Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (October 31st)

This week I will be mostly playing

SPLATFEST
Star Fox Adventures
Pokémon White
Two Point Hospital

Pikmin 3 switch version. $60 big for the price. However, i haven't played the game before. So will see what's up with the hype then will give my personal verdict.

Will be playing through the Borderlands 3 DLC this weekend.

Not too much Nintendo lately. I’ll be playing No More Heroes soon but this weekend it’s Dead Rising 2 and the original Silent Hill.

Animal Crossing and Dragon Quest XI for me this weekend.

I’ve finished Final Fantasy IX this week which was amazing.

As a change of pace I’m on a bit of a Sci;Adv kick. I’ve started playing Chaos;Child (Vita) and I’m watching the Steins;Gate anime which I’m enjoying as much as the VN.

I finally got my first (and so far only) #1 in Mario 35 a few days ago.
So the daily rotation continues with that one.

And some Mario Picross and Breath of Fire 2 on NSO SNES.

Working my way through Trails of Cold Steel IV. I am getting tempted to buy Hades though and see what the hype is about!

Banjo Kazooie (XBox One X)
Sekiro (XBox One X)
Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Switch)

I'll likely pick-up No More Heroes 1&2 again this weekend - I'll definitely be replaying the entire series, including the severely underrated Travis Strikes Again, before the third game drops next year.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Splatfest and ACNH Halloween will fill out my weekend. I'm also currently attacking my backlog and making good progress. Finished Va-11 Hall-A and Katana Zero this week. Next on list is Owlboy or Celeste.

Continuing with Super Mario 3D All-Stars and The Last of Us Part II.

i really had my doubts about cloud-playing on switch. but im enjoying CONTROL a lot. apart from a few hickups when playing undocked (my wifi isnt that great) i haven’t had any problems. docked with cable connection works perfectly. now i cant wait to see more moden AAA games on my switch!

My journey continues in Atelier Ryza. Stuck on a particularly obnoxious dragon right now and having to grind so I can fight it properly.

I'm very busy today and tomorrow. 😩
Working at school on this Saturday and Sunday to prepare school accreditation. 😫
I will go home at night and probably play Animal Crossing New Horizons to haunt the villagers and getting DIY recipes.
Oh, btw...
Happy Halloween everyone !

I've completed Mario 64 and Mario Sunshine in All-Stars now but am taking a break from it before starting Mario Galaxy (which I'll be playing for the first time!) to try and complete Team Sonic Racing story mode. I'm also trying to unlock all the levels in Mario 35... I have about half of them.

Currently on 280/361 stars in Super Mario 3D All Stars after 100%ing 64 and Sunshine with some decent progress on Galaxy - so hopefully getting to the 300% completion this weekend!

Been a blast so far (had only played 64 before back in the day) but the blue coins in Sunshine were slightly tedious.

@Northwind You don't need to justify yourself to others. I've had plenty of raised eyebrows for having the audacity to find Sonic Forces fun.

Ni No Kuniiiii! At 10€ is a must have! I'm playing it already, and holy s*+#, it does look AWESOME in handheld. Just like watching and playing a Studio Ghibli movie. Really impressive visually, but everything else is not far behind! I'm loving it so far.
Also playing Trials of Mana remake with my bros, and wow... Another great game! Really recommended if you like tradicional action RPGs.

Littles Nightmares for Halloween mode.

This week I was able to finish up Shantae and the Seven Sirens (which wound up being my second favourite Shantae game after Pirate's Curse).

So now I'm picking back up Ori and the Will of the Wisps now that the patch has finally arrived. The problem is, is that I think the game plays worse now. I've been in several areas (midnight burrows, that snow area) where the framerate literally dipped to 1 FPS. I am not overexaggerating. Ori stood still on the screen, moving one frame each second in the midnight burrows that I thought the game was going to crash. And then when I went to the snow area later, I had the same thing happen, but it actually resulted in a crash. I feel really dumb for waiting for the patch. I should have just finished the game back then. Now I'm paranoid of these framerate drops everytime I play, and i swear the game's framerate is slower than before, overall.

Other than Ori, I'll be playing more of my Golden Tee Arcade1up. My wife and daughter are really into the game too, which i totally never expected.

AVGN Deluxe obviously, a great little game and very challenging at times, will be on Animal Crossing a bit later for Halloween festivities

Rise of the tomb raider and ratchet and clank on ps4. Minecraft on switch.

I'm going to finally finish Act 2 in DragonQuest 11! Only took 80 hours! On to act 3 for another 30-40

@John_Deacon but he doesnt get any attention that way lol

@GregamanX I started playing Ori 2 since patch as well, and so far, no major hiccups as of yet. I 100%ed the Midnight Burrows area on Thursday with no notable issues (but you also said snow area, which I haven't gotten up to just yet).

My main focus this weekend will be Ori 2, with some ScourgeBringer, Binding of Issac and Slay the Spire thrown in. And I'll also beat Hyper Light Drifter for the 6th time (since August), as being amongst my favourite video game experiences of all-time. Flawless.

Of course I'll meet Jack in ACNH this evening. My island is so prepared for his arrival! I also managed to catch a Giant Trevally just before it goes away tomorrow, so very happy I did! Additionally, I'll play some Nioh which I started only yesterday and I"m already additicted. Oh, and of course Persona 5 Royal keeps grabbing my attention as well.
Have a great (spooky) weekend everyone!

Splatfest and Control for me this weekend. And if I'm not on Switch it'll be back to AC Odyssey.

My adventure in Zelda BotW continues. I have leveled the Ancient Armor to level 2 to obtain that nifty Ancient Proficiency effect. I also farmed a few Lynel materials (for the Barbarian Armor) before going to clear the Middle Trials of Trial of the Sword.

Ironically my hardest area was in the windy levels against the bow wielding bokoblings, but prevaile it without dieing. Will hold on trying the Final Trials of Trial of the Sword until I have more hearts and stamina.

@Anti-Matter nice to have you back Anti-Matter I was a wee bit worried about you.

100%'d Galaxy so will have a look at Age of Calamity demo again. Pikmin 3 Deluxe & No More Heroes revisits will probably occur in depth

@Northwind not sure what game you’re talking about, but I love hearing what everyone else is playing! So long as YOU’RE having fun that’s all that matters, enjoy! I’ve done my daily challenges in SMB35 and I’m taking a break from Sunshine to play Resident Evil Revelations 2 for Halloween! Have a safe weekend everyone... maybe check out Michael Jackson’s mini movie Ghosts, up on his official YouTube channel for a few days only, a masterpiece in my opinion, and you might be a bit more sympathetic towards him. Happy Halloween 🎃

@AmplifyMJ
Yo, happy Halloween. 😀
Don't forget to play Thriller by Michael Jackson to celebrate. 😉

Gutting my island in Animal Crossing.
Decided to go medieval/fantasy themed.

Switch still in repairs, although that doesn't stop the respective library from growing further, even if very much "post restante" now - to the point where pulling the trigger on the expiring discount tomorrow should mark Ni no Kuni as my estimated 500th Switch game.🙀😵😅 But as far as this weekend goes in general, my gaming time should still be occupied by 3DS and Vita, including Fire Emblem Echoes and even a bit of Project X Zone despite my reluctance to dive far into it before catching up on the predecessors. Namco x Capcom remains the biggest FWP among said predecessors - kudos to the folks who at least translated it, but it's still not ripe for Android emulation, the image recently going from the recurrent sprite draw errors to random crashes just as I resolved myself to stomach the former.😏 Dedicating a portion of my weekly PC sessions (it's only so often that I lug my laptop and gamepad around) might have to suffice, assuming PSCX2 will cooperate better in the first place. At least the Endless Frontier dilogy is on NDS.

Pikmin 3 for switch. And watch dogs legion on PS4 pro.
Only ever played pikmin 1 on gamecube back when it released and the short day mechanic put me off. Hopefully i will enjoy pikmin 3!

I’m into the last couple of chapters of Final Fantasy 7 remake. Pikmin 3 is sat in front of me in its cellophane- I’ll get into some co-op with it later and a good does of passive aggressive backbiting at the end of every failed attempt at a level

Pikmin 3 of course! I'm disappointed there aren't more people playing this wonderful game 🙁

@Northwind that's a shame, I find it interesting to see what people are playing over the weekend! Don't worry about those people, there are entry of trolls on the internet.

Luigis mansion 3 and silent hill 4

Just a few hours into Spiritfarer, wow, what a great game. And my last game was The Last Campfire. So, I guess I am into the "traveling to death" genre. The Last Campfire was great, with my only gripe being the few framerate drops. Not a lot, but enough to make a 10 game to a 9.

Spiritfarer is fantastic, the visuals, the music, the story lines.

And I plan to see Jack tonight and K.K. tomorrow.

Happy gaming everyone!

Stolen my daughter's copy of Luigi's Mansion 3. In the mood for something a bit lighter before starting Xenoblade Chronicles DE and it seemed the perfect time to give it a try.

I'm mostly playing Pokemon Sword and I will check out the Halloween event in Animal Crossing NH. I also bought A Short Hike so I will dive into that aswell.

Last weekend I largely took a break from Mario and played Sniper Elite 4. I love that game and can't wait to get it on Switch. This weekend however, I'm focusing on finishing up Dream Team. It's a good game with fantastic music and art direction, but it doesn't know the meaning of the word "brevity". Everything in the game takes far too long to do. I hope Paper Jam isn't as padded out as Dream Team is.

I also grabbed some spooky games on sale including Carrion, and I played through probably 75% of that yesterday. I'll probably finish it today. I was really enjoying it.

Since it's Halloween, I'm also thinking I may watch The Thing and its prequel for the first time. That monster is terrifying.

Bold titles were skipped or are going to be skipped

PROLOGUE: Star Children

Yoshi's Island
Yoshi's New Island
Yoshi's Island DS

PART I: Let's-a go!

Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr.
Wrecking Crew
Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros 2 - The Lost Levels
Super Mario Bros. 2 USA
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Land
Super Mario World
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Donkey Kong 94
Super Mario RPG

PART II: Adventures Untold

Super Mario 64
Paper Mario
Luigi's Mansion
Super Mario Sunshine
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Mario vs. Donkey Kong
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Super Princess Peach
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time

PART III: A New Beginning

New Super Mario Bros.
Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis
Super Paper Mario
Super Mario Galaxy
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!

PART IV: The Stars Align

Super Mario 3D Land
New Super Mario Bros. 2
Paper Mario: Sticker Star
New Super Mario Bros. U
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
New Super Luigi U
Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team <---at Dreamy Driftwood Shore
Super Mario 3D World
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
Paper Mario: Color Splash
Super Mario Run

PART V: Jump Up, Super Star!

Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Super Mario Odyssey
Luigi's Mansion 3
Paper Mario: The Origami King

I am playing a 2K game called Shattered Union.

Along with everyone else on this planet.

@Shadeon_Koopa the slowdown did happen for me while I was in handheld mode, so if you were playing docked, it may have been fine. I did play some more of the game last night and this morning while docked, and I haven't experienced that slowdown again. I'm going to stay docked from now on and hope for the best.

Also, i hope Scourgebringer is fun for you. I have some interest in it, but I'm not sure if it falls on the brutally hard side of the roguelike genre, like Spelunky.

On the last level of dkc snes online. Might do a bit of the splatfest if i have time. Also Kingdom New Lands on ipad.

earlier this week I finished Atelier Ryza and Castlevania Portrait of Ruin.
Right now I'm mainly playing Oninaki and the sweet Part Time UFO.

I'm swapping between Anthem (it was cheap so thought I would see how the updates have improved it) and AC Odyssey (chasing the last few trophies for the platinum).
I also picked Sniper Elite 3 and Ni No Kuni up on switch so will give them a go once the Mrs gets bored and wants the TV back.

Battle Garrega

Hyper Duel

Cadash

I downloaded My Time at Portia last night, it was on sale and had it on my Wishlist. Very nice charming open world. The loading times seem OK. Takes a while to get used to the mechanics like building and initially even shop transactions. I am happy with it. Brilliant presentation and there is a huge amount of depth to every thing. Picked it up for £6 something. Happy.

Wulverbalde.....£1.49 currently on sale!

Animal Crossing, Splatoon 2 for Splatfest and Pokemon Shield for Dynamax Adventures. Happy Halloween everyone.

I am gonna play the demo of hyrule warriors.
The splatfest is also something i wanna try.
And maybe i'm gonna play some minecraft.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) - Arrived at the Forest Temple.

Growtopia (Switch) - My kids wanted to try this on the Switch after playing on the phone, but apparently the servers closed last year.

AlphaJax (Windows Phone) - Still playing here and there.

@JasmineDragon alchemy is really helpful for getting strong enough for battles. It sometimes makes the battles too easy though.

Looking forward to the next game in the series.

No more heros and dragon quest 11s if i even have time this weekend. Itll be a busy one.

Playing some OG Devil May Cry. Might play some DOOM as well.

Happy Halloween

This weekend, I'm planning to get back into Super Mario 3D All-Stars, more specifically though Super Mario Sunshine. I also recently downloaded the demo version of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, so I should probably check that out as well.

I'll also be playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons for a bit as well, after all turnips aren't gonna buy/sell themselves.

Cloudpunk and Yoku's Island Express for me this weekend

@GregamanX I recently completed the will of the wisp's. It's was a mostly flawless experience, but I did have one similar experience to you. I forgot what area is was, although it was towards the end of the game. My screen froze for around 5 minutes so it was quite bad. Other than that though I would say my experience was awesome. Great game

I'll be playing Animal Crossing, and Pokemon Sword. Have a great weekend everyone!

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Pikmin 3, Cadence of Hyrule, Turok and Okami.

I’ll be playing Splatfest #teamTreat !

If I get tired of that I plan to play the demo of Hyrule Warriors- I didn’t enjoy the first one but maybe this will be better for me..
Otherwise I’ll continue playing The Avengers on Xbox until my copy of Pikmin 3 arrives from GameFly.
Have a great weekend everyone!

I'm playing a lot. This past week or so I got: Angry Video Game Nerd I & II Deluxe, Pikmin 3 Deluxe, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Demo, Cobra Kai, G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout, Transformers: Battlegrounds, Control, Eyes, Overlanders, Mechstermination Force, South Park: The Stick of Truth, Torchlight III, and a couple of smaller cheap games. And, I still have bigger games I previously got to work through too (Paper Mario: Origami King, Borderlands Trilogy, etc) while also continuing to play other games I've previously beat (Hades, Resident Evil 4, Dead Cells, The Wonderful 101, etc). So, I have a lot of games on my plate right now. And even more coming soon. I have lots pre-ordered too, that all come out in the coming months. So, I need to get gaming harder soon.

Crash Bandicoot 2 (Switch)
Ori and the Blind Forest (Switch)
Journey of a Broken Circle (Switch)
Vs. Excitebike (Switch)
Yoshi's Crafted World (Switch)
Duck Tales Remastered (Xbox 360)
Fez (Xbox 360)
NiGHTS into dreams... (Xbox 360)

Sega Genesis Mini- Phantasy Star IV
PS4- Street Fighter V
Switch- Animal Crossing, Monster Hunter Generations, and Smash Bros Ultimate.

I’ll be playing Ark and Strife this weekend. Probably some Neon Chrome too.

I’m Playing the waiting game for the pa5

@Peach64 love the dead rising series

AC & Splatoon Halloween, HW demo, & Asphalt 9's new special event.

No More Heroes on the Switch.

I just bought Bravely Default for my 3DS so that's what I'm playing this weekend. I'm loving it so far. I might play Luigi's Mansion 3 tonight just because it's Halloween, but we will see.

Assassin's Creed Black Flag..

I finished Tales of Vesperia a couple of days ago! Now I've started Ni No Kuni, and I'm trying to 100% complete Fire Emblem: Three Houses. I've still got to finish Ys Origin but honestly, it has been a little bit of a drag lately.

Animal crossing for the halloween content. Pumpkin jack, Grid autosport, I also got ghostbusters remastered for 8 bux so might start that too.

Some Ring Fit Adventure, so long as my body is ready.
Also hoping to start Isle of Armour on Pokémon Sword. Maybe some Splatfest too.

Might get into the Splatoon 2 Splatfest and start Pikmin 3 Deluxe but on the XB1 front I'll continue with MCC building up season points so Season 4 can be completed day 1 (it starts close to Age of Calamity's launch).

Continuing to play Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux... I love this game. Perfect to play while having a good horror movie in the background. Also, playing some Dementium Remastered and Creeping Terror.

Happy Halloween!!

Been running through NMH since it dropped this last week. Will be trying the Hyrule Warriors demo. Picked up WALLACHIA last night and thought I don't like the tall and skinny character style, the gameplay and level design are solid. Will probably play some RE4 and Dawn of Sorrow for good measure. HAPPY HALLOWEEN everybody!

I've been enjoying Part Time UFO a lot. If I remember correctly it ran at 30fps on my phone. It is just adorable and looks slick at 60fps! I'm also playing Rocket League, Wipeout Omega Collection, Pacer, Taiko No Tatsujin, Jump Rope Challenge, Kakurasu World (I've never played this type of puzzle and I love it!), Splatoon 2, Ring Fit Adventure, Zombie Hill Race (this also ran at 30fps on my old phone years ago, well it had a different name but was basically the same zombie driving power up your car and go across the country thing, but it looks nice at 60fps on Switch!), No More Heroes, and good old Mario Maker 2!

I'm playing Control, Pikimin 3 and No No Kuni I picked up at Walmart physical for $10! It's a good time to be a gamer!

I've already been getting some Splatfest in this weekend. Will play some ACNH later too.

@Anti-Matter long time no see, hope everything goes well for you

Pikmin 3 Deluxe, Splatoon, also Animal Crossing but by this point that's not a game it's a religion

Imagine thinking the direct didn't have many new things
🤡

Dragon Quest 11 still. Really getting sucked in deep with it now, I'm on Erik's solo bit with the friendly slime. Such a great game.

Added loads to the backlog this week, Ni no kuni, wulverblade, Gonner, I'll get round to those after. Been dipping into 198X as well in between serious dragon quest sessions. That's a great game too.

Luigi Mansion 3 happy Halloween

Castlevania Anniversary Collection!

I'm really enjoying playing Assassin's Creed Black Flag on my Switch following The Rebel Collections 50% discount. Yo ho ho me hearties!

I played the control demo, then found out the price... playing metroid fusion on an ips modded Gameboy advance sp.

How is the frame rate on No More Heroes 2?

A very quiet one for me gaming wise so far. Did a bit more Pokemon catching last night in The Crown Tundra. Also played a bit of Doom.

I've been bashing my brains out trying to make some sort of progress in Fire Emblem 6 on Hard mode, that game is just incredibly tough.

Thankfully I got some relief when my friend suggested we'd start the Earth Defence Force 5 playthrough we've been planning on doing for some time now, it's so liberating to just throw your brain out the window for a bit and shoot some stuff, collect some fun loot and watch stuff explode. Great co-op game that one.

Ni No Kuni was on sale and I was always interested in this one. Played the whole night and didn't find a reason to go to sleep. I'm very impressed by this game and it's so much fun.
I was about to buy Hyrule Warriors because it looks awesome, but I'm so glad about the demo - it's just bad and boring. Same with Pikmin. I'm so happy about demos. I was able to avoid ***** games so many times. I think 95% of all demos I've ever played kept me from buying.

Mario Kart Live (absolutely amazing) and WWE 2K Battlegrounds (this game is far better than it has any right to be IMO).

Played the Hyrule Warriors demo, it was my first time playing a Warriors game, mindless fun in the same way shoot em ups are mindless fun. I can see myself picking this up.

I also downloaded Control to see how it runs cloud based, I ran it on full fat and it ran fine, a couple of very minor stutters starting off. I didn't like the floaty controls at all and deleted it after 10 minutes.

Then I downloaded the Pikmin 3 Demo, that game just oozes charm. I played all the way through the demo and loved it.

After that, some Super Mario 35, I didn't do very well at all.

I did the Control demo and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity demo, but Gone Home is my main jam this weekend.