Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (November 18th)

Dredge. Played the demo for 5 mins and was hooked.

It's on sale right now.

A role playing game involving a plumber

Should finally be wrapping up Baldurs Gate, what a ride! Then I'll finally start Super Mario RPG.

Super Mario RPG is going to wait, because I am finally having time to play sea of stars.

I'm still bumbling around the world of Starfield. Going from side quest to side quest and loving it. Picked up M RPG so will start that as well.

Remnant 2 with my buddies, and maybe some Monster Hunter 4. Really though, my main goal this weekend is to finish painting my Zeta Gundam.

Bayonetta 3: Been looking forward to this a long time. I love getting to transform into your demons and Jeanne's missions are a fun diversion. The combat is probably the most polished it's ever been, as sleek and stylish as you'd expect. A breezy game, to be sure, but one hell of a thrill ride while you're in it.

Finished Hyper Light Drifter this week.
Amazing.
Absolutely loved it.

Started my 3rd run through of 8 Doors Arum's Afterlife Adventure since my first 2 were stopped with a game breaking bug that wiped your save file right near the end of the game!
Thankfully it has been patched and I can confirm that it now works properly.
Luckily it's a great game to have repeat playthroughs.

Also playing Mario Wonder 4 player with the Family and we hope to start Mario RPG this week
Have a great weekend everyone.

Finished 13 Sentinels during the week, and gave up on the last level in Mario Wonder. As a fresh start I played Zelda the Minish Cap (NSO) up to the 2nd dungeon, but now this has to wait a bit, till I play through Super Mario RPG, where I’ve just got the 2nd star.

I honestly don’t know, probably will just be dead by daylight and it honestly sucks because I feel like I’m hyper focusing on it in a way, like I just can’t play other games, it just feels wrong to do so or I’m just really, really, really not feeling it even though I want to, and if I do push through that feeling that game ends up being my next hyper fixation. Now just to try and get that going on xenoblade 3 lol.

Tltr: dead by daylight and maybe splatoon 3 and xenoblade 3.

I'm actually playing Pikmin 4, finally. What a great game!!
Just finished Blasphemous 2 as well, another fantastic metroidvania, not as shocking as the first one, sure, but even better in some ways. Amazing little game, very recommended.

PS: I wonder how to use bold text here...

Edit: Got it, it's with * at the beginningand end of a word. Thanks guys!!

More Quake 2 - Call of the Machine expansion for me, and some Splatoon 3 Splatfest (Team Hug) with my family. My wife and I are also finally playing Scott Pilgrim vs the World: The Game with our 9 year old daughter. It's awesome to experience one of our favourite games with her. She loves beat em ups, and she's taking to it very well.

I'll be playing the Death Trick: Double Blind demo some more. It kind of reminds me of the Jake Hunter games, which is a good thing, but still it manages to be it's own thing. Will definitely get the full game when it releases next year.

Then I'll continue playing some old arcade games on my Hyper Mega Tech Super Pocket Taito Edition that I got on release this tuesday. There are some really good games on it. So far my favorites are Elevator Action; The Fairyland Story; The New Zealand Story; Volfied and The Legend of Kage.

I’ve been playing Hollow Knight almost exclusively the last few days. At first, I didn’t like the game, wrote it off as overrated. Now I adore it! If u got stuck or turned off initially give the game another chance! I’ll continue on with some Super Mario Wonder ( it was brilliant of Nintendo to return the franchise to its 2D original roots, even with the influence of the movie just begging for a 3D offering) I’m sure I’ll give a few rounds of Splatfest a go as well.

Hoping to get back to some Starfield, Dead Space on the Xbox Series X

Happy gaming! Happy weekend!

Would be Mario RPG but the last bonus boss is all I have left after blitzing through it so maybe I'll start Tactica or something.

Splatoon 3 for the Splatfest and maybe start Super Mario RPG. Being more careful about the balance of single player games surrounding Splatoon 3 events given the original 2 years of support announcement suggests stuff like Splatfests ending in August 2024 and Big Run ending in June 2024.

Mario wonder! Playing now through it and it's amazing. Not sure if I'll finish the game this week, if so I'll start with the Klonoa remaster.
Happy gaming everyone!

This weekend I'll be playing on my new favourite handheld: PS Portal 😄.
Death Stranding is on my playlist there along with a few rounds of Shotgun King.

On Switch, still working my way through Mario Galaxy. Love it

Xbox Series X: I'm wrapping up the two endings I haven't done yet in Cyberpunk and playing Halo Infinite.
Switch Oled: Nothing.
PS5: Nothing.

It's going to mostly be KoF XIII for me. Some very tricky stuff in the character-specific tutorials. Also just an incredible game.

I keep finding myself spending time in the Castlevania Advance collection, so it’ll be that and more Tales of Vesperia this weekend. I’m getting a little frustrated during boss battles in Tales. The lack of direction creates lots of defeats and replaying sections that wears on me, but I admit it could also just be that I’m not very good at it.

Next weekend should be real interesting though. I’ve already ordered Atari 50 for the Switch and an Xbox series X w/ Diablo IV & Starfield, and with Nintendo digital sales in the US I believe starting Monday, I’ll be swimming in a pile of newness. 😋

I'm playing a certain Mario RPG that I've heard is super....

I'm playing Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga

Super Mario RPG for me. Already have three stars. I forgot how much fun this game was (and is). They did such a good job on it. Being able to toggle between new and classic music is a nice touch. I just wish/hope they patch the choppiness/slowdown. It's pretty bad.

And I also now see now where Nintendo got the idea to turn Mario into a T-Rex in Odyssey. Seeing that Croco and his red tophat during Mallow's coin section, I was like ohhhhh.

After your recent article, found myself going back to Tears of the Kingdom, finishing the 4th Temple and working on some side quests...I'd got a bit tired of the game after about 130 hours, but since have got back into it.

Also completed Super Mario wonder, so going to go back and look for the seeds I have missed.

After about 100 deaths I finally beat the last last LAST level in Mario Wonder. I thought that final level was incredible.

I picked up Super Mario RPG at Best Buy and then promptly went away for the weekend without my switch. I’ve got the game now and it’s staring at me, wondering why it’s not being played…

Game & Watch Gallery 2 (GBC) - Mostly playing Ball, but I may delve into other titles.

Dragalia Lost (Android) - Went to play this on the wife's phone and completely forgot that it's unplayable now

Doodle God Blitz (Windows Phone) - Nearly 3/4 of the way done with it now.

AEW Full Gear tonight and the 110th CFL Grey Cup tomorrow (Go Bombers!) So a busy weekend ahead indeed!

I’ve been plowing through Mario rpg, having a lovely time…

Not sure how high it ranks on my list of favourite Mario rpgs, but I’m still very much enjoying it

Playing through Pokemon Sword with an entirely bug type team. Beat the last gym a couple of nights ago, now I'm training up for the championship.

Playing Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Not having played XC before, the combat system is doing my head in.

Beat Like a Dragon Gaiden a few days ago and absolutely cried at that ending. Also beat Castlevania Bloodlines and reached level 50+ in Fortnite OG

I’ve currently beaten 99 games this year and 299 unique games since 2017 so I’m doing an almost blind playthrough of Final Fantasy 7. The only things I know are the twist the internet has spoiler for the past 20 years now and everything that was brought over to 7 Remake.

Loving F Zero 99!

@darkswabber I'd recommend looking up the missable items in Final Fantasy 7 because there's a lot of them. Even some powerful summon materia can be missed.

Splatfest for me along with Ring Fit Adventure and Final Fantasy 13 on PS3. Might try it F-Zero 99 too since someone else mentioned it and I haven't tried it yet.

It was really tough to pick which one to play first, but ultimately I went with P5T, but I'll be playing SMRPG as soon as I'm finished with it ^^

I'll be playing Super Mario RPG mostly, but I will play a bit of Paper Mario: TTYD.

Need to put Link’s Awakening to bed, halfway through the final dungeon but hit a wall (never played it before!), was weird coming back to it after 5 months of neglect due to TOTK taking over. I’d love another top down Zelda after this.

Xenoblade chronicles 3 for majority of the weekend. The whole trilogy has been a labor of love and I'm really looking forward to playing future redeemed but only once I've completed everything posy game ending (like leveling all the classes to max). In total ive spent 700 hours between all 3. That includes NG+ playthroughs of both XC1 and XC2 future connected and Torna.

Supporting my kids’ activities and other family matters will limit my game-time this weekend, but I’ll try to play some more rock-opera rail shooter Air Twister or see if my little ones wish to see the new Mario Kart 8 tracks or play a little more Super Mario Wonder together.

Wishing everyone a lovely weekend! 🕹👾

PS4 warming the bench again, but Vita may see some action across Eternia, Neptunia, Marvel Ultimate Alliance and Virtue's Last Reward while the 3DS units have the usual odds of more Pokemon Gold/Moon, Valencia and Fantasy Life. Switch typically hoards most of the whims to roulette through - I may pause Undermine for a bit after finally finishing a run, but there are also Xenoblade 3, One's Justice, Disney Speedstorm, Rogue Legacy, First Departure, Rune Factory 5, Neighborville and WoFF to likely tend to. Deck sessions (FFXIII, JC3, Horizon and New Tokyo Legacy) are also on the table... no pun intended.

Easy for me. Splatoon 3 has a Splatfest going on, and I still haven't missed a single one of those and I'm not about to start missing them now!

Then there's Super Mario RPG. This one is an absolute must.

I also picked up Grapple Dog on the current eshop sale (found in Nintendolife's article on games to pick up on this current sale), so I'll be trying that this weekend as well.

I also picked up the Ace Attorney collection earlier this week but I'll be playing those at a later time.

Also, fyi I just got the NA version of Star Ocean. Download required, 3 gigs, gross, avoid.

@the_beaver
You put * at the start and the end of the word

@somnambulance
Oh how I wish Switch had a Midway Arcade Collection! Long ago I bought both Midway volumes for the GameCube but haven’t played those in years. Root Beer Tapper was one of many great games in there, though I think the original Tapper (where you’re slinging Budweiser’s instead of soda pop) is the superior version.
Have fun with those oldies but oh so goodies! 🍻

Splat 3 splatfest (team hug because big man obvs) and Metroid prime remastered. In prime I got all power suit upgrades (except flamethrower) and 7 energy tanks, and I’m about to beat Ridley. I might play some animal crossing too since…you know…animal crossing! We animal crossing fans need something new…Nintendo seems to be ignoring us tbh

@the_beaver Use two asterixes (Star thingy) around the word you want bolded.

Picked up Cyber Shadow and Alwa’s Legacy on sale. Think I‘m gonna get into these two as well as some more Wonder. Also picked up Wreckfest for my iPad Pro, was only € 0,99 on the App Store as compared to 21,99 on sale for Switch … runs great and is amazing fun. Happy gaming!

I just got the deluxe edition of The King of Fighters XIII: Global Match on launch day. I’m gonna go through the story content, while getting to world 3 in Super Mario Bros Wonder.

I also plan on going back to Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne going into Thanksgiving break. I’m in this weird garage looking room, but I’m using a guide to help me know where to go, and it looks like I’m close to fighting Matador.

This week I will be mostly playing

Pokémon X
Tobey Maguire Spider-Man 2

Picked up the Ace Attorney quintuple pack (GAA12+AA123) for a steal on the European eShop as well as Monkey Island, so there’s a lot of reading ahead. I’ve got the AA games on 3DS, but not the prequels in English.

Also dipped my toes into the Splatfest and made a little more progress with Tears. It hasn’t captured me in the same way as Breath, but I would like to complete it at some point.

I'm having a blast with the Phantom Thieves again playing Persona 5 Tactica. Very solid SRPG combat, great music soundtrack, and enjoying the story so far.

Lots of stuff on switch and Xbox.
Persona 5T on gamepass. Mario Kart 8 Wave 6, double dragon advance and super double dragon and when it arrive, finally Super Mario RPG.

You really have to ask on the weekend Super Mario RPG came out?

@JohnnyMind As always, impressed you can play so many games at once. I try to limit it to 1 at a time, sometimes 2 if I get easily led by my nose.

Speaking of friends, I have a few coming over today and we're probably all going to play Engage, Smash, and maybe Mario Party or Wonder depending on how long we play the first 2 games. Might seem a bit out of the blue, but I'd love to add you to my switch friends list. Here's my code: SW-6386-1793-1018.

This weekend I will continue to make my way through the first Nexomon game, I've been digging it so far. Also, I recently started a new AEW game on Total Extreme Warfare 2020, so I'm sure I'll book a couple of more shows on there as well. Other than that, I'm not sure if I'll play much else, just gonna try and spend as much time with the wife and kids, as possible.

Star Ocean Second Story Remaster is ongoing, I'm pretty far in, I think its like 1 or 2 dungeons before the finale but I'm probably gonna go for the bonus dungeon too which is gonna be a whole chapter of its own, got my entire party decked out in bunny shoes so I'm ready.

Also visited my father's where I continued on my Final Fantasy 4 (japanese SNES version) save I've played a bit every time I've been there, made it up to the point where I beat the water fiend so now I'm in what I personally believe is the toughest strectch of the game.

@wazlon thanks! Beat the game since I wrote that comment. 🙂

My wife is undergoing treatment and needs to stay in bed.

So, let's play our bedside game:

• Clubhouse Games 51, using touchscreen (Yatch Dice is our best choice!)

Playing in the Splatfest in Splatoon 3 and also playing some Wind Waker HD, got to the Tower of the Gods

Waiting for my wife to start her playthrough of SMRPG on the mini-SNES to really go through the Switch version, but I did the intro of the game and I’m not usually one to gawk over graphics, but just seeing the modern level of detail in this beloved game of mine really had me salivating as I played.

Other than that, caught a cold or something, so I may be just laying around playing the likes of Mario + Rabbids: DK DLC or Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 while YT is on in the background or something. Was hoping the US BF eShop sale would go live yesterday, but ‘twasn’t meant to be. 🥺 Not that I really need more games anyway.

My usual two for the past while, since I haven't felt up to gaming as much.

• Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (AAT/Switch) - I'm on the final day of Case 4. I admit the earlier two cases didn't grip me as much at first, but the overarching narrative and some recent developments have me WAY more invested now. It's hard to expand on this without going into spoilers. If I'm lucky I'll finish the game over the next week.
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder is still my side game, but I'm about halfway through the third world now. It's fun when I do get around to it.

Not sure if I'll jump right into Justice For All or jump to something else for a little bit. We'll see! I'm also diving into the occasional online match of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe if I only have a few minutes to kill.

Happy gaming!

@GregamanX

RE: Splat 3 . . . I think my daughter is going to be playing that this weekend.

RE: Scott Pilgrim . . . +1. Fun game. I play that with my daughter. 'loved the movie . . . filmed here in Toronto, ON, Canada! And a new Scott Pilgrim series just dropped in Netflix!

@Rainz,

RE: Hollow Knight. Good to here you liked it. I've been eyeing that game for a bit now. I'm just working through a bit of my backlog first though. LOL.

@somnambulance,

RE: Root Beer Tapper . . . LOL. That's an old game. I remember playing Tapper on my Commodore 64. LOL.

@WiltonRoots

RE: Link's Awakening / another top down Zelda after this . . . .

Have you played TLoZ Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages on NSO?

I haven't finished Awakening myself yet. I started . . . and then decided to do OOT instead. Then next I'm going to try to do MM. But after that I'm planning to restart Awakening.

Don't really know tbh. I'm sure some multiplayer Axon TD on steam, but otherwise I'm kind of between games right now. I could launch Fae Tactics or Soul Nomad, which I got from my cousin last Christmas and haven't touched. Might try Yakuza: Like a Dragon on PS5.

It's hard to start up lengthy new games when I'm in this between-release mode. Kind of just waiting for Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising at this point, I guess?

Then it may be a good time to play low-commitment titles. More Fashion Dreamers, F-Zero 99, or Splatoon 3.

Welp . . .

I'm starting up Majora's Mask on our 2DS! LOL.

I haven't finished OOT 3D yet. But I'm just running around trying to figure out the 2 heart pieces I missed, and the 15 skull coins before I go after the big boss.

The announcement of the Zelda movie has got me wanting to try to play the Zelda games I got so I have a bit more backstory to the movie when I see it. LOL.

But also . . . my wife and daughter have picked up playing Overcooked! 2 again! So we are trying to finish off stages on it.

Happy Gaming Everyone!

@NintendoDad Haha yeah, my wife and I started to watch the Netflix series last night. It's a great adaptation so far. I'm from Ontario too, just not Toronto.

@GregamanX

+1

Yeah. I started to watch it today.

RE: The Movie . . . I thought it was cool that they used Casa Loma for the battle scene. I quickly pointed that out to my kids when we were watching it. LOL.

Played KarmaZoo's demo on Steam (on Thursday) and grabbed the full version. Played more yesterday and no doubt I'll be jumping in for more wholesomeness during the weekend.

Otherwise, will likely also play more Moonring (really cool RPG on Steam that's also free!) and might play more Astrea, though I've probably had my fill on that now, so might drop that pretty soon.

I was halfway through FFVI Pixel Remaster when TOTK came out. Now that I finally finished TOTK, I'll pick that up again. I'm just about at the Magitek Factory. Can't wait to hear the remastered music.

Super Mario RPG on my new brand OLED Switch 😁

This weekend will definitely be more Star Ocean The Second Story R. I'm 26 hours in and honestly I think this is my favorite game from this year. I'll also be doing some Splatoon 3 for the splatfest!

On my Switch I've been going back and forth between Hades and Company of Heroes Collection. I've rolled the credits in Hades already but it's just so freaking fun to keep playing with different weapons and boon loadouts. On top of continually advancing the story of the characters. It's so damn fun! Company of Heroes can take up more time so I'm hoping to get deeper into that this weekend. Of course if I don't boot up Hades first then CoH will sit at the sidelines staring me down ;-P Again.

After beating outlast in the week I finally started on Zelda TOTK! Liking it so far, bringing the BOTW nostalgia vibes.

Also some splatfest. Although I seem to just get worse and worse at this game (or everyone else gets better and better). Probably won about 30% of games, gets frustrating pretty quickly being on a losing streak. Still love the game though.

Playing the kick ass Sanabi! Amazing gameplay and pixel art graphics, it's one of those games that's even just fun to watch.

On switch, Persona 5 Strikers. Just started the Kyoto arc and it’s getting really interesting. I suck at Musous but I’m finally starting to understand more about how to play different characters (other than Joker and Haru).

On Playstation, I’m going through Trails of Cold Steel IV. So far it’s been kind of slow but I’ve heard it gets really good so I’m excited.

Mario RPG remake, yet ANOTHER playthrough of star ocean 2 remake and on the ps5 side of things its FFXIV as usual.

I am probably just be playing Fortnite on PlayStation 5 today. I have been having a great time in Creative mode, (Murder Mystery FTW). I have also been enjoying the Save The World game mode. Good times for sure!

Switch - Super Mario RPG remake

PS5 - Assassin's Creed Mirage, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name

Well, on my Switch, I'm working on shiny dex encounters in Violet, and probably will dive into the Naruto x Boruto collection since I just got that.

I did just pick up my own PS5 today with Final Fantasy XVI, so once I get that set up, probably will start playing that since I hear it's great and I love FF.

Going to try and return to my DS as well to keep doing soft resets for a shiny Oshawott in White, that's a two year on and off hunt that I want to finish already.

Ghost Trick is truly a masterpiece and it makes me happy to see more people play it.

As for me, I shall once again be playing Yo-kai Watch 3 on 3DS. This game is much more ambitious than I’d ever anticipated, and there seems to be no end to the amount of content packed here, to the extent that I’d feel bad listing it all here. Two stories, two countries, a side mode, a parallel universe, a rafting minigame, nearly 600 Yo-kai…it’s unreal.

I’m now in Chapter 6, where our two protagonists meet at last. I can’t believe they even added a time difference between the two countries…even if it just seems to be a simplified 12 hours. Come to think of it, this was foreshadowed early in the game…which is pretty neat! I’m looking forward to playing more and seeing what happens from here.

King of Fighters XIII Global Match! It’s a very challenging game so I’m just trying to be patient with it and learn slowly but surely.

I'll mainly continue my playthrough of Persona 5 Royal this weekend. I'm partway into Kamoshida's palace and soooo ready to finally take him down. This game is so good!!

@NintendoDad
Hollow Knight sat in my backlog for years so I hear ya! I always knew it was considered a great game but I never gave it a proper chance until recently. Challenging yet rewarding. Ironically it’s keeping me from playing anything else from my backlog. Best of luck with Majoras Mask, I’ve got another backlog on my 3DS, OOT 3D being amongst them. I will pray for your family relationships as u play Overcooked 2 😆

@Zuljaras
I want a physical copy of Hollow Knight now! Please post your address 😝

@Qwiff
I almost forgot I have Dredge in the backlog as well! Good to hear you’re enjoying it thus far. I’m going to go in blind!

Anyone else playing Metroid Fusion? No? Just me?

I've been playing Scientist on Doom 93. That game has gotten better post release support than any other I can think of! Just realized I was talking about the Switch release, but that definitely applies to the original PC release.
Also Tears of the freaking Kingdom, BOTW, Mario RPG, Warioware Move It!, Advance Wars reboot camp (I love it even though they hacked the frame rate in half), Mario Wonder, Kingdom games (mostly 2 Crowns cuz it runs best on Switch, Kingdom Eighties targets 30fps on Switch — a console exclusive! Lol), Aleste Collection, Switch Sports, and exercise games like Taiko drum, Samba de Amigo, fitness boxing, jump rope app from the pandemic, and ring fit adventure. Also been enjoying Karmazoo thanks to Nintendolife. It sounds like it is voiced by Dracula, nuff said.

@Shadeon_Koopa Karmazoo is great. Picked it up last night after reading about it here on Nintendolife. What a fun little gem with rich, Rich voice acting and good music.

@Rainz

RE: Hollow Knight . . . Good luck on your game! Yeah. Besides Zelda and Metroid games . . . I'm thinking the games I'd like to get next would be Hollow Knight and Axiom Verge (1 & 2).

RE: Overcooked! 2 . . . LOL. You got to be ready to say . . . "Sorry. I didn't mean it like that." a lot. LOL. I'm thinking this game might actually be good to practice team building / management. LOL.

Take care,

@somnambulance

Agreed! LOL. Switch needs Root Beer Tapper!

For anyone who still has their Game Cube or Wii . . . Root Beer Tapper is on the Game Cube Midway Arcade Treasures disc. A 20-game compilation . . . with games like Defender (I+II), Gauntlet, Joust (I+II) . . . and the last game on the list . . . Root Beer Tapper.

One of the few Game Cube games I got on the shelf!

I finally got back into Cadence of Hyrule, I've finally been able to make some progress on the DLC map. I really enjoy the music, even though it's all over the place qua genres. The overall gameplay I'm not a fan, I prefer "normal" rythm games. But happy to see there's at least one "real" dungeon. I left off at the second room with the Lizalfos and the blocks of ice, couldn't figure this one out just yet.

currently playing mario wonder love the game but man some of those levels are brutal especially climbing to the beat where it has claimed over 1000+ lives from so many players plus the music levels are awesome with the singing and dancing piranha plants along with the hilarious flowers.

@trymer89 oh man, I'm sure you're having a blast.
I played it two months straight last year when it came out, turned it inside out.
I loved in B 1 & 2 the witch time mechanic and how you can try and place your best combo depending on how much witch time you scored. Now in addition to that, in B 3 you can do that and switch and build a combo with one of the demons while Bayonetta finishes her combo and you control her again and make another great moves while the demon is finishing, ... as many times as possible, it's so addictive. Even more than in the previous 2.

Baten Kaitos for me. It’s strange that I only played through this game once and it made such an impression that it (with orgins) is my favorite JRPG ever. Playing again 20 years later and it still holds up and still looks great. The new voice track makes it feel like a new game and I thank whoever redid the text boxes. Granted I have been listening to the ost for the past 2 decades so the game still feels fresh.

Well, I got Burnout Paradise remastered at an 80% discount today on the eShop, much to my surprise. I've been giving it a spin. Taking down cars with extreme prejudice while Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend" blasts from the music is as good as I remember.

On a lower note, I reached the Castle region in Wonder Boy and the Cursed Kingdom and was severely disappointed at the gameplay direction the game chose to take. I'm determined to finish the game, but I'm lowering my personal rating from a 9 to an 8.

Definitely Super Mario RPG. I started playing it on release day and so far, it's been fantastic! It might even top MDA: Rain Code as my personal favorite game of 2023.

I will be continuing on with TOTK. I just beat Sonic Superstars and I'm satisfied with that for now. I will also play a couple of demos I've been meaning to play, one being Chants of Senaar, and the other being Dave the Diver. These will probably be interspersed with some Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. If I feel like it, I'll take another stab at the King League Grand Prix in F-Zero 99-- I finally completed it but now I have to see if I can rank higher. Fire Field is no joke but I love it.

I finally finished Xenoblade Chronicles 3, doing around half of the optional hero quests, finishing at a bit under 70 hours. I feel quite torn on the game, almost everything about it is amazing (Moebius aren't the best villains but not bad), however, this is my first Xenoblade game. I really do not understand the combat. I didn't find it overwhelming, it's just I don't understand it from a game design perspective. It's not really an action RPG, since you can't dodge attacks in a traditional sense, and it's certainly not a turn based one either, and because there's no TP or usable items in battle, you basically start every battle at the same playing field. It sounds like a good thing on paper, but it sort of made everything feel a little inconsequential. Battles felt like it was just a test of having good party composition and a high level. And when you get the Lucky Seven, battles are so easy it's almost not even worth your time. I set Noah's class to Ethel's, so I can do a back attack, a side attack to charge up Lucky Seven, with Mio's fast recharge circle to win almost instantly. I hope the next Xeno game is different, because it is obvious these developers are amazing. Onto Star Ocean 2!

Aside from Super Metroid/A Link to the Past Multi-world with some friends, I've rreally been enjoying Sea of Stars this weekend

@NintendoDad @somnambulance
I’d say the absence of classic Midway arcade games on Switch is a travesty. It’s like the Achilles heel to this impossibly huge collection of games that has graced our favorite hybrid.
I’ve often wished that Hamster could work out a deal with WB and bring Midway games to Arcade Archives.

Along with Tapper and the other games you mentioned, I really would love to get easy access to Joust, Gauntlet, Rampage, Xybots, and Smash TV. Midway published SO MANY classics!

Atri: My Dear Moments .. absolute masterpiece

Still riding high off completing TOTK last week, I’ve been smashing through Digimon Survive ever since. I’m halfway through and really enjoying it. It’s much more visual novel than it is SRPG but tbh after the meatiness of TOTK it’s working as a nice palette cleanser before I work to finish P5R over Xmas (at the point where you pick up Haru). Will try and get it done before pat leave finishes next week if baby will allow!

Happy gaming guys x

Still chipping away at Octopath Traveler II. So far so good! The pacing has been better than the original so far, which was my biggest issue with it.

Got a couple random indies on sale today too. Under Leaves, which is a cute little "I Spy" type of game. Cris Tales, which I've had my eye on ever since it came out and I'm excited to try. A Little Golf Journey, which have very chill vibes so far. And Ken Follett's Pillars pf the Earth, which I know nothing about, but I found the art style intriguing enough to try out for $2.

@Ryu_Niiyama A fellow Baten Kaitos fan, I love to see it

Switch:
Star Ocean
Super Mario RPG

Dreamcast:
Super Roundabout

Getting through Tears of the Kingdom. Two temples down, ~120 shrines, and more caves than I can count. I am feeling a bit of fatigue and may just go ahead and finish it next week or so. Going back to school next semester so it may be a good idea to tie things up 😁

Also Mario Kart with the kids when not out touching some grass. Reviews of the last wave are middling but Wii Rainbow Road was one of my favorite tracks so I'm happy with it

@mudkipfan217 CrisTales is absolutely gorgeous and has a rather charming plot in a short run time (if you're used to 60+ hours from many games, it's almost refreshing). It's not flawless (load time performance drags) but I'm really excited to see more from that studio. I hope you enjoy it.

@JohnnyMind Happily added you to my friends list.

My buddies and I had a blast playing Engage, Smash, and one round of Super Mario Party. Felt like a nice unique mix of games. We chatted, ate pizza, and had a nice time. Hope in the future more RPGs do similar things to Engage or Sword/Shield so people can play RPGs together. Hope you had a blast with your friends as well. Catch ya later.

@Teksetter

RE: Absence of Classic Midway Aracde

Yes. I would agree.

I was thinking about how the Switch is a great retro gamer's platform. You've got a bunch of NES, SNES, N64, Game Cube, Wii, Wii U, GB(C), GBA, Sega, etc on it. It's really a great way to access these classics.

It's a shame you can't play Defender, Gauntlet or Joust on it . . . especially while playing the movie Ready Player One in the background. LOL.

NOTE: Galaga is one of my favourite games. So much that I've actually bought the Namco Museum 6 times now. LOL. 2 copies on GC (One in a case that sits on the shelf, and one disc-only that lives in our GC), Wii version, DS version, and the cartridge for Switch as well as DL. If Midway Arcade Treasures came to Switch, I'd totally get it.

Alrighty it’s been one wild week so let’s get it started. This weekends games are fairly simple. While I missed out on the Splatfest this weekend I got to have a awesome night seeing the new hunger games so that’s amazing. The rest of the weekend I’m thinking is gonna be pretty Sega based. Yep some Sonic Superstars and Like A Dragon Gaiden to finish out the weekend. As for the week ahead? Well with our GOTY nominees out I’ve only finished two of them that being Resident Evil 4 Remake and Tears of the Kingdom. Having finished up as much of Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty as I could stomach (seriously it’s a tragic story) I did reinstall one of the games. Meaning the plan this week is to get some serious work done on the remaining GOTY games I need to beat: Super Mario Bros Wonder, Spider-Man 2, Alan Wake II and of course Baldurs Gate 3. Of course I wanna sprinkle other games in there like Pikmin 4 and the end of the Fell Xenologue for Fire Emblem Engage. And some Super Mario RPG too. But that’s the goal. We heading into GOTY season so we gotta act like it hahaha. Other games I wanna give a whirl at some point this week include Persona 5 Tactica. Either on thanksgiving or the Saturday after. Anime of the week still remain Frieren and Spy X Family and Shangri La Frontier. Special shout-out to JJK this week for being quite SPECIALZ. If you know you know. And same to the new Scott Pilgrim anime I enjoyed the first episode so far. I feel I saw hunger games with a Ramona Flowers. Podcasts of course are the usual. Castle Superbeast and Big Think Dimension. Into The Aether, Remap Radio, Minnmax. RPGsite and Friends Per Second too. But special shout to Weapon Wheel Podcast this week. Gave it a listen for the first time yesterday and honestly a very good podcast that made a 7 hour shift feel like a blink. As always y’all stay excellent and have a amazing weekend and a Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Gaming.

I’m playing The Email Nintendo Support To Find Out Why They’ve Blocked Your Payment Methods Game. AGAIN.

This week:
Nintendo Switch:
Tales of Vesperia REMASTER – accidentally completed one secret mission, lol. Now in Belius' coliseum town.
Persona4 The ULTIMAX ULTRA SUPLEX HOLD – played Versus Mode.
UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late[cl-r] – completed Arcade Mode playing as Hilda again... And I still can't meet Akatsuki! I met him during 2st walkthrough, but, accidentally, skipped the dialogue with him... I want to meet him again and read the dialogue! Argh! And, just for personal fun, made a custom profile template – Chaos as avatar, Strix as template, and, "Actor33"(アクター33) as the title.
BLAZBLUE CROSS TAG BATTLE – played V.S. Mode just to listen to Heart Aino's and Blake Belladonna's voice lines... I'm still amazed at how bad this game is...
Android:
Papers, Please – playing with "easy mode ON"(+20 credits everyday). Stopped on the 10th day. Just started my 1st walkthrough.
Last week:
Skullgirls 2nd Encore – finally finished Fukua's story and completed Story Mode!
Persona4 The ULTIMAX ULTRA SUPLEX HOLD – played Versus Mode.
CAPCOM ARCADE 2ND STADIUM:
Vampire -The Night Warriors- – completed the game playing as Gallon.
Vampire Hunter: Darkstalkers'Revenge – just tried to play the game as Donovan Baine, Lei-Lei, Pyron, and, Phobos. I think that the sequel is noticeably easier than the first game. It's a good thing for me.
Tales of Vesperia REMASTER
Android:
Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story – just started playing the game... And I was heavily disappointed by the OST of this game! It's a very big downgrade if compare it with the OST of the 1st game! That's really annoying and disappointing...
Well... That's all what I've played... Have a nice gaming week, everyone...

@NintendoDad I haven’t. But I’ve heard great things about them. I was playing Link To The Past on NSO but never went back to it, I found with the top down games they need your undivided attention. But thanks for the heads up! 👍🏻

@OctolingKing13 The Mario 3D Collection that came out last year or the year before. Has Mario 64, Mario Sunshine and Mario Galaxy on it.

Are we getting a review for Hogwarts Legacy? Keen to know how it runs on Switch