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

WAIP:

Collecting Curse cards in my daily runs of Have A Nice Death.
Participate in the weekend event @ Tetris Effect Connected.
I've started Little Nightmares III (super boring).
And I've reached world 2 in Yooka-Replaylee, which I am positively surprised about so far.

If, and when I find the time, I've got 3 demos awaiting my attention: Pragmata, Denshattack, and Timelie.

Happy gaming to all the Nintendo Life readers, I will enjoy reading what you're all up to this weekend! Have fun!✌🏻🧡🎮

Pokemon pokopia and... surely for many weeks lol
Happy gaming everyone!

on switch 2 ?..sadly nothing there is nothing to play so i redownloaded and modded the sims 3

PC: Whiskerwood (don't sleep on this one)
Switch 2: Brotato and the last bit of leaf green.
Maybe i'll give Pokopia another chance.
PS5: Nioh 3

I've downloaded Ratcheteer DX to play on my Switch Lite this weekend, I loved the original on the Playdate console (it's a great Zelda-like mini adventure) so looking forward to revisiting in colour and with hopefully less eye strain!

Also have been playing Birdigo, a word game on my phone and Mac, quite an addictive one (although frustratingly hard at times), would be nice if this came to Switch as well at some point. Happy gaming all!

Pokémon Legends Z-A: I'm not the biggest fan of handholding, but it only lasts the first hour or so, and being free to explore Lumiose City is great. There are a lot of little challenges disguised as sidequests or Wild Zones which serve as great opportunities to expand your Pokédex. Of course the star of the show is the combat: it took me a few battles to figure out how to position my team and whereas before I would typically just go all-out offensive I have now discovered that status effects can really change the tide. It's not as fun as its predecessor, but I can confidently say I'll be enjoying Z-A for many hours to come.

Back to the Dawn will eat my time this whole week. I'm in a good mood for some excellent writing, characterization and world-building.

Greetings fellow video game enthusiasts. Im currently playing Final Fantasy XVI and will later play Mario Kart World while watching sportsball. It is sure to be a weekend.

Final Fantasy XII as usual. I can beat it anytime, but I enjoy it so much, that I want to stay a little bit longer. I am exploring the (Nabreus Swamps) now. Everything is so cozy, even the swamps.

Happy gaming, everyone!

Finally, finally got to the Leon section in Requiem that doesn’t just last 5 minutes (I hope, I think I know) and having a blast. What a great game this is. Considering getting Minishoot Adventures… was just hoping for a Switch-specific review (nudge, nudge, wink, wink NL…)

Well, I finished Cyberpunk on the Switch 2 leading up to the weekend! Theres still some side quests and the Phantom Liberty quest line id like to go back do, but its another game from the backlog that I can mark as completed.

I finally restarted Metroid Prime 4 this morning, and im quite confident ill get to the credits this time around.

Fantasy Life post game content and Diablo 3 will be mixed in, and im excited to start recent additions to my collection, Guardians of Azuma and Kirby Forgotten Land.

I said I was going to play Dragon Quest 7 last weekend, I didn't, got sidetracked. This weekend I will, took a break from playing anything for a week so looking forward to catching back up. Really enjoying the Switch 2 so far...

Mainly Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment. Finally I got the hang of it and loving it. In chapter 4.
During the week I bought Super Mario Galaxy 2 to cheer myself up. Doing it slowly, 1-2 stars a day.
Also playing:
Picross -LogiartGrimoire- (Emil’s page is the best!)
Hello Kitty Island Adventure (visitors!)

For me this weekend.

Pokémon Pokopia
Animal Crossing
Resident Evil 9 (PC)
Guild Wars Reforged (PC)
Pokémon Legends Z-A

I tried the Fatal Frame 2 Demo on Switch 2 and PC. PC is looking better than Switch 2, but the controls on the PC version are horrendus if played with keyboard and mouse. (I don't like playing PC games with a controller, though). Might skip on the release.

Also building Lego Eevee this weekend

I started Pokopia and it is wonderful!!

Also i play Mario Tennis Fever and found my personal hate opponent: Bowser with a Volcano rocket. I could scream

Furthermore I am finishing up Kingdom Come Deliverance II on PC. Masterpiece!

Last year I had a time when I felt there were no interesting games. Now i feel like there are plenty and more and more are coming up. I cant keep up

Loving the Final Fantasy Remake on Switch 2, about 6 hours in.

Am also playing Project Gotham 4 on Xbox 360, and Rise of the Tomb Raider on Series X.

Happy gaming everyone.

I'm still playing Clair Obscure on ps5. Very close to the end.

Blue Prince
I closed the recent Indie World stream the moment they started showing this game. I'd heard it's better to go in as blind as possible. All I knew was that it's a puzzle game, and I love puzzle games.

I've only just started but it's really fascinating. There's this constant sense of discovery. I like the board game "Castles of Mad King Ludwig" and this game has some similar mechanics.

Fire Emblem Fates
I'm in FE mood thanks to Path of Radiance. I finished Birthright which I'd started all the way back in 2016.

Now I'm playing Conquest for the first time. Just finished chapter 10. Playing on Hard. My plan was to never reset but I've done so couple of times anyway because Corrin couldn't even hit anyone when the game started. Also got hit by a 1-3% critical right out of the gate which felt really unfair considering my options at that point of the game. That said, it's been pretty smooth sailing once I got more units.

Pokopia and finishing up RE Requiem

Hopefully finishing up Resident Evil Requiem. It has been a blast and I'm tempted to play through again and go for more PlayStation trophies.

Should also be able to finish my playthrough on Pokémon Y, then I can focus fully on Leaf Green (which has been sooo much fun to revisit so far).

Also we just got Pokopia as well, so maybe I'll get a chance to start that too. Though Dragon Quest VII Reimagined is still begging to be finished!

I'm still neck deep in Mewgenics; grinding out Act I while breeding cats, because Act II is kicking my arse.

I bought my wife Pokémon Pokopia, and I played around two hours after she went to bed last night. It's slow going at the moment and the state the area is in is giving me anxiety, but I think I'm going to stick with it.

The Last Ninja Collection, so return to childhood. God... these games are still sick and International Karate just sucks you in completely

It's 6am and I'm playing FireRed on the Switch. Will be tackling the Colour Dungeon in Link's Awakening DX later today, and my wife suggested we play Mario Kart 8 at some point.

Outside of videogame playing, I'll be playing in the world of Imagination as I'm finally gonna start the Thrawn books. Or the Court of Owls Saga.

Asphalt Overdrive (Windows Phone) - Just focusing on this, this weekend.

I'm about to start REquiem, but I'm enjoying every minute of Trails in the Sky remake. Go play that game, guys!

Pokopia is simply not for me... I don't like Pokemon and I don't like Minecraft lol.

Playing a whole bunch of stuff: Slime Morimori 3, sinking sapphire, Theatrhythm Dragonquest, Parodius Da!, U.N. Squadron, Advance Wars 2, Wipeout 64, F zero X, 5 or 6 different Taiko games, and Pure Chess. Pure Chess is good, but kind of clunky. I'm just glad it introduced me to Handel's Largo, gorgeous music! Also listening to Wang OK. She performed in NYC and LA fairly recently, and the LA recording/video is great!
Also much respect to President Sanchez. Why can't we have more leaders of that caliber?! And in the face of so much horrific stuff all over the place I'm really loving On Mindful Democracy. Just started it, but it's full of nourishing ideas that help melt away anger and reactivity.
Also I'm watching Gamer's Nexus's video about the RAM cartels. Amazing video they spent about 200 hours putting together!
Wishing peace and happy gaming to all!

fallout 4
Witcher 3
star wars Jedi survivor- been in a star wars mood lately so thought it was about time that I play this game again.

Super Kirby Clash! I have somehow put in nearly 90 hours in it 0_0. I just really really enjoy it. Done around 650 of the 900 quests. I just can't get enough Kirby.
(>'-')> <('-'<) ^('-')^ v('-')v <('-'<) (>'-')> (^-^)

Have a lovely weekend all.

@Tasuki Does Disney Afternoon Collection have save states?

This weekend will be a busy one with a lot of new games to dive right into.

I'll continue to build my new island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons where i'm currently doing some major landscaping. I just relocated my home to a better spot. Doing some gardening. Building and shaping stuff. I'm also chipping away at the hotel decorating the rooms and trying to earn some more tickets.

I bought a bunch of new games that I will play.

I have already started with Minishoot' Adventures and am having a blast with that one. Love everything about it.

Another game that I also have tried out and liking so far is Poker Night at the Inventory. A cool little game to play between some of the more longer sessions of gaming.

Will definitely start Blue Prince this weekend. I can see myself sinking a lot of time into with this one so with a pen and a notebook i'm up for the challenge.

I will also be sure to try and finish Under the Island which has been a really pleasant surprise and a great gaming experience.

And of course i'll also try and start with Planet of Lana II this weekend before it's back to another week with work and trying to squeeze in some gaming between all the obligations.

If i have time i also hope that I can try out the new Scott Pilgrim game which seems like a lot of fun.

My fellow Nintendo Lifers, i hope that you all will have a very pleasant weekend with a lot of rest and gaming. Be sure to enjoy it and i hope you will have a blast with whatever games that you're going to play.

30th Anniversary Celebrations in Pokémon Go are underway this weekend with a wide range of spawns and raids across the entire available roster released thus far. Nothing good for me today though, sadly, except for a single Yvetal caught on my Go++ (with a Great Ball). Great IVs too. Will be playing again with my community tomorrow.

Have also been playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons, becoming an almost daily routine again after a 3.5 year hiatus. I also bought Legends Z-A Switch 2 Edition though I'm playing it on Switch 1. A bit boring so far. I'd have killed for a Legends Johto game in a more rural setting. The concrete jungle that is Lumiose City inspires no imagination at all.

I also grabbed Speed Dates from the eShop as I checked it out for poops and giggles, and noticed that all of the girls' names were Turkish. What were the odds? I ended up buying it on sale as it was cheap enough, and as suspected, the entire game is in Turkish (with multiple subtitle options),

The English subtitles are fairly poor though. The timing is occasionally off, and there are mistakes and omissions aplenty. Definitely could have used a proofreader. Still glad I got it though as there are so few Turkish games available on mainstream platforms, virtually all of which I had discovered by accident. And because Turkish isn't a system language (yet?), there's no way of filtering/searching for them either.

On PS5 i will be playing Echoes of the End, Okami HD, Inazuma Eleven and jump into some Marathon in between.

On Switch 2 I will be mainly focussing on Pokopia, but I also want to finish Resident Evil Requiem and Mario Tennis Fever this weekend.

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, first time I’m using my Ps5 since I beat Uncharted Lost Legacy January 2026.

Besides that I just beat Azure Striker Gunvolt Enhanced Edition and Yakuza Dark Ties on my Switch 2.

I might also start Resident Evil Village or Street Fighter 6’s World Tour Mode.

Hello again, y'all! This weekend I'm playing:

Switch:
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: my uncle came over for a family member's birthday party this Saturday, and as usual, we played some Smash last night and will be playing more this weekend. A few things to note:
1. Yesterday was my first time logging into Smash all year 😅 Not much to do when your spirit collection is complete
2. As of yesterday, I have officially reached 250 hours in Smash
Animal Crossing New Horizons: as of this week, I have finally paid off the final house storage upgrade from the new update and also obtained all of the Lego collaboration items. Not much else that I want to do in this game at the moment, so I will put it on hiatus for a few months. My sisters will probably still play on their slumber islands some though.
Pokémon LeafGreen: I'm currently at Cerulean City with one badge in my possession, but I'm grinding some levels on Route 4 before challenging the next gym leader.

I got through the Path of Pain in Hollow Knight only to get killed by those two pri*** at the bottom, so that’s me actually quit gaming for good guys, it’s been fun though!

As the Last Ninja Collection finally released on Switch, playing some C64 Last Ninja, Last Ninja 2, Remix on the Amiga and International Karate on C64. I have a lot of nostalgia for these games and it's great to have them on my OLED.

Over on PS5 be more Tokyo Xtreme Racer and some Shenmue 3 which runs much nicer than it did on my PS4, finally going to try finish the game as I started with the originals on Dreamcast all those years ago.

Honestly how did the Pokémon company come about that name POKOPIA

On Nintendo Switch: (total accumulated hours playing)

ME

• Big Brain Academy: Brain vs Brain: (15 hours)
  "The Ghosts vs Ghosts monthly tournament" is giving me my daily 20-minute dopamine rush. The competitive aspect is great. The game clicked with me perfectly. I am #98 on rankings! Goal for the month: finish in the top 80.
• New Super Mario U Deluxe (5 hours)
  Is it just me, or do I think this game is far superior to Super Mario Wonder? I regret not buying this game sooner. I´ve never played other "new mario series" before.

3yo DAUGHTER

• Super Mario Wonder: (55 hours)
  My daughter disagrees with me. Mario Wonder is her favorite game of the year.
• Super Mario 3D World: (335 hours) - There were 2 levels left to complete 100% of the game (with all characters), but my daughter deleted the save file. My wife and I were devastated, but my daughter didn't care and is playing it all again.
• Mario Odyssey: (95 hours)
  Replaying the levels, and getting more moons.
• Samba de Amigo Party Central: (5 hours)
  Playing with me, mother and with her aunt, online (she lives the other side of the world, but the online quality is perfect in this game)

WIFE
Playing Mario Wonder, Super Mario 3D World and Samba de Amigo with my daughter.

I wanna buy Donkey Kong Returns and Mario Maker 2 today. I need opinions! Thanks!

I finally beat Requiem and it blew me away. It finally replaced 4 as my favorite RE game. Pokopia is amazing too.

Just rolled credits on my 120 hour save on fire emblem engage, hard and classic mode.

I wasn’t sure about it at first but the more I invested in it the more I really enjoyed it. The game play is quality in this one, it’s much less about the story and supports.

When credits rolled it told me that I spent 6 hours playing the final battle, no spoilers but it was a banger.

Trying to work out what to play next… links awakening remake, link to the past, donkey Kong and pokopia are all contenders right now…….

Happy gaming everyone!

I’m playing Resident Evil 9: Requiem. I don’t get scared often, but this game has been anxiety inducing. There have been moments where I had to pause the game just to breathe. The last (horror) game to evoke these emotions was Alien: Isolation. It’s been a fantastic experience. And just when I thought my arachnophobia couldn’t get any worse … oh, boy.

I'm playing Pokémon Emerald.

Right now I've collected all eight Gym Badges, and I'm ready to head on over to Ever Grande City.

My current Pokémon team consists of:

• Swampert - Mudkip was my first Pokémon, but I never reached the Pokémon League with it. So I intend to fix that by bringing my old buddy all the way to the Hall of Fame.
• Gardevoir - I never intended to have it on my team, but I still caught a Ralts for old times sake. It later proved its worth as a supporting unit with special defense while counterattacking with hard hitting Psychic damage.
• Gyarados - I initially wanted a Milotic, but it was simpler for me to evolve Magikarp than feeding Feebas Pokéblocks. It unexpectedly came in clutch when I struggled against the 7th Gym Leaders, so I'm really grateful to have it on my team.
• Hariyama - A Pokémon that I never gave a chance until now. I love using Fake Out, and its high HP plus ATK stats makes it a particularly bulky yet powerful physical attacker.
• Manectric - Another Pokémon that I never got to fully appreciate. I love how its high Speed and Sp. ATK stats just about OHKOs both water and flying type Pokémon before they have a chance to act.

and

• Skarmory - Just a favorite Pokémon of mine for its cool design and Steel/Flying typing. Its high Defense stat is useful as a great defensive wall.

Playing Pokémon Emerald reminded me that I still like Pokémon for the adventure and team building. I think Emerald really affected me after spending a long hiatus away from the newer games due to personal misgivings. It makes me want to go back to the Pokémon franchise and see how things have changed. Perhaps next year would be a great time to re-enter the world of Pokémon starting with Winds and Waves.

I said Pokopia, but its not me playing it, mostly my partner at this rate XD

I have lost her to the cozy pokemon/animal crossing game :'(

My gaming time this weekend will be chopped up some. If I do get time I plan on keeping the tunnel vision with Final Fantasy 8 Remastered (Switch 2). Surprisingly I've been able to get some time with it throughout the week and actually making some progress. I'm finally understanding more of the confusing 'junction system' too. On a hope and a prayer, I'd like to get this one knocked out within the next few weeks because I have so much on the backlog I want to get to. We'll see.

@Rykdrew,

"I wanna buy Donkey Kong Returns and Mario Maker 2 today. I need opinions! Thanks!"

I haven't played and don't own Donkey Kong Country Returns, but I will say that Super Mario Maker 2 is definitely worth the price of admission (I've put in a bit more than 100 hours) and there is still a thriving online community, if you're getting it for the online course world.

Well, fellow lifers, I will be finishing Links Awakening (Switch)...again. I am on Level 6, including colour dungeon done.
This version is actually slowly becoming an equal with the original monochrome for me, which will keep DX as the only version I won't play again. Not anything wrong with the game, it's just the limited colours simply can't compete with the vivid colours I imagined in Koholint when playing the original on release. When I first played DX I felt that despite being the same game the island did not 'feel' like the island I knew so well, whereas the Switch release provided the vivid colouring I had imagined all those years ago.
I will also be having a little time with Castlevania 1 (my favourite in series) and maybe Curse of the Moon

Close to finishing up DQ7 so might give the MH Stories 3 demo a spin.

Still enjoying quick matches on Mario Tennis Fever.

If there's no wind, a bit of paddleboarding if I get the chance.

@Rykdrew Donkey Kong Returns is a wonderful game. I haven't played Switch version but Wii and 3DS plenty of times and actually find it more replayable than it's sequel.
Mario Maker 2 is the game I have put most time in. The story is great fun, making levels is too addicting once you get the hang of it (I do it in handheld with a stylus) and the sheer amount of content online is ludicrous, you will never even come close to running out of levels to play. I personally think that for the sheer entertainment factor and amount of content available that it is the most worth while purchase on Switch and you'll easily find it for £20-£25 online (unless you choose digital) so it's a bargain

My high-schooler performs in 4 shows this weekend, so my game consoles will get a bit of a break.

Even so, I’ll still have time to zoom through some more Minishoot’ Adventures, perhaps my favorite shadow-drop EVER. It’s been at least a year since I first heard NVZ and Bally rave about Minishoot on their This Nintendo Life podcast, so I was itching to play it. The wait was well worth it!

I'll also take a few laps in Rave Racer and try to pull off the glitch that nearly doubles your car’s speed.

Had I more time, I’d probably plunk my Area 88 cartridge into my yellowed old SNES that I rescued from storage and hooked up this week. I’m amazed something I bought in my teenage years still works!

Wishing Pokopians and all other NLifers a peaceful and fun weekend! 🕹️👾

I plan on returning to Daemon X Machina Titanic Scion. I need something to last until MH Stories 3 releases and what I had planned previously (Legacy of Kain Defiance Remastered) got delayed.

On Switch 2, playing Hogwarts Legacy. I like it but its boring at times. I do want to see it through.

On PS5, playing Forspoken. I didn't like it for the first half of the game but its grown on me. The gameplay is really good once you unlock more abilities.

This week I will be mostly playing

Luigi’s Mansion 2
Earthbound
Catrap

Finally finished the main game for DK Bananza. As much as I thoroughly enjoyed it, man do I wish it had the same energy and creativity that it had in the last 4 or 5 layers. Gonna finish up all the post game content, some of which amped up the difficulty so much lol

Also started Pokopia, its been a lot more fun than I expected building the different habitats and seeing all sorts of pokemon pop up. And am now in the process of trying to make slowpoke yawn 😂

Still making my way thru Nioh 3. This is likely my goty so far. Ive adored every area in terms of exploration and level design. It hasn't slowed down yet

And last, still slowly making my way thru MH Stories 1. Knocking out all the side quests with my black diablos before I leave the desert

Another difficult week for me but I am surviving lol. Trying to get a move on the resident evil generation pack with 7 first but still playing these games below.

Trails in the sky FC remake switch 2 - finally made it to chapter 3. I know that will be probably be the same or a little bigger then the last chapter but I am around halfway through the game. Will play it later though.

Cronos the new dawn(switch 2) - made a lot of progress and I think I am near the end of the game. Hit a few snags since it’s a hard game and want to grab everything lol.

Final fantasy 7 remake(switch 2) - I am at the end of chapter 16 now. Almost done with the main game.

Resident evil 7(Switch 2) - in the beginning.

Happy gaming everyone!

I finished Requiem a couple days ago. I’ve been torn between doing it again on the new unlocked difficulty or revisiting RE2 Remake or the Classic HD versions of 1 & 0. Because of such tough decisions, the answer is Balatro.
Happy gaming all

@Picola-Wicola
I’m sorry! I meant to get back to you with my impressions on Minishoot’ Adventures!

I’m not even a quarter of the way into the game, but can I just be brief and say it’s wonderful? Just a modest yet marvelous marriage of twin-stick bullet hell ballet shooting with top-down Zelda-like exploration & dungeons. You zoom around and snipe at the many random baddies while avoiding their shot patterns and scooping up crystals which you exchange for incremental power-ups for your chirpy little ship. You’ll gradually get more power, range, speed, and shot multipliers as you gain important new abilities via dungeon rewards, and open up the overworld. The gameplay loop is so very satisfying!

The art is cheerful and intentionally uncomplicated, like cartoony versions of the ships and enemies we encountered in the early arcade era. Except now you have the freedom to scroll and shoot in any direction! It runs very smoothly on S2 (probably 60fps?) and I’ve been struck by some quite atmospheric music, too. My one nitpick would be some noticeable load times as you enter caves and dungeons - it’s really just a few seconds, but I felt a little impatient wanting to get back to the sweet flow of the game.

I can’t wait to get back to it, really, and would be much deeper into the game by now had it not been such a busy, tiring week. I’d wholeheartedly recommend it to you!

I’ve been playing Pokemon Leaf Green throughout the week, and I’ll continue that over the weekend. I’m making time for Mario Tennis Fever as well. Gotta get in my workout with Fitness Boxing 3 too.

Spring is finally trying to muscle in where I live with warmer temps and buckets of rain, which means even less free time soon when yard work starts. Gotta get in what gaming I can lol.

Playing:

• Fire Emblem: Three Houses - Golden Deer NG+ run, White Clouds/Chapter 9. Slower going now that more of the game and various paralogues are opening up. I've recruited all the students I want and will spend less time exploring from here on out.
• Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo (Switch) - I picked this up on sale last month in the lead up to Paranormasight: The Mermaid's Curse's launch since it looks like a game I'll enjoy. Starting it shortly and will edit in my first impressions later. Edit: Not sure how much I can say without spoilers, but I'm intrigued by what I've played so far. This definitely leans more into the supernatural instead of mystery; I thought the dial would trend in the other direction.

I finished the original Paper Mario (Wii U VC) early this week and think, as someone who never played the game before, it has aged pretty well for a N64 game. With a few QoL tweaks, I honestly think it could stand on equal footing with Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door on Switch.

Happy gaming!

Xenoblade Chronicles DE on Switch, Sonic Racing Crossworlds on PC, and I’ve recently started Castlevania: Rondo of Blood as well.

Making my way through the fishing Hamlet and about to fight the orphan of Kos in bloodborne.

Once finished I'm going to dip into some Sly 2 band of thieves.

Happy weekend x

Since my last post, I rolled credits on FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE. The sheer graphical intensity of the climax was genuinely mind-blowing. I plan to tackle the DLC chapter a bit closer to the launch of REBIRTH as a way of reacquainting myself with the world and characters before diving back into that saga.

After such a maximalist, cinematic RPG experience, I decided to change gears and begin Mario & Luigi: Brothership, and I have to say — I’m loving it so far. I remember the game receiving fairly mixed reviews at launch (though I know Nintendo Life gave it a well-deserved 9/10), but about ten hours in I think it’s fantastic. Returning to a turn-based format with relatively simple, straightforward systems has been a real joy, and the colorfully cartoonish world, characters, and story have so much heart without taking themselves too seriously. The combat feels tactile, punchy, and satisfying, and the bright technicolor presentation looks gorgeous on the Switch 2 screen. As my first entry in the Mario & Luigi series, it’s been a delightful surprise.

I’m also continuing to chip away at Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair for short bursts of collectathon platforming in between RPG sessions (currently sitting at 42/48 Bee-tallions, 182/200 T.W.I.T. Coins, and 46/62 Tonics). I’ll admit I’m losing a bit of steam at this late stage — and I still haven’t attempted the actual Impossible Lair — but I’m close enough now that I’m determined to see it through.

Galactic Pinball is weirdly addictive.

My digital copy of Kirby: Planet Robobot was somehow deleted, and I suspect it's because the data was corrupted in some way, because whenever I tried playing it, the sound would erroneously cut out. I redownloaded it from the eShop, and it works fine now, but my save data was lost, so I'm back to restoring my 100% completion. I don't mind so much, I was going to play this game last year anyway until it turned out that Nate the Hate was wrong.

I won't be seeing the Spearess tonight, as she's at a girls-only thing, so I'll just continue with my schedule of alternating between:

Civilization VI (Still on the Trajan/Roman Empire revenge tour. Late game is here, and I need a boost. Unfortunately, the only way there may be to take advantage of France, which is in a Dark Age and has a nearly depleted military. Time to roll up the sleeves!;

Balatro (Won five more times on Gold stake last night.);

Cast n Chill (I think I need seven or so fish to finish up. I’ve finished the log book for almost every fish I’ve caught, so I’m very close to completion, save for a few achievements.);

SteamWorld Dig (I started this on Wii U many years ago but got sidetracked. Went back a few weeks ago but hit the dreaded Wii U memory error. So I'm back into it on Switch and maybe 30 percent back to where I left off;

SnowRunner (I'm almost seven hours into this but am progressing slowly since I can't play for much more than an hour without getting a little motion sickness, which is unusual for me. I need to keep it to short spurts during the day. I finished the Old Bridge Restoration mission in Michigan and found the garage there. Now working on the bridge repair in Alaska and some side tasks but mostly exploring to reveal more of the map.;

Bejeweled Twist (Nintendo DS. I've added a few million more points in Zen mode since last week and am now past 18 million in my goal for 100 million by year's end.

Happy gaming, everyone!

I was too tired the day Pokopia came out due to work, so I didn't end up picking it up. Looks like fun. My brother is playing it on the big screen while I continue through Pokemon Fire Red.

Might sneak in a last day of the closing Highguard.

The big game project, if I am up to it, is probably going to be (finally) starting Ghost of Yotei. I won't have much time with it since I'll be gone most of the day.

Reading: Michael Sullivan's Age of Myth.

This weekend I'll be playing...

Mario Kart World - There's an online event going on here in the US, so I'll be playing in that this weekend. Been a little while since I played Mario Kart online, so this is the perfect time to hop back in.

Disney Dreamlight Valley - Been playing this a lot lately! Think I'll put more progress into the current quest that Merlin gave me, and do at least one quest from my in-game friends. This is the game I'm mainly focusing on right now, and I'm enjoying it.

I hope you're all doing well. Be good, and happy gaming.

@Rykdrew would definitely recommend donkey Kong returns. Either one. Great games. Played it on the original hardware not the switch 1 versions. Haven’t tried Mario maker 2. Only the first one on Wii U. Heard it was good though.

This weekend I'm playing:

Hollow Knight: Silksong
I'm currently working on finding the last remaining fleas. I feel like I'm back in my swing with this game.

Pokémon LeafGreen Version
I just beat Lt. Surge's Gym. My team currently consists of Ivysaur (named Apple ), Sandslash (named Pango), Pidgeotto (named Wingley), and Pikachu (named Cake).

Mario Kart World and Kirby Air Riders
I'll play a few matches as usual. I may try out that MKW MAR10 Celebration Open.

Have a good weekend, everyone!

I’ve been playing RE Village on the Xbox Series X via Gamepass. It’s my first FPS RE game I’ve played, haven’t decided whether to get RE Requiem on Switch 2 or Xbox Series X. 1st World problems!

On Switch 2 I haven’t been playing much on it as of late. Still enjoying Absolum and need to get back to clearing my backlog…I almost forgot I still haven’t even started Hades 2!

Strains on deck…Jungle Fumes, Organic Black Zoap and some classic Blue Dream!😮‍💨

@AmplifyMJ
Revisited the Path of Pain did you? You are one twisted man! 😝 I shouldn’t even talk as I’ve already played through SilkSong twice! Hope you and your son are enjoying the Switch 2!

@Ganner
Looks like the Vegas Knights are stumbling down the stretch! They have terrible goaltending at the moment. My Flames are in full rebuild mode, stocked up on draft picks at the Trade Deadline. I just ask that you guys beat the Oilers on Sunday 😝!!

On a side note…I’m I the only person getting annoyed these days everytime a game is described as Cosy…seems like every other game nowadays is Cosy 😂

Thru the week I played Pokémon za and Overwatch mostly. I’m enjoying Pokémon fairly well but it definitely does lack something being in the city the whole time. Today I played some mini shoot adventures game which I’m really liking on gamepass. I’d for sure scoop this up on switch if a physical happens. I played a demo of children of morta and liked it enough to order a copy. This evening I plan on getting on Overwatch.

@Picola-Wicola just go for minishoot, it’s a fun little game and a silent sleeper for me, it came out of nowhere.

We are welcoming goslings Monday, so we’ve been prepping our space for them so haven’t done a lot of gaming. Currently playing on the PC Nancy Drew and the Ghost of Thornton Hall. It’s pretty spooky, wasn’t expecting any jump scares so of course they got me good when I learned there was some.

Just a chill weekend playing whatever for me. Besides the routine Animal Crossing: New Horizons and frequent Splatoon 3, I'll probably just keep nibbling away at Zelda Tears of the Kingdom and Pokemon LeafGreen.

Will be playing fantasy life I (switch 2)
I am obsessed with this game, 190 hours in and still loving it.

Like many, I’m sure, I’ll be playing Pokopia. I’ve also been getting back into Yakuza 0: Director’s Cut, specifically the Red Light Raid mode. I’m trying to beat each level and it’s actually a lot of fun to just beat people up lol

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 for me. En route to the Sword.

Still playing through Resident Evil Requiem, roughly about 10 hours into the game now. The game really does feel like a celebration of the franchise as a whole, great game.

my new jap ps1 sadly doesnt work so I cant play snowboard kids plus for the first time. could emulate it but Id rather play on a crtv. so prob nothing this weekend.

I just started playing Marvel Cosmic Invasion, it seems very interesting so far.

@Teksette Wow, thank you for that wonderful and considered response! That sounds like my kind of game, and your enthusiasm shines through in that summary, so I am off the fence and going to download this evening. Hopefully it will be a nice pallet cleanser for the tense Requiem sessions. Thanks again.

@TYRANACLES Downloading this evening, very much appreciate the reco!

This week I played:

• Resident Evil (8) Village (PS5): New Game+. Reached the Beneviento Residence. Also, solid latin dub.
• Resident Evil (9) Requiem (PS5): Game completed. Amazing game!!!
• Metroid Prime 4 Beyond (Switch): Ice Belt reached. Tokabi is a cool guy. 60 Missiles. 50 Shot Ammo.
• Fate/stay night Remastered (Switch): Day 4. Shirou and Rin made an alliance (makes sense, both of them are in a bad situation, Saber can fight with only 50% of her strength and Archer was injured, so teaming up make sense).
• Witch on the Holy Night (Switch): Chapter 6. Alice is cute. Aoko is a mix between nice and grumpy. Soujyuro is a fun guy.

Happy weekend & gaming everyone!!!

The Messenger (6 hours played) - Wanted to play this before playing Sea of Stars. I heard there might be some minor references to it in SoS, so it's a good excuse to go through it now! Really fun game, the challenge has started to pick up. Completed a fairly major boss this afternoon and now in "The Underworld".

Live A Live (about 8 hours) - 2 out of 8 chapters complete, Imperial China and the Prehistoric ones done. Just started the Present Day chapter. So far, a solid RPG, the small contained stories are pretty straightforward to work through, very pretty-looking game as well, I'm a fan of all the 2DHD style games!

Mario Tennis Fever (10 hours) - Going to try unlocking a few more things in doubles with my partner's help!

Kingdom Come: Deliverance (about 20 hours) - No progress this week.

Bought my physical copy of Tales of Berseria Remastered to add to the backlog as well!

@Picola-Wicola
Oh you’re welcome! I doubt you’d regret the purchase, other than potentially adding another must-play game to your pile. 😅

I think it’d be the perfect palette-cleanser after Requiem. I broke off of Requiem just because I had to play Minishoot right away, so I’ll need a different mental-health game afterwards. If I can make it through Requiem! The game terrified me, and I barely started the hospital.

Unlike other people, this weekend I'll play Sonic Lost World (3DS version), I got a CIB copy yesterday.

This is a game I've always wanted to play but never found, just like any other handheld Sonic game.
I know it is a little divisive in that some people prefer the Wii U version and others the 3DS one. But the idea of it being the first 3D Sonic game on a handheld has to count for something.

We'll see where I stand.

@Tasuki Awesome. Thank you. I know they are short games, but if I get it, I would like to savour them a little and stretch it out.

In the midst of my here and there play through of Resident Evil Requiem, the Pokémon 30th anniversary awoke my inner nerd & so I sped through and finished Pokemon Blue in 5 days on my daily commute. It made my commute that much more tolerable I instantly booted up Pokemon Gold &
I’m already past Mahogony Town. Nostalgia hitting hard !!!!!

Mostly Legends ZA on S2 and High on Life 2 on Xbox

I'm playing Pokemon Leaf Green (Switch) and Fantasian NEO Dimension (Switch).

My kids are playing Pokemon Fire Red and Mario Party Superstars (Switch). I've also been playing multiplayer Goldeneye 007 (N64) with them, and we've been playing Mario Party Superstars as a family as well.

age of imprisonment and cyber punk 2077 which im almost done with since i wrapped up all dogtown quests and gigs scoring some sweet cars and conic weapons especially the silencer guns. Plus the whole quest with so mi hit me so hard and very depressing/sad but at least ive helped her end her suffering so she wont be used by the corrupt nusa president myers anymore even though so mi lied and cause everyone around her pain and felt betrayed especially how she nearly endanger everyone with how much she tapped into blackwall for so long that could of end badly for everyone.

It’s a big gaming weekend for me! I ended up caving and buying Pokopia. It has been very charming so far. I also bought Slay the Spire 2, which is an absolute blast and such a great follow up to the original. Lastly, I ended up playing some Arc Raiders, which I haven’t played in a few months but is as fun as ever. I also still have my Legends ZA playthrough to continue, so I will try to get back to that at least a little for the sake of keeping up momentum. Happy gaming all!

I’m playing The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom for the first time. I had a feeling that Nintendo would offer a significant upgrade for the Switch 2, and when I initially played it on my OLED 55” TV, it looked quite poor, and didn’t run well. My goal was to start during the winter season, but where I live we have not seen the usual colder weather. I have put it off too long and today is the day! I’m horribly excited, I know what waits for me, and Breath of the Wild is my favorite game of all time.🕹️

The great Metroid Dread. Got stuck for a while but finally found the small corner of the map that is available to me right now that I hadn’t fully explored, so will carry on Metroid-ing.

@Riku3456 @Nep-Nep-Freak @DennyCrane

Thanks guys. Now i have both: Mario maker 2 and Donkey Kong Country Returns. Downloading here (yess)

I started Atomic Heart but I am not sure I will stick with it. The tone is a little ehhhh, embarrassing?

Good morning.
This Sunday I played GO VACATION on Switch to enjoy the scenery and complete the fishing challenge.

Animal Crossing and Pokemon FRLG

Earlier this week finished Neversong and would recommend for those looking for a quick platformer with a dark story.

So, what am I playing? Started Observer which I'd gotten a while ago, but decided to finally try. And it's actually really engrossing. Also went back to Piczle Lines 2. I originally got this after finishing the first couple games, and bounced off it, didn't know why. Then I realized I just found the beginning too easy, and now I'm back into it.

Also continuing the read of Root Film.

Played the Denshattack demo and don't know how I feel. Closest game I can think of is OlliOlli. I think I could get really into it.

@Rainz I've been saying all season the Knights are only where they're at due to luck. You're absolutely right the goaltending has been so unreliable among other things. I mean c'mon they have 14(!) OT losses this season. They depend on pulling rabbits out their asses too much and luck keeps being generous. I see them being ousted in Round 1 if they don't crash & burn before it starts.

As for your Flames, the wife and I attended the Ducks game last Sunday (3/1) and watched them have a great start in the game to only allow the Ducks to come back and win in a shootout. That must have been tough for you to watch. The Ducks just got fire under their asses and played strong till the end.

Next Saturday (3/14) the wife and I will be in Vegas to watch the Blackhawks vs Knights. She's all Anaheim & Chicago sports teams (her family is from Chicago) so we try to get out there to see the Ducks/Blackhawks when the play the Knights. It's a blast!

Played a little Smash Ultimate. If I have time, I'm going to try and get back into XCX and finish the game.

Most of the hybrid anniversary week has been split between refilling the memory card on OLED and wrapping up the already reinstalled Wreckfest (the latter alongside Miracle Cure over on 3DS). Following a parallel eShop spree of anniversary-befitting proportions, some of its newly vacant space is already anticipating a few of the resulting backlog infusions from SteamWorld Build, TMNT Splintered Fate and Sagres to Doomsday Hunters, Dawnfolk and Bilkins' Folly; bulkier stuff like Barn Finders, Planet of Lana and Vanguard Dear Days may have to wait. I even almost grabbed Balatro on sale but dodged the bullet at the last moment - the discounted NS version, seemingly unlike the recently encountered case of Core Keeper, appears to be a separate edition and would have ended up stuck on the nextgen.🤔😅 The new additions have also confirmed that neither the most recent system update nor OLED's increased internal memory have addressed the icon display anomaly, which means little point in recreating the older unit's group structure until better times as well - guess I'll really have to fall back on the VGC menu and external collection trackers for browsing the full library now.

With luck, what gaming sessions may yet occur this weekend will revolve around the aforelisted new items alongside already "recovered" mainstays like Xenoblade X, RE0, MHR, Yumia and/or Borderlands 2 alongside NSO-provided Zero Mission, Zelda II or Yoshi's Island - but even if mopping up the remaining transfers clashes with these plans (not all titles allow background downloads), there's always stuff to turn to on other hardware, from the equally hybrid Cyberpunk and No Man's Sky to the Deck with its own couple of new recruits in Greedfall and Deep Rock Galactic. Handheld console representatives from Valentia and the first Fantasy Life to Eternia and VLR may feature in some capacity, too.

@Rykdrew have fun!!!

After beating FINAL FANTASY TACTICS ADVANCE (GBA) 2 weeks ago and NEED FOR SPEED: PORSCHE UNLEASHED (GBA) last week, this week was the time of MOCO MOCO FRIENDS (3DS).
So, in the spirit of wrapping up old game saves from handheld consoles, this weekend I decided to continue my almost 10year old save from MARIO GOLF (GBC).
I also continued my 100hour save of THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD (Switch).

I also started playing 2 more new games:
LUIGI'S MANSION 2 HD (Switch) and FAR CRY INSTINCTS (Xbox)...Yeah, on the original Xbox.

To be honest I'm a bit bored :/ Probably my problem, but I really miss some substantial single player adventure from Nintendo. Can't remember such a long stretch with no Mario and no Zelda on the horizon.

TMNT Splintered Fate has taken up all my gaming time 😀 Such fun!

@Zuljaras got to love playing on the original hardware!

@Ganner
I did watch Anaheim comeback to win that game, honestly I was more annoyed with us getting the OT pt than losing the game. We are rebuilding so we need to bottom out for that high draft pick 😝! I’d love for the Knights to win the Cup…only because we’d get your 1st round pick next year due to us trading Rasmus Andersson to you. I do hope you get the W tonight over the Oilers! Enjoy the game next week, hopefully Connor Bedard doesn’t give your wife the bragging rights!

I picked up Minishoot' Adventures (not sure why there is an apostrophe but it's there in the logo!) based on hearing others rave about it. If you don't know, it's basically a Geometry Wars-like dual stick shooter in an otherwise very traditional Zelda world, complete with dungeons, simple puzzles, Metroidvania-like items, and so on. I had never even heard of this game. Playing it on Switch 1 because I couldn't find my Switch 2. Anyway, it's pretty good! I played it in dual-stick mode for the first hour or so but found it was too difficult so put it on the auto-fire mode, which honestly is much more fun and relaxing for me, and doesn't change the game much at all since most of the time you're just shooting at one thing at a time. Anyway, it is pretty fun! Check it out.