Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (November 4th)

Android:
A Normal Lost Phone – completed the game. Well... For better or for worse, soundtrack is the only good thing about the game. Soundtrack in the game is quite amazing and memorable. This game's OST is heavenly underrated, imo. Songs from the game came into my playlist almost instantly.
Windows:
Scooby-Doo! First Frights – playing on my best friend's PC. We finished 1st and 2nd levels in the 2nd episode.
The Binding of Isaac Repentance – got to the final boss level, but died almost instantly.
Well, that's all what I've played on this week. Have a nice gaming week, everyone.

Finished Astalon Tears of the Earth last week and thoroughly enjoyed it, highly recommended.

Started Zapling Bygone this week and I'm really liking it, great so far.

Also bought a physical copy of Dog World after the recommendation from this site and finished it, I really loved it.

Also started Mario Wonder 4 player with the Family which is some great hectic fun.

Have a great weekend everyone.

This week I will be mostly playing

Pokémon X
Spider-Man 2 (the 2004 one)

Too many games to play so will focus on the main story in Zelda TOTK now. No side quests. I’ve done a lot already at 110 hours.
There’s also the latest from Mario and Sonic and I bought the Metal Gear collection.

I’m very frustrated with Mario Wonder. Having everything collected everywhere else, but still missing the 1st seed in Climb to the beat, after spending 6-7 hours trying. A colleague promised to do it for me next week, so I’ll try to restrain from it this weekend.

Last Sunday I started 13 Sentinels. It has a quite depressive story, but I enjoy both the VN and the strategy part. I’m planning to finish it before Mario RPG.

And progressing slowly towards the last few big stars in the records in Theatrhythm.

Currently playing,

Original Xbox - Panzer Dragoon Orta.
Switch - Mario Wonder and Metroid Prime.
Series S - Starfield and Forza.

The backlog continues to grow.

Back to the Tears of the Kingdom experience for me. 275 hours in and still didn't beat the main story 😅

After having beat both Super Mario Wonder and Justice Chronicles the past couple weeks, I'm intentionally keeping my plate clean, cos when Persona 5 Tactica comes out I plan on binge playing it.

Mostly Fortntie with xenoblade 3 on a side, and a dash of dbd.

I'm waiting at home wishing the Mario RPG remake was out already, despite having around 20 unfinished games on my Switch.
I am awful.

Startide on switch but GT7 is the real answer. The new update is amazing.

I'm playing "Moved house, unpacking boxes, and reorganising utility bills"
.. It's not a very fun game.

Started Ratchet And Clank Rift Apart yesterday. This might become my favourite Ratchet And Clank yet. The controller vibrations are great and the action is fun and great looking.

Nice, I see someone is playing Terranigma. Wish you a great time with it.

Happy gaming everyone!

Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition: Having played its sequel, I'm familiar with the hack-and-slash style. That said, having never played Majora's Mask, Twilight Princess, or Wind Waker, it's been a real treat being introduced to Midna, Young Link, Skull Kid, and all the rest.

Still wish it was a little less combat intensive, but I get that's what these games are about, and the combat is damn fun.

Up to the final bosses in Metroid Prime Remastered and about to dive in to Xenoblade Chronicles 3 without having played the first two.

Just finished Super Mario World on the ole snes, so will concentrate on Super Mario Wonder, dog walking whilst dodging day time fireworks, rugby, football and drinking beer. have a good weekend everyone!

I've been diving back into the DLC for Grid Legends this week. I also have Robocop: Rogue City arriving today.

On Switch, I'm playing FC24.

There’s too much honestly to play and not enough time since i work. It will most likely be vampire survivors and a little star ocean on break from work. I really want to try the new robocop game, the rerelease of terminator resistance, cyberpunk, and alien hominid hd/invasion. Lots of pretty things out there but I’ll be waiting for some sales first.

Tried AC Mirage but didn't click so back to Baldurs Gate! I'll also try and finish off Mario Wonder too. Have a good weekend folks!

I ended up finally finishing Shin Megami Tensei V last Sunday, after 6 big weekends of play. I'm in the mood for much shorter experiences. I booted up The Takeover, which I only paid a few bucks for on sale long ago. It's pretty fun so far, but a bit repetitive even for beat em up standards. I may also play the Quake 2 expansions soon, and possibly a few arcade games like Black Widow Remastered or Yars Revenge Remastered.

I've completed 105 shrines, 78 roots, 8 tears, 3 sages, 455 koroks. Still a whole lot of sidequests to work on, and my house needs some renovation too.

I've been travelling around the UK the last couple of weeks seeing friends and relatives so I needed something super calming and easy to play for while I was on the move - so I booted up Pokémon: Shining Pearl. I've been playing Pokémon since Red and Blue and as the formula never changes, I know exactly what I'm doing and I don't really need to think about it. It's OK, an enjoyable but very 'meh' game. I'll finish it and then probably never think about it again.

Also continuing TOTK, I've just reached Tarrey Town as I push into Akkala on my way to Eldin for the Fire Temple.

Spiderman 2: the sinister six on GBC

@TYRANACLES the new Robocop game is a lot of fun. Like Ghostbusters: The Video Game (2009), it feels like you are playing a sequel that never happened. It’s the game that I am mainly focusing on this weekend.

Can't stop playing my new 2ds xl lol, compared to switch the screen is way inferior, but man the console feels so right in my hand, so in the end I like playing games on it more than on switch.

Now I'm playing shovel knight and shantae risky revenge on 2ds xl, unlike shovel knight however, risky revenge are nearly unplayable on ps4 and pc because the pixels are too big and pixelated for tv & monitor, playing it on switch is okay, but man playing in on 2ds xl is the real deal, the graphics are perfect for xl 😃

Ended up buying Ghostbusters Unleashed on PS4 sale as I was enjoying playing on Switch, but the performance was a bit lacking for TV play.

On Switch been playing Castlevania Legends which is much better than 'The Adventure' at least, glad they added to NSO, as is missing from the collection release and I'd not played it before.

Also almost to the end of Super Maro Wonder, it's such a great game, made me want to go and play Super Mario Land again (still hoping it's added to NSO soon).

@DogDetective Their Terminator: Resistance game was really good too, low budget, but you could tell they really wanted to make something which fans of the movies would appreciate.

Still hooked with Dave the diver! And it looks like still have of game to play so surely just playing that. Happy gaming everyone!

On Switch:
Star Ocean
Dave The Diver
Super Mario Wonder
Sonic Superstars
Wildcard Football
Hot Wheels Unleashed 2

On PS2:
Smackdown Shut Your Mouth
Downhill Domination

I'm playing Tears of the Kingdom, Breath of the Wild, Warioware Move It, Mario Wonder, Daioh, the other new shoot em up where you can shoot in 4 directions (it's good, just forgot the name), Rocket League, subpar pool (love this game), and Floppy Knights. Oh, also some Pikmin 4, F zero 99, Parodius (on an emulation handheld rgb350 or whatever), and I'm wanting to play beam ng drive, but haven't gotten it yet.

I just bought TotK and SMBW via Game Voucher this morning, so I will be diving into those (once they download haha). Very excited for both of those!! Splatoon 3 has Eggstra Work this weekend as well, so I will certainly put in a few rounds of that, because yes I do need more locker decor, thank you very much.

Eh... I played Dora games on PS2 this afternoon. 😅

@Zuljaras I loved Castlevania 64 back in the days. The controls weren't bad then, but I guess we didn't know better

I'm starting with Super Mario bros wonder. Can't wait to play it.

Luckily for myself I didn't bank on Star Ocean 2 Remaster cus turns out that my delivery for that ended up getting delayed to next week.

Instead I started up 8-Bit Adventures 2, an indie RPG, which I played the first game earlier this year and quite loved it, and now 10 hours in into this game, this one seems even better to the point where this may very well end up being my game of the year if the quality stays constant.

I think I have just 2 chapters left of Fire Emblem Engage, so I'll probably beat that tonight or tomorrow.

I've played WarioWare: Move It! almost all night last night and it's been a blast. A bit disappointing in parts, and the controls are a little less intuitive due to the forced use of two Joy-Con for every activity, even for microgames that should only require one (such as the IR camera games and others like the annoying batting one).

I still recommend it to everybody, and it would surely be a riot at parties. And there are some really brilliant ideas and laughs to be had for sure.

I also grabbed Fashion Dreamer, and boy oh boy, what a monumental downgrade from the fantastic New Style Boutique games on 3DS. You're basically just wandering this small Digimon Cyber Sleuth-style hub and dressing people up. That's all. All loop and virtually no gameplay. What a snoozer.

What made the New Style Boutique games on 3DS so great was the business management element which made the gameplay loop surprisingly addictive and fun even for, er, burly blokes such as myself.

There could be some fun to be had if you really like dressing people up from a randomised selection of clothes (even if said selection makes it impossible to satisfy the muse's desired criteria; another really stupid design choice), but for established NSB fans, you won't be missing anything by giving this one a skip until a real NSB successor comes along.

Beat Dead Space (2023) on my XSX yesterday and Professor Layton and the Lost Future alongside the original PL trilogy on my 3DS.

Started playing Final Fantasy VII on my Switch today which is a mostly blind playthrough beyond the Aerith twist and what I know from FF7R.
Also started Fortnite Chapter 4 Season OG on PS5 yesterday. Never played before ch3 s3 so it’s pretty neat.
And finally I started Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask on my 3DS.

Probably not much. Played a bit of Splatoon 3 and Mario Kart 8 deluxe and also some Slay the Spire yesterday. Going to leave it a week or two before starting another game - maybe Outlast or, finally, Zelda TOTK.

Switch - Super Mario Bros. Wonder, One Night Burlesque

PS5 - Assassin's Creed Mirage

This weekend I’m playing Super Mario Bros. Wonder. It’s been an absolute joy so far. I’m not that far, but I just beat W3. The level of creativity and imagination in every stage is mind-boggling. The platforming is also precise, and the powers are all fun to use. I’m really enjoying my time with this one, and it’s up there with Super Mario World for my favorite 2D game in the series. I can’t wait for Super Mario RPG.

The main game I’m focusing on, however, is Alan Wake 2. It has been absolutely sublime, in more ways than one. Remedy creates incredible game worlds that are full of rich, environmental details that draw you into the atmosphere. It oozes in style, and is easily their most stylish game to date.

One thing I find great is how methodical the game presents itself. It knows the story it wants to tell and it goes at its own pace with unbelievable confidence. It trusts you to be patient and let it unfold naturally. And there is a story to everything - even upgrading your weapons. If you pay attention, there are references to Control during this aspect.

The characters are great, too. Saga Anderson is a fresh, unique character that is very memorable. I like how enthusiastic she is despite being an FBI agent; she loves a great mystery. I think her character taps into the modernism of true crime fans today (something I’m a big buff of myself), but with a touch of Twin Peaks.

I am also pleased with the exploration. There is almost an Metroidvania element to it. I don’t want to provide spoilers, but you’ll understand what I mean if you are playing the game. In the first Alan Wake you weren’t rewarded for exploring due to hardware limitations. While that’s still present here, with new technology the world feels more alive. Nothing feels out of place. Some of the best moments are optional side areas that provide environmental storytelling.

At the end of the day, I’m extremely impressed. Remedy knocks it out of the park once again, and despite their larger budget they stay true to their roots. This game does things that I’ve never seen in a game before and I can’t wait to see what’s next for them.

Trying to beat Metroid Prime Remastered, beautiful game. I’m currently on the Tharddus boss fight, but I’m only ten hours in because Wonder, Totk, acnh, and Splatoon 3 keep distracting me lol

Sonic Mania Plus on the Wii!

Mario Party 3! I never played it before the NSO and I think it is the best one now. 1 has the nostalgia for me as I owned that and was so excited for it when it came out in 1999, but the addition of a story mode + the battle maps adds so much to the 3rd game.

I’ve hardly gamed at all this week and it’s a busy weekend, but hopefully I’ll find time to sling some proton beams and ectoplasm around in Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed or return to Super Mario Wonder to complete a few more levels.
I agree with everyone saying there’s FAR too many good games to play, especially this time of year.
Wishing everyone a fantastic weekend!
🕹👾

That new Mario game… 🤔

More Cult of the Lamb. I'll also give the Dave the Diver demo a try.

@Zuljaras Half Life. Very good choice. Had hoped they would appear on the Switch at some point.

I've just finished Ocotpath 2 (loved it sick), and have started Doki Doki Literature Club Plus. Almost finished that, and then will finally get into Raincode now that all the DLC is out.

After rolling credits on TOTK a couple of weeks back (I will be back to sweep up stuff but felt it was time), I've been working my way through Citizen Sleeper as a shorter palette cleanser. Really enjoyed my time with it and think I'll be hitting Xenoblade Chronicles 2's Torna DLC next as it's meant to be the business.

If our new cat gives us some peace, my partner and I might continue working through Portal 2 together.

Happy weekend all!

𝗥𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿 is a pretty good game from the Mega drive/Genesis era, its a shame it's so underrated
𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗶𝘁 is a mega man like that is also good.

Super Mario wahoooooonder

I think I’ve finished what I am going to do in Wonder. I’ve done everything but the Final-Final Test. I would love to do that too and like some of the sections I’ve played, but a combination of the check pointing and the always bounce and invisibility sections that just feel unfair to me, I am not sure I will.

After some discussions in the comments on here for Super Mario RPG, I think I am going to give Paper Mario on NSO a real try. Enjoying the first bit so far. (I don’t have the best history of enjoying RPGs, but I want to enjoy them).

Maybe some more Fire Emblem Awakening which I have been playing off and on for many months.

Mario Wonder and Sonic Superstars.

@DogDetective it looks great and seems to really capture the feel of robocop. The terminator game this team did also I’ve heard is a faithful rendition to the movies, have you tried it?

Besides Xenoblades and other usual suspects from Doom 3, Undermine and Borderlands 2 to Fuga, RF5 and Portia (the latter two's sim chorus almost joined by Friends of Mineral Town before I decided to make an advance investment in Ni no Kuni 2 instead), some spotlight is expected for the freshly obtained Owlboy and Eiyuden Chronicle Rising plus the some of the earlier recruits (Tribes of Midgard, Sword of the Vagrant, Agarest War) and potentially more stuff from CrossCode, Amazing Superhero Squad and Bioshock 2 to First Departure, Road Redemption and Dungeon Munchies.

The plans on the other platforms are mostly familiar as well - more Horizon, Mass Effect, FFXIII/XV and JC3 (with a not unlikely side of Princess Maker, Hand of Fate, XCX and Nights of Azure) on Deck; more Pokemon Gold/Moon, Fantasy Life, Valentia, Unwound Future and Endless Frontier on 3DS; more Eternia, God Eater, FlatOut Head On, Gravity Rush and possibly Blue Reflection on Vita... as well as some NFS Rivals/2015, NieR, Elite Dangerous and possibly more Star Ocean stuff on PS4.

Picking up Star Ocean. Then I’ll continue playing my physical Operation Wolf Returns, Coffee Talk Duology and Crymachina.

Star Ocean 2!! I've said it before, but it's my favorite series. For the longest time 3 was my favorite and it was partially due to quirks I had with 2. Every single issue I ever had with 2 was ironed out with this remake and it is absolute perfection, and is now my favorite. I don't mean to gush so much, but have to show love to my favorite series!!

Besides that though I've been playing MGS (originally was only gonna get MGS3 but I bought the whole collection like a sucker) and currently going through 2 for the first time in....ages lol. Amazing series. Have a great weekend 😁

I'm primarily playing Mario Wonder on Switch and maybe some PSVR2 games.

To give someone an idea of how I feel about that Nintendolife review of My Time At Sandrock being 5/10 because of its performance. My wife, probably the center of the target demographic for this game, doesn't even acknowledge any of it. Personally I don't really notice it that much either, even pre-patch. If anything it runs a little better than Portia.

I think maybe, just maybe, a professional review should be for the audience and not the reviewer.

Being more experienced reading if a game is good or not having been playing since the Atari, I was able to see passed that review. But if my wife saw a 5/10 review for this game she wouldn't have bought it. She's having a blast with this game. So what is Nintendolife's objective with their reviews, because it doesn't appear to be objectivity.

Mondo busy lately, and to be honest I haven't always felt up to gaming when I do have the time anyway. Interspersed through my weekend will be:

• Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Still in the second world)
• Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (About finished with case 3...I think)
• Pokemon Go (Wooper Community Day is Sunday)

Happy gaming folks.

@TYRANACLES I did. Knowing it was done by the same team is why I decided to preorder it. Otherwise, I would have been very wary of buying a Robocop game in 2023.

Quite a busy weekend actually. On switch Pikmin 4, on xbox, Alan Wake 2 and Cocoon.

Playing Sonic Superstars. IMHO is a rather good game. It borrows A LOT from previous Sonic games and oddly enough from a certain "brothers" game. I was expecting something a little less "Sonic", but this fits in nicely with the original games in the series. My one huge beef with this game (as of right now) is the ridiculous chaos gem 3D "space / void" where Sonic turns into "spiderman" and is swinging from rope/webs trying to reach the gem in the center of the screen. I will also say that I am enjoying Sonic's latest outing way more than Mario's (but that is a different post all together ).

Still playing and LOVING Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Something new to smile about in every level, just heading to World 5! Looking forward to getting back to it after work.

This weekend will see a double dose of Pokémon games, as I'll be spending today, tackling some Hisuian Typhlosion raids in Pokémon Scarlet. Then tomorrow afternoon, will see both forms of Wooper popping up in Pokémon Go, as a part of November’s community day event. Oh yeah, both Castlevania Legends, as well as The Mysterious Murasame Castle recently came to Nintendo Switch Online, so I might check those out as well.

I saw a lot of posts about Ghostbusters Spirits Unleashed on here last weekend. So, I picked it up as a treat to myself on payday Friday. Not disappointed at all. It’s been a blast running around and bustin’ ghosts! Other than that, I know I’ll be readying up in Fortnite OG with my wife & kids squad.

Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood (from the Ezio Collection) this weekend for me - I am still chilling after TOTK, I don’t want anything too taxing yet.

Started playing DQ XI for the first time last weekend, it's the first non-party game I've played since TOTK. Technically I did dive into the demo back in 2019, but I restarted from the beginning since it's been so long. Almost restarted Xenoblade 3 but I thought to explore my backlog first. So far, it's felt like a good comfort food JRPG.

Addicted to "Carrion", which is pretty much the reverse horror game I've always wanted. Wish there were more games where you get to play as some lovecraftian monster (but not cthulhu)

@jon128 I remember being also pretty frustrated with the invisibility challenge. But it's the last one and it is actually pretty short. Good luck, I'm sure you will manage! Would be a shame to leave that last one small challenge undone.

@trymer89 I wish I could go back in time and play this game for the first time again, I loved how the combat really is like a stress relief activity. I loved the story in AoC but the gameplay is much better in DE imo.

I've been playing Arms a lot lately, I was able once to do a ranked match, but there doesn't seem to be anybody playing this one online anymore. I'm doing the grand prix with the last characters that didn't reach level 7 yet (Misango and Dr. Coyle).

I'm expecting to start TotK somewhere in the coming weeks, but everytime I see people playing Bayonetta it really makes me want to get back into all three again ... so I'm not sure what it will be. Next week more MK8D with the last DLC wave, and after that I think either Bayonetta either Zelda.

I am pretty excited to play more of Star Ocean The Second Story R I'm only an hour in so far but it's been great! If I can I'll see about playing some Splatoon 3 as well!

Played through most of Move It last night and I have two stages to go, it’s really fun but the motion controls can be unresponsive sometimes and the lack of single player content is questionable. I wish they brought back the unlocks from GiT back or even the previous Warioware games, remember how many unlocks Gold had? That was one of my favorite parts of it and another reason why it’s my favorite in the series. I didn’t do a lot of the single player stuff in Smooth Moves but I think it had more things to do. Once I finish Move It I’ll go back to Splatoon 3 and I also need to get around to installing Wind Waker on my Wii U

More Mario! We're up to the lava world. Not trying to 100% anything, just enjoying the ride and grabbing whatever we find. The only thing I'm making sure NOT to miss is every Wonder Flower!

Still tempted to play through Pokemon Alpha Sapphire again, but it'll take a bit of work to get started (moving my old team and Shiny Rayquaza off), so I might prep for that.

No doubt some Axom TD on PC with friends is in the lineup. Probably more Disgaea 7. And a little Fashion Dreamers, which lacks all of the character stories, main plot, business management, and more that made Style Savvy a treat. At least the character models look great!

@Jayenkai

I feel for you. (RE: Moved house . . .)

At least you don't have to "set-up" the Switch to play it!

@120frames-please

Xeno Crisis?

@LikeWhoa

Wii! +1

I've still got our Wii hooked up too. 'got Twilight Princess ready and waiting for me.

@NintendoDad Some day.. My Mum stole the Switch at the start of the moving chaos, so she should continue playing Puyo Puyo Tetris..
Need to set up the PS4 again, before I can get it back.

On the final boss for OOT (on our 2DS).

But taking a bit of a break and starting up MM (again on our 2DS).

But been thinking of firing up Twilight Princess on our Wii for when I'm home. A game I got for the kids, but they never played it.

@Jayenkai

RE: Mum . . . a great "use-case" of the power of the Switch. LOL.

My daughter and I played Puyo Puyo Tetris. That was hilarious. LOL.

Maybe challenge your mum to a game!

Star Ocean, babyyyyyyy

I haven't had much time to play the past few weeks, so I still have a long way to go in Wonder.

Continuing Yo-kai Watch 2: Psychic Specters on 3DS. This game turned out a lot crazier than I expected. I can time-travel to meet my grandfather 60 years ago, who happens to look nearly identical to Nate, in addition to having a nearly identical name (Nathaniel)? What’s more, I’m free to abuse this time-travel power to complete various side-quests, because it seems 11-year-olds don’t care about the space-time continuum! Being the only kid who can see Yo-kai has its perks.

I’m currently on the last chapter, though, so I suppose all good things must come to an end. Of course, I’ve also got Yo-kai Watch 3 in the pipeline…

I’ll probably also play a bit of Among Us on Switch this weekend. I’ve been getting back into it since the Fungle map came out, and public lobbies are as stupid as ever. But it’s still addictive, for some reason.

@Yalloo maybe I’ll try it some more. Right now I am stuck on the spring feet part because I just feel like I have no control with that badge. I was even using Yoshi, even though I played the whole game with Mario and no badges. I think I’d probably prefer invisibility. If there was a checkpoint right before the spring feet bit it may not be as bad. I need to figure out if there is a trick to feeling in control with that spring feet badge. Also, Yoshi may be a mistake because maybe if I knew I couldn’t mess it up I’d do better.

Decided to dive back into Fallout new Vegas this week, One of the best rpgs ever.

@Tasuki wow ken Griffey jr. Baseball for the snes is my favorite all time baseball game, and I’m not really a baseball fan but that game was great! Now I want to play that again.

I finally started playing Octopath Traveler II yesterday! I had been wanting to get it ever since it came out but I just couldn't find the time lr the money to get it until now. I'm only an hour or two in so far, but I'm hoping it will be am even better game than the first one.

I also finally got to try out The Mysterious Murasame Castle since it got added to NSO out of nowhere. That was pretty fun although I died A LOT. I think they should reboot the series with a new entry on Switch. It would be so cool!

I have getting back into The Legend of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom recently since I never finished the game when it first released even though I had put close to 120 hours into it. It has been reinvigorating playing it again and learning more about the lore, and grasping a deeper understanding of the game's mechanics. There is always something new to figure out in this game, regardless of how long you play it. That is probably one of the best things about this entry.

@NintendoDad No, it just released on eshop. I think it's Eigengrau. By chance I did just re-download Xeno Crisis to my Switch a couple days ago, but haven't played it.

Wonder and also me and all my friends are playing Fortnite bc they brought back OG map.

As I speak, Sonic Superstars and Super Mario Bros Wonder are beaten. Right now, I'm either playing through Hollow Knight or I will continue with Disgaea 7.

@jon128 yeah I don't think the Yoshis would help with the badges. But maybe another character might do the trick, you know with different animations or sounds, could help your mind better focus. Make sure you have enough lives before you get into the challenge, and I'm sure it's only a matter of figuring out just how to deal with that badge. Maybe practice on the other challenges that use that same badge, so you're comfortable with it.
It took me many attempts before succeeding the whole string of challenges (less than 100 but not far off), and when I got to the invisibility one I was really disappointed as I felt that one was just random. Luckily after another 10 or so tries I managed, and with the coins and at the top of the flag luckily!!
Good luck!

I'm almost done 100-percenting Super Mario Wonder, and have about 5-10 hours left to 100-percent Sea of Stars. I'm trying to wrap those two up so I can start Star Ocean: Second Story R next week.

I really like Super Mario Wonder. I WISH it was released back in the era when I had gamer friends living nearby. It would be a blast with multiple players.

MK8 Deluxe will be my focus with wave 6 fast approaching (less than a week to go). It'll probably remain my focus until Super Mario RPG launches given week 1 of a DLC wave being available is usually the only time people consistently pick the new tracks (afterwards they usually go back to the usual popular tracks from the base game).

Chicken Can't Fly (Windows Phone) - Nearly done with this.

Doodle God Blitz (Windows Phone) - Halfway point now.

Fashion Dreamer, but it’s not nearly as good as I’d hoped. And Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures because it’s much better than I’d hoped! 😁

I've now reached the City in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. As an Australian, not gonna lie, Monica's voice is a little irritating to me. It's really, really exaggerated. Or maybe we all sound like that, and I can't tell. Apart from that, I'm enjoying this game. I have found it so annoying how half the time when I enter battles where you get to pick a side, if you quickly swap to another character it kicks you out of the battle, and you have to walk really far away, then back again to restart.

Wonder, Star Ocean: Second Story R, and Robocop for me. That's a pretty perfect mix of games, to me. I'm pretty shocked at how much I'm enjoying Robocop. It's so dumb, in the best way.

@Jhena enjoy! Rifts Apart is fantastic! Just wish it was longer!

@Vyacheslav333 ...but does Scooby-Doo Doo have dual audio???

@Raifteiri both great choices.

@Captain4359 I heard a YouTuber recently state that NV was only good due to how bad F4 was. One of the worst takes I've heard in a while.

I bought the 1.5 TB micro SD card and am having a download marathon this weekend!

Playing Super Mario Bros Wonder, Wario Ware: Move It! and Fortnite OG when not letting my system just download all day.

@Dantes
Thank you very much!

@LikelySatan We haven't tried to play it with different languages. But, even if the game don't support dual audio option, I will not care about it. I can play it entirely in English without serious problems, anyway.

I find myself constantly going back to Splatoon 3. Also playing Final Fantasy 13 and loving it and my usual weekly workout on Ring Fit Adventure.

@nhSnork You been playing like 10 minutes of each game or what?

@larryisaman nope, as has been discussed before, I usually play some of the aforelisted during the weekend while at least a few other items "spill over" to the following weekdays. These are ultimately just crazy mood-driven bucket lists to choose from, shared publicly for the added bonus of giving the namedropped games a bit more spotlight among the other post commenters/readers.😆 Then again, select sessions can indeed wrap up in 10 minutes depending on what I'm tending to - which includes freemium routines I don't even list often because they go without saying (like Warframe, Guardian Tales or Disney Speedstorm).

@LikelySatan definitely a bad take. I can say though that due to its rushed development, (18 months!), new Vegas is an extremely buggy game, and that has actually caused a lot of resentment towards it. But if you can move past the bugs, or even install a bug patch mod, it is a very good experience. I don’t think I’ve played an RPG that gives me more choice in how I wanted to play the game than new Vegas did. Going back to fallout 4, I think it’s a good game, but it just fell kinda flat for me after nv. It didn’t have that same level of moral choices that nv did, which made it feel like, to me, very bland. I also feel that nv did a lot of the non serious things better, wether it was finding Indiana jones’s corpse, fighting rats of unusual size, or finding out that a kid was running around with a weapon that can call an orbital strike from a satellite. Sorry, kinda went on a tangent, but my definite opinion is that if you like RPGs or any open world game, fallout new Vegas is a must play in my book.

@Captain4359 I would kill for it on Switch. No remake or anything. Just that game, on a portable, please.

@LikelySatan that would be amazing on so many levels. I did hear about a fallout 3 remaster, so maybe nv could get rereleased for modern consoles? I could definitely see a fallout collection for switch 2 though

Just got Rollercoaster Tycoon Adventures Deluxe by Atari, so fun!

Alrighty another week and another entry. I think the best way to sum up this week was: reality. Despite being on vacation it was stressful yet in all that some bright glimmers shine through. With that out the way I was able to beat TOTK and finish off my Resident Evil Marathon. Unfortunately Pikmin 4, Fire Emblem Engage and Sonic Superstars weren’t finished off so I got some work as we head into GOTY season. Also watched the final episode of the final season of the final part of attack on titan (part 3) with some friends last night and that was nice if not bittersweet. See you later, Eren indeed. On the topic of pickups I picked up a grand total of 4 things on my vacation this week. Like a Dragon Gaiden, Tales of Arise DLC Before the Dawn, Warioware MOVE IT, and Star Ocean The Second Story R. Suffice to say between LAD and Tales this week and the week after being Super Mario RPG and Persona 5 Tactica I’ve got something basically for every week in November. Of course after those last two it’s time to knuckle down and really beat some games to put together GOTY lists. Big thing this week I’m looking forward to is enjoying a nice long relaxing session of Star Ocean 2 tomorrow for the last day off of my vacation. Shoutout to Kris Wolfheart of the GigaBoots Podcast Network (aka big think dimension) for being this games strongest warrior and now it’s more widely available. Also I think I’ll announce this here that I think my next long term marathon after having done all the mainline Resident Evil games is I’ll do all the Star Oceans. I mean I now own them all. And with Star Ocean 2 you can now play the whole series in one place. That being PlayStation but that’s another thing hahaha. Either way this week I also think I’ll try knuckling down on games like Sea of Stars on the PS5 again. I really wanna try to beat most GOTY contenders for those sorts of podcasts at the end of the year so I can understand what’s being talked about. In terms of anime this week yall already know gotta shout out Spy X Family and JJK again. Again big special shout-out to the end of Attack On Titan. And Eminence in Shadow just keeps delivering. As for podcasts this week we kinda back to that full rotation homies of Remap Radio, Minnmax, Castle Superbeast, Big Think Dimension and Into the Aether. As always have a excellent weekend yall and Happy Gaming.

I've finally found a way to work through my backlog. It's called the Wheel of Suffering! The first game I got was Mario Bros 3, so that's what I'm playing!

I was finally able to secure a copy of Star Ocean: The Second Story R so I'm mainly gonna be playing that!! It was sold out everywhere online and in gaming stores around me, but there was ONE copy left at a Best Buy in the city over so I leaped at the chance. Can't wait to play this game because the reviews have me so hyped.