Jesse Lennox
Digital TrendsDrag X Drive review: a successful experiment with no long term legs
Published 10/14/2025
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Switch 2 - 8/14/2025
Drag x Drive
Drag x Drive (pronounced “Drag and Drive”) challenges players to use the mouse controls with both Joy-Con 2 at the same time to intuitively steer, speed up, perform tricks and make plays such as dunks.
- Developer
- Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 4, Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
- Publisher
- Nintendo
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Critic avg
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50–70
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The critic average is 60 across 16 scored reviews, with a 20-point spread. Critics mostly agree, but there is some useful variation in the individual reviews.
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Most scored reviews currently sit in the Below 70 band.
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Pramath
GamingBoltDrag x Drive Review – Fun Concept, But Not Enough Game
Published 8/26/2025
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Read originalDalton Cooper
Game RantDrag x Drive Review
Published 8/14/2025
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Read originalSteve Wright
StevivorDrag x Drive Review: Chaotic in every sense
Published 8/13/2025
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Read originalZubi Khan
CGMagazineDrag x Drive (Nintendo Switch 2 ) Review
Published 8/13/2025
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Read originalSteve Watts
GameSpotDrag X Drive Review-In-Progress
Published 8/13/2025
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Read originalOscar Taylor-Kent
GamesRadar+Drag x Drive review: "I'm left craving Arms' sauce from Nintendo's twitchy yet shallow basketballer, which feels like a tech demo" | GamesRadar+GamesRadar+GamesRadar+Total Film
Published 8/13/2025
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Read originalLogan Plant
IGNDrag x Drive Review
Published 8/13/2025
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Read originalPJ O'Reilly
Nintendo LifeReview: Drag x Drive (Switch 2) - A Real Baller With Friends, But Is There Enough To Do?
Published 8/13/2025
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Read originalDonovan Erskine
ShacknewsDrag x Drive review: Mousing around
Published 8/13/2025
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