Four holoX Talents Play Switch Sports Resort on Release Day; Kazama Iroha Takes Overall Win

HOLOLIVE — Kazama Iroha was named the overall winner after four members of holoX spent 72 minutes on Thursday playing Nintendo Switch Sports Resort on the day of its release. Koyori’s channel carried the stream, with Laplus Darknesss, Takane Lui and Iroha playing alongside her. Laplus Darknesss finished second, according to the tally the group gave at the close.

The group opened with volleyball, where a practice round turned out to be a scored match, then moved to a skateboarding race across the island, which they found hard to control. They spent a long stretch on thumb wrestling, in which a player’s thumb grows the longer attacks continue. One participant blamed the controller after a loss, then said after another match that the controller had not been the cause. Chat teased Koyori over a run of losses in that mode and over the screams she let out while playing.

Basketball, in which teams alternate between offense and defense, proved hard for the group to pick up, and the match ended on a time-out. They turned to tennis because some of them had played the sport, and a close game went to deuce more than once. Boxing came last: neither side guarded much, a knockdown was followed by a quick recovery, and the group said the exchanges wore them out.

Near the end, participants announced the standings, joked about the losing side and asked viewers to post impressions under the tag #SSholoX. One participant said the next game they brought would be one they could win, and the stream closed with a promise to play again. Chat filled with applause and laughter during the sign-off, and 21 paid messages came in over the stream.