Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (16th March)

Finished Eagle Island Twist, great game.
My Collectors Edition of Nobody Saves the World arrived so I've started playing that. What an awesome game, thoroughly enjoying it.

Also my Alien Isolation Collector Edition arrived as well so I'll have to give that a try.

I bought the Elite Edition of Demoniaca so that's also sitting in my collection waiting to be played.
I have an abundance of games to play atm.

Have a great weekend everyone

Hogwarts Legacy: Never did I imagine being able to roam through a fully realized Hogwarts, learning spells like Diffindo or Alohomora, riding broomsticks, or getting messed with by Peeves, but here I am.

Finding the Room of Requirement, battling trolls and goblins, sneaking into locked rooms and exploring Hogsmeade... it's all excellent, and all heightened by incredibly crisp visuals. If you're a Harry Potter fan, you owe it to yourself to check out this game.

I don't say this lightly: this is a can't miss opportunity.

I have too many games ongoing, but a 3 day weekend, so trying to progress with some.
Portal: in the 18th chamber, so might finish this weekend.
Metal Gear Solid: started yesterday and defeated the 1st boss. Playing on easy, but still too hard for me. I know what I should do, but cannot submit my will properly. This is the type of game I would rather watch someone else playing.
Persona 4G: progressing slowly, somehow is not hooking me as P5R did.
Thinking on starting Dragon Quest Monsters, but really should finish something before.
This is not a good year for me, I cannot find the same joy in gaming as last years due to the problems at home. I just don’t have enough energy. Rather lying and doing nothing or sleeping when I could play or read. And then I’m stressed about not using my free time efficiently.

Finally jumped back into Tears of the Kingdom after taking a 6 month break (harder than I thought it’d be, I did put in 60 hours before)

Also 7 hours into the delightful “Cult of the Lamb”

Resident Evil. Played the GameCube remake more than 20 years ago. Game still holds up. Playing it with tank controls and 4:3 aspect ratio for extra nostalgia. For handheld, the 4:3 frame is a bit too small for my aging eyes, so it's one of the rare instances where I play a game docked.

Also added RE0 to the backlog. Never played it. IIRC, it was originally released around the same time as Metroid Prime and it got lost in the shuffle.

Finally, another Walking Dead season 1 episode. The first three episodes were great. I love the characters. Not having much time for gaming, I like the episodic structure.

I've been with the itch of playing Mario Odyssey again for a while and started it a couple of days ago, so gotta be playing that with some balatro sessions surely. Happy gaming everyone!

This weekend I'm going to a St. Patrick's Day parade 🍀 near the beach and going out with a new girl so no time for 🎮😁

Thought I'd be clever and strategic and have a break from Dredge after finishing Dredge so I didn't get tired of Dredge, but all i really want to play is Dredge. Nothing from the backlog or irresponsible sale purchasing has clicked because it doesn't have enough fish in it. I know objectively that Chained Echoes is great, and that Steamworld Dig 2 is a lot of fun, but they're both sorely lacking a haddock-based mechanic. To avoid spoiling great games for myself I should probably just give in and buy the Dredge DLC and play Dredge again. Dredge.

Two different games on switch will be taking up my time this weekend: Dave the Diver (seriously, what an absolute gem of a game! Keeps surprising and delighting at every turn) and Quake 2. Quake 2 has been in my backlog since the NLife 10/10 review, but only started it this week and it is great fun.

The weekend's typically bloated Switch plans include more NMS and Isaac, Xenoblades and Rune Factories (with some potential Portia, Harvestella, Kitaria Fables or Ultra Pixel Survive mixed in), SR4 and Mudrunner, Guacamelee and SteamWorld Dig, Afterimage and Shantae, Pocket Card Jockey and One's Justice... besides a potential salad of JRPG progress in Fuga, TWEWY, Minstrel Song, TMS and WoFF. Deck will likely see more XCX, Horizon, Watch Dogs and one of or both installed Final Fantasies; Sonyland, more Eternia/Valkyrie Drive/Gravity Rush on Vita and Rivals/Avengers/SR22 on PS4 while 3DS has proven to already house all the FE Awakening SpotPass stuff (courtesy of the previous owner's save file😆), so I'm back to farming spears for a sidequest in Valentia... with a potential side of Endless Frontier, Unwound Future, RF1 and Ever Oasis. And if Valentia sidequesting only fans the flames of the Fire Emblem itch, these ambitions may yet loop back to Switch for a bit of Warriors, too.

The next days, I will be playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and other classics, which I have already finished, because I am patiently awaiting the arrival of Shiren The Wanderer The Mystery Dungeon Of Serpentcoil Island and Princess Peach Showtime!.

Happy gaming everyone!

“Adam, daddy!” Still playing Bioshock 2 and having fun. Seems very ‘spiky’ though - I can spend ages wandering around rapture with hardly any enemies, finding ammo, health, dollars etc that I can’t pick up as my inventory is full, then I’ll reach a bit where I use it all up on a ton of tough enemies and I’m low on everything. But I do like the setting and the creepy atmosphere.

Majoras Mask - NSO
Mario 64 - 3DS port
Strikers 1945 - PS1

Actually, Chinatown Wars sounds like a wonderful idea. It's one of the best GTAs, imo. I haven't really been feeling too passionate about new games recently, so I've been dipping into some older stuff between throwing random games on my Switch to see if they stick. Wish they'd put Sleeping Dogs on the Switch. But Chinatown Wars on my Vita might do the trick.

@trymer89 As someone who is not an HP fan in the slightest, I'll say that the music is amazing, it is pretty, and plays perfectly fine! But yes...one of my favorite people is a huge HP fan and actually cried playing it, lol.

@Morsel
I hope you will solve the problems, you have at home and find your peace, to fully enjoy gaming again.

By far the biggest game of the week for me is wipEout phantom edition! It is absolutely incredible. Time Extension (sister site to nintendolife) has an article on how to install in on Steam Deck. I did it and couldn't stop playing the first wipEout game, but now it is locked at 90fps (on OLED Deck) and is a dream to play. I also set it up on my laptop and saw the frame rate counter go above 500 at times! I saw it say 513fps. Never seen that before. My monitor maxes out at 180hz. Anyways, old PS1 and N64 games at high frame rates are incredible. Also been playing Llamasoft the Jeff Minter Story, Holocure (don't start this game!), Moose Life (quickly becoming one of my favorite games ever because it is so trippy and amazingly crafted that I sometimes feel like it is going to knock my consciousness out of my body, and it looks AWESOME at 144fps on my laptop and on my monitor), Bomb Rush Cyberfunk (awesome locked at 90fps on Deck), BallisticNG, Marble It Up Ultra (loving this game at high frame rates!), and Super Aleste (incredible shoot em up I'm playing on Deck).
I've also played some TOTK, but have not been interested in Switch much since Nintendo sued Yuzu. Kinda want my Switch banned since it might help keep me from accidentally patching TOTK.
Also, I really agree with John in one of the recent Digital Foundry discussions. He was gushing about the side menu on Deck and how we've never had this kind of easy access to changing the refresh rate of a screen and stuff. I totally agree. Like he said, we need this on PC. We need it on all consoles too! Wipeout Phantom edition looks better on my OLED Deck than it does on my laptop running at 180fps. There's lots of times where a game is running very smoothly on laptop, yet I can still see a really tiny difficult to notice stutter, and that won't be present on OLED Deck running the same game. It's probably because I'm not good at setting stuff up, but that kind of underlines the value of the interface and hardware Valve has established with the Deck. Can't wait for higher and higher hz Decks to come out! It really is amazing and great at delivering what I want as a gamer. I love being able to set the screen to 72hz to play wipEout if I want. I love being able to reduce the wattage to 6 watts and still see wipEout running locked at 90! It is amazing!
Happy gaming to everyone!
Edit: I just realized how perfect this wipEout phantom edition is for me to post about since I've had this artwork from the old Mac computer version of wipeout as part of my profile pic since I started posting on Nintendolife years ago.
Also, I've got to say that phantom edition is the best I've ever seen wipEout look. The 90fps and higher makes it more beautiful than wipeout HD or Omega Collection which are locked at 60fps on PS3, PS4, and PS5.
I wish Sony would bring Wipeout Omega Collection to PC so it could be played the way it has always been destined to be played, at 144fps and higher!

I beat Rayman Legends last night, but because there's so many collectibles and stages I didn't get to, my OCD brain won't let me put it down until I've gotten through more.

I did start Borderlands 2 on Switch as well, so I'll probably continue my playthrough.

There's still over 20 games in my backlog, including TotK (started it but fell out of it suddenly), so no lack of choices this weekend. 😁

I'm about halfway through Star Ocean: The Second Story R, so that will pretty much be my weekend with gaming. Still to this day, it's got to be on my Top 3 RPGs. I did Claude's story in the past, and it's been very fresh seeing Rena's perspective this time. I'll also be playing more Super Mario Wonder with my family. I've already beaten it by myself, but now we're in the Fungi Mines together. It's been my daughter's first real Mario game and she's loving it.

Very little gaming time this weekend as busy, but enjoying Top Racer 2 on Switch in the recent collection encouraged me to go back and play Lotus III: The Ultimate Challenge on the Amiga. It's a great retro racing game, just a shame you cant have music and sfx at the same time.

It’s time clear the backlog

Nothing yet... I was too much busy this week. However, I'm planning to play something later today. I'll continue to play P4U mode in Persona4 The ULTIMAX ULTRA SUPLEX HOLD, and... That's all, probably. Well... Have a nice gaming week, everyone.
Update #1:
BIOHAZARD REVELATIONS – played Raid Mode as Quint Cetcham. Got A, B, and C ranks on some levels. Leveled up to 18th level.

Persona 5 Royal
The rest period between second and third target. I really need to build my guts stat but there's always something new or more interesting available that takes priority. The card game in Thieves Den is a fun way to end a session.

Super Mario Odyssey
I had a craving for this game recently so I collected the rest of the moons I was missing. After that, I started playing Luigi's Balloon World in order to unlock the rest of the costumes. I need one more costume but I'm also really close to getting all the achievements in that mode so I try to get them too, although that means I still need to pop 650+ balloons for the last one.

Vampire Survivors
Gave it a go since it's on trial. I think the pacing could be better. Walking in circles for 30 minutes, most of which you are not in any real danger, isn't all that interesting. So far it feels like you could get the same experience in way less time if the scaling was faster and distance between interesting items was shorter. Getting to try new characters and weapons is fun but it takes too much time to get there since the runs are so long.

Theatrhythm Final Bar Line
97% of side quests done. My next goal is perfect chains on all songs on Expert. I'm missing 70 or so of the 500+ songs.

It’s birthday party sleepover chaos for my older daughter today, so I won’t find time to game until Sunday afternoon. As long as I can put a few quality hours into Unicorn Overlord, I’ll be happy.

If all goes well, I’ll squeeze in a few tries at Arcade Archives’ Kangaroo and In the Hunt, too: old arcade games from my past that are my Hamster purchases for the month. I’ve finally decided to buy a few of the many Ake-Aka games that have been on my wishlist forever.

Wishing everyone a fun weekend! 🕹🦘

I finished Tomb Raider 1 and its DLC (Unfinished Business) a few days ago so given Princess Peach Showtime and Splatfest are next week, I chose to start Pocket Card Jockey as it seems a suitable pick to fill in the time gap.

This week I will be mostly playing

Super Mario RPG
Custom Robo Arena

I'm into the third chapters in Octopath Traveler II but I've been relentlessly exploring the world and have encountered a large number of Caits and Octopuffs. As a result my party has near endgame leveling and a full loadouts of powerful weapons, so I expect I'll probably blaze through the rest of the story within the next week or so.

@Late I haven’t messed with the card game, I might have to check it out once I get my copy of the game back. I finished it in mid February and loaned it to a friend that I had been trying to introduce to the Persona franchise since P5 vanilla release as I knew he would enjoy it if he would just go in with an open mind. He is now about 3/4 through the game after finally getting through THAT part yesterday, if you know you know. I’m currently going through Strikers after finishing Tactica a couple weeks back. If you didn’t already plan on it I highly recommend playing Strikers after, it's a worthy sequel to P5

My physical copy of Shredder’s Revenge came earlier this week, so I’m going to play an arcade run of that while continuing Mega Man X4 through the legacy collection.

On the laptop, I’ve been enjoying the new Noise update for Pizza Tower. I’ve already gone through the first floor and beat Pepperman

Gonna try to finish side orders postgame 🙂

I'm playing Assassins' Creed: Black Flag on Switch. I'm enjoying it so far, but have a lot still to do. And I can't catch any of those shanty notes when they start moving away.

Other than that, I am still playing Halls of Tornent on PC, and also picked up Expendable in the Steam sale. I remember wanting that on the Dreamcast. This weekend I will find out whether it was worth the wait.

I haven’t played much since last weekend. My work schedule has been hectic, and my wife and I took a mini vacation during the weekday(s). She surprised me with NBA tickets to my favorite team, so we spent several days out of town relaxing. But it’s healthy to take a break from gaming once in a while.

If I do find time this weekend, I’ll be spending it playing Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. I am currently in the infamous Gold Saucer area and it has been a magical experience so far. My feelings on the game have only grown deeper — this is an amazing reimagining of an all-time classic. I’m really looking forward to seeing how the story unfolds.

Pokemon, Pokemon, and more Pokemon when I get the chance on this somewhat busy weekend. I finally completed my Dex in Pokemon Legends: Arceus last night, but I'm not quite at 10th star rank yet (Would've finished this last night too, but sleep won out). Then, since I finished the Dex in the former, that means I unlocked an event in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond that I want to go back to. Since players outside of Japan can, y'know, obtain Arceus legitimately now. Today is also Litten Community Day in Pokemon Go, which means I'll become a crazy fire cat person for a couple hours.

I didn't forget my Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + BJJ run. Bowser meted some payback on the arrogant Midbus, but sadly the big lug is easily tricked. I've made more progress in Bowser Jr's Journey too, but it's getting to where I need to grind a bit in that mode.

Happy gaming!

On my 3DS, I'll still be working through Azure Striker Gunvolt. I also started (and apparently have almost finished) Sakura Samurai this week, so I'll be giving the final boss a go, as well.

On my Wii U, I just started my first play through of the Wind Waker HD. Pleasantly surprised at the smoothness of the camera, having been somewhat frustrated with the camera in Twilight Princess HD.

On my Switch, I'll be doing a handful of races in F-Zero 99 and taking down a few levels in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.

I used to be a "one game at a time" sort, but after reading everyone's comments in this weekly article for a while now, I've joined the "multiple games at a time" team and may never leave. I feel like I'm making more progress in my backlog and it keeps my experiences fresher. The only notable exception I can think of will be when a new Metroid game drops, nothing holds my attention and enthusiasm better.

Partially in memory of Akira Toriyama, but also because it was something I was planning to do already, but I'm doing a challenge run of Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition, where all Draconian Quests are active. I enjoy grinding in JRPGs, but I'm also questioning my decision to stream it lol

Been working my way through Immortals: Fenyx Rising mainly, but I can see myself playing a bit of Saint's Row IV: Reelected and Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia .

I saw Hollow Knight: Silksong among the picks, lols.

@Lightsiyd It was my uncle who works at Team Cherry.

@KayFiOS Godspeed to him 😂

Uncharted: Golden Abyss (Vita) - That is one big underground lake...

Jet Car Stunts (Windows Phone) - I should finish this tomorrow.

Lode Runner Classic (Windows Phone) - Finally got back to this after a lengthy break.

Put me down for Splatoon for Wii U through April 8. Anyone who tries to talk me out of it is getting splatted with a Carbon Roller Deco.

This weekend I’ll continue playing through Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, as well as play some more of The Finals, which got a new season a couple days ago and is such a blast to play. Over on my switch, I’m not sure what I’ll be playing on there, but I’ll most likely end up playing Animal Crossing New Horizons. Happy gaming everyone!

Still playing Persona 5 Royal. Now at the Royal exclusive palace in the third semester, so getting toward the end. Even though the game is so long I am glad I went for unlocking the extra content because the premise for the story of the extra content is pretty interesting.

This weekend is all about Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2, I dug the first game so we’ll see how this one goes. Also, later on today, Litten will be featured in Pokemon Go, as this month’s community day event. I might also try out the Princess Peach: Showtime Demo, if for nothing else than to see if it’s something I would be interested in.

13 Sentinels. It’s taken about ten hours but it’s properly addicting now that I’m more familiar with the characters and have been able to put some of the pieces together. Lots of WTF moments; it drops major twists like they’re nothing but as you play more the penny drops and things you thought were previously inconsequential become bombshells.

It’s brilliant, for anyone interested in it I seriously recommend sticking with it as the first few hours can feel overwhelming and confusing with how much is going on but trust that it starts to unravel as you go- it’s well worth it (so far anyway but based on what everyone says it sticks the landing)

Finally found the urge to go through Trails of Cold Steel IV on PS5 so I've been playing that this last week. Almost done with Act 1 (I think), and I'm enjoying it a lot. Having the New Class VII by themselves for a big chunk of the game has been super fun, it's nice to see the game give them a chance to develop without being in the shadow of Rean.
Other than that, trying to inch my way to the ending of Final Fantasy VII Remake so I can go through Rebirth.

Definitely more Unicorn Overlord! It's been slow going in terms of play time due to being busy, but I'm loving every second.
MP games will be keeping me busy: Axon TD got new towers over on PC, so the gang is eager to check them out; we tried (and failed) to beat Lucifer in the new Granblue Fantasy Relink update, but we're learning the fight, so we'll doubtless pop back in; and democracy still needs our help in Hell Divers 2. Oh, and some people are getting together for some Splatoon 3.
Man, I'm really not going to get to play much Unicorn Overlord, am I?

Having an absolute blast playing Persona 4G! Just saved Rise and Teddie. Gotta say for those that like Balatro, the shuffle card game post
battles is extremely addicting. My Sarasvati is massively OP thanks to all the stat boosts, level ups, and skill upgrades I've gotten from it. I already have fun battling in this game, but that really incentives grinding for me!

Quite a bit actually.
Switch- FF6. I so desperately want to finish this one. It's become a slog in the second half unfortunately. As it stands, I like IV much better, but 9 still takes the cake for me personally. I couldn't get past Magic Master the other night after trying different builds for an hour and a half. I had no idea you needed reraise to overcome him. With that said, I had to turn on auto battle to drain his MP which took literally 45 minutes. Oh well, just trying to get through this and be done with it.
Xbox- Halo CE. Not much to say about this one. It's great, fun. Haven't played this game since it came out with some friends back in the early 00s.
WiiU- Paper Mario Color Splash. Just ok, nothing great except for the visuals and and the writing. The game looks stunning even on the ol WiiU. Just don't like that it's level based, and the battle system is very boring and tedious.

Mario Wonder. I'm in world 6 I think(?) Deep Magma something. A couple of stages every day. That's it... I don't understand how people list not just 2 or maybe 3 games, but up to a dozen. I just have to ask; How do you keep track of it all? How do you even have the time to play that much?

Plugging away at Metroid Prime Remastered and it’s strange. I don’t find it that fun but I also want to finish it, like it’s juuuust entertaining enough to keep me going.
That Unicorn Overlord demo sold me on the game, so I look forward to starting that one later

Continuing my campaign in Kirby DTDL, I'm playing at a slow but comfortable pace of ~2 levels a day. I'm pretty busy right now so this is a great stress-relaxer game

@NintendoByNature I agree that FF6 spins a little too loose after the calamity

switch: mario wonder

xbox:star trek online,warframe and forza 3

Tears of the Kingdom for me! ❤️

@beltmenot Mario Wonder is such a good game!

Just bought bleak sword dx and ys chronicles 1&2 on steam spring sales, already have bleak sword dx on switch but sometimes I want to play it on my pc too. Ys chronicles 1&2 graphics is still good although the game is from 2013, kind of crazy how 2D games from decades ago still stand the test of times with just resolutions update.

Trying to finish Wonder, I have been playing a level here and there since launch. It’s so good I don’t want to finish it, you know? WRC 10, Rocket League, tents and trees and art of glide.

Happy gaming everyone!

So I’ve finished Mother 3, and, by extension, the EarthBound trilogy. I’ll admit I was somewhat spoiled on the “big twist” thanks to Smash Bros., but the ending still hit me hard. I certainly was not expecting that.

Why they won’t localize that game is beyond me. But now that I’ve beaten it, it’s time to go back to a certain series I played through late last year. I finished the three Yo-kai Watch games on 3DS, and then I went on to play the Japan-only Yo-kai Watch 4 on Switch. I eventually dropped it during the third chapter, though, since it was hard to really enjoy the game using Google Lens on every piece of dialogue, to often mixed results. But I’ll be giving it another go, this time with a work-in-progress English fan translation. It’s still a little rough and some sidequests aren’t translated yet, but more than enough is translated for me to enjoy the main story.

This time, I’ve made it to the fifth chapter. So far, our good friend Nate has met his future daughter and her friends and traveled with them across three different eras. How much of this does Nate still remember in the future? Why do the Yo-kai look so different 30 years later? Why is it always winter in the past? Is this story going to have Nate manipulating the rules of time travel like he did in Yo-kai Watch 2? So many questions…

Springdale’s more fun to explore than ever this time around, being in full 3D this time. The story’s tone has shifted significantly from the series’ early days, and there seem to be many characters from and allusions to multiple Japan-only spin-off movies and series I’ve never seen. So it’s fairly clear why they never localized this one (even though they originally said they would; I’m still waiting…), but honestly, I’m not totally lost not knowing this stuff because Nate doesn’t know any of it, either.

(DISCLAIMER: This is a relatively new game still in print. I have a Japanese cartridge, and so should you if you intend to go this route with the fan translation. Please support the developers!)

TOTK! Finished exploring the Gerudo regional phenomena this morning & had so much fun with that. Felt like I was Lara Croft or Indiana Jones solving the puzzles in the Lightning Temple. I also picked up my first solo Victory Royale of the new Fortnite season, and I plan on spending more time in that this weekend, too.

So many cool games, it's always nice to see what all the lovely people are playing!

So besides my usual trio of Tetris 99, MK8D and Project Diva Mega Mix, the main game I'm playing is Batman Arkham Asylum, I'm at some 25% according to my file, I've reached the part with what's-her-name activating electric floors, after just getting the bat-hacking-device.

I've also been playing Wind Waker HD with my 9 year-old. Her first Zelda game, and she's gotten the three pearls, now going to place the last two. Playing the Marios was something, but Zelda, this is really something.

I won't forget to mention Tears of the Kingdom, I've been going through Hyrule making pictures of Link's outfits in special situations, it's fun, but the screenshots always end up looking a bit weird I'm collecting Zonaite as well, very handy for a next playthrough.

I was also able to finish Ninja Gaiden on NSO NES. What a crazy story, and man one of those last transformations was so tough to beat, probably spent half my playthrough on it.

Happy gaming all!

@Dark_Isatari yep. Not to mention, I have no clue where the story line is supposed to take me, so I often have to use a guide to figure out where I'm supposed to go. Without it, I'd honestly be lost.

So I'm 27 Hours into Tales of Zestiria and I think the game is starting to lose steam. I didn't realize that the game gates main story progress behind finding all the Iris Gems so I've gotta go find the rest of them 😅. Idk how much more is left in the game but I'm hoping to finish it this weekend.

Outside of that I finally bought Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- Reunion. The game went on sale recently and given that I just finished my second playthrough of the OG FF7 in February, I figured now would be a great time to pick it up. If Zestiria really ends up dragging I may opt to play this instead.

@Nontendo_4DS Good for you! And welcome to the club, aha
I had been stuck on TotK for 3 months, and I found that while playing different games on a regular basis I enjoy all the games more. I loved TotK and haven't been able to put it down just yet but I really enjoy switching between games, certain games don't go with certain moods ...

@Vriess I have about 1,500 hours on my Switch last year, and some more 100's hours on the Wii U.
I work from home and I can honestly say that my job takes me at the very max 2h a day alltogether.
I usually exercise at least 2h a day. Now the rest of the weekdays is gaming while checking the PC.

I'd be curious to hear about others as well.
All in all, gaming is a hobby, and a cheap one as well, when you have the habit of playing games, time flies XD

Super castlevania iv

Lessee...
TotK continues... it's basically a life sim to me at this point. Cuphead was "supposed" to be listed BUT it didn't come from GameFly (I blame my thieving neighbors). However! My boss and I were chatting about Pokémon and the Pokémon Legends (series?) came up-- So I will kickstart Pokémon Legends: Arceus. I always said if Pokémon went open world that I would look forward to it, so it's about time to make good on that. Per my new weekend rule, I do some type retro gaming. This time I think I will continue on in NSO SNES Battlemaniacs, a little more Arcade Archives Rush'n Attack, and I might try to start a serious file with NSO GB Mario Tennis. I thought about getting serious with Shantae: Seven Sirens too since Shantae Advance is on the horizon-- As much as i love Shantae there's really no reason I'm saving it.

Would be playing BATTLEFRONT CLASSIC COLLECTION, but, you know, Aspyr.

I'll be playing the Battlefront Collection mostly, but I purchased Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe and that should be delivered this morning so I'll likely start that up as well.

I'll be playing Splatoon 3 to collect conch shells during the Splatfest preview period, and playing Super Animal Royale during the "Respawning Day" event to collect exclusive items.

I received today my new switch lite animal crossing edition the turquoise one and started ACNH the first day on my island, after that I started Hogwarts Legacy, love both games so far!!

Continuing on with Terranigma making some good progress, I just aroused Beruga so I believe I'm starting to get to near end of things as I recall. Unfortunately this game really hasn't held as well I had hoped, the story and world are still nice but the gameplay just feels pretty poorly balanced and downright annoying at times.

I ended up getting my copy of Unicorn Overlord earlier than I anticipated, early this week, so I'm trying to get this game done so I can get to that.

Playing WRC 9, Gran Turismo 7 and Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown on the PS5. Maybe some Balatro on the Steam Deck too. WRC 9 is quite challenging, I'll get the hang of it eventually.

unicorn overlord on my switch.

Unicorn Overlord. Super addictive. Love it. Haven’t even messed with tactics yet. About 18 hours in.

Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (PS5)
I'm nearing the end of the Suthexe arc. Because I'm cleaning up every marker on the map as I go, I'm ridiculously over-levelled for the area.

Gears of War: Definitive Edition (XSX)
I've never played a Gears game before and am enjoying this immensely.

Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration (Switch)
Completed the timeline yesterday. Really good historical retrospective but I'm not sure I'll return to many of the games. Will now move back to Xenoblade Chronicles 3 which I parked in Chapter 6.

Balatro (Steam)
Playing a fair bit of this time suck. Won with the red and blue decks and am halfway through a run with the yellow deck that I think I'm going to win.

Phantasy Star IV. Just a few hours in, but loving it.

Apollo Justice Ace Attorney Trilogy and Tomb Raider Remastered 1-3.

I just finished Horizon: Zero Dawn on Steam. What a great game. The combat was fun, and the outfits all the characters wear are the best part (weird but true).

I'm going to start Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth tomorrow, but I'll also be playing F Zero 99 and Tetris Effect (both on Switch).

Genshin Impact, because the new flagship event is currently going on. And there's actually a lot more strategy involved this time around, as a core feature of the event's gameplay is running a potion stall. And it looks like the goal is to reach 2 million Mora in revenue by the end of the event. These last couple of days, I've made over 1.5 million Mora in revenue, so maybe I'll reach 2 million by the end of the next phase of the event.

Of course, the difficult part is brewing potions with the desired efficacy and quality to meet consumer demand. It also doesn't help that you can only brew one potion per cycle, thus limiting your options for potions to stock to meet said demand. That can end up causing your revenue to drop. So you really need to consult an online game guide to brew the best potions you can to maximize revenue.

Mostly handheld this weekend. Paper Mario on Switch, and Sly Cooper on Vita. A bit of golf on the Series S.
Happy gaming

I'm playing Crisis Core Final Fantasy 7 Reunion. Near the end of the story now. It's making me want to play the original Final Fantasy 7 again.

Also playing Wario Land 2 on the GBC as I couldn't wait for it to come to Switch Online.

I will be overlording the unicorn once more.

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@trymer89 Saw your comment and just had to drop in. I totally agree with you. This game came out of nowhere for me and it's now one of my favorite games. I've never been a big Harry Potter guy. Only seen the movies and being a Universal Hollywood pass holder, I frequent the land every time I go. Always respected the franchise. Nothing more. I was in the mood for something different and not normally my go to genre of game. I went out on limb for Hogwarts Legacy because it actually reviewed well on Switch. Totally took me by surprise. Such an adventure and I was hooked from the beginning. I understand some of the criticisms it receives like being more on the easy side and not as complex as typical open world RPGs. However, what mattered most to me is having a good time and oh damn did I have a blast

@Vriess I saw your comment and I'm totally in your corner. I'm going to repost a comment I left a few weeks back on a Nintendo Life article about the elusive "Switch 2". Should sum up my agreement with you:

"I'm going to be that guy and say by all means Nintendo take as long as you want. My backlog is so stacked I'll be good for the next 2 years at the rate I'm getting through them. I breathe that big sigh of relief every quarter there is no announcement of the next system. Although I get stressed immediately after that no announcement because my backlog grows again with every Direct by at least 3 games...

You guys all drive me nuts sometimes. How do you all do it?
How do you all foam at the mouth for the next expensive piece of hardware JUST to continue having a backlog on another hunk of plastic and computer chips? We ALL have backlogs of some form. Some more massive than others and across multiple platforms. I'm just a Switch guy and as I age out of my prime (turn 40 this year) my gaming time keeps getting smaller and smaller. Takes me months to get through something that you'll talk about burning through in a weekend.

Don't get me wrong I'm eagerly looking forward to what Nintendo has up it's sleeve for the 'next big thing' but I have so many games I'm trying to play on the "now" system the idea of getting pumped up for that 'next big thing' causes me some anxiety. Maybe it's just me and I'm aging out."

Oh boi oh boy it’s time for another incredible and amazing WAYP. Busy busy week of games as this week I not only beat all of FFXIV: Endwalker as far as MSQ is concerned meaning I’m all caught up for Dawntrail but also I beat Trails of Cold Steel IV YIPPEE. And not only that but because of super lucky set of game trades at GameStop I was able to purchase Prince Of Persia The Lost Crown, PGA Tour 23 Deluxe Edition, Helldivers 2 and I scored a preorder on Eiyuden Chronicle Hundred Heroes. Granted these were all on PS5 so I may need to make more time for that then switch but hey I got Princess Peach Showtime coming this week. And Hi-Fi Rush. And Dragon’s Dogma 2…… hahahahahaha. That’s not even beginning to mention the absolute mother-load of amiibos I got like Rosalina, Steve and Alex and Donkey Kong to name a few. I think another Amiibo photo shoot is in order. For the rest of the weekend I have some lovely plans so I don’t think I’ll get any gaming in outside of maybe a game of Mario Party Superstars or Nintendo Switch Sports. But going forward plans are mostly the games I’ve already listed plus getting into Trails Into Reverie, Another Code: Recollection, Mario Vs Donkey Kong, Penny’s Big Breakaway, Unicorn Overlord and Splatoon 3 Side Order on Switch. Like I said it’s really PS5 where I got games on games to work through. Still got stuff like Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth and Persona 3 Reload and Granblue Fantasy Relink and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Oh and I wanna work on that Eiyuden Chronicle Rising prequel thing. Got it a couple years back and never played it. As for anime of the week gotta keep it simple and just to the ones I watched before knocking out super early due to my new work position tiring me out ahahah. And those would just be Frieren and Delusional Monthly Magazine. Frieren is a all time great. As for Podcasts it’s the usuals. Castle Superbeast and Big Think Dimension, RPGsites Tetracast and Into the Aether, Windbreaker and Firelink, Summon Sign and the Superb Remap Radio. As always a lovely shoutout to my good friend at twitch.tv/akibread and their excellent soothing streams. Make sure to be good to one other another and stay safe y’all. Happy St. Patrick’s Day ☘️. Have a good rest of your weekend. And Happy Gaming.

Randomly picked up Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin on sale a week or two ago. What a game! I haven't heard too many people talk about it, but now I understand why those who did spoke so highly of it. It's a great fusion of action platformer with rice growing sim. It's got some interesting characters and setting as well. So far it's been awesome.

I also just got a NSO N64 controller in the mail, so I've been trying to beat Banjo Kazooie. We had this game when I was a kid, but I never played it all the way through. I find it really discouraging to have the note score reset every time you die, so I always just lost interest at that point back then. I'm trying to stick with it till the end this time though, just made it to Click Clock Wood!

I'm always impressed by the variety of games everyone is playing. This weekend is Sonic Origins Plus for me with some Gameboy Tetris on the side. I've been on a Game Gear kick!

@mudkipfan217 Nice thing in this world is having save state pausing so you don't have to 'restart' the level if you need to put it down for a a few hours. Definitely makes the game more modern friendly. I'm fingers crossed for Banjo Tooie on NSO, because that game encourages cross exploration much more between levels.

@Ganner I feel that sentiment 100%. The Nintendo Switch is so saturated with great games to try. Plus, the exceptional library of ported and remastered titles. Loads of games which I can try on a budget...but with an adult's lack of time! Oh cruel world...

@trymer89 I've been thinking of picking this one up. I honestly loved the first three Harry Potter games on PlayStation...the idea of free roaming the Harry Potter world? Count me in!

Making my way through Pokémon Scarlett's second bit of DLC.
Then start either tears of the kingdom or dragon quest 7.