Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 22nd)

Pikmin4 by three pm today! Can’t wait 😝

Planning a weekend of horticulture and walking my new dog. It's been about 10 years since I owned a garden and this will be my 4th one.

I started my first garden in 2001. It was square shaped and purple. I might go for something different this time. It's nice to switch things up now and again.

It will be nice to get back to gardening. I've had a busy year travelling but I am done now. Great memories learning to sky dive and did alot of caving. It was a really amazing trip. I'll miss it but won't shed a tear.

I've been waiting patiently for the post to arrive yesterday with some essential bits to get started.

I will be planting lots of red flowers but hopefully some blue, purple and yellow ones as well. I hope the bugs and creepy crawlies leave them alone but I'm prepared to lose a few.

No doubt I will dig up some interesting things. Perhaps some treasures that I can name myself.

My son will want to help so will share the Joy with him as we co operate to do the various things.

He doesn't like the dark, so we will aim to finish before nighttime.

I'm not going to rush my new garden. My neighbour who is a keen gardener and I think through a distant relation may be my uncle (never sure where he works though?), once said, a rushed garden can be bad but a delayed garden will eventually be good.

Happy gardening people.

My usual. AWL and TotK. Sheep messed up my barn plans. Had an empty slot to order a cow. Went to buy it and found out the sheep got busy without informing me they would be taking that slot.

Got pikmin 4 on pre order bit don't get back from work until the 28th, so I'll be continuing
My TOTK and Metroid prime remastered runs, only picked up an OLED switch after not having a switch for 2 years so I need to catch up on some of the games I've been missing

All about Pikmin 4 this weekend.

Pikmin 4
It's my first Pikmin game and I'm enjoying it so far

Also I'm replaying XC2, this time in handheld mode. Doesn't look as bad as I remember. I mean it's not great but I remember it being an absolutely blurry mess in handheld mode

I haven’t played much of anything this week since I was on vacation (Blink-182 was amazing live!) and subsequently worked once I got back; however, I finally beat Final Fantasy 16.

I did absolutely everything you can do - all hunts, trials, side quests, and so forth. Personally, I find it the best PS5 exclusive by a quarter mile and I don’t think I’ll ever forget this experience.

As for what I’ll be playing this weekend - I briefly started Killzone: Liberation on the PSP. I’ve been in an old school mood, and I have had this game in my backlog for a long time. So far, it’s fun. It’s definitely a good palate cleanser from the heavy narrative in FFXVI.

Edit: I decided to buy The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II. I loved and beat the first game many years ago, and then I accidentally broke my PS Vita and never got around to playing the rest of the series even though I owned a PS4 and now a PS5. I considered the game(s) the perfect handheld JRPG experience - but I am getting another PS Vita soon, and I need another game to tide me over until Starfield releases.

Pikmin 4! The game is really fun and pure Nintendo. I love it. It is so cute when they start to sing. Today I had my first Dandori battle, also very fun and I am sure it can get really chaotic on higher levels, or against real people.

Happy gaming everyone!

I played Cat Quest 2 PS4. 😺

Currently still working on collecting all the Magic spells from different locations and leveling up at least lv 60 before continuing the storyline.

Pikmin 4 and TotK.

Pikmin 4 and Bayonetta Origins

My original plan was to (re)play Pikmin 1 and also Stray on PC but then I couldn't resist the temptation and bought Pretty Princess Magical Garden Island when I saw it was on sale in the eShop.

I've been playing it for the last hour or so and it's adorable. Think Animal Crossing x Bokumono, but you're a princess, so you're planting crops and fishing while wearing a tiara and ballgown, running around and leaving sparkles in your wake XD

Happy gaming, everyone!

After loving Rain Code I decided to jump into the Danganronpa series starting from the first one, I quite like it so far.

Still continuing with my Poke-hack playthroughs I started Pokémon Eruption last night, it's refreshing that the maps and story are completely different. I have high hopes for it!

@Ooyah Ooh it must be good if you've jumped straight back in! I'm definitely looking forward to getting around to it, I'm glad it's really clicked for you, hopefully I will feel the same too!
Well the aforementioned Raincode is my favourite game this year, so I find that it's refreshing to see people have different tastes. As good as TOTK is, it gets boring if we all have the same opinion haha.

I have 2 levels left on Huntdown. The boss fights are certainly getting creative - and difficult.

Before I get around to that, though, I intend to explore Antstream Arcade on the Xbox. There are some classic games from my childhood that I'd like to re-visit on there.

Beat Final Fantasy 16 a bit ago and it’s good. Story was alright and it’s BARELY an RPG, but the combat does save it. The end game hunts in particular are a blast to fight through and the game ended pretty strongly I feel.

Probably won’t play much else but Remnant 2 is around the corner so I’ll dive into that when it comes out.

Octopath Traveler: I'm not completely sold on the HD-2D aesthetic but so far it looks pretty good. I started as Primrose who has a very compelling story and the combat is fantastic, so I have high hopes for my experience.

TotK. I thought I'd be done this weekend, but collecting the remaining armour is taking longer than expected since it involves visiting every cave. (Unless there are hints about it that I haven't found? The fashionable people have pointed me towards some of it.)

I also need to find a few more pieces in the Depths including one particularly difficult piece: an old map led me there and what's waiting for me looks rather scary.

I promised myself I wouldn't buy any more games until my backlog is empty, so Pikmin 4 will have to wait for another year.

Took a self-enforced break from Tears to both prolong it, and clear some backlog. Started Blasphemous, and whilst it took a while to click with me, I am absolutely loving it. Perfect timing with the sequel releasing in a month, which is already a day one purchase.

Ember Knights.

Pikmin 4 is my current game on Switch, while on Vita I'm currently playing Valkyria Revolution.

Raid mode in Resident Evil Revelations 3DS version is what I'm planning to play later today.

What is going on?

Usually the "What are you playing this weekend?" news topic has an image of the mayor release of the week.

Shouldn´t there be Pikmin in the image instead of Mario?

Ending stretch of the the absolute boring slog that is live a live and playing Trinity Trigger as well.

Probably start Octopath Traveler II when I finish that other one.

After waiting something like 30 years for live a live, I can see why it was a commercial failure in Japan. 😬

On the final mission of Advance Wars 2 Hard Mode, Day 19, my game freezes, so that's the end of that.

So back on Tears of the Kingdom.

I'll be playing Story of Seasons A Wonderful Life, trying to get the remaining blessed tools that i need and hope that my cows start producing better quality milk.

I'm currently playing

PS5 - Cyber Punk 207

Xbox - Exoprimal & Halo Guardians

Switch - TOTK

Just finished Ender Lillies, great game.

Started Salt and Sanctuary, tough as nails but I'm really enjoying it.

Still plodding along in Totk.
Have a great weekend everyone.

Pikmin 4 no doubt. I picked up from where I left off in the demo, so I'm a tad rusty with controls lol. Shouldn't take too long before I'm back up to speed maybe.

Otherwise, more Against the Storm on Steam, currently on the second-hardest difficulty, Prestige 19.

Have a great weekend y'all

Pikmin 4 and when I need a break from that, voice of cards: the forsaken maiden or gravity circuit!

It's Zelda. I would be breaking into some Smash but my Pyra/Mythra amiibo don't arrive until next week.

Having wrapped up Doom 1 and RE2's Leon side A earlier this week, it's probably predictable to be finding myself occupied with Doom 2 and Claire's "2nd Run" respectively. I also finally tried Wandersong and Iron Wings (filling up the storage space until the advent of God Wars which I'm still holding out on until early August), and I consider revisiting Sin & Punishment on NSO while dipping toes in the sequel on Deck). Otherwise, it's gonna be mostly the usuals - a variety of Xeno titles, Tales and Fantasies, some exploration/crafting across Portia/RF5/DQB/Starbound and Marie/Nelke, some rogueliting across Isaac, Little Noah and Hades, racing across Fortune Valley and Redview County, adventuring with Aloy, Rico and Ezio... plus possibly other stuff ranging from Neighborville and RE0 to Endless Frontier and Valentia to Code Vein and Prey.

Two Point Campus on my RTX4090FE. Like how it supports ultra widescreen. It seems to be pretty much the same as Two Point Hospital, so if you liked the first one, you should enjoy this.

I will mainly be playing Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit with my daughter; I got it for her recent birthday and she loves it!
I'm also nearing the end of both Metroid Prime Remastered and Returnal so I'll continue to chip away at these in the evenings.
Have a great weekend all!

Gran Turismo 7 but on nintendo, Auralux.

I was in the mood for a fighter, so I started my weekend off with the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection. I’m also looking to spend some time with A Boy and His Blob later on in the day.

@Ooyah
I feel the same way about QTE's I would prefer it if they weren't there because I have the reaction times of a slug, but all I can say is it's very forgiving, you can retry over and over. Only thing you might struggle with is the 'combat' for lack of a better word but if you are dumb like me and get stuck refering to a walkthrough for the bit you are on will alleviate the stress of it as you know what you need to do next, it's hard to describe but you would get what I mean if you played it.

I personally think the QTE's shouldn't put you off because it's great, but I understand that the game is very polarising some people love it and some don't so watch a few reviews and maybe wait for a sale.

Time for some Mega Turrican Director's Cut in the Anthology 2 collection, I really like the new CD audio too.

Also might get back to my Alien Isolation playthrough on Switch, or some more Tears of the Kingdom.

I have entered Bower's Castle after collecting the 7th Star Spirit in Paper Mario 64. Time for the final showdown!

My favorite teammates are Watt and Bombette. The former for the strategic roles of buffs, paralysis, and ignoring enemies defense. The latter because I enjoy blowing crap up!

Wish Paper Mario would go back to being like this or TTYD tbh.

Edit: credit roll. Just beat it.

Octopath Traveller - not getting much time for gaming so still slowly working through chapter 3 for each character.

At a music festival in my city most of the weekend, despite the constant rain, so doubt I’ll progress all that much.

I donno, it's summer vacation time for me so I'm going to be having a lot of time on my hands, probably going to be doing at least one slightly more meaty game. I just beat the first campaign of Shining Force CD yesterday, not as good as Shining Force 1 or 2 for certain so far but it was still okay and I'm going to be playing the other two campaigns at some point but right now I feel like I'm all shining forced out for a bit.

I’m going to be checking out all of the free content released in Ace Angler: Fishing Spirits earlier this week. I’ll also be playing some Arcade Archives Shusse Ozumo because tomorrow is the final day of the Nagoya basho and I’m incredibly hyped for it right now!

Would love to play Pikmin 4 or continue Tears of the Kingdom but alas, my Pro Controller has become nearly unusable with insane stick drift, and the only repair I can try now is replacing the analog stick wheels entirely, which I am absolutely dreading...
So I've just been chipping away at the Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection on handheld mode, going through Zero 4 at the moment. Great series.

Thanks Jim. I keep meaning to try out SUPERSTAR SAGA too. Might give it a go! Otherwise, probably a little Sonic Frontiers.

I'm continuing my two-track playing, mixing Tears of the Kingdom with some lower stakes platforming action.

I dusted off my TurboGrafx16 and just finished playing through Bonk's Adventure - truly a great retro game, I think it could've competed with Mario if they'd kept making new entries and building the world. Next I'll be on to the sequel Bonk's Revenge.

TotK I'll be heading to Gerudo, my fourth temple, with 120 hours under my belt. I'm loving the game but I think I'm done wandering and am ready to focus on the main storyline.

Mostly Nobody Saves The World. I'm around halfway or so through, and its growing on me more as time goes on. At first, I found it a little overwhelming with the amount of quests there were to do, but now I'm finding myself hooked for play sessions that last hours on end. I may also play a little Keywe with my wife tonight as well. The game is cute and interesting, but I can only handle it in smaller bursts, as some missions get particularly stressful.

Playing Fire Emblem on the GBA Switch online. I’m on Chapter 28. Then a little bit of Easy Come Easy Golf.

Finished Chapter 1 on Rain Code - really liking the story, but this is one of the rare times that a game’s performance has caught my attention. Way too many loading screens break things up.

Will also be enjoying some Pikmin 4 and facing the final boss on Xenoblade Chronicles DE (can’t decide whether to pursue more side quests).

Well it might have been Pikmin 4 but my shipment was delayed 🫤
So I’m playing Story of Seasons A Wonderful Life which is by far the absolute best farming game on switch - an absolute delight to play! Much better than the original versions on GameCube!
Also been playing Uphill Rush Water Park. I know, it’s a simple mobile port to switch, but it’s just hilarious and so perfect for hot summer days 😁

I picked up my Pikmin 4 yesterday, but I’m saving that to play with my kiddos and first we need to get through Lost in Play, which is kind of like the Over the Garden Wall cartoon but even weirder.

Outside of that, I’ll continue my Y’s VIII adventure and dabble some more in Arcade Paradise. I love that game so much, I bought all the DLC to extend the experience.

Today also we’ll be visiting our local small town bookstore one last time, before they close the business this week. I’ve spent hundreds of $$ there over the years, but I guess I’m an outlier in this internet-afflicted age. Remember to hug your local brick & mortar bookstore, my friends. 🥺

Probably nothing, no time this weekend. I do plan to get and play Pikmin 4 at some point, though!

Still working on Shin Megami Tensei V. Still love it, but I’m hoping to have it beaten by the time this post comes next weekend.

Nintendo Switch:
Mana Spark – started a quite good run as Galiana the Naturalist. Already beated first two bosses(Knowledge and the dragon... I don't remember dragon's name). Cleared first floor of laboratory location. Decided to take a rest and continue the game sometime later.
Guilty Gear XX ΛCore Plus R – I've wanted to get Path 1 ending in Potemkin's Story Mode... But I got the same Path 2 ending twice. Finished I-No's Story Mode on Path 2 ending. Completed the 1st mission in Mission Mode by almost every character, excluding Holy Order-Sol and Dizzy. Their Instant Kill inputs are hard and annoying.
Phantom Breaker: Omnia – played Versus Mode as Mikoto Nishina. Fought all characters, including Shin-Waka, to listen all of the outros after the fights.
Hyper Light Drifter – Special Edition – got a leader achievement. That snail looks cute.
Corpse Party(2021) – found one of the two last remaining name tags. Tôru Fujimoto's name tag, if I don't confuse. And, this time I've chosen a second answer(Don't say it) in Yuka's and Satoshi's dialogue.
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game – Complete Edition – cleared Boss Rush mode from the second try on "Average Joe" difficulty playing as Wallace Wells.
Skullgirls 2nd Encore – tried to play Story Mode for the 1st time. Decided to pick Fukua... Well... That was annoying. Not only Filia's AI set to Nightmare difficulty, but she also have a 300% health. If other characters' Story Mode also have a crap like this, then, this is the first fighting game with poor and annoying Story Mode like this in my life.
Tales of Vesperia: REMASTERED – just started the new game again... But this time, I really will play the game. I probably will play this game for a few next months...
Android:
Burly Men at Sea – got 2 endings.
Anodyne – beated 1st boss.
Well... That's all what I've played on this week. Have a nice gaming week, everyone.

After months of only using my Switch mainly due to TOTK and Triangle Strategy, I am now finally back to finish GOW Ragnarok. Amazing game that I left to try the lame Pokemon Violet in the holidays and never returned.
Will finish it this week and move on to Metroid Dread

Angry Birds Rio (Windows Phone) - Finally in the end zone for this game.

Imperia Online (Windows Phone) - Daily grinding once again.

I defeated Calamity Ganon in Breath of the Wild a few nights ago… man, I hate myself for not beating this game sooner!! I got the expansion pass before infiltrating Hyrule Castle for the last time, so maybe I’ll boot up a Master Mode run soon.

As a reward for beating Botw, I got Sonic Frontiers, as I promised myself I wouldn’t start it until I beat Botw, and I’m enjoying it so far! Already got 2 Chaos Emeralds on the first island. I also used a game voucher to get Super Mario Maker 2. I’m trying to finish the story mode before I make any levels, so I’m also gonna work on that this weekend. If I’m not busy on Sunday, I’ll also probably do a gnarly arcade run with TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge.

Mario kart with the fam. Diablo 3 on switch. Just started Elden Ring on Xbox.

@Vyacheslav333 About what you said for Skullgirls, don’t worry! Not all of the story modes are like that. Fukua’s kind of the “joke character” in the game, and her final boss is supposed to be stupid difficult. The other character’s story modes are pretty chill if you play on lower difficulties. Awesome game otherwise!

@Diowine Metroid Dread is a masterpiece, especially when you learn all of the sequence breaks. Hope you enjoy it!

@OwenGamer22 Oh, if so, then, okay. I play game on the Sleepwalk difficulty.

This weekend I might play more Fire Emblem Engage and I'm not sure why but I recently have had an urge to play Final Fantasy XIV again. So I've been continuing my journey through ARR

@OwenGamer22 Thanks! I know I will love it

Made it to chapter 14 in my rerun of Triangle Strategy. Fantastically dense plot and politics and gameplay is so much fun, but damned if Team Asano can't name a game to save their lives.

I'll mostly be playing Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask on 3DS. I'm only on Chapter 3, but I can already tell I'm going to enjoy this one. This is my third Layton game after Curious Village and Last Specter (fourth including the Ace Attorney crossover), though eventually I do plan to play them all. Who knows, maybe I'll actually improve at this puzzle thing.

When I'm not wracking my brain with Hershel Layton, I'll probably be playing Sonic the Hedgehog 1 on Switch. It seems strange, but the GameCube version had no save feature...so this will be my first time beating it. Thank goodness for Anniversary Mode.

Replaying Okami

Getting bored of saying this hahaha... I'm still playing Zelda

Not bored of the game however, still loving every second at nearly 200hrs no end in sight, I think i've still got about 3-4 weeks (about 50 hours for me) to finish it, then on to new endeavours

So excited for all you lot playing Pikmin 4 this week, I bought it today but I won't be playing until september because when the Physical editions of 1+2 come out on 22/09 im gonna marathon all 4 on Switch, very excited to do that!

@Vyacheslav333 how do you get to play so many different games in a week, count me jealous or do you only play short amounts of each? Can totally appreciate getting variety

i continuing my Tears of the Kingdom playtrought, completed all 152 shrines, completed 76 Lightroot, found 278 Koroks Seeds, and trying to acess the Lighting temple.

I'm still at it with Fire Emblem Engage. I'm surprised by how much I've enjoyed it. Well, combat anyway. I skip most cut scenes, and play on the mode where fallen allies come back. But getting my core team to an elite level with most of them carrying emblem rings now has been a blast

Pikmin 4 for me as well. I'm really enjoying it so far, will take it slow.

@Ooyah Yes! I agree, it's a classic and it's weird that it hasn't resurfaced even as a cash-in. The bosses and character sprites are so good, and his ability to flip in mid air and turn his head into a downward weapon gives the game a whole new dimension.

Right so this weekend is a interesting one. The game I chose to main as the article said this weekend is Advance Wars, HOWEVER THERES A TWIST. That’s most likely for tomorrow Sunday. That’s because today I’ll most likely have no gaming as I embark on the weekend event of Barbenheimer. That’s right I’m seeing the two movies like probably half of America at this point. Technically I’ve participated in Barminheimer by picking up Pikmin 4 as well but I won’t be playing that. For Advance Wars I’m actually having slight fun by following a IGN Video Guide to the T so I’m almost done with it instead of struggling and getting really upset. I’m on Mission 19. Over on the PS5 I’ll most likely be playing some FFXVI tonight and due to special circumstances this week honestly probably some RE5, Fortnite, SF6 and other assorted fighting games but I’ll get to that in a bit. I actually beat RE5 this week so I just gotta wrap up the other DLC and then I can move onto RE6 for my marathon. As for anime this weekend it’s simple. Some Atelier Ryza, My Tiny Senpai, Zom 100, Liar Liar, Ayaka, and one of my new all time favorites Bungou Stray Dogs. As for those special circumstances this week I have basically nothing but morning shifts whereas normally I have nothing but night shifts. Now this is slightly bad for me as I stay up late hahahaha. But you know what it isn’t bad for? SWITCH GAMESSSSSSSSSSS. I’ve plans to go on a game starting Smorgasbord. Plans currently are sessions for Trails To Azure and Advance Wars to make progress in them. But also to start loads of games like Paranormasight, We ❤️ Katamari, Ghost Trick, Rain Code and of course Pikmin 4. Granted there won’t be much PS5 gaming but that’s why I labeled games that are easy to jump in and do a couple rounds in like fighting games, Fortnite and the minimal wrapping I gotta do in RE5. Very very excited about all this. Happy Gaming to everyone and have a excellent weekend everyone.

Banjo Kazooie, COD Black ops Cold War & Metal Slug Anthology

Clash of Heroes, TotK, and Gravity Circuit. You guys need to review that last one. It's incredible, and seems it's being slept on.

Me and all the "KOOL KiDZ" are playing "Super Dinoblasters" - this is in no way a shameless plug for my 1st ever Nintendo Switch eshop game that released yesterday 👀

I’ll be playing Splatoon 3, some Sonic Spinball and Super Animal Royale.

I was thinking about playing Pikmin 4 as my first Pikmin game, but my local stores had no copies at all. I might get it digitally, but I might also just wait for it to hopefully get restocked in a week or so.

In the meantime, I’m kinda just casually playing Bowser’s Fury and Tears of the Kingdom. My friends and I will also be playing Among Us tonight, so that should be fun.

@Magic_Salmon_Pro I was wondering who voted for that when I saw the poll results 😅 and now I know, very clever, and if nothing else you’ve got a few eyeballs on your game!

Tears of the Kingdom. That'll probably be my answer until Mario Wonder releases in October honestly. Not even sure I'll be done by then! Barely even touched the story so far as I've only done the first temple and only two tears.

I’m away but I brought my Switch. Won’t be playing much but when I do it’ll be some online Mario Kart and maybe Yoshi’s Crafted World.

I’ll snag a copy of Pikmin 4 sometime soon, the demo was great and reviews say it’s amazing!

I replayed though Pikmin 1, 2, and 3 leading up to the launch of Pikmin 4. I’m playing that this weekend and loving every second of it.

Also, Gravity Circuit is like Mega Man meets Mischief Makers. So again, play that game, people.

Over 100 hours into Tears of the Kingdom! Also been mixing in some Yooka Laylee, Paper Mario and Kamiko with my daughter. Happy weekend!

@Nintendencies The first Danganronpa is a master piece imo. It’s really good!

@AmplifyMJ I actually hadn't voted in the poll 😱 that means someone is actually playing my game! Just need another 2% of the vote to break into the top 3 poll tier.....

Been replaying Galaxy 2, only like 20 stars left so will probably finish it tomorrow. Been also pecking at replaying the first Ace Attorney lately, kind of finding myself wondering about shifting gears to revisit Hotel Dusk instead. Been way longer.

Tears of the Kingdom, and Pikmin 4 demo, I'll get the game next week, my kids are having fun with it right now!

I'm be playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe mostly. Beyonetta 3 should be in my hands by next weekend.

STEAM

• Super Woden GP (100% achievements....great racing game!)
• Rush Rally 3 (100% achievements)

SWITCH

• The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (coop with my wife)

@Ooyah
No problem at all, happy to help! ^-^

@InfernoDemon33
Yeah it's great so far, I'm up to chapter 4 at the moment, really enjoying it

Finally finished TOTK with approx 125hrs play time. It’s an absolute masterpiece.

Just started Metroid prime which I’m really enjoying but am getting a little frustrated with at times due to some heavy backtracking through the same areas.

This weekend I did some time trials in MK8D.
I am also just started with Metroid Dread.

@Sputnik_Corner «...or do you only play short amounts of each?»
Yep. That time, at least. First, I needed to discharge Joy-Cons that were on low battery. It took me a +-3 hours to do! So, that's why I "jumped" between games. Second, after I discharged them (and console), after a few hours I charged them. Later, I've had only ~3 hours of free time to play games. And, there were some problems... Living in one-room apartment is awful... So, I've jumped between games again... I don't have opportunity to play games everyday, read books everyday, I can't normally watch TV at all... Usually, I play games on Switch once in a week or two. That annoys me...

I am a little late to the part again but I ended up playing The Artful Escape on PlayStation 5 and scored the platinum and enjoyed the game immensely.

After I finished that, I started my first foray into Demon's Souls as well and I have been having a blast in that one. I didn't think I would enjoy a souls game like I enjoy this one and it has been so much fun having to plan each step I take and strategize around the environment and tools available at my disposal. Glad I didn't sleep on this one.