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Title: Nintendo's mouse-controlled basketball game comes out on August 14

Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:32:01 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/gaming/nintendo/nint...

Nintendo just revealed that Drag x Drive will be available on August 14,
exclusively for the recently-released Switch 2 console. The company made this
announcement on its Today! news app.

For the uninitiated, Drag x Drive is a 3 v 3 wheelchair basketball game. The
main hook is that it's controlled via the mouse-like functionality of those
new Joy-Con controllers. This will be the first major test of this feature
and will let us know if it'll be a barely-used gimmick or a real opportunity
for new gameplay experiences.

The game looks pretty fun, though it will likely be something of a niche
title. Think Arms and not Wii Sports. We don't have a price yet and it
remains to be seen if the concept is robust enough to charge $60 or $70. My
guess is that it'll come somewhere in the $30 to $40 range.

This does, however, prove one thing. Nintendo is trying to release a first-
party game each month, which is something it did during much of the lifecycle
of the original Switch. The new console launched with Mario Kart World and
Donkey Kong Bananza comes out on July 17.

Speaking of Donkey Kong Bananza, the next big Switch 2 exclusive co-stars
Pauline from the original arcade game and looks like an absolute blast. DK
gets to eat giant, golden bananas and destroy everything in his sight. It
could also very well be a prequel to both the original Donkey Kong and Super
Mario Odyssey, given Pauline's age in Bananza.

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