Topic: What game's are people gifting themselves this holiday?

I usually make sure there's something new to play with at Christmas. The funny thing is, this year, I can't think of a game I want enough to buy at the moment. After Luigi's Mansion & A Hat in Time, there hasn't been anything that I want.

Not sure if it counts but my brother early-gifted me an eShop card, and I used it to get Dragon Quest III.

@Eel Hilarious. I saw one reply from, "Eel", and I thought, uhhh!, Eel's gonna say there's another thread
Not bad, Eel. Thanks again for helping me with the pokemon card gift earlier this month. Yer the neatest!

Edit: I just realized I downloaded Yooka-Laylee and handn't played it yet. I guess I stealth gifted myself something after all.

I just gifted myself witcher 3 since it was on Amazon for $45. And if i get some eshop cards for Xmas i may get some resident evil or final fantasy

Legend of Zelda Links Awakening
LEGO City Undercover
LEGO Jurassic World
Starlink Battle for Atlas (physical game copy on sale for $9.99, but I did both digital collection packs & Star Fox DLC to have 100% in-game content and to never have to touch the dumb tedious physical toy setup/swapping. Just my opinion. 😉)

Plus, just got the classic gray Switch Lite yesterday. I play the heck out of my OG Switch, so now I can rest it when not in TV mode. OMG the Lite is literally as light as a feather. I never realized how heavy the original Switch is until now. The Lite is a fantastic compliment (little brother to the standard model).

Nothing in particular on the Switch front. I'm still playing Luigi's Mansion 3, and though I've decided I'll probably get Xenoblade 2: Torna next, it's not specifically for Christmas as I would be buying it anyway.

The story is a bit different on PS4 thanks to the big Holiday & New Years sales though. Got Kingdom Hearts III, Tales of Berseria, LEGO Jurassic World, Knack II, and the Order 1886 all for under $60.

I’m thinking I might go back in time a little and pick up Miles Edgeworth Investigations!

Assassin's Creed: Rebel Collection, because it looks like the perfect game to go with the Aussie Summer/New Years. And it just looks fantastic. Sea shanties!!!

Collection of Mana. For some good old fashion nostalgia (nothing reminds me of summer as a kid more than playing Secret of Mana, haha maybe not but it's definitely up there). 50% off on the eshop and I also finally get to play the sequel. The price was finally right.

Alien: Isolation because it's another fantastic game and port from what I hear. Gonna watch the original Alien tonight to get hyped.

That's this years picks for me. Not gonna load them up until Christmas day though. Want to make it a bit more special this year. I believe i've chosen wisely.

Not Switch games but...

White PS3 Slim 320GB (used condition) with two PS3 starter games: Ratchet & Clank Future A Crack in Time and Final Fantasy XIII.
A Perfect wish that will come true on 1 January 2020.

Maybe some cheap games from the sale, but I already have DQXI if I run out of things to play before Animal Crossing.

Bought myself for the switch so far in the sale (europe) was Dragon Quest 1 - 3 and Atelier Deluxe Trilogy bundle.

Well... I now have a TV set up (and am not borrowing my roommates occasionally to play PS4) for the first time in close to a decade, so I guess I'll be trying out tv mode finally, that was my big thing. Though I also have close to a dozen games that I ordered Black Friday that came in over the month, don't think I even want to admit to list all those out.

Does black friday splurging count?

For the actual holiday though I bought telescope filters and eyepieces. I have more than enough games. I might cave and get a eshop card to snag a few cheap games on my wishlist though. Going to spend tomorrow gaming.

Edit, I also bought a new cast iron dutch oven and a wok. Can't find mine (likely buried in storage) so tis the season to go shopping. Since I finally got my 1tb card for my dq switch I count setting that up as my prezzie.

@Ryu_Niiyama Nice. Tangent question When you study spectra, are you just looking for what the star is made of, or also looking for planets and their compositons?

Finally gonna get myself Astral Chain or Ultimate Alliance 3. Leaning towards UA3, but we'll see.

@Woomy_NNYes Planets. Spectra composition (as well as stellar "wobble") helps determine if there are planets orbiting a star.

@rallydefault, as someone who has played both, I'd recommend Astral Chain unless you're a huge Marvel fan.

There's nothing specifically wrong with MUA3 (it's a decent action title that can put up a suprisingly stiff challenge at times), however Astral Chain is simply a higher class game in nearly every regard, IMO (it stands up with BotW, Odyssey, & XC2 in terms of AAA level exclusives on the system as far as I'm concerned).

Friends gave me eShop cred, so I gifted myself the following;
Super Blackjack Turbo
Little Nightmares
Miniature
House Golf

I still have $16...

Thought I wasn’t going to receive any games this year - I never do, really - so I grabbed myself Link’s Awakening at a pretty decent discount. However, turns out I got Dragon Quest XI S for Christmas. Thrilled!

Got some funds from my family, so I decided to download a game for myself (seeing as no one would buy one for me; not that they’d know what to get me anyway 😁). I went for the Mega Drive Collection. I do have the old Xbox 360 collection and a Mega Drive Mini, but the crossover is enough plus having a virtual console effectively on my Switch Lite (along with the NES SNES apps) means I will never be short of things to play on the move.