Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (25th January)

Hey everyone.
This week I finished Rebel Transmute.
It was good but man there are some infuriating sections, luckily not enough to ruin the experience too much for me to get to the end

Started Rogue Legacy 2 after my CE arrived from LRG.
Really enjoying it, constantly unlocking stuff and upgrading which is nice and rewarding.

Also started Rainworld, I really like the world they created but it loves to punish you for the slightest of mistakes.
It really pushes the friendship and tries hard to make you not like the game but I won't let it break me....yet.

Still getting further in Ash & Halloween double pack as well.

I will also be playing some of my N64 games, more than likely some. Robotron 64 and maybe some Mace: The Dark Age. Love those games.

Have a great weekend everyone.

I just finished Antonblast yesterday. It was an awesome Pizza Tower-like experience. It came close, but I think I enjoyed Pizza Tower more. Still, I highly recommend playing both games if you can. They're amazing 2D platformers that scratch that itch until Nintendo ever decide to make a 2D Wario game (in fact, I think both games surpass the Wario games).

As for now, I'm going to start up Fire Emblem Engage this morning. I need something a bit more chill after the frantic Antonblast. If I need something with a bit more action, I'll play some more runs of Neon Abyss.

Yesterday I finally finished Ace Attorney Investigations, the 5th case was terribly long, but all in all I loved this game. Time to start AAI2. In Advance Wars 2 I’m in the middle of the Gold Comet missions, starting to be tricky.

Just finished the witcher 3 so it's time to move to another game! Not sure if I'll have visit during the weekend yet, but if I have some time I'll play cassette beasts! I played it on release on game pass and loved it, so I had to buy it at some point. Happy gaming everyone!

I am going to give that new NSO release a go - the puzzle platformer with the Bird. Happy gaming everyone

I am playing Mario & Luigi: Brothership and I am having fun again. Two more lighthouses to go.

Happy gaming everyone!

Final Burn Neo stuff in Retroarch

Ocarina of Time Master Quest 3DS

Collecting missing KONG letters in DKC Returns HD, unlocking bonus levels and dying many times trying to finish them. Still have two worlds to go.

Hey all, I'm playing this weekend:

• Melatonin: need to get perfect scores at one last night's mix (hard) and both morning's mixes.
• Echoes of Wisdom: doing some side-quests before going to the Eternal Forest.
• Tetris Effect Connected: going to participate in the weekly community event.

Also wanted to mention that after 400+ hours playing the game, 230+ hours of body moving, 58,000 kcal and roughly 650 km, I've unlocked the final title in Ring Fit Adventure: Ring Fit Grand Master. I'll focus on the titles in Fitness Circuit for now ... before I start another playthrough ?!

Happy gaming!! ✌🏻🧡🎮

I'm still working through FE: Engage (and enjoying it very much may I add), I'll also be alternating between Joe and Mac 2 and Winback on NSO, happy gaming everyone 🤘🏻

Disco Elysium. Never played a game that crashes so much, but really getting drawn into it’s messed up world and characters.

Played some Mario kart 8 with the kids for the first time in a while - man am I rusty!

Also some NSO megadrive castlevania which is hard but fun.

No changes from the past few weeks. Still at with Pokemon Scarlet, Castlevania Dominus Collection, and Super Mario Party Jamboree. Maybe throw in Mario Kart 8.

I've been playing 'Octopath Traveller 2' religiously for the last months - 65 hours in and I still have so much to do. This will last well into February I think...

Genshin Impact. It's Lantern Rite once again.

FF7 Rebirth on PC

A real broad spectrum of games this week. Normally we have a handful that take up the highest percent of the polls!

This week I will be mostly playing

Super Mario Galaxy (3D All-Stars)

@Zuljaras I’m seriously considering buying a steam deck oled have a few old consoles to trade in to put towards it. I notice that you post quite often and it always looks amazing just wondering are they as good as they look and is it worth it to get one I will be getting a switch 2 cos I love Nintendo’s exclusives but handheld gaming has become my main type of gaming I just want an honest answer as they are not cheap

Neva is a great game! Definitely different than Gris: but I am having a great time admiring the beauty.

Happy gaming everyone!

@Zuljaras thanks for the reply sounds like it’s my kinda thing I really wanna get one it’s just weighing up the costs for me at the moment I sometimes play CSGO is it playable on the deck and if so how does it run I just feel like it could open up a side of gaming to me that’s definitely not possible on most consoles

Continuing on with Yakuza Kiwami, man it is so easy to get sidetracked away from the main mission in this game...

I’m attempting to 100% the Crash N-Sane Trilogy. About more than half way done on the first one. Also some Ninja Gaiden 2 Black if I’m up to it.

My copy of Ys Origin should be delivered today, very excited to jump into my first Ys title

Started GOWR this week because it was ps on plus, I’ve been meaning to play it for a while anyway. Also finished stick of truth and I love, love, loved it. I will play fractured when I get to season 21.

I’m also planning to finally start earthbound this week, since off is coming out this year and Toby announcing his involvement it makes me finally want to pick up and play the game.

Fate/EXTELLA LINK – finished 1st route. Completed two EX missions – The Terrible Idol Festival and Coalition of Two Kings, as Medusa Rider. Currently, she's my most leveled up Servant – 22nd level.
Shadows of the DAMNED Hella Remastered – stopped on Act III-II(3-2). Japanese localization's quality is below average, imo. The fact Japanese cast consists of the Japanese actors, not seiyūs, is more disappointing.
MARVEL SUPER HEROES – beaten the game as Thanos, Doctor Doom, Shuma-Gorath, and Juggernaut.
MARVEL SUPER HEROES VS STREET FIGHTER – beaten the game as Mephisto, U.S. Agent, Armored Spider-Man.
SVC Chaos – beaten the game on bad ending as Hugo and Goenitz, and you know what?...
The fact that the game got 5/10 from NL is pretty generous. Why? Well... It's one of the most hardest and unfair FGs ever created. It's a true kusogē. CPU's input-reading here is almost flawless. Raw supers? Yes, CPU loves using raw supers. Playing this game is a mental torture. As much as I love old SNK and their old FGs...
SVC Chaos is bad. Game deserved 3/10, no more. Graphics is good, characters picks are surprisingly cool, in all battles characters have pre-battles dialogues with the opponent. But gameplay... It's annoyingly unfair and hard. CPU cheats there ungodly.
I was hyped at its rerelease at first, bur after playing and beating it myself... It's one of my biggest disappointments of 2024, alongside Terrifier 3 slasher movie. Also, SVC Chaos costs 20$USD, but it has less single-player modes than ACA NEO•GEO Archives titles, yet ACA Archives costs less than 10$USD. Think about it. PS2 and XBOX Original versions had more single-player modes, but this rerelease is based on NEO•GEO AES version, sadly. Sigh
Paratopic – beaten the game. Got 12/20 achievements during my 1st walkthrough. I don't understand why players and critics praised it that much. Meh. 4/10.
Fatum Betula – started the game.
Well, for now, it's all what I've played on this week. Have a nice gaming weekend, everyone.

I took down Zeromus on FFIV Hard Type and just started the Super Famicom version of Final Fantasy V this week.

My family and I have been playing Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (Super Famicom), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade version on Cowabunga Collection), and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

@Gs69 If you want to play games without stupid censorship – Steam Deck is a definitely better choice. I'm considering to buy Steam Deck (OLED) in the future myself.
@Zuljaras Steam OS can run GOG games? Or, you installed Windows 10 on your Steam Deck?

I’ll probably finish up Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door today or tomorrow. Very good game. I enjoyed the first one, but this is better.

Then I need to decide what to play next. I’m leaning toward giving Xenoblade Chronicles 3 a try. I’ve never played a game in the series. Not sure if it will be for me and I am put off a bit by the length, but I am curious about the series since it is so well regarded.

I've beaten three games on Switch this week: Skyward Sword HD, Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, and Link's Awakening. Now this weekend I've beaten Duck Detective: The Secret Salami, which I found very mid, and I'm dividing the short amount of time I'm not working to Luigi's Mansion 2 HD and Box Boy + Box Girl on Switch and Jusant and Judgement on PS5.

Have fun gaming everyone!

Sims 4 on xbox.

'still hacking away at Ocarina of Time 3D on my 2DS.

I finished off a bunch of non-essential check-list things this week. 'only have 1 thing left to do before I go after the final level.

'also want to get back to Metroid Zero Mission.

@Zuljaras Good! I've bought tens of games on GOG, when I had a Windows 10 laptop years ago.

It’s a performance weekend for my girls - they both enjoy doing musicals and they’ve got their first show of the year. So I’ll be enjoying that mainly, but afterward I’m sure I’ll try to go for a better high score in The Princess Bride table in Pinball FX. I really want to crack into the top ten on the leaderboards. What a pleasant surprise to see it features video clips and voice callouts from the actual movie! INCONCEIVABLE!

There’s a few frame hiccups that occasionally disrupt my flow, but overall I’m having fun playing Zen’s video pins on Switch. Maybe I’ll even flip the TV into taté mode tomorrow night to really soak up some pinball games and vertical shooters. It’s been ages since I played Downwell, too.

Wishing everyone a fun weekend! 🕹🪙

Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed - First time playing this and having a blast. Currently on chapter 4 and I love working through the affinity goals while exploring.

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - I've been wanting to replay this for awhile and I just decided to try and squeeze a new playthrough in before Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition.

Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Recently finished Return to Dreamland Deluxe. Enjoyed that gane a lot but it also maybe me want to go back and play my favorite Kirby game again.

Freedom Wars: Remastered - I played the original on Vita and while I am enjoying being able revisit this game, I'm also more aware of its flaws this time. While core gameplay is fun (albeit kinda unbalanced at times) the way the story is presented is kind of terrible. I'm gonna continue chugging through so I can get to endgame and take more advantage of the online before it dies.

Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time - When this got delisted off digital storefronts, i did some research and found that Japanese copies have English support so I imported a copy for like $40 so I wouldn't have to deal with the overpriced LRG copies. Slowly playing through as a fan of the cartoon and it's fine.

If i can figure out a way to invert the controls, I may try Star Fox 64 on NSO. If not, I'll probably order a copy of the 3D version for 3DS off ebay.

I kind of wanted to play a decent game with tanks (that's not live service) on Switch which led to me re-downloading Valkyria Chronicles: Definitive Edition. Idk if I'll get to it anytime soon tho.

This weekend I’ll be obsessively playing Unicorn Overlord. I bought it when it first came out and didn’t enjoy it because I wasn’t used to not actively controlling my party members in combat situations. However, the more I played the more I understood how the game operates.

It’s the sub stories within the main narrative that really gripped me, such as The Tormented Helm. It was excellent, and provided a very foreboding scene, along with great moment-to-moment character interactions and fun battle encounter. While the main story is good, it isn’t great. Essentially, it’s serviceable.

Furthermore, tinkering with your party compositions, equipment, and wandering the world - everything has a purpose. Side quests are meaningful, from a monetary perspective, along with characters being added to your party, and backstories. You get to learn more history between characters and it all feels organic. Additionally, the game is continually rewarding. There is a sense of progression even from the monotonous tasks, and creates a gameplay loop that makes you want to complete everything you stumble across.

The art style is some of the very best I’ve ever seen. Each backdrop is brimming with unique locales, from vibrant and lush forests, to shining palaces, and decrepit ruins. If there is fog or a sandstorm it is visible within the battlefield. The animations between combat, conversation and traversal are gorgeous, and with the game being almost entirely voice acted, it feels as if the stakes are higher and more emotion is seeped through to the characters.

All of that said, the game is quite overwhelming. The more you acquire party members, the more it can feel daunting when changing out equipment, leveling up certain characters that aren’t getting enough attention, unlocking more grid-base tiles and spaces on them. But that’s also the fun of it — figuring things out. And damn if it’s not satisfying when you discover a good composition of party members.

Unicorn Overlord is just incredible. It has its hooks in me. I’m thinking about this game while I’m at work, thinking of new party stratagems, managing my units with certain equipment, how I want their combat to play out with certain conditions. I’m head over heels for this game, and I don’t know why I had any doubt to begin with considering Vanillaware’s pedigree.

On a side note: I also got the platinum in Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl and Stellar Blade in the last couple of weeks.

This week was a lot on my fragile old lady brain, and honestly it’s been like that since basically Christmas! It’s been difficult to get into games, so really something like Cat Quest 2 has been exactly all I can handle! It’s really fun and low investment, but just consistently entertaining combat with a story that’s mostly just their to be charming flavor

Does anyone else outline their backlog & TRY to follow it until a new release comes along? Well, Sephiroth had other plans. After saving the planet in that epic tale, I decided I wanted more Final Fantasy. And that’s where Squall & SeeD came around. Currently 12 hours into the 3rd disc (3x speed) of Final Fantasy VIII. I am loving the change of pace, characters & the love story so far. Rinoa is written perfectly! Another memorable FF that every fan should experience

I've made it to the late stages of Super Mario RPG and just saved Nimbus Land. I'm also playing through Shrek SuperSlam on the GameCube, which I recently picked up as an addition to the collection of wrestling games I have for the ol' purple box.

• Ori and the Blind Forest Definitive Edition: going to 100% (normal difficult)
• Circuit Superstars: championship mode
• Super Mario 3D World: World 5

I'll definitely be playing DKC Returns HD. I missed this one back in the day and I'm having a blast. I'm about 3 areas deep and it keeps getting better and better. I'd be a lot further along in the game if it wasn't for...

Snowrunner (Switch). I mentioned last week that after I wrapped up Taymyr, I bit the bullet and bought the Season 9 DLC Ontario, Canada. I'm really digging the wildfire scenario, map design and overall theme. Very challenging and lots to do. I started to focus on putting out the fires jobs but then I realized it would be A LOT easier if I rebuild those water towers first (duh!). So, I'm currently figuring out my strategy of getting those up and running but there's that extra challenge of the limited resources at the warehouses. Didn't expect that to make you really use a bit more brain than just worrying about the terrain!

@John_Deacon I 100% agree with you about DKC Tropical Freeze. I'm confident in saying that game is my favorite platformer ever. It's so challenging but done in way that makes you want to keep trying but with a lot more fun instead of frustration. The game oozes so much charm. After every level I was super excited for the next and had such a blast replaying to 100% the game (and I'm not a completionist by a long shot).

On a side note to the charm if I was forced to choose I'd say the music on the level Grassland Groove is S tier.

Playing Final Fantasy Remake Chapter 15 (this went into my backlog)

Then, when completed will move on with Final Fantasy Rebirth

Running Bazzite OS on my Rog Ally X.

Last night I defeated Ansem in my level 1 playthrough of Kingdom Hearts Final Mix. All that's left is to defeat Sephiroth (God help me...), then I can grind my way to level 100, then bag a few other achievements.
EDIT: Well I streamed for 6 hours and managed to make it to Sephiroth's final phase one time very early on, mostly because I was using elixirs more often than I should have, and didn't have any left when I reached that point. But I at least got a strategy down for phase 1. Really hope I can figure something out for the other phases, because right now I'm too committed to want to give up.

This strictly portable weekend is expected to be notably Tales-themed - Eternia and Innocence on Vita, Zestiria and Arise (and, if I can squeeze it back in, Xillia) on Deck, Symphonia and the freshly procured Graces on Switch... for all I know, this mood might even dent [the remnants of] my backlog restraint and see Abyss started on 3DS.😆 Granted, there's the usual competition from other stuff old and new as well; Graces itself has been a part of another eShop spree this week, with some titles set to await their hour (from sequels like Neptunia VII and Rise Eterna War to the upcoming Laika: Aged Through Blood whose preorder discount I mistook for a launch one😆) and others shaping a potential session menu from the likes of Fate/Extella, Immortal Redneck, Hammerhelm, Train Life and the overduly double-dipped Braid. Incidentally, seeing the latter hit another library milestone as my roughly estimated 1777th Switch item left me fidgety about the old All Software icon cap reports (my wishlist still well above the measly 223 titles😅), so I decided to bother the support chat after all. Well, according to them, the game icons apparently have no real display cap as long as there's enough internal memory to dedicate to the cause. We may never know if the age-old user report seeing them hidden above a total of 2000 didn't account for this or if the current state of things quietly came to be with a later system update, but this is a definite relief for digital hoarder weirdos in the Switch userbase. All five of us!😎😆

Back to the traditional bloated ambitions for the hoard in question... more Xenoblades, RFs and Personas/Mirages, more Fuga, Minstrel Song and Marie, more Carto and Cannoli, more Great Ace Attorney and Danganronpa, more NMS and Wreckfest, more Castlevanias/Bloodstained/Timespinner/Afterimage... you name it. I have even beaten Rogue Legacy the other day, although I might try and stick around through NG+ in an effort to unlock the remaining gear and upgrades. And on the rest of the hardware arsenal, some God Eater, Fantasy Life, Nioh and FFXIII/XV might happen, too.

I will most likely play nothing but world of tanks on my xbox as they have a event I need to grind out.

I’ve been playing Jedi Power Battles and having a blast! I don’t really get the hate for the game, it certainly shows its age but it’s very fun. And no, I didn’t have it as a kid so I’m not blinded by nostalgia. I just find it an entertaining experience and if that makes me wrong, I don’t want to be right. 😉

Today after work I am going to start The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Other than that, I'll be dipping into Mario Tennis Aces and Mario Golf: Super Rush online multiplayer.

I've mostly been playing TOTK and Rocket league. Playing different mods on different machines, all of it super fun. Also, like usual, I'm playing Wipeout Phantom Edition, but I've also started playing Wipeout 3 using the awesome new 3.0 release of Lossless Scaling. Lossless Scaling has about 15,000 positive reviews on Steam for a reason - it is amazing! I've had people on discord tell me never to do what I'm doing (boosting Zelda from 30fps to 240fps), but I don't think they've tried it. Sometimes there's hardly any artifacts, and I can still hit flurry rushes. Boosting 60fps games up to 240fps doesn't seem to produce any input delay (it I at least minimal). I've been playing Eschatos with frame gen boosting it to 240 and I love it.
I'm also playing Flying Red Barrel, Lil Gator Game (looks good at 240fps), Dystopika, Lonely Mountains Snow Riders (Love this game!), Melatonin (also love this game at 240fps), Judgement Silversword, Drop Duchy (fun demo of tetris roguelike card battle game), and Kingdom Two Crowns.
Been watching modded content on YouTube, as well as msi claw 8 reviews and stuff
Happy gaming!

Guilty Gear Strive just released on Switch, so I'll be playing that.

I'm still going after Completionist++ on Balatro. I'm 90 percent of the way there, needing to gold-seal only 15 of the 150 jokers.

Borrowed my Mum's copy of Wind Waker for Gamecube. It's time to finally play it through.

@JohnnyMind Guadia Quest was such a pleasant surprise in the Retro Game Challenge. 😊

Probably the only RPG my daughter ever played (and enjoyed). Though, she has played a lot of the farming games like Stardew Valley.

I am still playing:

Reynatis - in the middle of chapter 19 now. Things are picking up. I think 😂

Zelda echoes of wisdom - on my way to the sixth dungeon? now after beating eldin in the Faron wetland. Interesting place. Still quite a lot like totk. The dekus here are funny.

Fantasian neo dimension - I got through the first part/half of the game. What a ride. Now I am just beginning the Brutal second part of the game. Might have to play it on normal mode after what I heard 😂

Maybe play a little super Mario party jamboree.

Got to get back to playing choas head Noah. 😂

On the 3ds I am playing bravely default still. I am on chapter 4 now though at least. Hopefully it picks up

Wwe 2k24 and Visions of Mana on xbox

DQIII HD2D on switch.

Tales of Graces, baby. One of my favourite Tales games and I am loving this revisit. Also, Sutte Hakkun. The premise is super cool but I got stuck in a stage pretty early on, so I'm going to actually watch the tutorials to see if maybe I'm missing a gameplay element.

I’ll be playing other games too, but I have had a lot of fun with Clubhouse Games recently. 😊

EDIT: Not sure how much exposure Cribbage has in Japan, but I wish Clubhouse Games had included Cribbage.

We've been trying to play less Granblue Fantasy Relink since we've been playing too much, but we'll be playing it tomorrow anyway with some friends. Woe is me!

I'm making gradual progress through La Pucelle Tactics (ch6), and still enjoying revisiting this pre -Disgaea classic.
More Rise of Nations and Windblown are on the table, but unfortunately Conan Unconquered seems to be completely broken. After about an hour of crashes and troubleshooting, my cousin and I have decided that it's just no longer meant to be. Which is a shame, because there's not really a game like it (in co-op). Closest analogue is...Pikmin 3's missions?

I’m playing in castlevania the advance collection. I beat circle if the moon for the first time a couple of days ago and now I’m making my way thru harmony of dissonance. This game is a pretty big step down for me from the latter. The quality in music, sound, and lack of difficulty so far is noticeable for me. It’s still a good fun castlevania but I’m kindve suprised they went there with it. I e played the gba games some time ago but never completed them and I do remember liking them best to worst 3,1,2.

Tears of the Kingdom. 63% completion after 205 hours, I am properly back into this game after a long break for most of 2024.

This has been a crazy week in gaming for me and it's nice to see new games and old favorites be brought up. I received my Limited-Run Games order of NINJA FIVE-O/COP and BG&E 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION. Ninja Cop has been a wonderful surprise as I never played it on GBA. It will also be nice to go back to Hylis. I introduced BG&E to my future wife when we first started dating so we really wanted this 20th Anniversary Edition in a physical cartridge. Also, the X-BOX Developer Direct got me super-hyped on Thursday. So I started rotating in NINJA GAIDEN MASTER COLLECTION and DOOM: ETERNAL. I am so excited for NINJA GAIDEN 4 (it's about time!) and NINJA GAIDEN 2: BLACK (even though NG: BLACK FTW, that's the one that needs a remaster). And DOOM: THE DARK AGES looks wonderful. #TankStrafingMeleeAction. I do hope one or both of these are announced for Switch 2. The folks at id Software did great with both DOOM games on Switch. Everyone keeps talking about WITCHER 3 being THE impossible Switch port. Man, DOOM 2016 was the first Switch port of a PS4 game that really blew me away! It runs better than WITCHER 3 IMO. Okay, I'll stop ranting. HAPPY GAMING, EVERYONE!!!

@JohnnyC
I was just thinking last night I need to jump back into. I'm at about 30% at around 100 hours. Keep getting side-tracked!

I'll be playing Split/Second on the PC fer starters, as it's £1.89 on CD Keys atm. Not played it in years and for the cost of half a pint, I think I'll take a trip down memory lane with it.

@gaga64 same! Going for all stars with Luigi, I’m at 65 at the minute

I completd Portal 2 on Switch, first time I played through the game and it's outstanding. Might go back the the Still Alive bonus levels of the first game, but I also feel like replaying Half-Life 2 now as not played it in years. Still enjoying Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 and I might try to finish Moonwallker on the Mega Drive as I finally got around to picking a copy of the game up last week.

After life putting in a few setbacks, I am finally going to finish Trails of Cold Steel IV. I'm saved right outside what we are to believe is the final boss. Knowing this series, there is that kitten from Act I of two arcs ago pulling the strings.

I'm also thinking of start Ender Lilies when that wraps up, as I have my work, homework, and family tasks wrapped up for the day already. And of course some Mario Kart 8 with the kids; preparing for a rough day, they can be ruthless.

Also heard that part two of Sakaguchi's sendoff is a FF VI successor??? I don't know if Fantasian: Neo Dimension is any good but the nostalgia center of my brain is unduly excited.

Happy gaming everyone!

Getting over a cold today, so I'm staying home and getting in some Tales of Graces f Remastered. Bought it last week on launch and now that the week's over I have some more time to get into it. I might also get some Bravely Second in as well, but mostly going to be focusing on Graces.

Me and my brothers are going to jump on Discord and play through Sonic Adventure DX on Steam for a bit - we all live different places, so it'll be nice to just spend time together. Might break out SongPop for a game night with my girlfriend and her roommates. Other than that, just got Battle Plugs in Brothership, so I'll be taking those for a spin and maybe trying Sutte Hakkun.

@MarioVillager92 Happy Birthday!

I'm playing Sonic X Shadow Generations, on the Shadow campaign now which I'm finding interesting

This weekend sees a community day classic event in Pokemon Go, so I’ll be playing that for a bit. I will also continue to play through some more of Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League.

Somebody is playing Beyond Good and Evil anniversary edition!

Microsoft Wordament (Android) - Adventure mode and Dailies as usual.

Gravity Guy (Windows Phone) - Nearly done with it now.

Microsoft Minesweeper (Windows Phone) - This is still a blast(Pun intended ).

Switch - Donkey Kong Country Returns HD

PS5 - Ninja Gaiden 2 Black

@somnambulance You're one joker ahead of me. It's almost reaching the point at which it's more difficult to find a non-gold joker than it is to win the run. All but three of my outliers are uncommon or rare.

@FishyS Hey, thanks so much for playing them! I'm glad you're enjoying them!

I've finally made it to Part II of Fire Emblem: Three Houses. My students of Golden Deer have grown up so well sniff. Uh oh, Marianne is if age and can S rank with Byleth. Must. Court. Petra. Up. Oh and there's Manuella after me...

Lessee... I'm returning to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for some much needed variety. Gonna dabble in some Fatal Fury 2, Super Ninja Boy, and Sutte Hakkun, so I guess these will be my retro throwbacks.

The teased mouse functionality in the Switch 2 reveal inspired me to return to Mario Maker 2.

Just finished dragon quest 3 hd remake man the final boss area was a pain fight 3 bosses before the final boss and now currently playing tales of graces F.

I'm kingdom coming after those beastly Cumans. Kunesh is next. Jesus Christ be praised!

Just started Detroit: Become Human and Fallout 4 on the PS5. Finishing gathering all the collectibles in the Sonic part of Sonic X Shadow Generations on the Switch.

Master Detective Archives: Rain Code for me. Rage 2 on PS4 as well.

I am, of course, still playing the Ace Attorney Investigations Collection, I'm on the fourth case now, and I'm really enjoying it! Best case in the game so far. I'm also playing Dragon Quest Heroes on Steam, I'm nearly done with Chapter 2, just met Isla. Last of all, in Fire Emblem Heroes, I'm still going through Book IV, finished Chapter 3, but I've stepped back to play Book III on Hard Mode a bit. Throughout the week, I also finished Rogues and Redeemers 2 in Fire Emblem Awakening, and got through the first dungeon in Ys VIII on Steam.

Star Ocean Second Story R is on; a few hours in so far and digging it.

finishing up getting all gold trophies in chocobo racing gp. maybe some mario odyssey, Id like to 100% it one day so I just bought the wedding bowser amiibo.

Luigi's mansion 2 Hd at the moment on the 3rd hotel.

@Yalloo Congratulations on receiving the final title in Ring Fit!!! I am in awe of the sheer amount of physical exertion and dedication that required! FANTASTIC JOB!!!

@MarioVillager92
Happy belated birthday!

I've just 100% Batman Arkham Knight and the previous 2 Batman games.

Now I've started Star Wars The Force Unleashed. I played it on the Wii but I can't really remember most of it. I got it cheap on a sale and having fun with it 👍🏻

@cosmograph Thank you for your kind words! Believe it or not, I almost didn't get the game purely based on the art direction ... and when I started it, I never planned to go this far either. But I had a great time with it and I'm really glad they made all those little challenges, and I'm sure I will keep on playing with it for years to come. Hopefully they come up with something as good on Switch 2!

Busted out the WiiU to play a little tropical freeze and my god this system is almost unplayable. The loading is awful.

Well here we go with another interesting WAYP. The week was some new games and more of the GOTY hunt again. Should be wrapping that GOTY hunt this week too. Trails Through Daybreak, Metaphor and some Mario and Luigi and WWE2K24. Got to start that Tales of Graces F Remastered and I mean it sure is fun so far if not a little slow. Very cute game tho with very charming character designs. Most of the weekend was spent with GTAV. Yeah that’s right GTAV. Had a hankering to go back to it and honestly was pretty busy most of the weekend so I figured why not. Yeah I got that copy of Donkey Kong Country Returns HD amd GameStop finally got my copy of Dynasty Warriors Origins in but I had a cute amazing like a dream date in NYC so I’d dare say I had more fun doing that then I would ever have had with either of those games. Got to go to a Genshin pop up store in Times Square which factors in later. Rest of the weekend I’m thinking is gonna be some YS Memoire The Oath in Felghana or some of the story mode of WWE2K24. Maybe some Infinity Nikki or even a freshly redownloaded Genshin too. Yeah honestly my super cute super amazing date has inspired me to get back into and hopefully keep up with and enjoy Genshin and it’s story. Speaking on that date I also got to complete my FFXIV artbook collection and grab a Fire Emblem Heroes Japanese Artbook import. Man I really want a new Fire Emblem game ahaha. Otherwise I’m thinking this week is mostly gonna consist of some Trails Through Daybreak, Emio, Dawntrail, Metaphor, YS, Mario and Luigi Brothership, Super Mario Party Jamboree, Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake and WWE 2K24. Try to start Donkey Kong Country Returns HD and Dynasty Warriors Origins too. Yeah I didn’t finish Emio last week like I said but maybe we can get a two for one shot of Emio and Metaphor this week. Here’s hoping. Preordered Atelier Yumia and am looking to preorder Claire Obscura: Expedition 33 and Doom: The Dark Ages too. The wrestling thing this week being the WWE Royal Rumble. Yeah the event I’ve been looking to the most since getting into wrestling I can’t wait to see the surprise returns or debuts in the Men’s and Women’s Royal Rumble matches as well as the two currently other announced matches for the PLE that being DIY VS MCMG for the Tag Team Championships and Cody Rhodes Vs Kevin Owens for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship. Shoutout to the press event for WWE 2K25 they’re gonna do this week too as well as the more recent Saturday Nights Main Event. Hey whenever we can see Rhea Ripley is always a good time man hahaha. Anime of the week gotta go to Dragon Ball Daima and Shangri La Frontier and Solo Leveling and 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really Love You and OKITSURA: Fell in Love with an Okinawan Girl, but I Just Wish I Know What She's Saying and Sakamoto Days. Winter Picks are in yeah and I absolutely love basically all my choices but I really love Sakamoto Days. Its like the new Spy X Family. 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 cool to each other. Have a totally amazing weekend and of course Happy Gaming.