Drag X Drive (pronounced "Drag and Drive") is a Sports Game developed by Nintendo EPD for the Nintendo Switch 2. It released on August 14, 2025, preceded by a series of "Global Jam" demos from August 9 to 11.
The game sees the player partake in 3-on-3 basketball matches utilizing motion controls ala Wii Sports. To be more specific, you're playing wheelchair basketball; player movement is done by away of sliding around the Joy-Con 2 in "Mouse Mode" to imitate rolling around in a wheelchair, while shooting is done by flicking one of the controllers. For an added twist to the sport, instead of a traditional basketball court, games are played in something akin to a bowl at a skatepark, where players are encouraged to use the halfpipes at the ends of the court to preform trick shots and score bonus points.
In addition to the main gameplay mode, there are the minigames Rebound Scramble and Circuit Sprint. The former drops a single ball into the park and challenges players to be the first one to nab it for themselves, while the latter is a racing game where executing various tricks gives you a speed boost. In September 2025, local wireless multiplayer was added. In December 2025, a new minigame was added called Survival Tag; that same month, the game also receive a new Nintendo eShop demo that allows the user to partake in offline matches against bots and local players.
Trailers: Announcement Trailer
, Nintendo Treehouse Gameplay Video, Overview Trailer
Drag X Drive provides examples of:
- Achievement System: There are 25 trophies you can receive for accomplishing different tasks, from performing well at minigames to beating different levels of CPU in training.
- Artistic License – Sports:
- Players are encouraged to use the halfpipe at the ends of the court to gain airtime for trick shots and slam dunks that wouldn't be possible in a real game of wheelchair basketball. Partly because actual basketball games are done on flat courts, not skatepark bowls.
- For the sake of simplifying the gameplay, you don't have to pass/shoot/dribble the ball every two pushes to avoid a travel violation, as you would in the actual sport.
- Character Customization: You can change the color of your helmet, armor, wheelchair frame, and wheels; in addition, you can alter the texture of those first three and have different helmet designs and player numbers (from 0-99).
- Exergaming: The game requires players to physically slide the Joy-Con 2 controllers back-and-forth as though they're trying to move around in an actual wheelchair, in addition to shooting the basketball by miming that motion as well, making for quite the workout for your arms.
- Mini-Game: There are two different minigames; "Circuit Sprint" and "Rebound Scramble". You can choose to play them at your own leisure in the park, or adjust your settings such that you play one of these minigames after every two matches.
- Tech-Demo Game: The game was designed to demonstrate the Switch 2's mouse controls; namely the ability to use both Joy-Con 2 as mice at the same time.
- Three-Stat System: Rebounding, strength, and quickness. The distribution of these stats depends on if your Driver is a Guard (max quickness, minimum rebounding and strength), Forward (balanced stats), or Center (max rebounding and strength, minimum quickness), which also changes your character's physical build from small to large.
- Wheelchair Antics: The entire game is built around this, primarily around playing wheelchair basketball, but it and the other modes incorporate wheelchair stunting akin to skateboarding.
