Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (23rd November)

Fate/stay night REMASTERED – Heaven's Feel route. Day 11.
OGRE TALE – played side missions. Leveled up Ran to 51st level, if I'm not mistaken.
Well, for now, it's all what I've played on this week. Have a nice gaming weekend, everyone.
@JohnnyMind Like I've said before, Strive is not a FG worth playing.

Still healing from dislocating my shoulder, still painful but I'm slowly healing.
Would have been better to break it.

While I'm healing I finished Alien Isolation.
Loved it, great looking game on Switch, I have the DLC to do next.

Taking a break from it and finished Grimvalor which I really enjoyed.
So much so I'm going through on NG+ which adds in extra enemies and new weapons. Also picked up a local copy (Australian) of The Last Faith as I can't wait for my Nycrux Edition from VGP which isn't coming until next year as I ordered it with Lost Ruins.
At least I won't have to open it I suppose.

Have a great weekend everyone

I’ve had the physical copy of doki doki Literature Club plus on the backlog for a while. Finally started playing that. Then there’s continuing the latest Zelda and Ys releases.

Switch: I picked up DQ11 on sale this week. I've played it before on Gamepass but considering how great that game is I just had to do another run. Also, sidequesting TotK.
Series X: Jumping between Hellblade and Fractured But Whole.
I was supposed to start Flight Sim 24 and Stalker 2 but with launch issues and bugs I have put them both on hold.
PS5: Stellar Blade, hunting down the NieR costumes before starting my 5th NG+. Yes, it's that good!

With the physical release of Marvel vs Capcom fighting collection. I'll be practicing with it for a while.

Been switching between Dragon Quest XI (first one I’ve ever played and is interesting so far), Echoes of Wisdom (just met Conde in the mountains), and Shadow Generations. Also bought Sonic Superstars for $6 so might squeeze that in somewhere

This week I will be mostly cleaning

Luigi’s Mansion 3D

I will be reconnecting islands in Mario & Luigi: Brothership. Nice game.

Happy gaming everyone!

Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition! I just caught Mew tonight on it, and am having a blast getting to truly experience this game myself. I’ve played some of Blue on my 3DS, and Let’s Go. But to finally play the original on a Game Boy Color is really fun for me.

I might also play some Stellar Blade, but I’m mostly wanting to focus on Yellow currently.

Nier Replicant. Wish it had gotten a Switch port (guessing that’s not going to happen now) so I’ve bought it for Steam Deck. Slow start but good; has that same unsettling feeling that everything is “off” (for lack of a better term) that Automata had throughout it.

Hogwarts Legacy thanks to huge discount.

Dragon Quest III 2D-HD. Ngl, one of those games the further you get in it the harder it is to put down. Having a blast so far. Just got to the point where the whole map opened up, cos I got the ship. Time to get easily led and distracted by my nose~

Ring Fit Adventure
Fitness Circuit
Fitness Boxing 3 demo

Still cracking on with Banjo Tooie. Thrilled we are getting more Rare on the NSO, may it continue.

Mario and Luigi Brothership: A pretty fun entry in the series, with cool Bros. Attacks and an overall different aesthetic in terms of worldbuilding. I like the electricity references everywhere and there's still the series' signature charm. So far I'd put it at third (behind Bowser's Inside Story and Superstar Saga).

@FishyS
Thanks for the kind thoughts.
I didn't think it would take so long to heal tbh, the muscle tears are the worst part.

Let me know what you think of Mario RPG.
It's in my backlog.

Greetings gaming enthusiasts. I started Brothership and am still on Visions of Mana, haven’t been able to game much lately due to work. Let’s all enjoy our precious gaming time.

Loco Motive. For me, the surprise release of the year, as I found out about it only yesterday. Probably the GOTY in the point-and-click adventure genre. It's as if they discovered an unreleased LucasArts game from the 90s and updated it to modern standards.

Characters, writing, pixel art, animation, music, voice acting are all extremely polished. You can even change the text size of different UI elements to small/medium/large. On top of that, they added the occasional HD rumble effect. Basically, this game does everything right.

Have a good weekend everyone!

For the last few days, I have been playing Dragon Quest XI S, which has been sat in my backlog for too long. After an absolutely monster session the other night, I'm already 22 hours in and just made it out into the open ocean. I am not a big JRPG guy and only really started playing turn based RPG's on Switch. Of the few I've played , SEGA Ages Phantasy Star has been my favourite ...until now.

This game is absolutely SUPERB! I love everything about it. From the art style, to the soundtrack, story, combat, characters, enemies and exploration to the way it all feels to play. I even love forging. Everything is just top tier... My only bad experience in the game so far came in the casino. I lost a lot of money without a solitary win...

I'm not sure if I'm even a third of the way through the game but unless things go downhill from here, I already know I'm playing one of my top ten Switch games.

Played Echoes of Wisdom yesterday, trying to complete it. I found all of the Might Crystals and Pieces of Heart, built all of the Automatons, and even finished the dream minigame. There might be a few more things to do, though. I still need to scan the amiibo into the game to get some special outfits, and there’s one more accessory that I need to get.

Otherwise, I want to play the next chapter of the Archon Quest in Genshin Impact, as well as exploring the new area in Natlan. Due to me having to tear down my gaming setup to replace my bedroom window, I’ve only been able to do the Daily Commissions on my phone these last few days. But with the window now replaced, I can put my gaming setup back together.

Once that’s done, I hope to play Astro Bot for the PS5, which I picked up at Best Buy yesterday while getting my screen protector replaced (ironically, it was my phone case that cracked it; I bought it specifically to prevent that from happening again, as it’s happened twice before).

Of course, this is all provided that I will have the time. Much of today will be spent moving stuff back into my bedroom, and much of tomorrow will be spent helping my girlfriend get her Christmas decorations out of storage and put up in her condo.

@JimNorman it's just the one Dragon actually.

Family weekend! So not much gaming. Finished dragon quest monsters but I've not liked the grind and rng for getting monsters so dropped it. I'm starting a new game in monster hunter generations ultimate! Not played it since before mh world release. Happy gaming everyone!

Horizon: Zero Dawn Remastered For the fourth time. LOL. I love this game to bits. It puts me in a happy place. Story, gameplay and music are just awesome.

But I've bought several indies on Switch too. I'll give them a whirl.

My 3rd quest with dragons.

Onto the C64 Maxi tomorrow. Foul weather in the UK this weekend so a bit of gaming keeping cosy.

Even though I've got Dragon Quest 3 up there calling for attention, I'm still going through M&L Brothership, and I'm LOVING it! Such a great adventure, I'm about to start the third sea and I'm having a lot of fun.
It's a long game though. Lots of stuff to do! It's a game to take it easy, that's why I'm planning to start the Prince of Persia DLC, which I bought the other day (I love the base game) and I know it's quite short.

After I'm done with all those, I already have the Xenoblade 3 DLC, Nier Automata, Pentiment, Bayonetta 3 and Star Ocean 2nd waiting for me in the shelf. Crazy stuff.

@Olrun
Glad to see/hear that you put your family first. The "game" of real life is much more rewarding.

@Vriess RL always first! Gaming is a hobby after all and shouldn't be over quality time with family and/or friends.

I finished Echoes of Wisdom last week. I didn't fully complete everything, but was happy with what I did achieve. I enjoyed it, and may well revisit one day.

This weekend I'll be playing Forza Horizon 4's Fortune Island DLC, and maybe heading to Lego Valley. I've also started Rime on the Switch. The frame rate stutters noticeably at times, but never enough to ruin anything, so I am happy playing that.

Enjoy your weekends.

Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Sonic X Shadow Generations
Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Asterigos: Curse of the Stars
Star Wars Jedi Survivor

I’m on the road this weekend, so I won’t have much time for gaming. But when I have time I’m going to try to finish Turnip Boy commits tax evasion, and maybe do a few Hades runs.

I'm nearing Gold on my 10th deck in Balatro and hope to make good progress toward the 11th this weekend.

Xenoblade Chronicles on New 3DS XL. I have not played that version before and it is completely different experience.

After finishing Tomb Raider 3 and its DLC, I figured I'd start Lego Horizon Adventures.

Still playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat on Switch, it's a really engrossing game I am still learning the gameplay and mechanics. Alternating with Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi and Sonic X Shadow Generations. As I was over on my PS4 I also bought the PS1 version of Alone in Dark: the New Nightmare as I'm still in a survival horror mood after completing Fear the Spotlight on Switch.
I never did complete the Alone in the Dark when I had it on Dreamcast.

I won't be playing much so I'll just play bits of Flat Heroes (great, give it a try) and Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Purgatory, which as far as I can tell seems to be even better than Heart of the Forest.

Mario & Luigi, Dragon Quest 3, Donkey Kong Land, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It's a bit stormy here today so I should get some quality time with the Switch.

Jeanne D'Arc, love it!
Just finished Xenoblade 1 two weeks ago.

Got a cold or something, and the roads round here are closed with snow anyway, so at the very least, I've plenty of time to play video games. Still haven't finished Chaos; Head Noah, despite the fact I've had it for years. I'll probably end up dragged into a couple of matches of Smash Ultimate, or some amount of Mario Kart. Ai: The Somnium Files - Nirvana Initiative is also something I've got to get back to, and I was going to try and play some more complex games in Japanese, and currently, the only ones I can think of with JP text are Danganronpa. I was supposed to be travelling tomorrow, but that's probably delayed.

Skyrim( I seriously think I'm addicted to this game, no joke)
Banjo Tooie

I’ll be trudging through the muck on snowrunner. What a grueling game this has been for me. Some runs I have found myself so ill equipped to squeeze through a crag or in over my head in a bog. It’s absolutely pitiful country I’ve seen so far it has me wondering are there really places in Michigan that are this treacherous?? I’ve not gotten very far into the game but it has punished me a great deal but I’m finally getting it.

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the DS, I'm playing my favorite DS game (on 3DS 😅), Umihara Kawase Shun Kanzenban. I'm mostly playing the DS version of the Super Famicom original, Umihara Kawase.

Metal Slug Tactics on Gamepass and Mario & Luigi

I just started up Wilmot's Warehouse this morning, and it's this incredibly fun and addictive warehouse management puzzle game. It's kind of like Overcooked in terms of getting the right items delivered, but it has this zen organization element to it in between deliveries. I didn't expect it to be THIS good. I'm having a blast already.

I've been playing Grapple Dog which was fun but the swinging mechanic gets a bit frustrating later on because you need to get just the right angel when swinging. Also played some Cat Quest which started off fun but is getting repetitive quickly.

Got Luigi's Mansion 2 coming in the post so will play that or Twilight Princess HD.

Been purging out some of the Backlog. Recently completed Cuphead, Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon, Deaths Door , Prince of Persia and IT take TWO with the wifey! I’m sure I’ll finally dabble in some more Cuphead and Prince of Persia DLC. I’ve got my physical copy of Marvel vs Capcom that pre order bonus little comic book insert smelled like fresh ink but dank at the same time 😂. No idea what I’ll play next , might shop some Black Friday deals to feed the Backlog of course!

@OorWullie
Of all the genres in gaming …Turned based rpgs is my biggest gaming shame. Never could get into them! I’m sure I’m missing out on some of gamings best but just haven’t found the game that converts me. Ironically I’m hoping Fire Emblem:Awakening on 3DS will take my turn based “V card” if ya know what I mean 😝. Never in my life have I played a Dragon Quest game though …for shame!

Strains on deck: Miracle Alien Cookies. LA Kush Cake and some Peach OG 😮‍💨🫠

Happy Gaming!!!

Well, life hasn’t afforded me much time or energy to game lately - I fell off Grounded and only managed to play a little Astral Ascent and dabble in a bit of Berzerk and Food Fight in Atari 50 since last weekend.

I’ll keep going in AA at least, but may pop in my new copies of Marvel vs Capcom, Raiden Neo or Grendizer: Feast of the Wolves if time permits.

Hopefully more time to game next weekend, during 4 days off for Thanksgiving.

Wishing everyone a fun and fulfilling weekend!
🕹🏃🏻‍♀️🤖🙂

I got to the end of the week and now I have all next week off for turkey da- I mean thanksgiving.
ill mostly be playing star trek online and animal crossing. Kudos to animal crossing for helping get through the week

I managed to pick up Gundam Breaker 4 and Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters on sale from Amazon. Giving Breaker a try first.

Will be busy studying but if I have free time I will likely play a little choas head Noah, Megaman battle network collection and maybe super Mario party jamboree.

Got to say, I love the hot fuzz reference on this article 😂. I also love the fact that a few people on here are playing Nier automata. Such a masterpiece. To the person here playing Nier replicant, yeah it might not come to switch but it should definitely come to switch 2.

Sonic Origins Plus (Switch) - Playing some the Game Gear games that I never played before.

Baldur’s Gate 3 (PS5) - About halfway through Act 3. Haven’t been playing as often as I had for most of the first 2 Acts. There’s a lot in Act 3 and can be a bit overwhelming. Getting back into a good flow with it though.

Final Fantasy Type 0 HD (PS4) - Found this one recently on PS Plus. About 10 hours in and really starting to enjoy it.

Guess I'll play a 3BC run on Dead Cells. I will probably never beat the whole game...

It’ll be a Nintendo DS weekend to celebrate its 20. Gunna pick only from one of these three: n+, Prince of Persia: The Fallen King, or Professor Layton and the Curious Village.

At the end of the 3rd mansion in Luigis Mansion 2. I must say my expectations were low for this game, I figure LM3 would have simply done everything better and I'd be left wanting more. Not the case for me at all and I love the switch up with it being level-based, bigger ghost selection and just the overall atmosphere. Just as good as LM3 and hopefully continue to enjoy

More Windblown in co-op, more Neva (starting up Winter) with just my tears, and more Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
I'm hoping to get some of the games I missed this year (Kunitsu-gami) after wrapping up Neva, but we'll see. The holiday season is always a busy one!

I just wrapped up my Rayman Legends series on my channel--here's the link to the first episode, if anybody wants to check it out!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hSos0v2s8ZI&list=PL1acP4yB1eBBx9I4ltEI7OAkPPRYqU3KP&index=5&pp=gAQBiAQB

Now that this series is finished, I'm working my way through Super Mario Sunshine, although I don't yet have any videos up because I'm still in the process of uploading the Rayman ones. I upload one video a day on Mondays-Fridays and like to record in bulk, so Sunshine won't be up until sometime next week.

Otherwise, I've still been playing through Brothership and believe I'm very near the end of the game. I also played through all of Donkey Kong Land yesterday for the first time, which was enjoyable. Kind of surreal as someone who grew up with Donkey Kong Country to play this very similar game but with its own original levels and on older hardware. I enjoyed it, but I admittedly used the rewind feature here and there, as the level design and controls aren't as finely polished as the SNES games. There's one level where you're in the clouds and ride this platform that changes directions when you jump on it like the World 7 level in Super Mario Bros. 3 that I would frankly consider very poorly designed. Overall though, it was a fun little romp.

I'd love to record some videos of me playing online on the different Mario Party Jamboree maps, too. I uploaded one of me playing on Mega Wiggler's Tree Party online with Pro rules a few weeks ago and intended to do the same for each of the other boards but haven't gotten around to it. Maybe this is the weekend I finally do it? If so, I'll upload these on the weekends and break from my usual Mo-Fri schedule.

Oh, and I uploaded a short little video of me playing through a Bikini Bottom level I made in Super Mario Maker 2 several years ago, which I'm pretty proud of. Here's the link to that one, if anybody is curious:

https://youtu.be/I5AuGLcK3js?si=dpOvNTKyyWMRmenr

I'm really thankful for how supportive the Nintendo Life audience has been of my new endeavor. A handful of you have subscribed or left positive comments, and it just means the world to me.

As partly anticipated, PS4 is getting shelved for a while more but the rest of the hardware this side of Switchland should be making a comeback. The weekend's whims are not atypically influenced by the preceding stuff - NDS anniversary, for instance, sets up a mood to spend some time with both its native library (RF1, Endless Frontier, Unwound Future, Touch the Dead) and the playthroughs that have gone on to become double-dips elsewhere over the years (from TWEWY and Puzzle Quest on Switch to EOU and Strange Journey on 3DS), while being a milestone away from getting Normandy in NMS turns my head towards more Mass Effect on Deck. As all my previous Saturday comments may hint, that's not the extent of the ambition roulette either - there are still Xenoblades, Personas/Mirages, Hogwarts, 13 Sentinels, Dying Light, Isaac, Minstrel Song and the newly procured Ark: Survival Evolved on Switch; Watch Dogs, Dishonored, Payback, Disney Infinity and Nights of Azure on Deck; God Eater, Eternia, VLR and more Persona on Vita; Fantasy Life, Ever Oasis, Luigi's Mansion and Theatrhythm (whose Switch sequel I still shamefully neglect to pick up) on 3DS... as usual, ola guaranteed heck of a gaming time regardless of the resulting session combos.

Just picked up my physical copy of MVC: FIGHTING COLLECTION on Switch. I held out from buying it digitally!!!! LOL. I will definitely be taking this with me to the on-laws' house for Thanksgiving!

Chopping at the last third of Metaphor ReFantazio & the main stories true colors are showing. The connections/bonds are extraordinary side stories on their merit as well. I’m still balancing it out with the fighter One Piece Burning Blood[/]. Just one fight of One Piece for each long session of Metaphor is the perfect counter so far. I’m hoping to start [b]Prince of Persia: the Lost Crown on my Switch as soon as I wrap up both. I’ve made a short list of Switch games to hit before Monster Hunter Wilds & Switch 2 announcements/anticipation take over in February/March

I guess I'm going to have to give Donkey Kong Land on NSO a try!

Splatoon 3: Side Order on Switch
Subverse on PC hehe

Mario + Rabids Donkey Kong DLC ...finally getting back to this great exclusive.

Street Fighter 30th yet again while I hold oot for Capcom Marvel should finally arriving today.... what a long hard wait this was.

I'm always impressed by the number of games you people can play over a weekend. I usually stick with one and play that for a month or more.

Right now I'm between games. Was thinking of starting Pentiment.

Not too much on Switch this weekend. Maybe dabble on Mario Kart 8.

I definitely will continue my Snowrunner (Switch) addiction however I'll seriously try to split time with Epic Mickey (Switch). I'm so horrible with playing multiple games. Once I get into a game, I just stick with it especially if my gaming time is already very limited. Last weekend the wife filled up my time with a bonus feature filled "Honey-Do List" my game time dropped to hardly at all. Then once the work week started I didn't get much time. Hoping to make up for some of that.

During those quick sessions I did fire up some Sifu (Switch). I just love that game so much and since I've been away from it, I wasn't the kung fu master I once was. Still a blast when time is limited.

@Purgatorium I hear you. I'm willing to bet vital parts of my anatomy most aren't telling the truth. Just showing off toys. Nothing wrong with that I find it very fascinating. I wish I had the time.

The real answer for me is gran turismo 7, ford escort rs cosworth just released on there.

Well my wife and I kicked off the weekend with a 30 Turn Mario Party Jamboree last night, and I'll be hunting for Gigantamax Pokémon in Shield during the early morning hours (2:30am-5:00am) each day.

Outside of Nintendo, I'll be playing Lego Batman 3 on PS3, and trying to adjust to 30FPS clothes in AC Syndicate on Series X.

I’ll probably just play a bit of Tomodachi Life this weekend. It’s been a little while since I last checked up on Never Ever Island, but I’m now at 27 islanders!

Not too much news to report. My Mii had another kid with Maya Fey recently. They’re still the only married couple on the island. Some Miis have taken my extended absence rather personally, and Katie Forester in particular managed to get into two fights back to back. I also have a few newcomers who haven’t had a whole lot of time to settle in yet, including Makoto Naegi and Aoi and Yuta Asahina from Danganronpa, as well as Ash Ketchum from Pokémon.

It’s a nice, relaxing game. It’s pretty cool how you can pretty much create any bizarre crossover you want, though the Miitopia makeup editor on Switch definitely spoiled me. Still, it’s something to do when I’m not frantically trying to catch up on the Pokémon anime…

I have recently been playing a game called Picontier. It's like Stardew Valley but it's set in Fairune's world. I have recently finished the main story, and am working on my farm in the game. Picontier is a hidden gem that is worth checking out.

@Purgatorium playing one game at a time is perfectly understandable. Good for you. I like playing multiple games depending on circumstances. If I have 45+ minutes, I will play an intense game with limited save points; like Persona 5 Royal. If I have 30 minutes or less, I will play a couple matches in Rocket League. If I have a little time, maybe a puzzle in Travel Mosaics, or a race in Rush Rally Origins.

But you do it your way, there are many ways to play.

Happy gaming everyone!

I had finished playing Witch on the Holy Night. The lack of gameplay took some time for me to adjust, but overall it was a solid experience. This visual novel has some beautiful CG artwork, and the music is quite pleasant to listen to for long periods of time. There are a couple of action scenes, but the game is mostly concerned with providing insight to the day-to-day lives of three characters and their unusual circumstances. The main character, Soujyuro, his selfless personality but lack of common sense works well in tandem with both Aoko and Alice. It was a joyful experience watching them go from uneasy hostilities into gradually forming bonds of trust and friendship as the story unfolds. The story also goes into detail explaining the system of magecraft and magic to help readers understand the situation, which can be overwhelming to grasp but still interesting to learn. I understand that the localization takes massive effort, but the few obvious misspellings and typos still comes off as sloppy. Hopefully, we'll get to know more about the main trio with a sequel, but the game ends on a good note. I look forward to watching the anime adaptation of this game, and maybe I'll play Tsukihime later on.

I'm also playing Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Future Redeemed right now. The game can look really blurry when things get busy on screen, and sometimes the dialogue flows unnaturally. Otherwise, the combat feels incredibly fun to play with the new Unity Combo mechanic, and the incentive to explore the world with Affinity Goals is quite addictive. I've reached Colony 9 at the moment. It was good to see both Shulk and Rex, but the biggest surprise was hearing the battle theme from the first Xenoblade Chronicles. I'm excited to beat this game now that I've gotten myself a full party, and the world and combat opening themselves up.

Swapping between Ys X on PS5 and DQ3HD2D on Switch.

Enjoying Dragon Quest III HD-2D but it feels like a prettier version of the DS remakes of DQIV-VI which were like $35-40 USD… so that feels a little unwarranted.

Happily my wife and I busted out Pikmin 3 Deluxe to beat all of our old high scores on the co-op challenge missions. That game is incredible; why couldn’t Pikmin 4 have had proper co-op?

Then some Rayman Legends when the brothers-in-law come ‘round, and Echoes of Wisdom when my daughter wants to visit “the bear in the snow” and launch fireworks in his house.

@Purgatorium I kind of assume many people list off their ideal scenario and end up only really having time for a few.

This has been a real meaty week. Lots has happened, out there and personally. But never mind that. This weekend, when and if I can, I'll be playing my chunk of Team Kirby Clash Deluxe, Sonic x Shadow Generations, and Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Every time I boot up Forgotten Land, I'm just reminding how amazing this game is.

Next week will be a big one. Have a good weekend, and happy Thanksgiving!

Divine Dynamo Flamefrit and Shining Force: Resurrection of Dark Dragon. Flamefrit has the best mech battles I've ever experienced. It's a bit like Punch-Out. It gets rather difficult in the second half.

It’s the end of the semester and I’m tempering my game playing. But when I have a free second and can play games I’m slowly running through Darksiders 2. This is my 4th time through, and I still find it as delightful as I remember. Certainly a top 5 of all time, potentially top 3??

@Not_Soos Checked out the SpongeBob stage video. I was not ready for the spot-on impressions!
You've got an easy candor on screen. I hope more people recognize it and your channel takes off!

Getting back on the Trails train with Trails of Cold Steel IV and trying to finish the Crossbell and Cold Steel arcs prior to the Trails in the Sky remake as a prequel of sorts. Plus: I think my daughter is ready to storm Hyrule Castle I Breath of the Wild, so that's pretty exciting as a father 😁.

Plus some electronics/programming gadgetry to dig into while the weather is still nice here.

Happy gaming everyone!

An old school square Enix classic for me! By which I mean Seiken Densetsu 2 from the Collection of Mana. I remembering starting to play this on an emulator probably 25 years ago but not getting too far. Quite liking it so far but doesn’t have the same nostalgia connection for me as the first 2 games so will see how it goes,

After thinking that I was largely done with the mode, I've been playing more Turf War in Splatoon 3 recently since the update. I think I'm finally getting better with Rollers. I'll try to make progress on getting a 3 star holo sticker for one.

Otherwise, I'll just continue Mario & Luigi: Brothership off and on, which I'm getting near the end of.

For everyone that is NOT playing the new MySims Cozy Bundle, I’d like to say to all of you that I’ve put almost 8 hours into this treasure so far, and EA snuck in a TON of new content that they never said a word about! I’m loving this new version 10x more than the original, and the QOL updates as well as the vast amount of new stuff make it a must have for any MySims fans!

I've started playing My Time at Sandrock, and so far, I'm enjoying it so much more than Portia. Finally the designs are passable. Sucks that it's illegal to cut down cacti, though... I'm also still playing Fire Emblem Heroes (of course), and I'm almost done with Book III! Only two chapters to go!

I finished up Dave the Diver and now I am playing Balatro. The dlc added into Dave the Diver gave me a taste of how Balatro played and I decided to delve into the full game and I am having a good time so far despite not managing a win just yet.

I finished Lords of the Fallen (2023, Steam). It was a really underrated game IMO.

I gave up on Mario and Luigi: Brothership (Switch). I like the game it just goes on too long. I'm going to pick it up again later.

I'm pretty far into Final Fantasy XVI (Steam). Probably my favorite Final Fantasy game since 12 (Playstation 2).

@JohnnyMind yeah honestly the way you list your stuff really gave me the comfort in how I do my section here you’re a huge inspiration

Well here we are with another awesome WAYP. Been a stupidly awesome week around here. The week was mostly games like Trails Through Daybreak, Emio, Tekken 8 and Metaphor. Most of the weekend was spent with Emio and Zelda and YS X. Emio continues to be amazing and I still have no guess on who the actual criminal is. Beat Zelda and honestly the ending made me really sad but the villain of this game may be my favorite Zelda Villain? It was really really fresh and cool. And YS X continues being the sleeper GOTY hit of the year it’s so riveting. Also on the Tekken front I’m two trophies away from the Platinum so I’m gonna try to shoot for that soon. That’s GOTY contender too. Also got Lego Horizon like mentioned before and honestly that game is pleasant fun it’s nothing insane but it’s really quite cute and fun. Rest of the weekend I’m thinking is gonna be some Metaphor or Star Wars Outlaws I’m really undecided maybe even Visions of Mana can get a solid shot if it wants because on one hand I wanna beat Metaphor before TGA but the other two have been sitting around for months. Speaking of TGA those nominations eh? I’m rooting for Astro Bot, FFVII Rebirth and Metaphor Refantazio if any of them win I’m happy. Otherwise I’m thinking this week is mostly gonna consist of some Trails Through Daybreak, Emio, Dawntrail, Metaphor, Tekken 8 Plat, Star Wars Outlaws, Visions of Mana, Super Mario Party Jamboree, Mario and Luigi Brothership and maybe some YS X. Only two games I’m really interested in getting the rest of the year would be physical versions of Dragon Quest III HD-2D and Marvel Vs Capcom Fighting Collection. The wrestling thing this week being AEW Full Gear. A seriously great PPV that was well worth what I caught of it. Excellent matches like the Women’s Match with Mercedes and Kris, the Swerve and Bobby match, the BOOMTASTIC Costco Guys Match and the Main Event of Jon Moxley VS Orange Cassidy having a absolute banger of a end to the whole PPV with runouts of another great match Hangman Adam Page and Switchblade Jay White. Simply outstanding. Anime of the week gotta go to Dandadan and Dragon Ball Daima and Shangri La Frontier and Yakuza Fiancé and Ron Kaminohashis Forbidden Deductions and Ranma 1/2. Yeah same as before absolutely all stellar picks. Yall really should go check out the choices for Best Adaptation like the Yakuza show and Tomb Raider and Fallout show they’re all really good comfort shows. Podcasts of this week gotta go to Castle Superbeast, Big Think Dimension, Into The Aether, RPGsites Tetracast, Minnmax, Jeff Gerstmann, Kit and Krysta, Last Stand Media, Easy Allies, Second Wind, Nextlander, Cultaholic Wrestling, Weapon Wheel Podcast and Remap Radio. As always yall stay safe, be awesome to each other. Have a totally awesome weekend and of course Happy Gaming.

Most exciting game of the week is Fzero 55. Absolutely love the music and gameplay (on lowest difficulty, can't get past basic jumps on hardest difficulty!)!
Party House is one of my new obsessions, although I still love playing Bug Hunter.
Oh, and I got Tetris Forever, which is amazing. It also got me back into all the older digital eclipse releases. So I "finished " the making of Karateka last night. Also been immersed in Minterland. These awesome releases also get me playing the roms they couldn't include. So I've been playing Prince of Persia, Nintendo's NES Tetris, TxK, The New Tetris, Tetris DS, Moose Life, etc. Can't wait to see what's next in the gold master series.
I've been enjoying Centipede Recharged even though it has some shocking stutters and frame drops.
Also having fun playing Grand Mountain Adventure, but I wish it had graphics options on PC. It can do 240fps, but can't eliminate the fade in and other stuff that looks the same as on Switch.
Also been playing Akka Arrh, Hellfire, wipeout phantom edition, PokeMMO, Geometry Wars 3, TOTK, and Gokujou Parodius Da! Deluxe Pack Saturn emulation on Steam Deck.
And I've been enjoying graslu's 60fps Bond gameplay after I found out Nintendo attacked him this week. It puts a huge smile on my face seeing graslu playing Goldeneye so masterfully at 60fps on the highest difficulty level.
Happy gaming!

@Zaruboggan Thank you so much!!

I don't know why I didn't get an email notification about your reply until today, lol.

@OorWullie oh it gets better… 😀

@WiltonRoots Last night I had the big moment in the forest after collecting the orbs. I did not expect that. It was epic.

@OorWullie I definitely need to replay it. So much happens I’ve probably forgotten half of it.

@WiltonRoots It was the part just before you take control of Sylvando for the first time, when the bad guy reveals himself. It was just a long cut scene rather than an in game moment but it was so well done.

@Rainz Just remembered that I forgot to get back to you.... I always had problems getting into turn based RPG's too. Sega Ages Phantasy Star was the one that converted me to the genre. If any game is to convert you , Dragon Quest XI would surely be the one. Other than one area , there are no random encounters. Which for me, is one of the most annoying things about JRPG's. Enemies can easily be avoided when you just want to explore. And battles can be sped up and set to auto. I only set it to manual when it's a boss character. The game is masterpiece that just keeps getting better the more you progress. I can't recommend it enough.

Got myself some Monster Runtz and Lemon Haze for the weekend.