Starting in the next few weeks, video games will join the largest multisport tournament in Italy thanks to a special collaboration with Nintendo.
Yesterday the summer finally began: the season of beautiful warm and sunny days, of the desire to be and have fun together and, above all, of outdoor sports. They think about combining all these elements in a perfect union Nintendo e Mi Games, the largest sporting tournament in Italy which, for nine years, has fascinated athletes from all over Italy thanks to engaging 5vs5 football, 3vs3 basketball and beach volleyball competitions. The edition 2022 will officially kick off on Friday June 24 with the first stop in Parma and, again this year, will see sport and video games meet again, thanks to the renewed partnership with Nintendo.
Participants in the various tournaments, in fact, will be able to relax between one game and another with Nintendo Switchthe only console that allows you to play in company anywhere and at any time, even outside the walls of your living room, and the video game Nintendo Switch Sportsthe collection of sports games heir to the iconic Wii Sports which allows you to play using real arm and leg movements. A perfect videogame to have fun in company with intuitive games suitable for everyone, regardless of age or skill level with video games, which includes six sports, including three brand new to the series – Volleyball, Badminton and Soccer – and three big returns – Bowling, Chanbara and Tennis.
Mi Games 2022 will begin in Emilia Romagna, with the Mi Games Parma, which will inaugurate the ninth edition of the multisport tour, now a reference point for all fans. From 24 to 26 June, it will be possible to find the fields of 5vs5 Soccer, 3vs3 Basketball and 4vs4 Beach Volleyball tournaments together with an area dedicated to Nintendo Switch Sports, inside the Citadel Park, the beautiful sports house of the ducal city. In July it will be the turn of the Giardini a Mare in Santa Margherita Ligure, a historic location for the event, with the last stage of the Tour (from 21 to 24 July) and, above all, with the Mi Games Finals 2022, which will be held the following weekend, from 29 to 31 July. The 2022 edition will see the best all-time teams in the Mi Games world, the 2021 champions, ready to defend their leadership, and the winning teams of each sport and category of the Parma and Santa Margherita Ligure stages.
Between games it will be possible to have fun with Nintendo Switch Sportsthe new gaming experience that brings the fun and challenge of real sports to the latest home console Nintendo. As in the other titles in the series, Joy-Con controllers can be used to reproduce real-world movements in the game. Not only those of the arms, but also of the legs: for the first time, in fact, it is
You can connect the leg strap, included with the on-board version of the game, to a Joy-Con controller to kick the ball in Soccer Penalty mode. The latter is a totally new discipline for the series, in which players will have to compete to send a giant ball into the goal in one-on-one or four-on-four matches. Through a free update coming in the summer of 2022, the possibility of using the headband and therefore of kicking with the leg will be extended to all modes of this sport.
The new sports also include Volleyball (1-4 players), where you can serve, raise and receive by raising your arms with a Joy-Con controller: timing and teamwork are key to blocking opponent attacks and counterattacking. Another great novelty is Badminton (1-2 players), in which it is necessary to hold the Joy-Con as if it were a racket and to accurately direct the shots thanks to the precision of the movement controls. There is no shortage of great classics, directly from the other chapters of the series, but enriched and improved, such as Tennis (1-4 players), in which it is possible to play doubles and hit shots such as topspin and slice using the best timing from time to time. to give the right angle. The beloved Bowling also returns, with games up to 16 players and an exclusive mode with obstacle courses, and the Chanbara, in which you have to push the opponent off the platform with a sword by choosing between three possible weapons, including the double swords usable with two Joy-Con. But that’s not all, as with a free update coming in Fall 2022, golf will be added as the seventh sport. The appointment with sport, real and virtual, begins on June 24 in Parma: impossible to miss!
