Konami made Hyper Sports R a Switch-exclusive due to the platform's sophisticated motion controls

Hyper Sports R is looking to be the Wii Sports of the Switch. There's really not anything like it on Switch at the moment, and Wii Sports certainly helped pave the way for Wii's success. Could Hyper Sports R be the game that brings more casual audiences over to the platform? Konami sees potential, and they were quite eager to work with the Switch's more sophisticated motion controls. Konami brand and media manager Benjamin Kinney explained further.

“The reason it’s a Switch exclusive is because it’s such powerful technology. We were at [the Switch’s] launch with [Super Bomberman R], but even then the devs and the teams were looking at what the Switch could do, watching what Nintendo was doing with motion controls and the way Joy-Cons work — there’s potential. For sure, that’s one of the reasons we chose the Switch. And even look into the sports that we have coming out — volleyball and stuff. You can see that the motions that are going to be involved are going to be more sensitive. … The devs are working on all those motions to make them as natural as possible … more of a natural motion.”