<s>
Sports	B-Application
Story	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2022	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sidebar	O
Games	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
2017	O
video	O
game	O
Golf	B-Application
Story	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
announced	O
in	O
December	O
2019	O
,	O
Sports	B-Application
Story	I-Application
suffered	O
delays	O
as	O
the	O
scope	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
became	O
more	O
ambitious	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
release	O
the	O
game	O
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
,	O
with	O
criticism	O
directed	O
towards	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
overuse	O
of	O
fetch	O
quests	O
,	O
its	O
unfocused	O
narrative	O
,	O
and	O
technical	O
issues	O
experienced	O
at	O
launch	O
,	O
with	O
most	O
critics	O
finding	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
inferior	O
to	O
Golf	B-Application
Story	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sports	B-Application
Story	I-Application
is	O
a	O
top-down	O
adventure	O
game	O
following	O
the	O
protagonist	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
investigating	O
the	O
suspicious	O
activities	O
of	O
the	O
PureStrike	O
megacorporation	O
and	O
the	O
Iron	O
Dragons	O
yakuza	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
to	O
Golf	B-Application
Story	I-Application
,	O
which	O
only	O
featured	O
gameplay	O
revolving	O
around	O
the	O
sport	O
of	O
golf	B-Application
,	O
Sports	B-Application
Story	I-Application
features	O
additional	O
sports	O
including	O
tennis	B-Device
,	O
association	O
football	O
,	O
cricket	B-Application
,	O
volleyball	B-Device
and	O
BMX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
also	O
features	O
a	O
fleshed	O
out	O
tennis	B-Device
academy	O
storyline	O
separate	O
to	O
the	O
main	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Golf	B-Application
Story	I-Application
,	O
Sports	B-Application
Story	I-Application
was	O
delayed	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
times	O
as	O
the	O
scope	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
became	O
more	O
ambitious	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
contained	O
a	O
secret	O
room	O
(	O
ostensibly	O
a	O
game	O
development	O
office	O
)	O
in	O
which	O
its	O
occupants	O
complained	O
about	O
an	O
unnamed	O
project	O
's	O
"	O
troubled	O
development	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
some	O
publications	O
surmising	O
that	O
the	O
comments	O
referred	O
to	O
the	O
protracted	O
development	O
of	O
Sports	B-Application
Story	I-Application
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
Life	O
's	O
mixed	O
review	O
praised	O
Sports	B-Application
Story	I-Application
's	O
writing	O
and	O
visuals	O
,	O
but	O
they	O
had	O
issues	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
numerous	O
bugs	O
and	O
glitches	O
,	O
overuse	O
of	O
fetch	O
quests	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
sometimes	O
confusing	O
quest	O
structure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
's	O
negative	O
review	O
also	O
criticised	O
the	O
fetch	O
quests	O
and	O
the	O
story	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
technical	O
issues	O
and	O
the	O
poor	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
sports	O
into	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
found	O
the	O
golf	B-Application
to	O
be	O
the	O
best	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vooks	O
also	O
felt	O
the	O
golf-focused	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
were	O
still	O
fun	O
,	O
and	O
ultimately	O
found	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
greater	O
than	O
the	O
sum	O
of	O
its	O
wobbly	O
parts	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
