{"id":17011,"date":"2025-04-13T16:58:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T16:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/17011\/"},"modified":"2025-04-13T16:58:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T16:58:13","slug":"round-up-the-first-impressions-of-drag-x-drive-for-switch-2-are-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/17011\/","title":{"rendered":"Round Up: The First Impressions Of &#8216;Drag x Drive&#8217; For Switch 2 Are In"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And here&#8217;s what other outlets had to say:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendoworldreport.com\/hands-on-preview\/70652\/nintendo-switch-2-experience-new-york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nintendo World Report<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;In Drag X Drive, a showcase for dual-mouse mode, players slide both Joy-Con 2 across a table to mimic using a wheelchair to play basketball. Each side controls a different wheel, so moving one more than the other turns the character. Smashing into someone who holds the ball knocks it out of their hands and bouncing down the court. Lifting and flicking the Joy-Con 2 shoots toward the basket, and direction and distance dictate how accurate the shot is. Lots of blacks and grays paired with stuttery character animations gave the whole game a tech-demo vibe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/642493\/nintendo-switch-mouse-controls-metroid-prime-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Verge<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s not immediately painful, but after moving my arms up and down across the table to mimic powering a wheelchair, I could feel tension shooting up my wrist all the way to my shoulder. After the short demo session, in which I practiced moving the chair and passing and shooting the ball, my right arm burned with an unpleasant sting, and I don\u2019t have a history of carpel tunnel syndrome or other pains of the wrist and shoulder.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/preview\/2025\/04\/04\/rolling-start\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game Informer<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;This isn&#8217;t a shooter or a strategy game that simply lets you use the mouse in a traditional way other games in their respective genres do, but rather an entirely new concept that can only happen with two mouse controllers&#8230;.I really enjoyed the two games of Drag x Drive I played through. However, I&#8217;m curious how else the game will round out the package. Is there more than just the basketball, or is it remaining focused on what could be a fun game to play with friends but what seems to be a relatively shallow pool? I&#8217;m looking forward to learning more in the coming months.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegamer.com\/drag-x-drive-preview-nintendo-switch-2-experience-essential-showcase-mouse-controls-gimmick-wii-sports-equivalent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Gamer<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Like most Wii Sports adjacent Nintendo games, Drag x Drive takes a simple concept and runs (or rolls) with it to show off an interesting gimmick to its fullest. While Metroid Prime 4 also makes great use of the mouse controls, Drag is a game that\u2019s entirely built for it and one that convinced me how much potential it has.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.siliconera.com\/preview-drag-x-drive-may-be-the-switch-2s-blast-ball\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Siliconera<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I like the idea behind Drag x Drive, and I do think it is helpful to better understand how the Switch 2 mouse controls work. However, I\u2019m concerned about being able to play it in ideal conditions. I never actually got to try a game during this early demo session. If there\u2019s a way to mitigate that after launch, such as a campaign or single-player opportunities, I think it could be fine. If not, then I\u2019d be a bit worried, as Drag x Drive feels like a game that might live or die depending on whether it finds a large community of Switch 2 players.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/gaming\/nintendo\/i-played-over-a-dozen-games-on-the-switch-2-and-i-have-a-surprise-favorite-so-far\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom&#8217;s Hardware<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;After getting my hands on over a dozen games for the new console, there\u2019s one that stood out to me the most wasn\u2019t any of the expected heavy-hitters. It was Drag X Drive (said as Drag and Drive), and it\u2019s easily the game I\u2019ll be most looking forward to for the foreseeable future&#8230;Whether you\u2019re a fan of arcade sports games, motion controls, or just looking for something completely different, this game is shaping up to be one of the most compelling surprises of the Switch 2\u2019s lineup. I, for one, can\u2019t wait to roll back onto the court and prove my skills all over again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Drag X Drive\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/44b9808daac4c\/drag-x-drive.large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/drag-x-drive.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Drag X Drive\"\/><\/a>Image: Nintendo<\/p>\n<p>Drag x Drive is out on Switch 2 in 2025. What are your thoughts about it so far? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>Related Games<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"first\">\n<\/dd>\n<dt>See Also<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"first\">\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1744183269_17_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Liam Doolan\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Liam is a news writer and reviewer for Nintendo Life and Pure Xbox. He&#8217;s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of Mario and Master Chief.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"And here&#8217;s what other outlets had to say: Nintendo World Report &#8220;In Drag X Drive, a showcase for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[11494,12,128,270,419,79,1421,53,16,15,614],"class_list":{"0":"post-17011","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-drag-x-drive","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-nintendo","11":"tag-nintendo-switch-2","12":"tag-round-up","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-switch-2","15":"tag-technology","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-upcoming-releases"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114331720413376807","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}