Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend?

Hyrule Warriors for the 3rd time for me!

I just bought Battle Chasers: Nightwar and that's all I've been playing ever since it got released. The game looks awesome! Though I kinda feel like the walking was a bit slow, it's not something that I'd make a big deal of.

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze isn’t even an option? Geez... But that’s the only game that’s keeping me occupied for the weekend. 🎮

Castlevania symphony of the night on ps1, megaman zero collection on ds and half life 2 on ps3.

@KingdomHeartsFan are re:coded and days worth the play? I bought them back in january fof my DS because I wanted to play every KH game but didn’t feel like playing them yet.

I've got Hyrule Warriors coming in (slowly) from Amazon, hopefully by tomorrow (tracking says Monday, though)

Otherwise, I started up Infamous: Second Son, it feels good to get back into playing the Infamous series.

N64 games, Xbox Original games and Switch games.
Maybe some Wii U and Cube depending on tastes at the time.

Won't be playing any games. However I will be doing a clear out throwing away GBA and N64 boxes and instruction booklets to save space.

I just can't stop playing Skyrim. It's been a couple of months and I'm still hooked.

@YamAsereht You are kidding right?

Received Megaman Legacy collection yesterday, so it’s gonna be it!

Kirby Star Allies arrived this morning, so I'll now have to elbow my children off the Switch before I'm able to play anything myself. I'll almost certainly notch up my 100th hour on Xenoblade 2 (it's coming after you, Zelda BotW, as my playtime record holder), but I'll have to dip into Kirby too.

Splatoon 2: Splatfest, Donatello.
Pokémon Shuffle: Playing UX stages and S ranking some earlier stages.
Celeste: Trying to get 0 deaths in chapter 5.

1. Portal Knights Switch
I got some Major changes and improvements after got updated into 1.3.5 version yesterday. Take a look at my beautiful house with green crystal in front of the house.

2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Switch
Still keep collecting coins...

3. ARMS
Um.... Bengals76....Don't go away from me...!

4. Go Vacation Wii
Try to re-experience again the vibes before i engaged with Switch version.

Luigis mansion 2

Hyrule, Battle Chasers, and the Pixeljunk demo for me.

Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition and maybe Splatoon 2 for the Splatfest.

Last night I started Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, playing on my Vita using remote play of the Remastered Ezio trilogy running on my PS4. Really happy with how it runs, and the intro section of the game was really well done, I thought, so hopefully I'll be carrying on assassinating people for the remainder of the weekend.

But it would be nice to find some time for the Splatfest too as I've not played Splatoon in a while.

Just finished the main story of Night in The Woods so probably the extras for that and maybe MK8 if I have any time to spare

Skyrim and randomized ultra sun maybe some splatoon 2 if I haven't run out my battery playing skyrim

Splatoon 2 team Raph. Although I was playing a bit this morning to power up my splatfest tee and half of the matches were decided by disconnects. Literally 5 out of the 10 matches ended up 4 vs 3, so frustrating.

Will also play a bit of BOTW if I get chance - looking to complete it in the next few weeks so I can start on Doom. Every time I think "That's enough exploring, I'll just get the last divine beast and then go for Ganon" I get distracted by a million and one intriguing things in the game. I've put in over a hundred hours now and still have 4 areas of the map that I haven't even been in yet. Love it.

Oh, and I also played a bit of Kirby's pinball land after discovering my old Gameboy Color - amazingly the batteries that were in it still worked. What a marvel! Just need perfect light to actually see the screen - brought back memories of extended play sessions and getting cramp trying to contort into the best possible viewing position. Happy days!

I'll definitely be playing Xenoblade chronicles 2 this weekend. I've clocked up around 10 hours on it so far and find it really good. If I play anything else it'll be Stardew Valley and/or Death road to Canada.

You mean "what are you going to play on the train to and from Berlin" for me. Ride there was finishing SteamWorld Heist, ride back I don't know yet, but either Wonder Boy or World Conqueror X.
The weekend itself is reserved for an Infinity tournament!

So, no news updates until Monday morning as usual @nintendolife ?

Off to Nintendoeverything it is so....

No much gaming this weekend as there's office work to do... If I find the time I will go back to Naruto as I stopped to play DK (as fenomenal as everyone says, the final challenges are terrific and even though I was losing lives after lives the soundtrack kept me going. Just unlocked hard mode but that and time trials are not my gem. 2nd best 2d platformer after Celeste (game of the year so far)

Tropical freeze and Hyrule Warriors

Infernium on Switch.
Incredible Hulk Ultimate Destruction on PS2.

Hyrule Warriors all the way. And might do my first ever splatfest. Want to pick up either the physical version of Runner 3 or download Little Nightmares but don't know which one I should pick up. Also might try 88 Heroes since it was pretty heavily discounted on the eshop.

I just finished Regalia of Men and Monarchs. Yes the game has some serious functionality flaws, but the story is just darn near perfect in my book. A lovely hybrid of fantasy epic and comedy. With just enough seriousness to keep from being annoying. If they could iron out the loading time and painfully slow menus, It'd be high on my list of suggested games.

After cleansing my palate a bit with other games, back to BotW to get the rest of the korok seeds, then the rest of the side quests. Also, finally got Ultra Sun, so that too. And World of Tanks and Half Life 2 with smod redux on pc, plus possibly another playthrough of GTA Vice City Stories on my Vita, this time with a patch that adds full right analog support.

Cya
Raziel-chan

I'll be playing some Death Road to Canada, and be trying to beat some of the harder modes.

I can tell you what I'm NOT playing. Pikmin 4. The game will be mentioned at E3...or I'm out. We don't get Shenmue, We get no Classic Sega Virtual Console. "Sega oh Sega, why SOA and SOJ disagreed on so many business decisions?! You ruined a good thing! I won't play Sony, I won't play Xbox. Nintendo is the only true gaming company now that you're gone! And I can't even get games everyone else is playing elsewhere!"

@Scrummer
Speaking of Reggie, where has he been in the last 3 years?

I am playing Donkey Kong Country Returns on 3ds for the first time, and it is one of the best platformers I've ever played.
How would you rate Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze against it? Is it as good?

@sandman89
Tropical Freeze is great.

Hopefully, I'll get chance to complete a few games that I'm nearing the end of:
Earth Wars
Dandara
Atomik: RunGun JumpGun

I picked up Heart & Slash midweek, so will likely play a little later and I'm also tempted to pick up A Robot Named Fight. Indies dominating my gaming at the moment!

Hyrule Warriors, can’t see that changing for a while now.

XC2 chapter 5 now. DQ Builders (still need to start Chapter 3), DKCTF ( finished game with my son on Funky mode and now going to 100% it with him). Might get Hyrule wariors (Tim Roger’s Kotaku review brought me on board on it) but before i finnish XC2 probably Ys VIII will be out so could be i pass until i see it on sale (never got so many games on a console before).

Splatoon 2. Otherwise, might finally put together Labo Variety (unless someone wants to buy it off me).

Superman 64 and E.T on Atari 2600 if I can dig it up

@N64SNESU you lucky lucky person

Fox N Friends. I wasn't too sure I'd like it at first, but it's starting off fairly well actually. Gotta work this weekend outta nowhere, so that's all I'll probably focus on.

Xenoblade 2 still
Kingdom:new lands. I finally can play it decently, figuring it all out has been rewarding.

Raging justice is such a fun homage to old school beat em ups. I'll be playing more for sure

@1UP_MARIO don't knock them, the best games ever made!

@YamAsereht noooooo. I collect n64 boxes dont throw them out! They are limited resources

@kingdomheartsfan I 100%, or nearly so, most of my games, and still build an insane backlog. I can’t help but buy good games when they come out, save me! 😆

I’ll be playing Gungeon on Switch mainly, one day I will beat the dang High Dragun! Possibly some more Mighty Gunvolt Burst as I still have to clear it with Ekoro, Kurona, Tenzou, Call and Joule. Retail wise, so much to choose from.... MHGEN on 3DS to prep for Switch GenU, or MH Worlds on PS4, or God of War on PS4.... or the million Pokemon games on 3DS I have.... decisions decisions...

@DownRightSam N64 Boxes are some of the most beautiful game boxes created. I still have most of mine intact and mint from original purchase. Missing Blast Corps and War Gods boxes for some reason though.

battle chasers(just in time for my 5hr trip to Boston this weekend) and Assassin's Creed origin DLC once back home. I'm back in love with AC.

Gonna be keeping myself entertained with this month's free Games with Gold on the Xbox One:

Assassin's Creed Syndicate and the brilliantly entertaining shooter Vanquish.

And @AlexOlney not having any time to play games this weekend? Must be all tied up in those Harry and Meghan festivities, then...

Nothing on Switch for me this week(end).
Going through my back catalog at the moment.

My copy of Hyrule Warriors arrived yesterday, I hadn’t owned any of the previous versions (I recently tried the 3DS demo test it out) - so I’ll be mostly playing that.

I am actually dipping back into a fresh play through of Skyrim...now just to pick what build I want to go with this round...

Finished chapter 2 of Yakuza 0, and am now playing more of Gal Gun 2. I think I'm just going to peck at various games until Y's VIII releases.

@Drussa Nice. Finished Xenoblade 2 a couple of weeks ago. It was a really awesome experience!

Shantae and maybe octopath traveler demo.

rip labo

Still far cry for me

I finally got every single moon in Mario Odyssey and I only have two more levels in Tropical Freeze to 100%. I’m finally able to devote some time to some smaller indie games in my backlog. I’m finally combing through Yooka Laylee and trying to get every single Pagie. And I’m having far more fun than I thought I would.

More Dragon Quest V for me. I swear this game will be the death of me--the charm, the humor, the art, the combat, the music, the story, I can't stop! If I can tear myself away from DQ, I'll probably play a bit of Bastion on PC. I've heard so many good things about it so I'm glad I'm finally getting the chance to play it.

Hyrule Warriors DE. Played up until the first dimensional split last night and took care of Ocarina timeline. See if we can get further today...oh to wait for co-op buddies.

I waited so long for Battle Chasers and I am not that impressed. The text is to small to read. There is no auto battle. Things are not explained. I am still playing it and I like the lore. It is a good game but is is not great.

Just started Assassin’s Creed III (PS3). It’s my first game in the series. Not sure how I feel about it - so far I like the idea and premise more than the execution, but I’m only 3-4 hours in.

I have a lazy Saturday planned out, so I'm expecting a lot of Twilight Princess HD in the forecast. There's a slight chance of Ever Oasis dewadems getting thrown around, too.

I'll be lucky to squeeze in any gaming tomorrow.

@Sinton That is one of my favorite AC games in the Series beside AC II.

But I will now be going through a few Ps4 games that I just picked up on sale for real Cheap like Darksiders 1 for only $1.99 and Darksiders 2 for $2.99, also got The Disney Afternoon Collection for only $5.99.

So I am going to start playing through Darksiders 1 Warmastered Edition and The Disney Afternoon Collection this weekend.

@sketchturner - That Hulk game on PS2 was a blast. It felt great to jump around and smash. Loved wrapping cars around his fists too. Good stuff.

I got my switch and botw at launch and tonight, I'm finally facing Ganon. I wanted to wait until I got every single shrine, and I never used a guide so I'm pretty proud of myself, I've put in 190 hours. Also going to play some hyrule warriors with my friend, and some of the splatfest as well

Where's the love for Little Nightmares? I'll be digging in to that gem this weekend. I'm also mightily tempted by DK Tropical Freeze and Yonder, though I finally got on the Battle Chef Brigade bandwagon and probably need to see about that magical mashup first.

Labo variety kit & Rocket League

@KingdomHeartsFan DOOM was the first game I downloaded when I got my Switch and I'm still playing and loving it. I've downloaded and played some smaller titles from the eShop but until I've had my fill of DOOM I won't be buying another game till I'm ready to get stuck in to it. I've games for my Wii U that have never even been opened and I'm just not doing that again.

@MasterJay wow that's impressive!

Going to attempt to finish Outlast 2 this weekend. I say attempt because for whatever reason, the intimacy of playing in handheld rachets up the immersion tenfold for me, so the game is absolutely terrifying when not on the big screen. Visiting my folks for the weekend, so playing on the TV isn't an option

Alternating between Far Cry 4 on PS4 and Axiom Verge on Switch.

@antdickens don't even answer that troll...

@Chayshirin I absolutely adored Returns on Wii... Tropical Freeze, on Wii U, was even better. Practically perfect, a masterpiece in my opinion and I am sorely tempted to pick it up again for Switch...

I finally got the best ending in Cave Story a couple days ago.
I've been playing the game since it came out way back in '04 but somehow never actually gathered up the courage to power through the Sacred Grounds/Blood Stained Sanctuary. It feels good to finally scratch that off my to-do list after all those years.

I bought Mario & Rabbids yesterday so I’m playing that all weekend.

The Splatfest for me. Been playing it all morning and I’m now a Raph Queen. Probably going to play some Mario & Luigi: Dream Team later since I haven’t finished it yet.

Bayonetta 2 and Super Mario Odyssey

@readyletsgo that bugs me to

@Joe-b tropical freeze is amazing

Recently jumpd back into Zelda BotW after getting the Master Cycle last weekend. Been playing that this morning!

I may do the typical but completely necessary ARMS round or two... Or five... Heh. Just this week, I finally hit 100 hours in ARMS!! 😄 ...should I be proud of that?

May play some more DKC: Tropical Freeze and some more Tumblestone. I'm also struggling(?!) to beat the Soul Melter difficulty in Kirby Star Allies' Ultimate Choice mode, and I've been playing Mario Bros. via the Arcade Archives port. Sounds like my weekend's full! 😂

Everyone have a safe, blessed weekend! 😃😊

@MasterJay Wow!! Congratulations, that's amazing!

Enjoy Mother 3, it’s a tearjerker. I’ll be tending crops, fighting dodongos, and collecting letters. Anyone played Little Nightmares yet?

Wife is at a modeling gig all weekend... so.... bring on the mature violent games on big screen TV!
Doom (both game and pinball)
Bayonetta 2
Layers of Fear
Little Nightmares

Halloween arrives early!

@Taya enjoy, my son got it for his birthday and he loves it.

Good to see one piece getting some love!

Dragon Quest V, while subsequently grinding out on Pokemon Duel. Of course, Community Day on Pokemon Go is tomorrow, so I'll be playing that for at least 3 hours too...

Splatfest and some DKCTF

tropical freeze

Arcade Archives Punch-Out!!
Rayman!
Virtual Boy Wario Land!
Breath of the Wild Hinox Hunting!
Possibly Some Other Stuff!

Hyrule Warriors, BotW, and IMMORTAL REDNECK.

Battle Chasers: Nightwar is where it's at. If you love JRPGs, definitely check it out!

I'm gonna try Shantae half genie hero

Hyrule Warriors and Shantae HGH for me.

I want to play something. . .but I don't know what to play!!!!!

Maybe some Stella Glow. Maybe some Stardew Valley on Steam later.

Splatoon 2 for me (Team Raph!).

@ilikeike Bastion is one of the few pc games i played. Loved it. Still listen to the soundtrack (got it with humble bundle) sometimes.

Pokémon Crystal and Pokémon Picross. Some Stella Glow too

@KingdomHeartsFan I'm less likely to 100 % a game nowadays. Just don't have the time - i'd only get through a couple of games a year, and there's already hundreds of games i'd love to play but will never have time. Depends on the game though - some games are still so much fun after hours and hours, others seem to follow the law of dimishing returns and become a bit of a slog at the end.

I decided to finally get Darkest Dungeon, digitally, sense it was on discount. I have found that I like my Rougelikes to be more pick up and play. Little Skyrim and Minecraft as well.

@Anti-Matter
nope. it's just sometimes Nintendo reminds me of cable tv. 200 channels and nothing on.

Playing a bit of Runner 2 on the WiiU gamepad, as I don't bother to connect the WiiU to the TV, and warming up to Runner 3 releases next week. Really looking forward to playing a runner game on the Switch in handheld mode as the gamepad feels so like a plastic toy now in comparison! After having been on both team Raph and Donnie the last weekends, I'll choose Donnie again this weekend!

It's unfortunate Tropical Freeze is not on the list. It only came out two weeks ago! Did everybody forget about it already?

@Chayshirin I'd say it's just as good or better. They are very similar gameplay-wise so it might be hard to decide, but the stages are even more dynamic and inventive. The soundtrack is great, with David Wise returning from the original DKC games to compose new tracks, and that puts it on top for me.

Splatfest, Battle Chasers, DKC Tropical Freeze, Fox N Forests.

It’s Xenoblade Chronicles 2 for me. Was abit reluctant but I traded in Spltoon 2 for it last week, but turned out to be the right choice

DK:TF and Arms. Hoping to finish Donkey Kong before i get bogged down in Crash Trilogy and Mario Tennis.

I am also playing Splatoon 2 TMNT Splatfest and Persona Q

DKC Tropical Freeze
Hyrule Warriors
Battle Chasers Nightwar
One Piece Pirate Warriors 3

SO many games. Gonna have to give em the ol' banana slamma

Does anyone read this far down the comments ?

If so, be thrilled to learn that I’m about 40 minutes into Donkey Kong Switch . Super easy so far which I really like

Can’t wait to get into it more !

Nhl 98 for sega genesis feeling nostalgic this weekend! 😁

I was going to do the same as Dave Frear and play mother 3 on my GBA X5 and AGS 101 GBA SP. But I loaded up Summon Night instead and I'm really enjoying it!

Windows Phone:
Kinectimals Unleashed
Jetpack Joyride
Ridiculous Marathon

Hyrule Warriors, Splatoon 2 (Team Donnie) and Death Road to Canada, which I'm reviewing on our podcast.

@zionich
Darkest Dungeon is great. I agree with the pick up and play aspect, it just works so well with this game. I play 20-30 mins each time.

Enjoy

Finished Mutant Mudds Super Challenge, so I picked up DKC tropical freeze to grind on while I watch my shows this weekend. Also, might start one of the RPGs on my SNES classic

Well, I STARTED the weekend with Xenoblade Chronicles 2, but finally beat the vanilla playthrough last night (you tried [final boss name deleted]... ohhh you tried ), so now it looks like I will get back to Subsurface Circular and Resident Evil Revelations 2. THEN, I'll be able to get to a new game/backlog game.

Taking a break from Football Manager this weekend and playing through The Framed Collection and Hyper Sentinel.

I’m still playing Final Fantasy 6 on SNES Mini. Enjoying it 48 hours in. I’ve never finished a FF game.

Besides rocking the TMNT Splatfest Finals, the wife and I got in a round on FORTUNE STREET which we had been meaning to do for awhile. I still love my Wii U so I can play both generations of WiiU titles.

More Xenoblade Chronicles 2 for me. 25 hours in and still haven't decided if I like it or not, but interested enough to keep going. Combat is actually just starting to get interesting.

The Fairune collection!

Banner Saga is nice, but the UI is a mish mash and could use work.

This weekend I’ve got my Switch on the go so collecting some more moons in Odyssey!

I don't know what games am playing this weekend XD

Triple-dipping on Hyrule Warriors. I legit love that game.

I'll also dabble a bit in Splatfest. Go Team Donnie!

And, if I need a break, Skyrim it is.

Pokemon Blue Version, Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition, and South Park: The Fractured Butthole. Gaming has been good recently!

@YamAsereht I’ll take the boxes and instructions if you don’t want them. I’ll pay the shipping.

SinceI did my time on Hyrule Warriors back on the Wiiu and they released Pirate Warriors about the same time I went for that one. It’s much the same, time-management in a package of fan-service and wild action - and they’re both fun. I’ll be keeping on keeping on when allowed. I’ve been told I’m going to put up a small picket fence in the backyard today.

@Aven Wait til you reach 40, it’ll get exponentially better

Skies of Fury DX!

Very little, was out visiting friends in Brighton in the blazing sun getting drunk, and I'm going to a Cup Final today at Wembley. At a push, probably a few more rounds of Strikers 1945 II. Damn I love old school shootemups.

Been playing tonnes of Tropical Freeze - nearly finished it on original mode on second playthrough. Enjoying it more now that I've gotten better at the game - having 2 hearts isn't such a big deal

Goetia, naurto 3 full burst, death road Canada:D

MHXX demo

Other than some Neo Geo titles every now and again my Switch has been getting very little use. I have just completed Bloodborne and I have to say it may have knocked Breath of the Wild off the best game I’ve played type spot.
Now on Mad Max and I’m enjoying it so far. Just ordered Dark Souls 3 and have recently purchased a skunk box for my Atari Jaguar. I can now run home brew Roma through it. Been playing a lot of the original Star Wars arcade.

Monster Hunter World, a little Fortnite, and Resident Evil 7. Finished DKCTF on wed, got Battlechasers on Monday, but not in the RPG mood - nothing else new I want to play on Switch. Someday I'll finish FE Warriors (was way better than I thought it'd be) and get the Hyrule one - released way too close together IMO. Extremely excited for Runner3 on tuesday.

@Banjos_Backpack When I was watching LABO suit videos and I saw the visor flipping up and down to change your perspective, I'm like, "please port SF Zero to Switch and just simplify like this." Snapping between views could be really fun if done in that way.

Game of Thrones on LABO:

@Joe-b He's kickin butts, takin names, and makin games.

Mummy Demastered and Riptide Renegade GP. If you like Wave Race, you owe it to yourself to try Riptide. It’s highly addictive!

I've been playing little nightmares. Really enjoyable this far

apparently I'm playing...

...Death Squared...wasn't planning on it...

...but once I saw that 33% OFF on the eSHOP

Because of the RAGE 2 announcement, I'm replaying RAGE on the PC. Having a blast. Ok, the game is buggy but there are workarounds which aren't to difficult.

Also Animal Super Squad. Yeah, writing it in full because I don't think using the acronym would be appreciated here. I'm playing it while on the toilet, so there's that.

Hyrule Warriors for me. I only played the 3DS version so the jump to the switch is night and day.

Replaying Super Mario Odyssey while I wait for Legacy Collection 2 to arrive tomorrow

God of War. What else?

I just bought Hearts of Iron 4 on steam. Played 90 minutes of tutorial and was unable to figure out how to properly invade 1 country with a single army. I'll be going back today to slog my way through the most complicated Ww2 sim ever.

Banner Saga mostly and a little splatfest on the side.

It was my birthday and I got Puyo Puyo Tetris, Splatoon 2 and the Biding of Isaac A+, so that I guess.

Chrono Trigger DS

More DKC Tropical Freeze for me and some Minecraft with the kiddo.

Pokemon Blue

@Scrummer
good to know.

Golden Sun on my GBA SP,
just started a new game yesterday and im nearly the End and will start with Lost Age, soon.

Love this series since it came out

Strange Journey Redux and God of War. Solid combo.

Pokémon Ultra Sun and Splatoon 2. Pretty much the only games I've played in a few months.

anybody knows what ever happened to seasons of heaven?
latest news was in october 2017, the official website looks dead.

playing mario odyssey with my son who just turned 6 is epic. he was so proud he collected 500 moons, clapping his hands lol.

in the evening i played mario kart 8 deluxe online.

@Prof_Yoshtonics @DownRightSam @justin233 @Banjos_Backpack Don't worry, didn't happen in the end. Would have made it a criminal offense to throw away vintage packaging of games if I was PM (unless was badly damaged of course). I always make a controversial post here every week.

guys.

any tip what game to get. i finished breath of the wild, and mario odyssey, and only want to collect quality titles.
i dont like 8bit indie games though, rather search for a adventure game, with a bit freeroaming and epic story.

i was thinking about xenoblade 2, but im afraid it would be abit of a letdown after playing loz:bow.

I’ve been dividing my time between Wonderboy (up to 4th Boss), DKCTF (2nd boss) and Lumo (just reached the Cauldron level) Made good progress on all three.

Mostly Banner Saga. Roommate picked up Hyrule Warriors so I'm playing that in between Fire Emblem Warriors

@PALversusNTSC DOOM, I love it. ARMS is great my son absolutely loves it, there's a free demo on the eShop at the minute.

@Damo I of course understand, everyone should have a weekend. But it's odd, since last year, this place becomes a ghost town at weekends, wasn't like that before. I'm sure there are loads of talented folk out there that would jump at the chance to write articles for NL, even some fine commenters on here would be up for it. Not me though, I can't write articles to save my life.

Glad to hear you guys are expanding and looking to take on new staff though. As I've always said, love coming to NL for the articles and the comments.

I ended up playing a little bit more of Totes the Goat and Slayaway Camp which I highly recommend while it's on sale.

Super Mario Odyssey.

Finish up some fortnite challenges on my pc, play through the splatfest, and check out botw link in mk8d