance veraity Well that pretty much I have in mind like I said I wasn't mad on your opinion on them or on what the title it was mostly from lack of games to mention, and how much it mention in bursts of the time but hey hope this paths I recommend will be taken and will help in the long run

You can’t patch the first impression

Actually, Nintendo said this is the last FREE UPDATE, so maybe they’ll have paid expansions in the future with the good stuff, maybe… It’s not ideal, but Oh well 😔

My opinion is that Switch Sports still lacks so much in comparison to even Wii Sports Club, but at least the golf sport addition actually made it more appealing, I guess there's a dust of hope for it. Strikers on the other hand....

Mario: did DLC Saved the is game with new characters, new gears, etc? Me: let’s see...... NO!

Maybe Switch Sports Deluxe which adds boxing back for Switch 2/Pro and Strikers Battle League Deluxe which will add Koopa Troopa and Hammer Bro as well as offline jersey customization will be better received as they will feel more 'complete' at launch. In all seriousness these 2 games were huge disappointments, Strikers especially as I had been clamoring for a sequel for over a decade and this is what we got -- maybe an unpopular opinion but Golf Super Rush is still more fun to play -- also their final updates added new modes, something Strikers couldn't be bothered to even attempt.

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Great video but i hard disagree on unlockables I don’t know where you got the idea that a multiplayer game needs unlockables it just needs content if Mario golf toadstool tour had no unlockables but the same content would that make it worse no because the content is there and there are a ton of things for you to do unlockables just provide a incentive for doing it but it’s not required anyway great video keep it up demeech.

I like switch sports for the volleyball there's no triple a volleyball games and that's the closest

We can finally keep calm & dada on

I would find it funny if Nintendo made the stages different and gave you things to do the game would be 10 times better

So Did Nintendo Fix These Games Or Is it Garbage. It Is Garbage 🗑 😪 🙃 😕

Unlockables are nice but i think content is far more important. If a game has the content but no unlockables the does it matter. When a person sees the variey of content a person will want to play it and if the content is fun why are unlockables needed. I dont agree with your point that a game needs unlockables.

Demeech: just because a previous game did something does not mean it should be repeated. Me: So you telling me since bowsers inside story had interesting characters dream team should not. Demeech really needs to think about some of the things he says because this is what happens if we use his logic. Guess we dont need intresting charcaters huh because previous games did them.

I still find battle league fun. Sure it has 0 single player content but at least online can be fun if you have a good connection.