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Nintendo Switch Sports revives Wii Sports

Game · 2022

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Nintendo Switch Sports sold over 4 million copies in its first ten weeks.

'Nintendo Switch Sports' Has Gamers Throwing Their Controllers At Their TVs Again
Know Your Meme
Nintendo Switch™ Sports for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site
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Someone Is Already Playing Nintendo Switch Sports, And It's Not Even Out Yet
Nintendo Life
24 hours after release, a Switch Sports player has already smashed their TV | VGC
Video Games Chronicle
Switch Sports is No 1 in the UK, but it’s hard to tell how its predecessors compare | VGC
Video Games Chronicle
Famitsu Sales: 4/25/22 – 5/8/22 [Update 2]
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Famitsu Sales: 8/15/22 – 8/21/22 [Update]
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A screen from Nintendo Switch Sports showing the chambara mini-game
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Numbers

Seed to milestone
7 days
Apr 25 ’22 to May 2 ’22
Platforms
6
Started on Retail
Origin
Mixed
Gaming

Mechanics

  • Platform jump
  • PairingPrimary

How it spread

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An early copy reached a buyer before Nintendo’s launch. The game topped UK and Japanese physical charts, while players reported broken televisions on Twitch and Reddit.

Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak.

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Open webTVRetailTwitchRedditPress

Timeline (15)

  1. February 2022

    Nintendo precursor · Feb 9 ’22

    Nintendo announced the game during a Nintendo Direct.[1]

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  2. April 2022

    Nintendo precursor · Apr 1 ’22

    A Nintendo television spot showed players competing in the game.[2]

  3. i_can_hear_the_world seed · Apr 25 ’22

    A buyer received a copy four days before the official release and later posted gameplay.[3]

    Someone Is Already Playing Nintendo Switch Sports, And It's Not Even Out Yet

  1. commercial · Apr 29 ’22

  2. platform jump · Apr 30 ’22

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  • Japan physical sales, first chart week“189,889”
    189.9K[10]

Press (7 outlets)

  1. Apr 26, 20221 day inNintendo Life · Someone Is Already Playing Nintendo Switch Sports

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Origin
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Sector
Gaming
Region
JP
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