Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (Christmas 2024 Edition)

Hey everyone.
This week I played Animal Well.
Got 56 eggs, all items and 3 bunnies.
I am loving it so far.

Taking a break from it and started Rebel Transmute.
Really enjoying it, I'm liking the difficulty, I enjoy games that push me.

Also have my CE of Rogue Legacy 2 sitting there waiting for me to open it so I'll probably Switch (pun intended) between those 3 this week

Have a great weekend everyone.

You don't have one game I'm sure to be playing in your database: Just Dance Disney Party for Wii (the first one). I'm giving that, plus the second one and NSMBWii, to my mom for Christmas after picking them up from thrift stores. I'll also be sure to fire up Pac-Man World 2, which I got from my retro game store a while back but which I couldn't play due to not having a backwards-compatible Wii (the parents' house does). And Pokémon TCG Pocket and MK8DX are likely holiday picks too.

I'd like to be optimistic and say I'm getting Brothership for Christmas, but I'm already over 5 games anyway! Merry Christmas and happy holidays from a just-landed plane, everyone!

I recently picked up Dragon Quest XI S as it was heavily discounted. Stitch is still my favourite puzzle game with plenty of content left.
I’ll continue Ys X as well.

I reached one of the endings on Doki Doki Literature Club Plus. I’ll take a break from this over Christmas.

My main weekend game is still Metroid Prime Remastered.
But I have to admit, I could not resist anymore and started my holiday game (each year I have something cheerful and relaxing): Kirby and the Forgotten Land. I love how it’s full of ideas. Some missions are really mind blowing.

I'm completely into this mod of TOTK, playing through everything again. It is such a beautiful game, so fun to explore in. I wish Nintendo helped people making the game run smoother instead of attacking them and supporting deneuvo and other stuff like that. I'll probably never buy another game from an ESA supporting company! I've also been watching gameplay. One thing that's funny is the person putting out jogging videos of modded BOTW. People are supposed to use the video while running on their treadmill. Pretty good idea I'd say.
As minor side dishes I'm playing UFO 50, wipeout phantom edition, Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair (looks very nice at 90fps), Bullet Heaven 2, Micro Mages, Mario Kart DS CTGP Nitro, and Advance Wars Dual Strike.
Happy gaming everyone!

Some new Switch releases and sale items. I initially rolled the credits on S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Prypiat after about 30 hours, so have moved on Shadow of Chernobyl.

I've also started playing Victory Heat Rally which seems quite good and bought Ace Combat 7 and The Karate Kid: Street Rumble in the current sale. Ace Combat compares really well to the PS4 version and The Karate Kid seems a really decent beat 'em up at half the original price.

My adventure in Kingdom Hearts III continues. The pirates level is so cool. I think I love this Kingdom Hearts too. It is so positive and uplifting.

Happy gaming and merry Christmas everyone!

I probably continue on the indiana jones game and i also have the last part to do in plague tale 2

Wrapping up Ace Combat 7, only 2 missions left. After that, getting onboard the Loco Motive again, now that the patch is out.

Merry X-mas everyone!

I’ve been squeezing quite of bit of Grindstone durning my lunch breaks at work. It’s a fun puzzler I can fit of couple of levels in and gives me that sweet ol’ dopamine hit. As the for the weekend I’m hoping to get around Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Also I’m thinking starting over Dust: An Elysian Tail and finally beating it.

There’s also the Sonic 3 movie I’m gonna catch with my little brother. Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays!

I'm personally quite enjoying playing Langrisser 1 & 2. I'm about halfway through the first game. Gonna visit a friend today and we're gonna do the shiny Rayquaza raid and if we've time before he heads to work we may play some Mario Kart 8.

Since my week off vacation starts today, I've chosen to save The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom up until now. Zelda games always have a magic to them, and since Christmas is a magical time, I'm sure the two will go together nicely. I'm also planning to play some co-op games with my wife, such as Blanc, Moving Out 2 and Vitamin Connection.

This week I will be mostly playing

Lego Skywalker Saga
New Super Luigi Bros

Greetings fellow gaming enthusiasts. On the menu over the festive period is Mario and Luigi Brothership, Metaphor ReFantazio, and Pokémon TCG Pocket. Merry Christmas, fellow gaming enthusiasts.

This past week, I’ve been playing Pokémon Ultra Sun again. I did know I had it until a few months ago. I might play some more of it this weekend.

This weekend I'm alone at home so it's time for some gaming! Gotta be playing Voidigo and maybe Lego Harry Potter. Happy gaming everyone!

Seeing as I bought it at release and still hadn’t played it, I finally started Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe this week. Currently 4hrs in and really enjoying it. Hopefully I’ll have it wrapped up before the year is out.

Over on PS5, I’m playing another game that I bought ages ago and have only just started. This one is Devil May Cry 5 and it’s awesome. Such a fun game to blast through. I also just wrapped up the Winter Wonder level in Astro Bot. It’s such a great game that makes me yearn for a Mario Odyssey 2 or Galaxy 3 on the next Switch console. Here’s hoping!

Have a great Christmas everyone!

Currently plugging away at Trails in the Sky SC , just hit chapter 4

Finishing up Epic Mickey after a week and a half of some very dark and intriguing looks into Disney's past. The visuals are gloomy yet creative, the paint mechanics well integrated, and the story full of twists and turns. It's not the journey I expected to take with the famous mouse, but it's been great fun.

Mainly Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island which has become a late 2024 favourite, sadly too late to appear in my Year In Review. Quite possibly the best Mystery Dungeon game ever. Also playing Mario Party: Jamboree, which is a blast, making my way through the second Voice of Cards, which is excellent just like the first, and playing a couple of fun roguelites, Shogun Showdown and Peglin.

F-Zero 99, Splatoon 3, Sonic x Shadow Generations, and Okami. I'm really tempted to pick up the Mega Man Battle Network Collection, while it's discounted. Despite being a huge Mega Man fan, I've never tried this series as I'm not huge on turn-based battle systems, so it's a bit of a gamble.

After a big mistake with MGS3 (I died very early on and didn't save so trying again would mean rewatching the very long intro), I decided to start Mario & Luigi Brothership.

I'm enjoying it so far though think it would've been more intuitive to select Luigi's actions in battle with "B" considering that's his attack button.

SnowRunner and F-Zero 99.

Breath of the Wild. It’s already my most played game of 2024, might as well keep going…

Going through some of my Arcade Archives stuff for purposes of clip recording. Doing a piece on classic coin-ops you won’t necessarily find in arcades anymore.

A certain legendary Goal Of The Month song may or may not be involved (spoiler: OH, IT SO IS).

Edit: just discovered I can’t record a clip of Garou: Mark of the Wolves. Recording is disabled like in the eShop and YouTube. This is particularly annoying as I had a really good round as Kim Dong Hwan, ending with his half-circle-back-C slap-you-silly Ashi Binta kick - one of my favourite moves.

@Freek
This is the second week I think, in which you are not mentioning your injury. I hope this means that you are healed now.

im gonna be grinding away at disco elysium...

I went through and redownloaded a load of games from the first time I had a Switch and never finished. I've been playing BOXBOY! + BOXGIRL! and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order. Oh and Helldivers 2 because I have a problem.

I'm playing 'Octopath Traveler II' because HD-2D just feels like a Christmas vibe to me and when I have nearly three weeks off work, I definitely have the time to get sucked into a big bulking JRPG...

On PS5, I'll also try to finish 'Granblue: Fantasy Relink'.

My little Christmas tradition is to play a few rounds of 'Christmas Nights into Dreams' on my Sega Saturn on Christmas Eve before the family arrives for the big dinner (we're hosting and I live in a country where Christmas Eve is the big celebration).

I've asked for 'Sonic Generations' on Switch so if it turns up in my stocking, I'll probably aim to finish that by New Year's as well!

Merry Christmas everyone!!

I think we’ll mostly be playing Unrailed 2: Back on Track via Steam. What a gem!

Order that I have two groups in my Switch which will get some action;

• Mario games
• Phone games

We’ll likely see Mario Party Jamboree on the big screen and possibly What the Dub!, Use Your Words or RiffTrax.

I think I've decided to give up on Brothelship, it's just boring :/

With Christmas almost here, what I'd be in the mood for is replaying some old 3D Zelda. OoT and MM are the ones I haven't played for the longest time.

Fitness Boxing 3, after milking the demo for all it's worth I think the full game will be just about worth the upgrade from 'fist of the north' star edition.
I'm considering Slay the Princess, it's meant to be good and it's on sale.
Other than those probably not much Nintendo wise. I've got echoes of wisdom on half for a rainy day.

Really not planning on playing much this weekend, sadly. I just don’t have the energy for it. Still recovering from the worst gastrointestinal infection I’ve ever had in my entire life. I need to focus more on resting and getting fluids back into me than playing games.

No Man's Sky: Just finished my first expedition, got a cool new ship and new gear. Maybe continue working on my underwater base.
Switch version btw.

I f8nished knitting the Christmas present I was working on, so can focus on gaming over Christmas. I'm hoping to get a The Spectrum and relive some of my youth.

Until then, I'm playing Luma Island on PC, Daze Before Christmas on Evercade and Stitch on Switch.

I hope you enjoy your weekends, everyone.

Finished work for the holidays so will start Indiana Jones and Metaphor Refantazio this weekend

Team Sonic Racing and Echoes of Wisdom.

For the weekend, I am playing the fantasian demo which I am liking so far. Curious to see how hard it gets when I get the full game by christmas.

Still working on chaos head Noah. Only still on chapter 1 😂

I might play some Megaman battle network collection but it’s not a backlog game for me.

On the 3ds side, bravely default 1 is the main game I am working on. In the middle of chapter 3 so far. Still not liking the game. Hope it gets better. Freaking hard game too.

Happy holidays everyone!

Gonna make some progress in Ace Attorney: Justice for All and BOTW, also gonna boot up some 51 Worldwide Games with friends.

Happy Holidays!

I’d like to spend a good deal of time with Ys X. I keep saying “this is the week that things finally slow down” and then inevitably they do not do that! But this might finally be the one.

If I finish it or if I do not, I’d like to make space to try Animal Well.

Will I finish MARIO AND LUIGI BROTHERSHIP this weekend?
I bloody hope so at 62 hours in. Lol.

I’ve barely played anything this week, due to Xmas preparations. This is the price I pay for being too busy playing video games to get a jump on shopping/wrapping/Christmas cards/etc earlier in the year. When will I ever learn?? 😅

So this weekend I’ll be running around preparing dutifully for St. Nick’s arrival mostly, while running kids to their activities AND attending a performance of Hamilton. This is not the time of year I want to go soak up a Broadway show, but the tix were a gift so I really can’t complain!

When the presents are unwrapped and the meal is finished and cleaned up, I imagine I’ll have a holly-jolly time catching up in Astral Ascent and playing an obligatory game or two of A Charlie Brown Christmas in Pinball FX. I’ll have some quiet days off before New Years when I will delve into some of the games I gifted myself during December that I haven’t touched yet - everything from the Tomb Raider 1-3 Collection to Animal Well to the latest Arcade Memories volume for my favorite mini arcade, Taito’s Egret II Mini.

Wishing all NL Staff and Friends a Warm and Wonderful Holiday Season with your loved ones! May you find just the game you wanted under the tree. Merry Christmas! 🕹🎄🎅🏼

I got a nice trifecta going with Stalker 2 and Indiana Jones on Xbox and DQ11 on Switch. My PS5 is MIA for now. Have a good weekend!

Still in the early stages of Darkest Dungeon II, trying to finish a Resentment run. I'm actually having fun despite the failures, so I guess I'm doing DD2 right.

Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak DLC is on a deep sale right now, so I'm contemplating getting back into the game.

Meanwhile, the kids are still playing their usuals: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Super Mario Bros. Wonder.

Merry Christmas everyone! I’m not sure what I’ll play this weekend, but I played some Wario’s Woods recently and it’s a really fun puzzle game, so maybe I’ll play that!

I played a bit of Tetris 99 last night to unlock the Zelda skin. This is one of the better ones. Otherwise, I've been plugging away toward Completionist++ on Balatro and will likely stick with that until after Christmas, when I should have the time to get into something new.

Today my grandparents are coming over for a early christmas get together but before and tomorrow ill be playing
world of tanks
fortnite
fall guys
destiny 2
Happy holidays everyone!

Go check out super spy raccoon. It’s a cross between the original donkey kong and master spy.

I will be playing Happy Home Paradise, Tri Force Heroes, and Ocarina of Time 3D for the most part. Maybe even amiibo Festival if I have time…Merry Christmas and happy gaming everyone!

I’ve got a few main quests left in Unicorn Overlord yet I found myself liberating towns and enjoying the side quests for several hours last night. I think I’ll have it done right on Christmas Day. It snuck into my top 2 games of this year and deserves a spot on my top 25 of all time. I’m hoping to either start and finish a short game right after. Happy Holidays and Gaming y’all

I'm abroad. Took my 3DS with me. Mario 3D Land and Zelda: ALBW.

Once again, I'm not sure what other than Tetris 99 for the Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom theme.

I actually finished Epic Mickey (Switch) so I'm back to Snowrunner (Switch). I might pick up a short game from my backlog before Donkey Kong Country Returns HD comes out but we'll see. Snowrunner tends to just take over EVERYTHING

Dagnabit all, i forgot to play that new Prince of Persia game. Into the backlog it goes to be forever forgotten.
I did play a silly and well animated lil point-and-click titled, Later Alligator. I’ll finish that this weekend as well as Order of Ecclesia in the Dominus Collection.
Moonstone Island got a surprise update yesterday, just in time for the holidays!
I picked up Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy and will be starting that over the break.
I have been playing the new Pokemon TCG. The card art is fun.
Safe travels to Kate and happy holidays to her and all my other pals here!

My two main games are Indiana Jones on xbox and Brothership on Switch. I'm also fiddling around with Willow on NES and Dk Land 3 on the Gameboy app.

EShop sales were very disappointing this year.

So 6v6 Overwatch and Apex for me. Absolutely crazy its been 7 months of a missing asset in the Switch version of Apex that they have yet to fix despite me cursing at them on X. Classic EA.

@Agenerationofgens there's been almost nothing yet on the eshop

This weekend just saw me renew PS+ sub (another begrudgingly incremental amount, but that's what happens when you miscalculate your summer budget for the annual package because eShop and Steam spoiled you into forgetting the need for goddamn gift cards😅) AND make a couple platform investments besides it among the stuff without visible prospects of ever leaving PS4 - namely Star Ocean IaF and Gravity Rush 2. The Witch and the Hundred Knight could have made it a hat trick, but the thought only occurred to me after reactivating the sub, so now this Catalogue piece is back to appearing invariably "purchased" in the app and my account's leftovers don't cover the still purchasable dilogy bundle.😆 Anyhoo, the platform may well see some tangible spotlight over this and next weekends in general (including stuff like Sakura Wars, Avengers, RE3R NFS/Crew playthroughs and even Uncharted whose OG trilogy appears in no hurry to follow its later entries Steamward), joined on the Sony field by the much more portable Gravity Rush, Eternia... and possibly Neptunia after its own inaugural package managed to drop the western Switch release, although no longer having save cloud access on my main unit means encourages to finish something already installed first.

All the aforesaid may well leave Switch on the bench this t- YEAH, RIGHT. The hybrid plans and whims remain Napoleonic as ever - more Xenoblades, RFs, and Personas, more Isaac, NMS and Burnout Paradise, more Minstrel Song, DerQ and First Departure, more AC2, Doom 3 and SR4... and potentially other titles like MHRise, Hogwarts, Marie/Nelke or Dungeon Munchies. Even the dual screens remain on the table with a chance of Valentia, EOU, Luigi's Mansion and/or Fantasy Life.

mk8dx 99k coin grind - currently at 91,700. this day a yr ago I got my best gaming achievement - 200cc 48 tracks in a row in 1st (720 points) w frantic items, hard cpus w random tracks. finished on la laps.

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (3DS) - Felt like another quick jaunt through the episodes before Christmas.

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

iStunt 2 (Windows Phone) - Beat the game, now going back to get all stars on every level.

Started the weekend off with some Windblown, which added a couple new weapons and balanced some mechanics about a week ago.
Snuck in another Proto Bahamut fight in Granblue Fantasy Relink. We're tryna do one a day, at least until we have every weapon. Two to go for my brother. Five for me! Then it's back to sliver centrums and fortitude crystals...
This weekend might be when I finally start Another Code, but I'm also tempted to buy Balatro. My brother's working through Eldin Ring again with our cousin, this time on PC with a sweet MP mod. It's just distracting enough that I don't think I could get as immersed in Another Code as I need. Hence Balatro.
Still busy with holiday stuff, too, so I might not get to either of them!

Still trials of mana on the mana collection. At a point now where I have to go around basically just fighting bosses and each one seems to take ages, so I’m a little fatigued. I would like to see it through though.

If I do finish it I might play some retro games on the NSO rather than start a new game, at least until the Xmas festivities are done.

Right now I'm playing Muv Luv Remastered (Unlimited). Unlimited makes certain changes to the setting from Extra, but allows the personalities of the same characters to remain mostly unchanged. This sense of familiarity serves as a base foundation in a foreign setting, and in spite of their drastically different upbringings they remain fairly true to their character. This setting also allows for more interesting scenarios than the banality and antics of the high school romance drama in Extra. While it does retain parts of that spirit through banter and other character interactions, with greater stakes and urgency the characters do feel more connected and their actions meaningful. The game does show its age with character designs from early 2000s, and some scenarios are relics of their time with the use of worn out tropes. However, Muv Luv Remastered Unlimited still manages to keep me fascinated with its tight-knit group of characters and a fresh new setting that ups the tension.

I’m playing more Splatoon 3 I haven’t worked my way back to s+ this season yet so I’m doing now.

Started playing Laika: Aged in Blood again, determined to finish it this time.

Game starts with finding a character strung up by his own intestines…how festive!

Not had and likely won't have any time to play games this weekend 😱

Luckily, I remembered to get the Zelda Tetris 99 theme this afternoon!

Wish you all happy holidays! Enjoy all your games 🎮🧡

Rocket League
Frosty Fest, bro!
Octane + Sleet Creeps decal + Frosty paint finish +Snow Flake Boost<3

It’s finally time for me to wrap up the Ace Attorney marathon I started this summer, with Ace Attorney Investigations Collection for Switch! I’ve played both of these games before on DS, but only a fan translation for the second game, so it’ll be cool to see how Capcom handled the translation differently.

Of course, I’m beginning with the first game, Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth. I’m currently in the middle part of Episode 2: Turnabout Airlines. And I must say, the new sprites are really impressive. I didn’t know it would affect the experience so much, but I can actually make out characters’ facial expressions now!

Missed a few days of my play through of Mission in Snowdriftland (each level is behind the door of an advent calendar). A great, surprisingly challenging platformer 😁

Recently beat Metroid Fusion for the first time on NSO. The structure could have been better and I maintain fervently that Zero Mission is still better, but it was pretty good!
But now I have nothing to work on. I'm going slowly through Ultimate NES Remix for 3DS, but that always wears off quickly. I'm attempting to get through NES Metroid with a hand-drawn map, but I have to be in just the right mood for that.
I may, for now, just stick with my yearly playthrough of Super Mario Galaxy, my favorite game that always, embarrassingly, makes me at least tear up. I also recently started playing Metroid Prime 2: Echoes in a vague attempt to get prepared for MP4 as well as Zelda: Wind Waker for GCN, so I may dip into those slightly. But right now I'm trying more to write and edit videos about games than play them! I haven't had much time to write the last few weeks and so this is my chance.

Well, I played a round of Mario Party online with randos last night and uploaded it to my channel. My controller randomly stopped working at the end of a Jamboree Buddy minigame, so you get to watch me rage on camera:

https://youtu.be/jfk3TTVulGY?si=DP4WEdNwwN-QSdBQ

I also just recently finished playing through New Super Mario Bros. U on the channel--I'll link the first episode here:

https://youtu.be/P0WAj9dFkwc?si=y_0SpEqGvo3zcgXy

I'm not sure if I'll record anything else this weekend, as I'm battling a cold right now. But when I feel better, I'll record my next series, which will probably be either A Hat in Time, Link's Awakening, or Super Mario Bros. 2, but that could change.

Outside of the channel, I'm playing through Pokémon X for the first time. I've never been a big Pokémon fan, but I loved Arceus, so now I'm going back and trying to give the older games a chance.

I have been consumed by the sheer and cartoony cruelty of Spelunky 2

Metaphor ReFantazio: Farmed tons of exp. in the Forsaken Tower, unlocked the General Archetype, secured an infiltration route in the Charadrius and reached the Rank 7 on Brigitta's social link.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Although I should be playing more Phantom Hourglass, this weekend will probably be more Monster Hunter Rise for me when I can play. It's just really fun. Other than that, it's mostly just errands and other things before the holidays. Honestly, I'm pretty excited for Christmas! Looking forward to a good day off at least.

Happy weekend, and happy holidays! Pray that I get a ps3 slim and/or Oneshot World Machine Edition (Collectors Edition) on Switch. God bless.

finishing up y's Nordiacs then start dragon quest 3 remastered after that.

I'm feeling really nostalgic this holiday season. On the Switch, I'm playing Okami (still a great game all of these years later), and Dragon Quest VI on the DS, as well as Puzzle and Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition on the 3DS.

Fun times!

@somnambulance I'm so glad your wife is ok. Car accidents are so frightening. Now that my daughter is driving, I fear for her safety everyday.

You're a good spouse!

@Jhena
Thanks.
Yeah, slowly.
It still hurts and isn't 100% but I can at least move it.
Hope you are well and have a great Christmas.

I'm still building the castle in Minecraft, it's looking really good so far. I'm also playing Ys VIII on Steam, going through the prologue. Last of all, I'm still playing Fire Emblem Heroes, and I'm now at the last chapter of Book III. I guess it's time to kill death soon.

Well, I took a break from Persona 5 Royal. At the end of second palace, 20 hours and I need a break. The game is intense. Paper trail is a fun folding game, Mantis Burn racing is pretty decent top down racer and Travel Mosaics is a great nonagram game. And Rocket League.

Happy gaming everyone!

Mass Effect Legendary Edition, the first game. I played the for 7-10 hours and put it down back in the 360 era. I don't remember why. Probably something else amazing came out. Anyway, I didn't know I could be playing those games at 60 fps. I've been losing myself in these giant RPGs lately, and I gotta say it's preferable to most of reality. I'd pay $60 for a cart with these remasters.
As for my Switch, Okami.

Merry Merry! Personally, I dunno what I will be playing this weekend, if anything. I might attempt a Shiny Rayquaza raid or two, but I don’t think I’ve got anything I’m itching on playing. Mostly just gonna tackle Christmassy art over the next few days.
Over the festive period, I’ll be playing some Super Mario Party Jamboree like I’m in a Switch commercial, I.E, with the family. Maybe Mario Kart, maybe something else, who knows. I’ve asked the being known as “Father Christmas” for a buncha Switch games, so I might boot up the games I get on the 25th over that period. Either that or they get added to my never ending backlog. And I might pop Animal Crossing back in to do the Toy Day event.

@dugan Going to pick up Mantis Burn. Love top-down racers! Super Woden GP2 is great, as is The Next Penelope, if you dig the genre.

Resident Evil. On Jill’s walkthrough.

@Freek
Thanks! I am sad to hear that it is still not healed but I am also glad to hear that it is healing. Hope it fully heals soon and have a great Christmas too!

@Somnambulance
Yeah I am also glad to hear that your wife is okay. That you take care of her is awesome!

@LikelySatan thanks for the info: Penelope looks too complicated for me. But super Woden looks similar to mantis burn. I will check it out. Thanks!

Fire Emblem: Three Houses and F-Zero 99 for me. Got a lot of holiday shenanigans.

Pokémon Go Community Day Weekend. More excited about Saturday as I had missed the first half of this year's events.

I also finally got me some shiny Porygon! 🥰

I had completely forgotten to evolve some of my shinies so that they could learn their legacy moves though... 😭😭😭

Also played a bit of Rise of the Triad on Switch. The Apogee screen gave me some warm and fuzzy nostalgic feelings. 🥰

Continuing on with Trails of Cold Steel IV, which is almost collapsing under its own weight 😅. That's fine, and it's what I'm here for, but they didn't have to try to keep every character central and playable (and balancing load outs is tiring). I'm still all in tho.

Meanwhile, playing some party games, my daughters are playing Tears of the Kingdom and Goat Simulator, and Super Mario Wonder may be lying in wait for Wednesday.

Happy gaming everyone!

After watching Sonic the Hedgehog 3, I just HAD TO buy and play Sonic X Shadow Generations! Nice break from the eternal xeno grind, too.

@DemonKow don’t worry bro reverie is like a vacation after CSIV.

Well here we go with another amazing WAYP. The week was just the GOTY hunt again. Trails Through Daybreak, Emio and Metaphor with some Mario and Luigi and Call of Duty Black Ops 6. Most of the weekend was spent with Ace Attorney Investigations Collection and Sonic X Shadow Generations. Ace Attorney Investigations 2 is seriously super impressive it’s upsetting it took so long to get it in English only on Case 2 but it’s amazing none the less. And with Sonic we did beat Shadow Generations. Honestly that alone was a 10/10 on top of Sonic Generations again. The stages, the story, the additions to the gameplay it all adds up to one of the best Sonic things this year. Rest of the weekend I’m thinking is gonna be some YS X Nordics again almost done with it and I’m super hype about it even if I’m not so hype about the recently revealed Brave Nordics not cool Falcom. Otherwise I’m thinking this week is mostly gonna consist of some Trails Through Daybreak, Emio, Dawntrail, Metaphor, Call of Duty Black Ops 6, Mario and Luigi Brothership, Super Mario Party Jamboree, Bakeru and Visions of Mana. Bought Black Myth Wukong, Balatro and Arranger so I gotta dig into that stuff too. The wrestling thing this week being AEW Worlds End. Thinking it could be pretty hype with some of the matches like the main event with Jon Moxley or the Womens Championship Matches with Mariah May, Thunder Rosa, Mercedes Mone and Kris Statlander. Oh and of course MJF vs Adam Cole BAY BAY. Saw Sonic the Hedgehog 3 this week too and uh yeah it’s absolutely amazing it may seriously be my movie of the year seeing one of my favorite games made into a movie with a absolutely stellar performance by Jim Carrey? Actually the best Sonic thing this year no joke. 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 AND Dragon Ball Daima AND Yakuza Fiancé AND Ranma 1/2 being the standout ones. Podcasts of this week gotta go to Castle Superbeast, Big Think Dimension, Into The Aether, RPGsites Tetracast, Minnmax, Jeff Gerstmann, Kit and Krysta, Last Stand Media, Easy Allies, Second Wind, Nextlander, Cultaholic Wrestling, Weapon Wheel Podcast and Remap Radio. As always yall stay safe, be cool to each other. Happy Holidays to everyone I hope all of yall have absolutely amazing holidays for real. Have a totally amazing weekend and of course Happy Gaming.

What is the first image in this article, and the thumbnail from? I mean the man and the alpaca.

I have been catching up on PS5 games since getting it earlier this year. Picked up Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart and finished it up after ten hours or so. Loved it! Haven't played Ratchet game since the original on PS2, which never grabbed me, so wasn't sure what I would think but I thoroughly enjoyed it.