Updated
Updated · Nintendo Life · Jun 21
Nintendo Confirms 100-Pin Bowling for Switch Sports Resort, Launching October 22
Updated
Updated · Nintendo Life · Jun 21

Nintendo Confirms 100-Pin Bowling for Switch Sports Resort, Launching October 22

3 articles · Updated · Nintendo Life · Jun 21

Summary

  • Nintendo said 100-pin bowling will return in Nintendo Switch Sports Resort, adding a revived mode to the Switch 2 game due on October 22, 2026.
  • 12 sports are planned at launch, including boxing, table tennis, archery, tennis, volleyball, bowling, basketball and golf, alongside newer events such as skateboarding, power cruising and prop plane.
  • Joy-Con 2 motion controls are central to the game, with Nintendo showing players using the controllers as bows, paddles and other equipment in newly released screenshots.
  • Wuhu Island also returns as the setting, and the game will support 1-4 players locally plus online multiplayer, including split-screen play.

Insights

Will new Joy-Con 2 controls provide the depth that the last Switch Sports game sorely lacked?
Can a return to Wuhu Island recapture the lightning-in-a-bottle success that defined the original Wii?