Nintendo Switch Sports launched in 2022 without playable Mii characters, and fans were not quiet about it. Fast forward to Nintendo Switch Sports Resort, the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 sequel arriving on October 22, and Nintendo has clearly heard the feedback. Miis are back. The catch? They look a little different than anyone expected.
A photograph of a Japanese magazine advertisement for Nintendo Switch Sports Resort surfaced this week, and it shows a classic Mii character standing alongside the game's existing Sportsmate avatar. To align with the taller, more human-like build of the Sportsmate, the Mii has been visibly stretched, sporting noticeably longer legs and arms than any version of the character seen before.
Long-legged Miis and the internet's reaction
The proportions are... a choice. Compared to Miis in something like Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, where the characters retain their classic squat, round-headed charm, the Nintendo Switch Sports Resort version looks almost unrecognizable from the waist down.
Reddit's r/NintendoSwitch2 community picked up on the image immediately. One user, Southern_Chance9349, put it simply: "Why do they have LEG?" Another called it "mad cursed." A third landed on "lanky" and "very funny" as their verdict. The thread captured something real: the reaction is less outrage and more genuine, affectionate bewilderment at what Nintendo has done to one of gaming's most iconic avatar formats.
Here's the thing, though. The design decision makes a certain kind of sense. Sportsmate characters are built to look proportional and animated during motion-controlled sports, and having a stubby Mii waddle around next to them would look jarring. Nintendo stretched the Mii to fit the world rather than rebuilding the world around the Mii. Whether that trade-off feels right is a personal call, but the intention is readable.
What else is coming with Nintendo Switch Sports Resort
The Mii news lands alongside the already-confirmed detail that Nintendo Switch Sports Resort is bringing back Wuhu Island, the beloved setting from multiple Wii-era Nintendo games. For a certain generation of players, Wuhu Island is practically a nostalgia trigger on its own, and pairing it with Mii support makes the whole package feel like a deliberate callback to the original Wii Sports era.
The game arrives on Nintendo Switch 2 on October 22 and will include a wide variety of sports minigames. Nintendo has not yet detailed the full sports roster, but the combination of Wuhu Island's return and Mii support is already doing a lot of heavy lifting for fan enthusiasm ahead of launch.
What most players miss in this announcement is the quiet acknowledgment that the original Nintendo Switch Sports felt incomplete to a portion of its audience. The Mii was not just a cosmetic feature for those players; it was the point. Playing as your own created character was core to what made Wii Sports feel personal. Bringing that back, even in stretched form, closes a loop that has been open since 2022.
Nintendo Switch Sports Resort is shaping up as a genuine sequel rather than a minor refresh. If you want to track the broader Nintendo Switch 2 racing games and sports lineup building toward the holiday season, the release calendar is filling up fast. For a broader look at what's worth playing across genres right now, the gaming guides hub is a solid starting point as the Switch 2 library expands heading into Q4.
