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Oct 30, 2026
Chris ScullionHOST
Golf is in there, of course, classic golf.
Chris ScullionHOST
And then thumb wrestling, which I really got into quite a lot.
Chris ScullionHOST
So how
Jordan MiddlerHOST
does the thumb wrestling work
Chris ScullionHOST
then? Thumb wrestling's interesting because, so basically your thumb's up like that and you've got, you hold the remote, you hold the Joy-Con up and stand it up and rest your thumb on the ZR, the kind of trigger button.
Chris ScullionHOST
And you literally just, you move it left and right and your opponent does the same.
Chris ScullionHOST
And when you put your thumb down, not on their thumb, if you just put it down normally, it charges up the power and your thumb gets bigger and stronger.
Chris ScullionHOST
So it's... it's very good and at the end it does it lasts like two or three minutes and if there's still no um winner after that time it'll rate who's best based on who was the most active so if you just move your hand and never put it down you're going to lose because the person who puts their thumb down the most times is the one who wins because they're taking the bigger risk and they're being the most active so it prevents people just camping in the corner and not my question
Chris ScullionHOST
Golf is in there, of course, classic golf.
Chris ScullionHOST
And then thumb wrestling, which I really got into quite a lot.
Chris ScullionHOST
So how
Jordan MiddlerHOST
does the thumb wrestling work
Chris ScullionHOST
then? thumb wrestling is interesting because so basically your thumb's up like that and you've got you hold the remote you hold the joycon up and stand it up and rest your thumb on the zr the kind of trigger button and you literally just you you move it left and right and your opponent does the same and when you put your thumb down um not on their thumb if you just put it down normally it charges up the power and your thumb gets bigger and stronger right um up to like three stages so it gets the point where your thumb's enormous and glowing and the thumbnail's got like sparkles on it
Jordan MiddlerHOST
Why would you ever put your thumb down when you just keep it up? To charge it.
Jordan MiddlerHOST
Right, okay.
Chris ScullionHOST
It does in a way.
Tom TateHOST
We have boxing returning for the first time since the original Wii Sports.
Tom TateHOST
The one new game that I saw in the Nintendo Direct that was pretty entertaining was Thumb Wrestling.
Tom TateHOST
There's a new category of games called Leisure Sports, which includes a prop plane, which reminds me a little bit of Pilotwings, power cruising, which is basically jet skis, kind of harkens back to Wave Race, and then skateboarding.
Tom TateHOST
Skateboarding is cool because it uses the Joy-Con 2 mouse mode.
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Tom TateHOST
It's meant to be perfect to bring to your friend's place or get the backyard barbecue bumping.
Tom TateHOST
Its single-player options widen the package with a light campaign and an amusing free exploration mode, but it's not a big surprise that neither do quite enough to take the spotlight away from the highs of its multiplayer.
Tom TateHOST
And while there are a few weak games like basketball and power cruising, more exciting sports like archery, skateboarding, and even thumb wrestling make this a fun and playful collection overall.
Tom TateHOST
Real quick from the Nintendo Life and Polygon review roundups, GameSpot gave it a 9 out of 10.
NickHOST
War, that makes total sense.
NickHOST
In Thumb War, it's perfect.
NickHOST
So everyone that saw the reveal video was like, Thumb War? Why have they put Thumb War? You know why they've put Thumb War? Because it's the only event that works holding the controller like this.
NickHOST
It was literally designed for this controller, and it works fantastic for that reason.
NickHOST
Every other sport that's come across from Wii Sports...
WoodHOST
I gotta find this gif that someone made of me.
WoodHOST
This is Thumb War, by the way.
WoodHOST
Yeah, the on-screen me is as suggestive as it looked when this game was first revealed.
WoodHOST
But this is pretty fun.
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WoodHOST
All right.
WoodHOST
One, two, three, four.
WoodHOST
I declare a thumb war.
WoodHOST
That's what you say,
Alex Van AkenHOST
It is just a thumb war.
Alex Van AkenHOST
I was going
Marcus StewartHOST
to ask because I'm fascinated to hear that that's your favorite because I think out of all the games in the package, it's like Thumb Wars is the one that's the least.
Marcus StewartHOST
has the lowest barrier of entry where like at least like bowling and basketball you're like well like that's hard to do in real life i gotta buy equipment i gotta go to a place like i can thumb wrestle anytime i want right now yeah like i don't know why i need a video game version of the same motion it's also you can fly a
Eric Van AllenPANELIST
prop plane in this game and you're like man the thumb wrestling is off the chain it's not awesome
Ryan PayneHOST
Dive into a variety of sports with intuitive motion controls that make it easy for anyone to pick up.
Ryan PayneHOST
Enjoy classic sports including archery, basketball, boxing, and tennis, along with new ones like skateboarding and thumb wrestling.
Ryan PayneHOST
Add me at Thumb Wrestling.
Ryan PayneHOST
Play casually with friends on your own or turn up the heat in Ranked Online Pro League.
Ryan PayneHOST
From fast-paced matches to secret island surprises, there are plenty of ways to play, connect, and explore.
Patrick EllersHOST
Well, so should we want to fold these into the Wii Sports Resort? These three, or do you want to just keep talking the other ones? Yeah,
Mark MitchellHOST
I think my vote is let's just talk about skateboarding, jump rope, and thumb wrestling.
Mark MitchellHOST
Okay,
Patrick EllersHOST
great.
Patrick EllersHOST
But I will run down the full list of sports in Nintendo Switch Sports Resort just so we have it.
Patrick EllersHOST
So archery, boxing, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, bowling, basketball, golf, thumb wrestling.
Patrick EllersHOST
which we will discuss in a moment here, skateboarding, which we will discuss in a second here, prop plane, which we've folded into air sports, power cruising, and jump rope.
Patrick EllersHOST
Jump rope is more of a warm-up sport and I think is exactly like the jump rope challenge that was released on Switch in 2020.
Red RoosterHOST
on the Wii U, I believe, Nintendo Switch Sports for the Nintendo Switch, and now Nintendo Switch Sports Resort for the Switch 2.
Red RoosterHOST
And this is the one where on that Nintendo Direct they did the Thumb War demo that was being demoed for an uncomfortably long period of time.
Red RoosterHOST
It was kind of weird.
Red RoosterHOST
But anyway, these are always fun, for sure.
CraigHOST
This was the game, right? About two months ago we spoke about this.
CraigHOST
Is it a thumb war they've got? In
JessHOST
fact, maybe it is the thumb one.
CraigHOST
I think it must be.
CraigHOST
They can't have released two of these games.
CraigHOST
It does look alright, to be fair, actually.
CraigHOST
I think I was maybe bogged down with the whole Thumb War previously.
CraigHOST
Let's see.
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