Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (9th August)

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown: I'm doing the Divine Memorials and have just reached the Stallion's boss. Man, those challenges are tough!

Tetris Effect Connected: I'm participating in the weekend ritual + Full Moon.

Drag x Drive: I've downloaded the demo and I'll jump in for a couple of rounds this afternoon to participate in the Global Jam. I enjoyed similar events back in the days with Splatoon on Wii U and Switch.

Mario Kart World: Been slowly collecting panels and medallions, not the most fun thing to do, luckily there's always the P-Switches to keep it interesting.

Happy gaming! ✌🏻🧡🎮

I’m currently playing through Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice on the Switch 2 alongside the new Fortnite season which is incredibly fun.

Beyond that I bought some indie games during the eShop Summer Sale.

Hey everyone.
This week I've been swapping between a few consoles.

Evercade
Cathedral. Love the old school style.

Switch
Finished Endless Memories, an average Metroidvania.
Started The Legend of Tianding. Really enjoying it, nice art.

Switch 2
Cyberpunk 2077. Getting further, absolutely loving it and it looks fantastic on my 4K gaming TV.

DK Bananza. Lots of fun so far.

PS4
On the last boss of Callisto Protocol, what a great game. Some amazing atmosphere.

PS1
Medal of Honor, love this game.

N64
Tonic Trouble.
Really like this game. Very enjoyable, looks great too.

Having a great gaming week

Have a great weekend everyone.

No Man’s Sky. It’s starting to feel a bit grindy so I figure I’ll put some effort into trying to do the main story missions and then put it down, maybe pick up again in the future. But then I can’t help getting distracted by everything else!

Ideally I’d like to wrap it up before I go away on hols in a few days but let’s see

Fantasy Life i: grinding for materials for the last 2 hero crafting lives, doing mainly treasure groves in multiplayer.
Patapon 1: grinding for level 4 materials before starting the last few missions.
Return to Monkey Island: want to finish finally this afternoon.
Let’s see if I can start my next game, Octopath Traveler 2.

This week I will be mostly playing

DK Bananza
Pikmin Bloom

Got Fabledom and Beyond Galaxyland while they were on a great sale. Fabledom's been wonderful, but I've yet to touch Beyond Galaxyland, though I'm looking forward to it.

WAVERACE64 nuff said

Ah yes, I now have a Switch 2. I’ll definitely be playing Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bonanza. I’ve been enjoying both games. Also picked up the UFO 50 game, which have some very unique games on there. Will try to get in a workout with Fitness Boxing 3, and try to throw in Lunar Remastered Collection.

UFO 50
Bought it the moment it dropped. Loving it so far. I've spent 5 hours on Bug Hunter alone. It's so addicting.

Donkey Kong Bananza
Slowly making my way through layer 600. I don't fully know how I feel about the game yet. I like playing it when I do but I don't feel the need to actually boot it up.

Simply moving in the game is the best part so far. The dialogue you get when you sleep at getaways is a nice touch. Whoever voiced Pauline did a great job.

Pokémon Ultra Sun
Ultra Sun was released too soon after Sun & Moon so I got bored pretty quickly, repeating the same stuff I'd already done a year earlier. I decided it was time to give it another chance. I restarted the game and I'm currently just about to enter Kiawe's trial. Having fun so far, despite the linearity and tutorial overload.

Drag x Drive
I guess I'll give the demo a try. I haven't seen much gameplay after the Direct. I don't think this will be for me but who knows, maybe it will surprise me.

@WheresWaveRace
Wave Race 64 is so perfect. Enjoy.

I have a week of staycation, so I'll be finally starting 'Clair Obscur' on the PS5 and hiding from the heat which is about to crank up again. On my Switch 2, I'm not really sure, I'll probably keep going with 'Cyberpunk' with some 'Mario Kart' thrown in here and there - both 8 Deluxe and World.

I want to go to the beach this weekend. The rest of my time will be used for basketball and Final Fantasy IX .

Happy gaming everyone!

DKB, so far at sub level 600 but need to go back to 500, but at 100% I think.

Good afternoon.
This weekend I played Fantasy Life I PS5 ALL DAY LONG. 🤓

I have reached Chapter 7 which I had mission to gather Eternian materials to craft Interfere Cogs to stop the Cog Gears rotation.
Such a tough mission as every 5 stuffs involved 5 different jobs with at least above level 40 to beat the lv 50 Bosses.

Btw, I have found the easy money farming by crafting White Wooly Stickers then sell them with price 400 Dosh each.

Hi All,

I am playing The Mysterious Murasame Castle on NES NSO. Tried it for the first time yesterday and really like it! It is like a cross between Pocky and Rocky, Goemon on the GB, and Ninja Gaiden. I think there are lots of games that get a bit overlooked on NES if you weren't of that generation. Some don't like the clunk and it might be too much of a step back to play, but I think I am bit more forgiving because the Nes was my first console. This said, this one is really fluid and fun for the era. Crazy that it was made 40 years ago nearly!

Have a good weekend!

Own up. Who is playing Balan? Does it deserve the drubbing it got? 😆

mkw. got 27 p switches left to 100%. had fun on my own in free roam but I just want to be done w it. actually had to watch 2 guides painfully after ending up w 198 peach coins after the first guide. I think nintendo wanted to draw this game out to justify the price instead of giving us the option to track stuff. shame. only other mk to 100% is super circuit to 3 star the retro tracks from hell.

Greetings fellow video game enthusiasts. I’m knee deep in the Fringe trenches so won’t have any time to vidja game this weekend. While it’s a lot of fun I’m looking forward to just sitting down with Ys X and not having to think about making people laugh. Just call me Ted. ExhausTed.

I'll be playing Gran Turismo 6 on PS3. I really hope the Switch 2 will get some sim racing games.

Nice to see Switch 1 back in the spotlight a bit with the recent Directs. The Indie one was great - already playing Is This Seat Taken? (which is excellent) and may go for UFO 50 and a few others. Will also be downloading the Heretic+Hexen remaster this weekend when I get a chance. Happy gaming all!

Go check out ION Shift. The videos dont do it justice.

I ended up beating Bakeru last weekend (a good game, but i felt the last third of the game felt like padding. +60 stages was too long for me). After that, i started Schim and Cato: Buttered Cat. I'm almost through Schim and I've been having a great, relaxing time hopping from shadow to shadow. Some reviews said its concept gets a bit repetitive, but i just started ny new job and I've been playing it every night after work. After an exhausting day, its a very pleasant game to pick at. I've been saving Cato for the weekend for when I want to be more challenged. It's a tricky game, and its super good.

I also really want that Hexen + Heretic pack thay just released, but ive bought a ton of eshop games on sale lately, so i think it will have to wait. UFO 50 also sounds good, but that price tag is having me hold off for a sale. I may also want to pick up Shinobi and the new Shantae later this month, so I've got to me smart with my money.

Still not playing anything though I said I’d take a look at UFO 50.

Right now I’m still working on my game. Since last week I reworked the update logic to use a single immutable state and removed all the bonkers event driven code. That was becoming a massive headache.

Anyways feature wise my pause menu UI is much better and so is player unit spawning. The gameplay doesn’t spawn enemies yet or track win/lose conditions but I have a really solid foundation so I already have a way forward there.

I’m looking forward to where I go next with this.

I just completed Rayman Origins on the Wii, which I really enjoyed after the initial simple levels gave way to a decent challenge. I think I'd have liked it more if I'd played it before Rayman Legends, which did many things better. Some aspects of the game that were probably very creative at the time have been copied elsewhere and lack some of the wonder they presumably once held. I still dislike water levels in pretty much every platformer. The last few levels (Tricky Temple Too, LotLD and, especially, Risky Ruin) were a serious challenge and I had to spread them over several days to avoid getting too frustrated. I'm not going to do the time trials as getting through many of the levels without dying sounds nightmarish. Definitely recommended.

I'm not sure what to play next. Demon’s Souls and Hades are on top of my PS5 and Switch piles respectively, but I may try the demo of The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales first.

Played through the demos of Adventures of Elliot and Mina the Hollower already, so its back to TotK and Bananza for me! UFO 50 is looking awfully tempting too.

Continuing with Wario Land 4 and once I beat it I'll move on to Is This Seat Taken?, generally aiming for shorter games so I can adapt once the Prime 4 situation is clearer (release date, whether Prime 2 and 3 are coming to Switch).

The announcement of Well Dweller from the Crypt Custodian developer (which is a game I really liked) made me want to play through the other games from that developer that I haven't yet. Going through Sheepo right and it's pretty neat so far, I heard that it's short so I might be able to finish it today and start Islets. I've also been playing a bunch of UFO 50, I had it on Steam and played it a decent bit but it always felt like it would work better as a handheld game so now that I have it on my Switch 2 I'm definitely going to be playing it a lot more

I finished my Shin Megami Tensei 4 run earlier this week and I was kind of left without really knowing what I wanted to play next, I tried out Fear & Hunger first just to sate my sick curiosity on what the heck this game even is, now I understand better, the warning at the start of the game isn't there just for show and the game definitely ended up being a bit too "hardcore" for me in more than just one way.

Then I decided to dig out Chrono Trigger for some nostalgia and made it all the way through the early game to the End of Time but that just wasn't meant to be I guess as for reasons that are unknown to me my save at the end of time had not gone through (I even have video proof that I did in fact save) and was sent way back to the very beginning of the 2300AD portion, that kinda killed it for me sadly, some other time.

So instead I actually put the Switch 2 to some use and started a replay of Pokemon Violet, it's an actual miracle to see this game run at a stable, decent frame rate, it still looks rancid sure, but it runs and in spite of the game's shortcomings I think on a very casual braindead sort of way the game is actually pretty fun to play through, I wish the battle messages and whatnot were better optimized still as the battles just run so slow in this game for some reason. But I'm having fun nonetheless just 'sploring the world and collecting weird Pokemon, building a team and trying to come up with a dumb nickname for each one, I already beat a single challenge from each of the game's three main story missions.

Alright, who said Balan? Blink twice if you’re ok

asphalt legends
destiny 2
demos(switch)- I'm on a quest to play demos of all the games that interest me.

I'm playing Lufia and the Fortress of Doom on emulator.

I wasn't expecting it to be quite as identical to Dragon Quest as it is. Wow. Now I feel bad that I haven't yet played all the real Dragon Quest games before playing a "knock-off" haha.

The reason I'm playing this game is because everyone seems to love Lufia II. So I wanted to start playing this series from the start in order to see for myself.

Overall I'm having a good time though.

I'm at the Black Fiend on Lunar 2 (Switch) the kids are still playing lots of Mega Man. My 12yr-old beat Mega Man 3 on my NES and my 8yr-old beat Mega Man 7 (Switch) without checkpoint save scumming.

I started playing 3-player Secret of Mana with the kids, which has been awesome! I never had the SNES multiplayer adapter, but Collection of Mana (Switch) allows it. I've wanted to try 3-players for 30 years

This weekend starts another generous streak of days with extra allocatable gaming time (followed by an almost equal period of barely having any until borderline September, but that's a relative staple and the two periods weren't even anywhere as "balanced" in the previous years), which certainly does little to keep my backlog gluttony in check. Franchise-wide itches on one or across multiple platforms (Xenoblades, Rune Factories, Personas, Ateliers, Tales, Final Fantasies, Castlevanias - you know the bunch) go without saying, and there's plenty that might or might not hit the spotlight on top, possibly including a few more eShop discounts I've decided to pull the remaining funds' trigger on after all (particularly House of the Dead and Astria Ascending, and perhaps Röki as well). Beckoning en masse are more Switch items already installed across the two hybrids (from Great Ace Attorney, RE0, First Departure, Immortals, Monster Hunter Rise and PowerWash to Outer Worlds, Crisis Core, Doom3, Echoes of Wisdom, Skyrim and Golf Story), and the mixed feelings about the Skyforge EoS announcement seen this morning (of course the game is on its way out now that I've finally got room to reinstall it😏) include the relative appreciated flipside of having 30 Gb cleared on NS2 again. Time will tell what they get promptly filled back with (maybe revisits of ongoing playthroughs like Palia, Devil May Cry or Sakuna, maybe taps into still not properly sampled stuff like AI: The Somnium Files, Gamedec or Port Royale 4), but I certainly don't expect the console's more native Cyberpunk to gather dust beyond all that either.

There are ambitions regarding the other platforms (in addition to their part in the aforelisted franchise binges), too. PS4 may see some action (of having my derrière served to me) in Lies of P and Bloodborne besides other stuff like inFamous, Hundred Knight, NFS2015, Saints Row '22 and Wolfenstein New Order; Deck, more Watch Dogs, Nioh, Morrowind, Dishonored, Horizon and Nights of Azure plus emulated sessions like Ar Tonelico, Xenogears and Gran Turismo; the handheld consoles, a familiar range of playthroughs like Endless Frontier, Valentia, God Eater, Fantasy Life, Chase Begins, Neptunia and Gravity Rush. Perhaps even some GTA 5, Witcher and/or Grid 2 on the laptop. And for all I know, even Yoshi's Island might see end credits over the course of the next ten days, paving the way back onboard for 3D All-Stars afterwards. And also finishing Super Mario Kart while I'm at it? It's the franchise anniversary, after all!😄

After all these years, I'm finally getting around to 100% complete Breath of the Wild. Even while following a guide, the koroks still took a few days, and now the only thing I have left to do (hopefully) is defeat remaining hinoxes and taluses for Kilton's medals. It's been fun though, and you know a game is peak when doing very mundane tasks still gives some entertainment!
Also started Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Sky. So far it's been a pretty average experience, but I started the first guild expedition and I get the feeling things are about to get interesting. Happy gaming everyone!

i think this weekend ill fit in some dk bananza playtime. ive collected all bananas and fossils in previous layers, trying to get %100, but man those discs can be tricky ! i think im near the end of the game though. then ill have to tear through the post game content 😭
also mario kart world with the fam as usual!
glad to see everyone busy with so many amazing games, happy gaming people! 🫶

This week I managed to obtain the platinum trophy for Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound. It was a sublime experience, and only gets better once you unlock hard mode. It’s here where the game truly begins as you endure the classic difficulty of the original NES trilogy.

The last trophy was the hardest, and I’m not sure how I managed to accomplish it. In order to get the platinum you need to complete the game in hard mode. This difficulty setting introduces more difficult enemies in the earlier stages as well as more traps sprinkled throughout the levels. It’s a brilliant way to make the second playthrough feel fresh. Subsequently, you are required to do a boss rush without dying. What makes this even more challenging is that there are no health items or power upgrades. I have no idea how I did this, but it’s one of my proudest platinum trophies.

I’ve said it last week - The Game Kitchen deserves to make a 2D Castlevania game. The Blasphemous games were fantastic, and now NG has surpassed all expectations. This developer simply understands how to make 2D action platformers along with Metroidvania games, from precise platforming, challenging combat and levels that steadily progress in difficulty, rewarding abilities that are paced out expertly, and atmosphere that sucks you into their world.

I have also started Mafia: The Old Country. I am a couple of hours in but I consider it pretty good. in fact, it’s exactly what I expected from a Mafia game; a gripping narrative with solid gunplay.

I understand some people’s hesitation on the game due to its archaic design (PS2 energy) with its gunplay and stealth mechanics. From time to time it’s a cover based shooter, an on-rails set piece, and stealth sections that are mandatory but simplistic in nature. However, my question to some is: Why is this a bad thing? I’m not sure why there were expectations that The Old Country was going to reinvent the wheel in its gameplay. The Mafia games have always emphasized narrative over gameplay. That isn’t to say it couldn’t be better — it absolutely could — but I knew what I signed up for and it’s exactly what I wanted.

With all of that said, I do have one minor complaint and that is its limited open world that generally keeps you on the straight and narrow. While I absolutely adore a linear experience, The Old Country does an exceptional job of recreating 1900s Sicily that it’s a shame you can’t fully explore it because it’s a beautiful landscape that is rich with history and deserves your undivided attention. Nonetheless, it still immerses you deeply and I’m excited to see how things ultimately unfold.

Mario Odissey, Top Racer 2 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe!

My wonderful plans for this weekend fell in the water, dried up and then burnt to a crisp in the blazing hot sun. Out of frustration I bought DK: Bananza It should be ready downloading now.

I'm hoping to get some longer playing sessions of Donkey Kong Bananza. It's been a slow progress because I keep getting easily distracted with going off the beaten path. There's just so much going on with this game! I'm starting to lean on the idea of getting through it to the end and then going back to hunt for the goodies I missed. Seems like many are adopting that strategy after spending too much time on the first few layers.

I'll also continue playing Metroid Zero Mission on the NSO. This game took me by huge surprise on how fun it is! I missed it back in the day and always wanted to play it at some point. It's exactly what I need to calm the brain down from too much Bananza.

I finished a victorious Civ VI run as Frederick Barbarossa last night and am thinking about which civ to guide next. In the meantime, I've been playing a good deal of Dr. Mario on the GameBoy as well as the WiiWare version and Dr. Luigi on the WiiU.

My poor Switch 2 continues to watch longingly from the sideline. "Can I play yet, coach?" "Sorry, son, but these other boys have been here much longer and have earned their playing time."

Happy gaming, everyone!

Just paranormasight for me this weekend. Happy gaming folks 😎

Amidst the outdoor activities and usual weekend chores, I’ll try a few more runs in the Splatoon 3 roguelite DLC, trying to find that magic mix of permanent upgrades and synergized ability boost drops that’ll help me climb the tower one last time and earn the final unlockable weapon. After all the cake walks with full stat boosts to earn the other weapons, you’re nerfed with this final weapon loadout. I’ll need luck and persistence and really have to sharpen my faded Splatoon skill to beat this challenge.

Meanwhile UFO 50 beckons me to “play forever,” and I probably could, based on the little taste of the game I’ve had thus far. What an imaginative way to recreate that 80s kid experience of sitting cross-legged on the floor with a TV, an NES or Master System, and a magical little pile of games to play! We’d have fun with the older, simpler faves, the novelty of something borrowed or rented, and were wowed by the more sophisticated newer releases, all the while daydreaming of what games we would design if we could. What a treat it’ll be, uncovering the history of this 8-bit console that never existed!

Wishing everyone a fun weekend! 🕹️👾

Been a while since I have been on here. I have been busy. But my games haven’t changed much that I am working on. I did however manage to do the adventures of Elliot demo and I like it but I have some small issues with it. I don’t know if I will get it or not but we will see when it comes out.

Xenoblade chronicles X - on chapter 8 but still doing a bunch of side stuff first.

Donkey Kong bananza - I am in sublayer 201 I think lol. Got to that nostalgia part and I loved it so much. I want a dk country remake now lol

Fire emblem the sacred stones NSO - on chapter 10 now playing in the Eirika route.

Zero time dilemma on 3DS - still working on it.

Happy gaming everyone

My weekends are varying degrees of busy up through the last weekend of this fine August, so not as much gaming time as I'd like. This one isn't too bad overall, but I'm not even sure I'll have time to post next week.

• Ys IX: Monstrum Nox (Switch) - I'm at the start of Chapter 8. Some VERY crazy happenings closed out Chapter 7 last night, so I'm eager to see what happens next...after I get some side quests out of the way first. More strife may be coming to the city of Balduq, but not if the Monstrums have anything to say about it! I am starting to see the Switch's limitations for this one. Some major frame drops in one section, and I encountered a couple crashes in another.
• Mario & Luigi: Dream Team - I think I'm mostly through Somnom Woods. I just found the last puzzle piece I need to get to the temple in order to use the Ultibed to revive the Zeekeeper. I've heard this fight is infamous for being difficult thanks to wonky controls, so we'll see if it's my limit....
• Mina The Hollower demo (Switch) - Not sure if I'll get to it this weekend or over the next week, but I'm eager to try the only game that really caught my eye during the Indie Direct.

Happy gaming!

I played some Mario Kart World this morning and did a few P block missions. The soundtrack on that game is brilliant. Played some more post-game of DK Bananza and got some more moons in Mario Odyssey. I also played some Drag X Drive. That is not one I think I'll pick up, which isn't a fault of the game but I wasn't good at it. Won a match in the new mode of Apex Legends on NS2. The NS1 version was serviceable, but it is much smoother on NS2.

Then I played some XCX DE even though I'm playing that slower in case we get a Switch 2 update. You never know, but I'd just rather play that with nicer visuals and frames if it becomes available. Almost forgot that I also played Mina the Hollower on Thursday. That demo was incredible. 120 FPS doesn't look terribly different from 60, but it's fun to say I played something at 120 FPS on Switch 2. Anyway, have a great weekend!

Drag and race global demo

A busy weekend hasn't left a lot of time for gaming, unfortunately. Progressed a little with two first time playthroughs - Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, and Donkey Kong Country. Will carry those on today.

That's about it! Wanting to get started with the expansion/DLC for Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed, but will likely save that for next weekend. Downloaded the demo for The Adventures of Elliot, dabbled around a little with it, unlike some I will never get bored of that visual style!

EDIT: Donkey Kong Country complete! Very enjoyable. Though I may have legit set a new world record for number of save states used in a playthrough.

I've got a busy weekend ahead, so I'm glad I already managed to polish off Urban Myth Dissolution Center during the week. I like all of its ending twists individually, but maybe not together...
We're continuing through Baldur's Gate 3 and someone just committed to one side of a war I'm not sure I want to be involved in, but that's the fun of multiplayer!
I'm hoping to start Midnight Walk, and I'm likely to hop in for a little more Donkey Kong Bananza. And I know I said I'm going to be short of gaming time, but the console launch of UFO 50 does make me want to get back to that, too...
We'll see!

I'll probably try to finish Alan Wake 2 this weekend if I get time.

@Freek You may be the first person I've found in 25 years who also liked Tonic Trouble 😄 That game gets criticized a lot, but I really enjoyed it back in the N64 days. Never could get into Rayman 2 (which is supposedly the far superior game) but I was fully hooked on Tonic Trouble.

Ready to tie a bow on Xenoblade Chronicles X. I've spent more time in Mira than I'd care to admit, and after murdering every life form on it save for Void and Telethia the Endbringer, there's not a lot left to do aside from then wrapping around and one-shotting them. I haven't 100% finished a game like this in a long time. It's been fun.

I'll probably need a lighter game to follow it up instead of XC3 😅. I'm thinking now's a good time to play Throes of the Watchmaker. I had a grand time with Sea of Stars and a quick return to that universe (or an adjacent plot related on) might be fun.

Happy gaming everyone!

I'll be playing...

Kirby and the Forgotten Land - I have finished the game a while back, but I wanna try to 100% it this time. Since the Switch 2 edition is coming out later this month. Too bad I have to deal with those "no damage" challenges in the boss fights though.

Tetris Effect: Connected - Another ritual event this Saturday.

Mario Kart World - It's actually been a fair while since I last played it, so I'd like to come back to it. Maybe even play with a friend online.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons - I'll try to catch new bugs for my museum... provided that I get lucky of course. I might play a bit of the DLC as well.

Hope you're all doing well. Have a wonderful weekend, and happy gaming, everybody.

Rocket League: I'm very close to getting Reaper Ultra goal explosion at level 70😆😁.

Splatoon 3 Salmon Run, and started a new playthrough of Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion.

Mario Kart World continues collecting dust since there's no small battle mode map for couch multiplayer (like battle course 1), and the update mostly killed the 3 lap online racing.💩

@Tyranexx I played that Mina the Hollower demo as well! Though I played the Switch 2 version. It's pretty dang good, just be prepared for a challenge... though that shouldn't come as a surprise since it's from the same studio that brought us Shovel Knight.

Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (PSP) - I'm about 2/3 through the game but this multileveled sewer fight with this serpent is really throwing me for a loop right now.

Gears POP! (Android) - YT longplay.

Battleship (Windows Phone) - Now starting this. One of my all time favourite board games to play.

@MarioVillager92 I am definitely expecting Mina The Hollower to be challenging lol. I nearly dropped Shovel Knight for a reason, but I persevered after a break. Glad you really enjoyed your time with the demo! Sounds like it's short and sweet.

Castlevania Advance Collection, specifically Aria of Sorrow. I played through it on switch, now on PS5 and hoping to get the platinum trophy by Halloween (I don't game as much as I used to).

I did a couple sessions of Mario Kart World, but I recently went back to playing Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 Scarlet.

I wonder why this game has a safety notice to wear a Joy-Con strap? It's not like this game makes you swing your controller around or something.

*Unlocks the Golden Fan
Oh, okay. So I can swing the controller around to create some breeze effects. I wonder what that does?

*swish (*boing)
...what?

*swish *swish (*boing *boing)
Wait, what?! Hold on! What if I add the softness sensor? *holds down ZR and ZL

*swish *swish *swish (*boing *boing *boing, *rumble *rumble *rumble)
Ooooooh. Now for the finishing touches.

*Applies skincare items for extra effect
(*Clears throat) *Raises Joy-Cons

Me:

Next time on Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 Scarlet...
Me: THE WORLD!

Well, earlier this week I finished Final Fantasy V. It was such a wonderful experience, and honestly, I think it might be one of the more replayable pixel remasters thanks to its job system. Now that I've finished that title, I can say I've played through every single mainline Final Fantasy title!

This weekend I'm going to be revisiting The Witcher 3 and I'm finally getting around to its Blood and Wine expansion. I've heard so many good things about this expansion, so I'm really excited to play more of it!

On Xbox: Ninja Gaiden Ragebound

On Switch 2: Elfazars Hat via UFO50, MKW, and Yoshis Island

Other than my dailies in Genshin, I hope to play Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution on my GameCube with the Game Boy Player attachment, since my Game Boy Advance, my Game Boy Advance SP, and DS Lite are all shot (the D-Pad on the original GBA no longer works, and the L-R Buttons on both the GBA SP and DS Lite don’t work). This is a game over 20 years in the making (on the original hardware, no less), so I am excited to finally play the lost chapter of the Shantae series, which is one of my favorite non-Nintendo franchises.

@gaga64 great to see a fellow Pikmin Bloom player 😆

Time for me to travel to Akkala at long last in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The time is getting closer to face Ganondorf.

I love whomever is playing Illusion of Gaia.

Pokémon Go Origin Raid Day to take place today. Hope it doesn't rain again like it did yesterday.

@shonenjump86 I also just got the Switch 2 a week ago. It is great.

Bananza is great! Smashing stuff feels so good. Plus, there’s quite a bit of content on each level. MKW is pure Nintendo fun. Fast Fusion pumps the adrenaline.

And I can’t believe I am playing Windwaker, having never played it.

I understand some of the criticisms about switch 2, and available games, but over all I am over the moon with this new console.

Happy gaming everyone!

I dunno, haven't turned the Switch on yet. I 100% completed Donkey Kong last week and am just waiting for the Kirby DLC at the end of the month. The backlog is immense but I don't feel like playing any of it lol

Live A Live. Not much time for a lot of gaming at the mo, so this short story anthology RPG will suffice, currently finished Wild West. Also some Donkey Kong Country Returns HD. Switch 2 will be purchased around Christmas time.

I just bought Cyberpunk 2077 and so far I'm liking it : it runs great but more than that, it seems like an incredible RPG, especially its setting and the way the game fully immerse you in it

I also bought "Is this seat taken", it's really cute, I recommand it

I tried Mina and... yeah, I'm really not digging the way it controls and this digging ability. I know it's part of the challenge, but having a small delay between your jump and the moment you dig is kind of frustrating. Hard pass for this game when it comes out

Bananza, of course. I'm 300 or so bananas in and enjoying it a lot! It's not quite at the level of Mario Galaxy or Odyssey to me yet, but it's very fun.

And I'm still getting through Majora's Mask. I am 90% of the way through the Stone Tower Temple and I'm on the night of the third day. I've given up hope of getting all the fairies on this one and just want to finish. I enjoy this game a lot but on this play-through I've found some of the temples a little tedious. Especially in Stone Tower Temple there is a lot of inventory switching between using all three masks, hookshot, ocarina, and light arrows. Still, I'm driven to finish it and I will.

Also, I'm finally done with Monster Train 2, I think. It sucked me in for nearly 200 hours, after roughly the same amount going into the first game just a short while ago when I discovered it. Incredibly, incredibly addictive, and the perfect game to play while listening to podcasts or YouTube. I was able to defeat the Titans and get to level 10 of Endless using a really crazy Rage build maxing out Rage at 9999 and now I'm ready to say goodbye.

Finally nabbed myself a switch 2 at gamestop yesterday by pure luck since they apparently received more stock in.

I made it my goal to beat Dragon Quest 3 HD2D this weekend. Now that I have done that I plan to start up System Shock 2 on Switch 2. I enjoyed the first game and am looking forward to seeing all the improvements that the sequel has to offer.

@sketchturner
I agree
I'm finding it very enjoyable.
It is an under rated game that's for sure.

Hello again, everyone! This weekend on the ShieldHero Plays Show:
The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom: recently finished all of the Sage quests, I'm on my way to unlocking the Travel Medallion
Plus the usuals:
Pokémon Sleep
Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket

Bought myself a Miyoo Mini v4 for lunch breaks at work & have been flying through some Sega Genesis games! Finished Probotector, TNMT the Hyperstone Heist, Captain America & the Avengers, Earthion (10/10 AMAZING & will replay on Switch) & currently working on my first play through of Golden Axe! I also happened to finish a year long replay of Pokemon: LeafGreen & started y’all GOTY Donkey Kong Bananza. I’m also working on Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade as my next year long game

Is that enough gaming for one week ? lol

Playing Mega Man Battle Network 1 from Battle Network Legacy Volume 1 for my Switch Lite

Hexen, Heretic, and Metal Arms (GCN).

My 100% playthrough of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Switch 2 Edition continues. I decided to only prioritize regions with a Divine Beast so I could enjoy the rest of my time exploring the other regions while riding on my Ducati. That said, I finished Zora's Domain, and I made a critical error: I forgot to snap a photo of the only Red-Maned Lynel spawn in Master Mode, meaning at some point, I need to allow a Blood Moon to happen so I can get the Zora Greaves. I was ready to leave the Lanayru region, when I stumbled upon a side quest, "Special Delivery." ...Where's Chris Hansen when you need him?

Still working my way through Donkey Kong Bananza.

@dugan I hear ya, it’s so satisfying just smashing stuff in DK Bonanza. Happy gaming.

In Switch, some Ninja Gaiden Ragebound (great game!) and the always-good Fantasy Life.

However, I recently played Star Wars Jedi Survivor and Expedition 33 on other consoles, and wow, amazing games!! I really hope they end up coming to Switch 2, so that everyone can enjoy them. Especially Expedition 33 is such a memorable experience.

I recently have been playing Fire Emblem: Three Houses for the first time and I'm having a blast. I purchased the game on Black Friday at Walmart years ago and I still had the game in its plastic wrap. It took me long enough to get around to playing the game but I'm glad I am! Happy gaming everyone for however much of your weekend is left!

SUPER MARIO 3D ALL-STARS (SUNSHINE)
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: LINK'S AWAKENING DX
METROID DREAD
SONIC SUPERSTARS
TETRIS EFFECT: CONNECTED (Weekend event)
SUPER MARIO WORLD 2: YOSHI'S ISLAND

Stay cool, enjoy the rest of the summer, God bless, stay safe, and happy gaming, everyone!

I love how much Goncalo adds to these with his very different gaming tastes.

@Gamer83 does DK Bananza get more interesting with time?
I'm not that far yet, maybe 3 hours. I think it's a bit boring from the stuff, I'm actually doing in the game.

@Nintendo4Sonic
I actually liked the game from the start, but yeah, I think it gets more interesting as you get further into the game. Different level themes, some cool boss fights, new power ups. I also like DK and Pauline's interactions.

@Gamer83 thank you for your opinion.
I do like it a bit more in the meantime than at the beginning. It really has its nice moments. But I still think it's overrated.
A bit too much of collecting stuff, Mario Odyssee was the better game to me.
But Bananza has its charm and the graphics look awesome.