Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (7th December)

I've been playing Astro's Playroom on PS5, both as a palate cleanser after a few longer games and as an introduction to the PS5. It's been utterly delightful, plays wonderfully, and does some very cool things with the controller.

I think I'll play Returnal next. I'm not really into shooting games (Metroid Prime, Uncharted, and Horizon are the closest I really get to them), but it looked intriguing enough to be worth a go.

I'll get back to the Switch eventually. My (purchased) backlog for it is now really small (Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Hades, Triangle Strategy, and Tunic), but I have quite a bit of eShop credit.

I have played so much Dragon Quest XI this past week, I'm actually embarrassed to say how many hours I played it for. But last night, I defeated Mordagon and light has returned to Erdrea. I have actually completed a JRPG! Which for me, is such a rare feat, that it's only happened once before. SEGA AGES Phantasy Star being the other.

Last week, I said it's assured a place in my Switch top 10. Now, I think it could be one of the best games I've ever played.

For my next game, it's going to be another from the backlog. Either Valkyrie Chronicles, Bioshock or Hyper Light Drifter

• TMNT Shredder's Revenge: I'm going through the level challenges, missing only level 3 unharmed. That Turtle Tenderizer is what's keeping me from completing this one ... but I cleared it having taken a single hit, so I'm almost there. After that, I'll try to clear my last challenge: arcade mode in gnarly difficulty... ta da daaaa
• some Just Shapes & Beats challenge runs in between to avoid going crazy
• DK Land 3
• Tetris 99: the Tetris theme is really cool, even though I keep hearing a drop in the volume here and there, which is really part of the loop. Was it originally like that?
• I finally want to try Mega Man 11 in normal difficulty. The free DLC music is much better than the game's original imo, still not quite what I'd expect from a MM game but I do enjoy it much more.
• Tears of the Kingdom: I've decided to give this game a rest, at least for now. After over a year and 400h, I've scanned my last Amiibos this morning, went through the shops one last time, shot my last Keese swarm, changed gears, took screenshots, witnessed the last sunset in Hyrule and brought Link back home. I'm sure to pick it up again in the future, this game is so beautiful. Luckily for my Zelda Switch, it will be time for another Zelda game soon!

🎮🕹🧡

I will have a magical time in Kingdom Hearts III.

Happy gaming everyone!

This week I will be mostly playing

Lego Skywalker Saga

Just received my copy of Dragon Quest III Remake, and it sounds like my main game for the upcoming couple of months. Always loved the idea of JRPGhistmas!

I'll also play some Pizza Tower here and there.

Epic Mickey Rebrushed: I saw this on the Wii and it looked very interesting but unfortunately never got the opportunity to play it. Now that I have, I'm enjoying the surrealistic shadowy reflection of Disneyland and meeting tons of obscure characters like Clarabelle Cow or Horace Horsecollar.

The paint mechanics are fun too, allowing for lots of exploration off the beaten path. Mickeyjunk Mountain is a standout in terms of design, but I'd be remiss not to mention the charms of Mean Street or Dark Beauty Castle.

This is no Kingdom Hearts; it's Disney gone dark, or as close to it as it's gone since The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and it's supremely entertaining.

Aspiring Dragons Research Day in Pokémon Go today. Caught at least two shinies of each of the baby dragons-to-be. There was also only one other regular who showed up today. I must have been in the extreme minority who was actually excited about this event (so much so that I woke up early dreaming about it 😅).

Also, Gigantamax Lapras debuts tomorrow, which will likely attract bigger numbers. Not quite as excited about that though. 😅

Collection of Mana - Seiken Densetsu 2. Just reached the point where I could change classes which has made it a bit more interesting. Although, as I grumbled about here last weekend, it’s a bit irritating to have to wade through old gamefaq files to try and figure what the different classes do etc.

In sort-of-related-to-video-games news, also planning to sort through my board games and choose some to sell. Need to make some space and I also need to be more realistic about which games will probably never get played!

I discovered Balatro. I am now addicted to Balatro.

Starting chapter 10 in Xenoblade Chronicles, conquering whole Albion in Unicorn Overlord (whatta sublime game!), having my b*tt kicked in Blasphemous and replaying Alien Isolation on switch. The latter is one of my fav games of all time and it is incredible how good it looks and runs on Switch!!!

@Rockboy247 welcome aboard!

@MischiefMaker I hate it when Gamefaq is the only place for answers to my question. I like my Wikis.

Cracked open the Final Fantasy pixel remasters this week and started from the top. Have a good one everyone.

@arnoldlayne83 thank you! I have it on android and I haven't stopped the past week while travelling!

I did it. I got 100% in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. I'm not sure any other game will ever fill the void I currently feel in my soul.

Oh no, wait, Helldivers 2 still has its claws in me. I'm ok 👍

Sonic x Shadow Generations. I just picked it up at Walmart for it's Black Friday sale price. I'm going to start with Shadow Generations since I played the original back on PS3.

Switch: DQ11, just made it to Gallopolis. Absolutely love this game.
Xbox: I finished Fractured But Whole. I plan to unlock some more achievements before retiring it. I also decided to jump back into Control again after finishing the Alan Wake 2 DLC had me itching for more Remedy madness.
PS5: Hunting down the final costumes in my personal GOTY Stellar Blade.

@OorWullie I was about to comment you have barely started until I read your next paragraph. Lol. Enjoy! I recently started my second playthrough snd I am thrilled for all that is ahead.

I finally beat a level in Party House. Couldn't beat it until I watched a speed run and learned the main strategy, but it doesn't matter, still fun to play repeat attempts. I'm loving the second level too. I'm also getting more and more enthralled with new modded content for TOTK. Love watching people playing it and also playing it myself. I haven't yet beaten the lynel that's in the intro, but have jumped around with different game saves and love the tyrant class. I've also been mesmerized by wipeout phantom edition, partly because I added new songs to it. A drum and bass track called Snowflakes goes amazingly well with the smooth hovercraft racing. Also been playing the kinda old game Kami, such a great puzzle game. Also discovered I have other Jeff Minter games in my Steam account, so I've been playing Minotaur Arcade, Gridrunner Revolution, Space Giraffe, and Polybius. I've been playing Schildmaid MX at 240fps on laptop, what an awesome shoot em up! Also been playing Rush Rally Origins, Glyph, and Kingdom Two Crowns at 240. So beautiful and smooth, all of those are! The Olympus DLC in Kingdom Two Crowns continues to amaze me.
Also been enjoying the beginning of The Land Beneath Us (awesome Welsh chess like strategy game with great music), Patrick's Parabox (incredible puzzle game), Paper Trail (fun paper folding puzzle game), and Nine Sols (seems like a perfectly polished game so far, love it). I also really like Ninja Chowdown: Glaze of Glory, Arc Racer (pretty good wipeout or f-zero type game), Balatro (too addictive, jeez!), Boo! Greedy Kid, CyberBlocker (incredibly good Arkanoid shoot em up, Love this game!), Goliath Depot (super fun arcade style game, or old console style game), Gunlocked (got way more into this than I thought I would!), Murasaki Tsurugi (first class soundtrack, and seemingly great unique shoot em up gameplay), Super Woden (super smooth top down Gran Turismo style racing game with great music and tough gameplay), Zeno Death, and Zeno Hell (great stg games from a few years back).
This week I found out another Youtuber I've enjoyed had been attacked by Nintendo. In her video about the whole experience she was talking about Nintendo fans (who I assume criticized her for playing Animal Crossing with modded strawberries and stuff added in) and at one point she said "y'all console gamers are God's strongest soldiers" and I couldn't stop laughing! So good!
Tea of the weekend is Amber Wuyi, such a richly flavorful Oolong! And song is that Snowflakes song that is so immersive while racing wipEout!
Have fun gaming everyone!

@Rockboy247 typical "just another run" game...and then you realize it is 3 am 🤣

Finally bought the Fire Emblem Engage DLC in the recent sale, so having a really good time playing through this again

Some Kill Knight here, some Hyrule Warriors there. I’m hoping I can track down a physical copy of Fantasian before going the digital route.

On PS5 i will be playing YS X Nordics, just reached chapter 9 and this could be my favourite YS game so far. I will also be playing some Trails Through Daybreak which I need to get done soon as the sequel is out in a couple of months.

On Portal I have decided to play some classic games using the streaming mode whilst the misses uses the PS5 for Infinity Nikki, I have decided to start with Tomb Raider Legend and so far its been very good and no issues with lag.

On Switch I will be playing Mario and Luigi Brothership, I've had it on hold the last 2 weeks as I was feeling burnt out on the combat but nows the time to jump back in.

Im finally finishing Unicorn Overlord. Great game but 80hrs in … it was a bit longer than I thought.

And I’ll be starting my run with Rollercoaster Tycoon parks as they seem to be A LOT.

Also I wish Lorelei and the Laser Eyes could have a sale soon so I can buy it.

If I can find a used copy of Skyward Sword today in town, that will be my weekend.

I finished the Super Mario Sunshine playthrough on my channel, so I've now moved on to Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy. I actually just finished recording a couple episodes and now it's 7:30 a.m. for me and I need to go to bed, lol.

Since I have an upload schedule of one video a day on Mo-Fri, Jak and Daxter won't be on my channel until sometime next week. However, I will share the link again to the first episode of my Mario Sunshine playthrough since those videos are still coming out:

https://youtu.be/FpJXRr42GxY?si=2hpr7mv9_nnSrbbY

Not sure which game I'll play after finishing Jak. Maybe you guys can help me decide. Some of the games I'm considering include: A Hat in Time, Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, New Super Mario Bros. U, Link's Awakening, and Pikmin 3. I'll get to all of them eventually, I just don't know in what order. If you're interested in one I haven't recommended, by all means let me know.

Other than what I'm doing on my channel, I don't know what other games I'll be playing in my free time, if any. I beat Brothership and Donkey Kong Land III. I don't want to delve into Dragon Quest III so soon after Brothership since it's another turn-based RPG. I'll probably do the Tetris 99 NES event, but otherwise, not sure.

I had my last final yesterday, so in theory I should be able to finally relax and play video games… in theory!

In practice I keep picking up Ys X: Nordics playing for 30 minutes and putting it down. I have loved this series since I tried 8 (admittedly that’s only 3 other titles) but I anticipated an obsession on my part and it’s just not there! Hopefully I just need the right circumstances to dive back in.

@PepperMintRex What are your impressions of Kill Knight? It keeps on calling me ..

Continuing with the MGS Master Collection, currently playing MGS2. Outside of some surprise shadow drop announcement of something that won't get a physical version, my current plan for the rest of the year after MGS2 would be either MGS3 or Stray and then finish with Brothership.

It worked very well for me in years like 2017 and 2023 to end the year on a long game that takes about a month to complete so would last me until DKC Returns HD. From the sounds of it, Brothership fits the description.

Super Mario 64 and original Metroid NES

(who needs 2025 when can have 1987 😉)

@Yalloo it’s a pretty good arcade shoot em up.

Mainly still playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of pripyat. Never having played the series until the Switch port, I see why the games are so regarded. The atmosphere in this game is well realised and engaging, even with dated graphics. Also still playing Dino Crisis on PS4, holds up well for a PS1 game I'd never got around to originally.

As a striking contrast I also bought Need for Speed on PS4, I'd never normally buy an always online game, but was £2 or so on sale and as a long term fan of arcade racing games I thought worth a try. The cutscenes made me cringe, but the actual racing is quite enjoyable.

After finishing A Plague Tale: Requiem, on PS5, I'm now with Astro Bot and I having a blast. Amazing game, everyone should play if able, more so platformers lovers and especially those who enjoy/love Mario 3D games.

The gamefeel is simply put, perfect, varied gameplay and stages, looks fantastic... It's a gem.

@JohnnyMind Looking at your progress in PoP, seems like the final boss is quite the increase in completion %, hope you're not too disappointed.
I'm looking forward to playing this one sometimes soon as well. I bet you had a great time with it?

@PepperMintRex Thanks! 🙏🏻

I'm still rushing to finish my knitting project, but hope to get some time for gaming. I have been messing around with Endless Ocean: Luminous over the week.

I'm also getting into the seasonal spirit with Daze Before Christmas on the Evercade.

Oh, and I'll no doubt do some more Forza Horizon 4 Lego Valley.

Hope you all enjoy your weekends.

star wars battlefront 2(2017)- Over the week I watched a star wars movie and now I'm in a star wars mood.
Star trek online- The christmas event started so I'll be grinding that.

Finally wrapped on Metaphor ReFantazio! I’ve had a fun, Atlus filled 2024 between starting and finishing P5/4/3. I must say the political fantasy drama just didn’t leave the same taste in my mouth that the save the world teens did. Still- a solid experience & the middle part of the story had me on the edge of my seat. Characters were written beautifully whilst combat was fluently splendid so I can’t wait to see what Atlus cooks up next.

I dove right into a palette cleanser as I’m currently sitting on 7 hours playtime in Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. I can see why this game is making so many people GOTY lists! But I still hold FF7Rebirth & Zelda as my one two punch for top dawgs this year. Hope to beat it by Tuesday so I can attempt one more game as 2024 closes out

When I have time in the evenings, I'm playing Trails of Cold Steel VI and grumbling a bit about the increased U-Material costs making me wait till Act II to break the game. Also, some Ultimate Chicken Horse with my family.

My daughter launched into Tears of the Kingdom almost immediately after finishing Breath of the Wild. She is a trooper, and it's only her first Zelda game.

P5R
Skyrim AE
Railbound

I'll probably be playing the games I picked up on sale this week: Shockman 2 (the games in this series are wildly uneven and I would say generally decent at best, but I am still delighted that we get the whole series on Switch, even the Satellaview game!) and The Amazing Shinsengumi: Heroes in Love (why yes, this is my third otome about the Shinsengumi, why do you ask and no I do not have a problem).

I unlocked the classic Tetris theme in Tetris 99 last night, and more importantly, I got on a huge roll in Balatro and finally achieved Completionist+. So I expect I'll be knocking around in a bunch of games the rest of the weekend, maybe start chipping away at C++.

Fate/stay night REMASTERED – Heaven's Feel route. Still Day 15... Sigh
UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II [Sys:Celes] – played online in Player Room.
What's about gaming related things...
I've listened to Heaven's Feel route 2/3 Drama CDs. The ones that were released with the deluxe edition of Heaven's Feel route anime adaptation. I like both of them. I'll listen to the 3rd one after finishing the Heaven's Feel route, I think.
Update #1:
Fate/stay night REMASTERED – finished Day 15, finally. Started Day 16 (FINAL).
Crypt of the NecroDancer – attempted to finish All Zones as Miku Hatsune, and failed on stage 4-1, Sigh.
Well, for now, it's all what I've played on this week. Have a nice gaming weekend, everyone.

ANTONBLAST - The PC version, though I'm definitely double dipping for the Switch version when that comes out. It's pretty much my Game of the Year, it's THAT good.

It’s such a busy time of year, at work and at home. By the time I reach my happy place on the couch and fire up the Switch, it’s usually 10pm or so. I’ll start up a run of Astral Ascent, but will zonk off to sleep before poor Ayla can leave home base! Although It probably doesn’t help that the game has such a lovely orchestral lullaby for home base BGM! I actually really love the soundtrack for this game, lavishly composed by Dale North.

Well, eventually I’ll get through year-end and the Holidays and we’ll have the long, quiet nights of January and February to enjoy some games.

Have a fun and festive weekend, everyone! 🕹🎄

Despite the fortnight's budget mostly allocated elsewhere (partly in the very attempt to secure more gaming funds around the holiday sales), the seemingly somewhat Comix Zone-inspired Fury Unleashed still joined the Switch library and might immediately see a welcoming hour or two among the weekend sessions although I might have to squeeze it into internal memory for that.😅 Of course, it faces typically abundant competition from other playthroughs to potentially advance - Xenoblades and RFs, Burnout Paradise and Bastion, Isaac and Broforce, Echoes of Wisdom and Minstrel Song, 13 Sentinels and CrisTales, Earth Wars and Kotodama, Dying Light and one or both installed Personas (alongside Revelations on Vita)... And then, of course, the usual odds of some time invested across the other platforms from EOU, Gravity Rush and Endless Frontier to Dishonored, Watch Dogs and one of or multiple Tales entries on board. Even the laptop may get some action with woefully Deck-resistant titles like Grid 2 or Wolfenstein New Order.

Playing Donkey Kong Country on the Switch online. Been in the mood for it, one of my favorite games. And Resident Evil, Playing as Jill.

The Backlog Beatdown continues..I’ve completed some fairly difficult games of late. Most recently I just completed Cuphead and the DLC. I’ve finally started up Outer Worlds and I’ve been really enjoying it, not difficult but just a lot of fun and It’s been patched on Switch and the game runs quite well now.

@PepperMintRex
Ah …finally someone brave enough to test the layers below Hell in KILL KNIGHT It’s quite the game! It’s an hard!..but addicting! I’m trying to survive Viscera at the moment 😬

@Yalloo
If KILL KNIGHT is calling you..make sure to return the call! It’s an excellent twin stick arcade shooter. It will really call on all your years of gaming experience and reflexes to master. It’s a challenging game so be prepared. The game has that “just one more run” pedigree in its gameplay. It’s brutal but lots of fun! Easily one of the best twin sticks around.

I just beat Kunitsu-Gami (fantastic game!), so I've got to decide on another game to play. I miiiight start up Another Code on Switch.
Otherwise, my brother and I are continuing Dragon Age: The Veilguard side by side. Last weekend we got the last party members.
I started Infinity Nikki, and my main takeaways are: awkward loc that forgot to fix the sentence structure; absolutely gorgeous cloth animation; great open world feel; relatively lame side quests; unfortunate gacha/live service daily BS.
But it does have an awful lot of cosmetics to purchase with ingame money that doesn't require gacha, so it's actually pretty nice in that regard. You can slay without slaying your time or wallet.

I'll probably also do another run of Trash of the Titans, a fun lil roguelike strategy game on Steam that's good for a few playthroughs, but relatively light on content (early access).

@Zuljaras I didn't know porn was allowed in here 🤣

I recently beat Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown which was fantastic, so I thought I'd go back and play the gamecube era trilogy, presently on Sands of Time. I was never the biggest fan of the combat in this game, it's much improved in the sequels, but the platforming and overall atmosphere of the game remains excellent.

'Barely started'

@BIG3 Wow , really 😲

Pretty much just Mario and Luigi

I've gone back to Epic Mickey Rebrushed and started over so I can get a perfect ending after missing a couple of quests, so I'll continue that this weekend.

I've been playing more Super Mario Party Jamboree and have been enjoying that pretty well. I've focused on trying out the many minigames and the single-player mode Party-Planner Trek in particular.

More Ace Combat 7. Haven't played any flight games since the late 90s, but this game reminds me that flying is fun.

I beat the main game and the post game of Dragon Quest III 2D-HD and resurrected a certain spoiler character. Can honestly say the game was an absolute joyride. It's one of those magical games that the further you get in the more involved and fun the game becomes. Combat really evolves past simplicity into well thought out battles and boss battles are a treat to strategize against. When the world opens up seemingly infinite possibilities hit all at once and it's so easy to get distracted by your nose over exploring every nook and cranny. I really, genuinely enjoyed going through this adventure again, but with modern QoL improvements.

As for now I'm between games. I'm getting the new Goblin Slayer game on the 13th as a physical copy. I'm debating on eventually starting another Atelier series game or Tactics Ogre. As for now, I've been under the weather and just playing a little bit of Tony Hawks Pro Skater 1-2.

More Fire Emblem: Three Houses for me. It felt good disposing of the Death Knight-- My male Byleth is an absolute beast. Got a few units up to intermediate, so now it's time for some more exploring of the monastery.

Got some finals this weekend so not a whole lot of gaming, but I’ve been playing FF6 Pixel Remaster, so probably a bit of that, as well as some more Persona 5 Royal if I get the chance.

I don't exactly know what I'm playing but at least I know I'll play Tetris 99 to unlock the Nintendo's NES Tetris theme.

Gonna dive into my backlog or do a second run of Echoes of Wisdom

@RubyCarbuncle
Yeah I’ve been rambling on about KILL KNIGHT for the past month lol. There aren’t to many quality new arcade shooters around and this game is just awesome. It’s much deeper in gameplay and player progression than you’d expect. It’s just great to play in short bursts or get lost in few runs! Hope you enjoy!

@OorWullie
Turned based RPGs…it’s probably the only genre I don’t play. It’s a massive shame! It’s great to hear how much your enjoying Dragons Quest XI, it’s always a great feeling when a new/different genre of gaming opens up to you. I’m still hoping Fire Emblem: Awakening takes my V card in that sense! I’m going to have to look into the Dragon Quest series let alone a whole slew of turn based games I’m missing out on.

Lemon Haze…I just picture a smiling lemon wearing sunglasses! That’s how it hits! You can not go wrong with Runtz! Great choices and sounds like ur getting nice value! 😮‍💨

Wizardfire (Evercade) and Fighting Vipers (Saturn)

After debating just plowing through Pokémon Black 2, I chose to switch my main game I'm playing to The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning, which I snagged on the Xbox 360 store before it closed. The gameplay isn't great, and I kinda despise Sparx, but I'm hooked by the high fantasy tone and GameCube-era aesthetics.

Still slogging through the smartphone entry to the Xeno series (Xenoblade 2). Also planning to play some Ace Attorney Investigations with my fiancée.

On the nontendo front I got sucked into WH40K: Darktide and it's been eating up most of my gaming time lately.

I've made a start on the Echoes of the Eye DLC for Outer Wilds, it's a nice change of pace from the main game and I'll definitely continue it this weekend - with a slight air of apprehension, I might add, because the game's settings warn that the DLC contains some frights (which can be turned off, but I've left them on for now, perhaps unwisely). The anglerfish in the main game were scary enough!

I've also downloaded Infinity Nikki on PC (not sure how long it will hold my attention as a free gacha game, but it's cute so far) and I'm playing a level of Mission to Snowdriftland each day as an advent calendar.

Final Fantasy 5 pixel remaster on Switch and Ys 6: The Ark of Napishtim on Steam.

I have been playing a LOT of DS and 3DS games lately. So many great games that I am revisiting, but I decided to start a new save and finally beat DQ 6. It is truly an underrated title. I love classic DQ games, and this is one of the only ones I never played all the way through, due to life and/or getting overshadowed by other games.

Playing Nine Sols, not the easiest game I've played

Not sure if my phone was just glitching but I couldn't put more than one in. Either way, I've had the COVID since Wednesday and next week is start off finals so I've been busy. So somehow more casual like Tears of the Kingdom came back, and I've been having a great time. Especially being sick, it makes you forget how crummy you feel.

I'm also playing a Link Between Worlds during the week, but I doubt I'll touch it this weekend, since I'm so crammed.

I got a few things on the go right now. Animal Crossing, both New Horizons and the GameCube one, Donkey Kong Land 3, F-Zero 99 again, Pokémon Violet to shiny hunt the Wooper outbreaks, and Dragon Quest 3. Mario & Luigi is finally finished so now I can move on with my life 😂

I finally put aside Snowrunner (Switch) for a moment and started concentrating on Epic Mickey (Switch) more. I also did the Tetris 99 event because I can never get enough of that game. I used to put a lot of time into it but lately it's only during the events. I need to rotate it in more because I have such a blast with it.

I have a lot going on this weekend so my game time will be limited some. I'm "playing hooky" from work today so I can get a jumpstart on some of the errands and 'honey-do list'. There's also an annual tamale fest going on in my town a few blocks away so I gotta go indulge some! Once I get back from that I plan on cracking open beers and getting some gaming in. I need to be smart here though. I should play Epic Mickey first THEN Snowrunner. If I attempt the other way around, then I may never get to Epic Mickey

@Rainz Thanks for that. You've convinced me, I'll get it next time it's on sale. It's the kind of game I think will be best to have downloaded on the console, to play it between other games and avoid driving myself mad. Looking forward to it!

Cuphead is also very cool. I'll get back to it at some point to get the A/S achievements.

Good morning.
I played The Sims 4 PS4 and Barbie : Project Friendship PS5 on my PS5. 😊

super circuit is the only game I havent 100% in the series. bought myself a backlit glacier gba for christmas to finish the job. while waiting Im playing a funny hack called luigi is hard t posed and has no kart.

@obijuankanoobie I'm having that issue as well, on my laptop.

I haven't played much over the past week, but I'm still playing stuff. I'm playing My Time at Sandrock, still on the second week, just gave Mort some salted fish. In A Hat in Time, I'm about to fight The Snatcher (on Steam). And, in Fire Emblem Heroes, I've done... practically nothing! But, I have done a bit more in Book II on Hard mode, I guess.

Shoot, late to the topic, anyway...

My main game right now is Zelda Phantom Hourglass. I don't think I've ever seen a DS game use it's accessories so much. It's fun, if maybe a little simple so far. Also still on Team Kirby Clash Deluxe. Kinda burnt out on Shadow Generations, and Kirby and the Forgotten Land was a casual playthrough, so maybe 100%ing will come later. Have a good weekend!

Right now on Switch I'm playing One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 Deluxe which was on sale on the E shop for a ridiculously low price for such a great game with so much content. I had a couple hundred points to convert, so I ended up paying only $2 or something lol. Also playing the Epyx Sports Collection which I had pre-ordered. I love both games.

Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak: Hunted 4 Furious Rajang and unlocked the heart in the Anomaly lab; managed to defeat the Risen Crimson Glow Valstrax and reached Anomaly Research level 162.
Metaphor ReFantazio: Farmed in the Goblin's Nest and made a fortune thanks to the Merchant Archetype.

Portal 2 for the first time.
Super Mario Sunshine
Thumper

Well here we go with another interesting WAYP. The week was mostly the GOTY hunt again. Trails Through Daybreak, Emio and Metaphor with some Mario and Luigi and Visions of Mana. But on the completing front we did finish Star Wars Outlaws and eh that sure is a game of this year that’s for sure. Love the protagonist and thought the villains were cool but otherwise just eh. Most of the weekend was spent with Emio and Tekken 8. Emio is starting to get really intriguing but at the same time it’s got a hill to climb to impress if I’m being honest. Tekken 8 on the other hand I not only beat the DLC story but got the Platinum Trophy for and absolutely loved it all that is seriously a GOTY and absolutely my fighting game of the year. And it’s got that DLC announcement at the game awards too let’s go boys. Rest of the weekend I’m thinking is gonna be some YS X Nordics again really just chipping away at it tho I’m definitely feeling meh on it as it goes on its villains are kinda weak. Otherwise I’m thinking this week is mostly gonna consist of some Trails Through Daybreak, Emio, Dawntrail, Metaphor, Sonic X Shadow Generations, Mario and Luigi Brothership, Bakeru and Visions of Mana. Maybe some Zenless Zone Zero too. There are some games I wanna dabble in like Infinity Nikki, Marvel Rivals, Dragon Quest 3 HD 2D Remake and Fantasian Neo Dimension but honestly the GOTY hunt kinda comes first I really wanna beat Metaphor for instance. The wrestling things this week being NXT Deadline is actually kinda interesting. Didn’t think it was gonna be too exciting but the Lola Vice and Jaida Parker match as well as the Women’s Iron Survivor match kinda knocked it out the park. My GOAT Giulia the Beautiful Madness winning was amazing. Next up is WWE Saturday Nights Main Event and that’s hype too. 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. Still amazing shows with Dandadan being the standout one. 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. Most of those actually ended up on the Spotify Wrapped this year so that’s hype. As always yall stay safe, be cool to each other. Have a totally awesome weekend and of course Happy Gaming.