Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (June 29th)

Super Mario Maker 2 when it finally arrives (before 8pm).

I’d preordered it but this is the consequence of cheaping out on Amazon free delivery.

It’s been a little while since I’ve been excited for a Mario game. But I never played the first Maker so I’m really looking forward to it.

Last days of my vaction so a lot of gaming for me.
Going to start with Mario Maker 2.
Later on for the chills graveyard keeper.
With the wifey I wil enjoy some sonic team racing.
Tonight will be some Mario maker again, with a bit of secret of mana,
Tommorow wil be the same Schedule.
Have a great weekend al!

This week I will be mostly playing

Samus Returns
Mario Maker 2

Mainly Bloodstained, I'm about 6 hours in and its probably my favourite game this years so far and the best Metroidvania since SOTN.

I’m playing Rime on the Switch and Yoshi Whooly World on the 3ds. Love them both. Yoshi is great in 3D.

My copy of super Mario maker 2 hasn't arrived yet... why do you do this to me Amazon.es??? 😩 so I will continue with my tales of vesperia, I'm still 11 hours in, and maybe catch a couple of odyssey moons

Mario maker 2 with a dash of Bloodstained and plenty of Glastonbury festival on the TV

Until I get Mario Maker, it will be Splatoon 2. All this in anticipation of Ni No Kuni...

This weekend is very unusual for me.
I played these PlayStation games: 🤓
1. Portal Knights (PS4)

I got new update 1.6.0.
Added with Elf, Rogue job class and Faynore world.
They are paid DLC ($9), i will buy those DLCs later.
There were some new objects and recreated world into completely different world (Mage's Guild)
And there was a new feature, Island Testing. Basically, we can add with placeable enemies on Creative Mode and play the island like Adventure mode (except you cannot interact with some objects or talking with NPCs)

2. The Sims 4 (PS4)
Played my alter ego (David SUPERNOVA), visited San Myshuno to get involved in Flea Market, Festivals, etc. And of course to get socialize with my other six pack dudes i created last time. 😘

3. Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME (PS2 Japan)

Played some songs to unlock certain songs. Unlocked Dance Dance Revolution by DDR ALL STARS as One More Extra Stage song.

And i might continue Final Fantasy X Switch tonight to get some crest and celestial weapons.

I must collect eggs for Mr Grizz

Mario Maker, Crash Racing, Octopath and Mario Rabbids maybe some DQX11 if I can dust off the PS4!

Have really gotten into the level creating more than I thought I would, something very satisfying about it!

Still playing persona q2 on the last dungeon so should finish it this weekend

Super Mario Maker 2! Even though there are plenty of things I have to get used to about it, I still think I'll have as much fun with this one as I did with the original.

And during breaks from that, I'll be playing some N64 games since I finally found an N64 for a decent price last week and got hooked up with both the Banjo games yesterday

My son is horse hunting in Zelda BOTW and i am totally hooked into Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate. Still only in village 7 for solo and HR4 in online but god it is fun

JRPG July starts tomorrow, so it will be either Trails in the Sky First Chapter or Golden Sun Dark Dawn. Still June today, though, so maybe another level or two of Luigi’s Mansion Dark Moon. Or Celeste, after seeing the speed runs on Summer Games Done Quick.

My youngest has discovered Splatoon 2, so there will be some of that, as well as Steredenn, R-Type Dimensions, Dead Cells and Letter Quest Remastered.

If it's delivered today, Super Neptunia RPG. Otherwise, I may just play Team Sonic Racing again this weekend, or one of my PC games.

With two weeks of free time until I start my summer vacation job I am going to try and finish some games in my backlog. After finishing the first banner saga on switch I will probably be playing the second one on my switch and tokyo xanadu ex on ps4.

Crash racing if I ever get a chance........ soooo busy.

@carlos82 I'm with you Carlos!! If the '82 refers to your age then I match you there as well. I think all the negativity around this game must come from the younger generation, I can't see any problems at all with bloodstained on switch. I'm well into it (about 75% map) and I've had ZERO crashes just a bit of slow down, exactly the same performance as all the other Castlevanias I've played. Easily my game of the year and worth the wait

Playing Terraria on Switch this weekend!

@koekiemonster Rime is a great game, i just finished it last week! Despite the glitches, I would still give it a 9. Enjoy it!

@SuperRetroArt Another oldtimer here ('83) who's enjoying Bloodstained a lot! Good action and a wonderful score. Playing it on ps4 unfortunately because 60 fps.

Donut County! It was on my wish list and it is even better than I expected! Along with BoxBoyGirl, Rocket League, Piczle.

I am debating whether to stop by store after work to pick up Mario Maker, can I justify it with my back log?

Enjoying bloodstain ritual of the night. Will play pedro love the shooting and all.

Playing SMM 2 and also Ghostbusters on the PS3, definitely one I've wanted to get round to.

Mario maker 2. I wish I had more time

Edit. No games today. Weather too good

Switch : Super Mario Maker 2
Ps4: Dreams

My opinion the only two games you'll ever need in life.

Splatoon 2 for me. Decided to try get to rank S+ before the big Splatfest... whether I’ll be able to is another matter!

@SuperRetroArt haha yeah it refers to my age, I will say I'm actually playing Bloodstained on the PS4 but a good friend of mine has the Switch version and has had no issues. I also had a little go of it and apart from the missing rain effects it basically looks the same. Even the PS4 version has some slowdown around the outside of the towers but nothing major. I've just worked out what to do with my photograph and I've enjoyed every minute so far with the game and just love the look of it

Mario maker coming out yesterday was a nice little early birthday present for me, as well as terraria coming out this week as well. Gonna be spending my birthday today playing both of those as well as finally really going through xenoblade 2 again since I never finished it oh so long ago when it came out

Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS)
Timesplitters: Future Perfect (PS2)
Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins (3DS)
Smash Bros. Ultimate (Switch)

Virtua Racing, classic old racer that shows how sad the genre is today on the Switch. Other than that been playing Lego City, which has some quality design aspects. Lego Worlds is both fun and bizarre.

I would like to pick up Mario Maker, but it arrived at a time when I don’t need to add another game to the mix. Finally finishing up Persona 5, with some Breath of the Wild on the side (3rd playthrough what can I say 🐶).

Can't afford any new games right now so going to be playing Wargroove! Still playing online matches and might finally get the 151 stars to unlock the last commander. 7 stars to go!

Sorry, but I am unable to tear myself away from Mario Maker 2 to write this post.

Super Mario...........3d world.....yes it's true I'm actually playing that Mario game with the kiddo. Skyward sword a little bit too. Making more progress in secret of mana, at the empire palace and it got really hard. And Most importantly, super Mario maker 2! Never had the 1st game so I'm loving this!

Stuck on one of the bosses in super Metroid so might have a break from that.

I bought assassins creed 3 for switch the other day and I’m really enjoying it so far. I’ve not found the performance issues to be a problem so far.

Bloodstained, Mario Maker 2, and new content for Moss on PSVR. It's a great weekend! Haha

Literally just got my hands on metroid prime trilogy so i will dedicate some time to it. I have never played any of it and have to say as I love metroidvania and don't love shooters I am on the defence but let's see how does it go (the Wii controls should be better than double analogue though...).

Also playing dragon quest 4 and quite enjoying it (how could not as traditional JRPG as my gem)

Finally got Bloodstained yesterday, but having second thoughts whether to go for it or also invest in and start with Curse of the Moon which I hear is a prequel of sorts but which, to my shame, I've forgotten about until now. Regardless, I still have other plans for the usual stuff like Xenoblade/Nelke/FFXII (and mopping up some leftovers in the otherwise finished Typoman). No Warframe for a while - I shelved it after the game refused to launch without a hefty mobile data investment again. Like I said elsewhere, I don't mind having 20+ Gb of a cool freemium on my Switch card, but 14 Gb updates for it are another matter. If I'm skipping login days as a result, might as well skip them all the way until the next Nightwave at earliest.

Frankly, even what time I may get to spend at home with unmetered internet in the next few weeks is likely to be applied elsewhere, especially if I invest in the current Steam sale. The wishlist items I'm eyeing (ESO unlikely to land on Switch, Disney Infinity pack unlikely to land ANYWHERE again and Gran Pulse saga Square Enix is still in no hurry to announce for anything but the recent XBox BC option) are all remarkably hefty downloads, even if one of the upsides of a malfunctioning GPDW screen driving yours truly to the once avoided realm of laptops was a kind of storage with more room and higher writing speeds.😅

@Sunsy
Im glad om not the only one that is enyoing Sonic racing

Stella Glow. I downloaded it about a month ago when it was on sale but did not play it until now as I’ve bern churning through my 3DS backlog (I’ve seen the credits for three games in the last month).

I have to say I am impressed with it so far - a cool JRP - even though it’s a little kinky 🤨

Pilotwings Resort 😁

I’m a little broke at the moment, but I wanna take the dive on Steamworld Quest on Sunday when I get paid. Until then I’m hooked on Steamworld Heist again. Such a talented developer

Continuing Octopath Traveler and have started a second play through of Breath of the Wild which continues to move toward the top of my list of best games of all time. Such an amazing experience

Mario Maker 2 and CTR.

I won't be playing Super Mario Maker 2's online multiplayer modes. They're just as choppy and with as much input delay as Virtua Racing was when I played it online right after it came out in Japan. Terrible! I love Super Mario Maker 2 and will be playing it all weekend, but I seriously hope they fix the ultra crappy online multiplayer! I just tried Virtua Racing again to see what it is like online. It seems even more terrible than when I first played it. I hope Sega and Nintendo fix these games online multiplayer! They are both awesome games and deserve playable and fun online modes!
I'm also playing Goonya Fighter, Verlet Swing, Party Golf, Worms WMD, and Kingdom Two Crowns this weekend. Goonya and Verlet look awesome and both run at 60fps. I enjoy the challenges of Verlet Swing and the funny awkwardness of Goonya.

I finished the story mode of Super Dragon Ball Heroes yesterday. The general writing is pretty childish, at least when it comes to the ideals it preaches, but the interactions with characters that got little-to-no screen-time in the actual canon is still pretty endearing and there's a clear passion for the franchise present in those character interactions. It's more than adequate for a title that ultimately revolves around creating nutty dream-teams and matchups.

I hit a wall in arcade mode at Fusion Zamasu's boss fight some time ago, but I'm relatively confident that I can overcome it at this point.

Tinkering a bit with Mario Maker 2, and while I love all the expanded options, the awfully wonky building controls while docked make me really miss the GamePad. Never thought I’d ever say that.

Other than that, still picking away at Persona Q2, Pac Man World 2, Banjo Tooie, Punch Out Wii and Okami.

Same things I’ve been on for the last couple weeks. Playing through the Octo Expansion in Splatoon 2 and replaying Pokémon FireRed.

Nothing at all!!!
Moving to a new home this weekend means having a epic mess all around. I'm carrying my switch with for an open opportunity of gaming time but not seeing it likely.

Worst gaming weekend so far this year

Fractured but whole finally, just had to get it at some point. Next to that some diablo, trying to get the seasonal cosmetics. And if time allows me, start a new new on civ vi.

I’m having much more fun with Mario Maker 2 than I thought I would. Honestly, all of you building levels is what finally broke me down to get it. I was wary at first because I’m pretty mediocre at 2D Mario games, but there’s been enough fun and laughs that I don’t get the frustrated. Thanks for making fun things for me to play, y’all!!
So I’ll be dipping in and out of that, and trying to restore my grounds to glory in Graveyard Keeper.

A little busy this weekend, I do have my Switch with me so I’ll play something on there. Probably Neo Geo games.

I'm in the middle of a mini-vacation from work, and with Super Mario Maker 2 being released yesterday, most of my weekend will be going towards that (played about 34% of story mode yesterday). Other than that, I doubt I'll play much else... well maybe more Pokemon Go, since it'll give me an excuse to get some of that wonderful fresh air, enjoy the sun, and hear those birds chirping.

Super Mario Maker 2 and FFX.

I’d say Mario Maker 2 but my 5yr old took the stylus from me and she’s building away. At some point I’ll get to challenge whatever bizarre course she makes. She, her older sister, and I all miss using the Wii U game pad - thank goodness the switch still has the touchscreeen.
I’ll try to make some more progress in Hollow Knight, too. My tween/teen self would be so ashamed at how bad I’ve gotten at twitchy action games in my middle age. 😅

Super Mario Maker 2, of course

@Teksetter me too. My 20 yr old stands laughing at me when he catches me playing docked. I can't even beat hornet

Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers is in early access and I'm basically just playing that.

Super Mario Maker 2 and Splatoon 2.

Mario Maker 2, Virtua Racer, and maybe some Castlevania 3 Famicom version

1. F12019: PC
2. Monster Hunter World: Iceborne Beta (PS4)
3. Have Bloodstained for Switch, but not opened it (see if they fix it). But I did intend to play it today.

CTR, and bloodstained

Got drunk last night and ordered a switch + mario maker.

Cheating my way through the last parts of Grim Fandango and then there will be Mario Maker 2. Only been doing the story mode so far. Love it!

@Boxmonkey you won't regret it

I’ve been watching panga, jaku, grandpoobear, carlsagan42 and barb for the past 3 years so I thought I’d take the plunge and try a shell jump
Or two.

Recently restarted XC2. So that. Then some more Slay the Spire; just reached act 3 for the first time but lost at the boss.

Thought I’d be all over MM2 when it was announced, but the realisation that I played so little of the original meant I cancelled my preorder.

Tempted with SlimeSan for a fiver, though I’m not short of stuff to play.

Don't forget Tetris 99! Played almost every day since it came out

You know one of those moments when life hits you like a ton of bricks? Well, that happened to me yesterday. I was planning on playing Virtua Racing and Mario Maker 2. Plans postponed...

Another 80s child here enjoying Bloodstained this weekend. As well as Graveyard Keeper. May play some more Mega Man 11 or Skyrim also.

Happy weekend! I have a busy one ahead filled with lawn maintenance, errands, and a family celebration tomorrow.

On the 3DS, I've only been able to shoehorn in the Monster Hunter Stories demo and am definitely considering the full game now. I also hope that I can get back to Ultra Sun's post-game this weekend.

Confession: I've never, EVER played Yoshi's Island. I intend to start this on my SNES Classic this weekend and finally see why people love this game so much.

Finally, I'll be shoving in a bit of casual Pokemon Go but may get an opportunity to do my first Groudon raid as I'm luckily near a spawning point right now.

Super Mario Maker I missed on the Wii U so this is my first time! Wow. Is there a way to put this game down? It’s just so much fun. Utterly joyous at every turn.
Virtua Racing is simply a phenomenal game and to make a version that looks and plays so well is just mind blowing. I only hope we can get DLC with the additional cars and more tracks soon. That would make this even better.
The other game I’m playing is the vastly underrated and ignored Active Soccer 2019. I’m not playing FIFA on Switch on principle because EA suck.
Sure Active Soccer is basic but it’s fast paced and if you turn the difficulty up you can spend plenty of time playing fast paced footy.

I'm playing super mario maker 2 and crash team but I didn't received my copy of bloodstained so happy I backed the game 4 years ago and now I just got a backer's slipcase but they say the game will arrive from 27th to 3rd july... may be. And they gave me a tracking number but they said that the package couldn't be tracked.... Don't use kickstarter it's always the same things for the backers. So is bloodstained playable on switch, what about the input lag and framerates everyone is reporting ?

This weekend is all about Super Mario Maker 2 mostly and some CTR. I'm in no rush to play Bloodstained so it should be patched by the time I get around to it. Hopefully I can find a physical copy of Red faction in my area on Tuesday.

@BigE
Yeah, the bosses in Hollow Knight have been tough.
Lucky for us patience and perseverance increase with age 😅

Splatoon 2 - Gotta practice in Ranked modes to get ready for the final SplatFest! #TeamChaos

Rocket League (Switch) - Taking part in the online summer 80's events. Playing Ghost Hunt has been an absolute blast(pun intended)

L.A. Noire (Switch) - Finally started this gem a few days ago and am enjoying it so far!

Super Mario Land (Game Boy) - Playing in celebration of it's upcoming 30th anniversary!

Mirror's Edge (Windows Phone) - Still on a Let's Play

Microsoft Flight (Games For Windows) - Still on a Let's Play

My rotation currently has hollow knight, fortnite and mario maker.

Diablo 3 with friends, Cuphead expert mode and Rick and Morty VR on PS4.

Mario maker 2, crash team racing and my friend Pedro. Such a good month 🥳

@Whalehome cuphead is such a good game, Nintendo first party quality, currently trying at A rank Dr kahls robot for the all A rank achievement then I’ll continue with the crushing yet addictive expert mode

Going through Mario + Rabbids right now. Want SMM2 but I'm so back logged with games I can't justify the purchase.

Probably some Cuphead and Smash thrown in the mix, too.

Enjoying Mario Maker too.

Today I tried some multiplayer and the extreme lag sometimes really helps with the precise jumping lol!

I'm continuing playing Bravely Second. Gotta say that I love how much freedom you have in battle in this JRPG with so many ways and difficult settings. I'm currently playing it in easy because I had a bit of stress with Zelda BotW DLC 😅

Just finished My Friend Pedro. But turns out quite a few things on my wishlist are on the game pass on Xbox so looks like that's where I'll be playing Graveyard Keeper this weekend.

FF14 ShadowBringers

@Krull Let me know how Golden Sun: Dark Dawn goes. It's among my oldest backlogged games (impulse buy when I found it new & cheap a few years ago), but I've never gotten around to it. My initial excuse was that I hadn't played through the first two games yet, now it's really down to the fact that there are other RPGs that I wanna play more.

I'm still hunting shinies on Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and I'm still enjoying some Splatoon 2 and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate with friends. I also tried Valve's Dota Underlords. It's highly addictive and I hope it's coming on Nintendo Switch soon.

I will continue my campaign with Ys VIII as I'm nearing the end. There's a lot of good stuff out I need to catch up on and this RPG is stopping me lol.

BLOODSTAINED IS AMAZING!!!

@DenDen Glad to hear you like it too. I'm a Sonic fan so I do enjoy it, though I found myself enjoying team racing more than I was expecting to. Played it for a bit along with Super Neptunia RPG (it was delivered today) earlier.

Chiki-chiki boxy pro wrestling. The game is actually a lot of fun! It's easy to play and while the customization isn't as deep as WWE games, it has enough to make the game interesting. I wish there were more people playing this online, I want to win some belts!

Also, I'll be playing some Mario Maker 2. I haven't built a lvl yet, just enjoying playing through the story lvls right now.

Xenoblade and Mario Maker 2! Some Final Fantasy X as well.

Still on Yoshi's Crafted World but nearly finished 100%. Really fun game and I'm not sure whether I prefer this or Wooly World on Wii U.

Crash Racing for me for another week, my copy of Super Mario Maker 2 will have to wait at least a few more days..... Then after Mario Maker 2 on to Ultimate Alliance 3. I just got Virtua Racing also, another to add to the backlog......

Virtua Racing bores me. I decided to spend an hour of my time practicing my patience against every 1970’s Arcade Platformer/Action-RPG dirty trick in the book with Wonderboy-Monsterland. It was about five hours later when I beat it...after restarting thrice and finally consulting a walkthrough. 😂

@Fake-E-Lee thanks for the info, I hope I'll play it soon.

Mario Maker 2, and Smash Ultimate.

Mario Maker 2 and some on-sale xenoverse 2; bit more persona q to do on a road trip, should be fun

Let me tell you what I am playing: Tales of Vesperia Yoshi's Crafted World Dragon Quest Builders 2 demo (Me and V-mon build our house in there and we took lovely pictures together) Devil May Cry Team Sonic Racing God Eater 3 demo

Graveyard Keeper. A morbid version of Stardew Valley and with much less focus on time management. No passing out at 2 am so just cook up some food in-game and grind away! Lovely!

I will probably be playing Castle of Heart and perhaps Realm Royale. Castle of Heart is vastly underrated for what it does.

I beat Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (100%), and Super Mario Maker 2 (Story Mode), and I will no doubt play them both more.

Speaking of Super Mario Maker 3, I just uploaded my 3rd level. If you'd like to try it, it's here: I uploaded a few levels. My 3rd on probably being my best, so far. You can find it here... 743-8XW-WFG.

My 3rd stage is my most complete, and fun, stage, I believe. My 2nd stage (30V-G9K-LTF) is decent too. However, my 1st stage (43F-Y4G-YDF) I forgot to add a Check Point, and the ending (and a section in the middle) might be a bit tricky. Tho, there is an easy way to beat all 3.

So, if you'd like, feel free to try all 3. I suggest the 3rd stage first. All are welcome. The more the merrier. Good luck.

Mario Maker 2 and Virtua Racing

Diablo 3 and gear.club 2

Virtua Racing is so good. Wish they had added a time trial mode though.

@Anti-Matter I don't want to have upset you, but some users don't like posts that have multiple images in. For future reference, could you only post one image (preferably of your favourite game) instead of multiple images of multiple games. Thanks!

I'm playing various games like Fortnite while trying to find the perfect gift for my girlfriend on Gift Observer lol.