From a critical standpoint, Nintendo has had zero misses when it comes to first-party Switch 2 games in 2026. Each of its games this year has, at the very least, reviewed pretty well. That trend has continued with Nintendo Switch Sports Resort, which is receiving some kudos from critics who are finding lots of fun in the minigame collection. That reception shouldn't surprise you, though.

As of this writing, Nintendo Switch Sports Resort has an aggregate score of 79 on Metacritic. (It's sitting at an 83 on Opencritic, but that site has yet to pull in some key reviews that should bring the score closer to 80.) That's a big leap over 2022's Nintendo Switch Sports, which topped out at a 72, but it's very much in line with Wii Sports Resort, which sits at an 80. That might be the ceiling for the long-running series, it turns out.

There's some high praise for the collection in reviews, to be clear. GameSpot's Kurt Indovina awarded the game a 9/10, calling it a "greatest hits of the series' best sports." Indovina praised the variety of games and modes as well as tighter motion controls that make old ideas sing: "As someone who played the original Wii Sports when it first released, and was awed by the rudimentary real-life movements being mimicked on screen, Nintendo Switch Sports Resort allowed me to feel that all over again as an adult," Indovina wrote.

While other critics were a little more conservative with their scoring, the sentiments are similar across the board.

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