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I'm glad Mario Kart World was not my first Switch 2 game, but my interest in it has been going up over time. I'd like to buy it eventually if I can ever find it 50% off.

Fun analysis. I desperately hope we get a Mario Maker game in year 2 but it could easily be a year later. I would also really like to see what the Switch 2 exercise game will be (I am not counting Fitness Boxing). I'm expecting a new IP in the next year as well, although maybe not 2 since they seem to be focusing more on reviving old franchises.

Happy weekend and gaming everyone. This week I have been playing:

• Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time - Spent some time running around to all the places I had missed throughout the game. Trying to decide whether to keep grinding or stop playing since I have pretty much done everything at least once at this point.
• Super Mario Maker 2 - Haven't played for ages. Since we're in direct season I am starting to desperately hope for super mario maker 3 again so I ended up playing some smm2.
• UFO 50 - Grabbed on sale. Played some of the first 4 games but none have enticed me enough yet to try to actually beat them. Kinda fun although I'm mixed so far because the games keep making me feel like I should be playing actual classic games instead.
• Mina the Hollower - Only done the intro area so far. Very fun although the game feels a lot like Pipistrello. I am using daggers.
• Minishoot' Adventures - Absolutely adorable game.

I only use it around the house so it is very fresh still.

Because Switch 2 is huge, I still use Switch Lite when I want something outside of my house.

I'll probably get it in a year or 2 on a good sale.

Very tempted by the new Tetris.

Elliot and FF7 Rebirth I'll probably get eventually.

Happy weekend and gaming everyone. This week I have been playing:

• Yoshi and the Mysterious Book - I caved in and got it. Very cute game. I am still messing around in the second world.
• Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time - Mainly doing some Treasure Grove right now.
• Breakout Beyond - Replaying the first couple rows for better scores.
• Tetris 99 - Playing for the Yoshi theme. I'm glad they've had a lot of events still this year.
• BALL x PIT - Even though I own the game, I decided to revisit it with all the people playing the free trial.

I feel like this game didn't come out at a great time. 'Oh look, stretching a face' feels less funny when every other mobile ad is trying to sell AI photo manipulation tools. I wish they had just made this a Wario game.

Ooh, handy list.

I always enjoy a good maximus cup and the theme looks cute.

@Misima It sounds more like the article writer wishes it did. In reality it's just one stage of many which does a slightly different gimmick than the other stages.

@DanijoEX It's just an odd franchise with multiple different sub-genres of mainline games. It makes people's expectations weird. The first game was a Mario game technically, the recent games have been laid-back collectathon platformers, and this game is an adventure/exploration puzzle game rather than a platformer. The unfair comparisons are because people want one of the other Yoshi genres. I feel like Peach Showtime (also by Good Feel) similarly got negative press because it wasn't a genre people were expecting (and was a hard to classify genre). Good Feel games are not always 100% polished but I feel like they have aesthetic and creativity in spades.

It would have made more sense if the Bewilder Bird was at the end of the game. Although I love Echoes if Wisdom I am very happy with this game being smaller in scope; it does feel weird to have a mechanic like that in the middle of the game and then take it away though.

@Yalloo Just to warn you, the gravity in Breakout Beyond is super weird. If you expect normal breakout physics, this isn't is. Being sideways and with weird physics took awhile to get used to but it's still fun.

@Yalloo You incorrectly assume I have finished either game 😆

As for Bayonetta 3, I'm not usually a fan of games with over-the-top action sequences and zillions of cut scenes so I am taking a break because it tires me out a bit. It's... an interesting experience and I am glad I am trying it but definitely still not my preferred genre. I'm treating it more like an interactive performance than a game. The music is silly but very fun. I'll finish eventually. The only other Bayonetta I had played was Origins which I love.

Breakout Beyond just feels like a bunch of puzzle levels so I just do a level whenever I feel like it. I did Picross as my puzzle-ish game this week rather than breakout but I'll probably be back to breakout next week. Breakout Beyond is fun though. There are many levels but they're not super long. However I have been going back to beat levels multiple times for a better score. Since I am spending a lot of time per level, my total playtime will be 10+ hours but I have no idea precisely what it will end up as.

I saw you playing Tetris Connected. I've been wanting to play more of that recently. Out of curiosity, do you play with headphones? I don't for most games, but I feel like it improves Tetris Effect.

Happy weekend and gaming everyone. This week I have been playing:

• Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time - Been doing lots of random post-game activities - trying to find more strangelings, leveling up some lives, got my basecamp to level 9.
• Star Fox (snes) (nso) - I'm not a huge star fox fan but trying to get into the original game.
• Cyber Citizen Shockman 3 - This game came up in the NL forums so I had an urge to go back and replay it. Silly but cute retro action game. I'm playing the Switch bundle version.
• Picross LogiartGrimoire - Haven't been playing Picross recently. I'm going to jump into some DLC 5 which is the last and hardest DLC.

The demo was pretty fun — I like all the different platforming combinations. The characters are a bit annoying but not too bad. I'll probably pick it up on sale.

I'm waiting for reviews but it's very likely I will buy it. I haven't bought any 2026 Nintendo games and I am craving one.

Happy weekend and gaming everyone. This week I have been playing:

• Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time - Finally getting around to working on my crafting lives. After that I'll get back to the actual story. 😅
• Breakout Beyond - Got this on a good sale recently. Very neat idea so far. I'm always surprised how much fun I have with Atari old-game-remixes.
• Star Fox (snes) (nso) - With all the Star Fox hype lately I feel like I should play one of the games so I'll start with the first.
• Spinch - Continuing a verrry slow playthrough through this game, just playing one level occasionally.

I'm looking forward to it.

I'll be curious to see bundle pricing after the console price increase.

It's nice to see Bananza is getting in on the bundle action. Personally, that's the first major game I got on Switch 2.

I own a few of these and can confirm that you can still safely redownload the ones you own after delisting.

Happy weekend and gaming everyone. This week I have been playing:

• Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time - Mostly working on my basecamp which I have been completely neglecting. Slowly remembering how the game works after my long break.
• Bayonetta 3 - Found this game on a good sale so finally decided to buy it. Totally ridiculous game so far but I'm enjoying it.
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons - There was an NSO point reward for playing it so I decided to go on and mess around for a bit. Weird to go back and see all the hotel visitors wandering around.
• Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition - I plan to start with the first game in the list and see how it goes.
• Spinch - Sometimes I'm just in the mood for a weird trippy colourful platformer.

Why did Nintendo, in the same document, record over 4 million sales for Pokopia and also record 2.41 million as the official total sales? Normally they include Japanese sales by the Pokemon company.

I'm glad they are resurrecting the series but I'm not super excited by a remake or some of the art choices so probably a skip for me.

Happy weekend and gaming everyone. This week I have been playing:

• BALL x PIT - I've been playing to unlock the new characters and buildings - none of the updates are too exciting but it was fun to revisit the game for a bit.
• Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time - After a several month break I have no idea where in the game I am so I have mostly been mining and fishing and cutting down trees. 😆 I'll try to go back to some quests.
• Tetris 99 - I'll play for the current event to unlock the new theme.
• Dadish 3D - Continuing my replay. It's a fun game. I hope the dev makes a second 3D one in the series.
• Kid Icarus (NSO/NES) - My current NSO game. It's fairly fun although I semi hate the maze levels. The first boss was hilariously easy and I beat it in a few seconds.

That sure does look... not very comfortable.

@VinzClortho1981 I realllly hope Infinity Nikki comes to Switch 2 eventually. I used to play on mobile but the platforming and running around controls aren't great on touch screen and I eventually got too lazy to hook my phone up to a tv and controller. I still play occasionally but I would definitely get back into it if I had a better way to play.

Happy weekend and gaming everyone. This week I have been playing:

• Hello Kitty Island Adventure - I got the Yoga Instructor to move in so I now have all the visitors and have finished all the side quests. I decided not to buy the new city DLC for now so I think I am finally done with the game after more than a year and more than 200 hours of play. It was fun and addictive, but I have had my fill for the moment.
• BALL x PIT - I decided to go back and play some after hearing about the upcoming update. The game is a little silly after NewGame++ but it's relaxing to play a bit.
• Dadish 3D - I chose an old game to replay at random from my list and this is what popped up. It's short and fun so I may play all the way through.
• Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time - I took a long break from this game when some Hello Kitty updates hit so I figured I should dip back now that I am done with Hello Kitty.
• Pragmata (demo) - I'm not usually too into the realistic-ish drab grey art styles like this, but the demo was more fun than I expected. It will go on my wishlist for a sale but I'm glad I tried it.

I'm not excited by a subscription service, but it sounds like there is a free trial so I'll probably check that out.

I bought the game for $3 a week ago. A million sales might not translate into much profit if a lot of people have been buying at that price...

I really enjoyed this game although it feels a little pointless to continue after NewGame++. I might dip back in to see the new stuff though.

@EarthboundBenjy The similar enemies are called Dino-Rhinos in super mario world so I was just grouping them together.

This has to be the least controversial set of letters I've ever seen on this article 😆

Can we group together rhinos with the hippos? They're both large greyish similar weight creatures. Mario has some truly quality rhinos.

As someone who never had a Wii U, I hope they eventually port literally everything 😝

Happy weekend and gaming everyone.

I've been traveling so not much gaming time but I brought my Switch Lite and plan to play some Super Mario Bros 2 (NSO) on the airplane.

I love these articles; I wish they were more often. There are a lot of games I haven't heard of this time so I'll have to check some out.

I enjoyed the original and this looks better. I'll look forward to it.

It didn't get a 9/10, but Fitness Circuit is 80% off for anyone who wants a good fitness game — it gives a decent workout with a lot of variety.

That's really neat; I love Lana Del Rey.

I'll probably skip this one since no stones.

Happy weekend and gaming everyone.

I unfortunately have to work all weekend so there won't be much gaming time. It's been a busy week but I've played a little:

• Hello Kitty Island Adventure - Milk finally moved in! Now all I need is one star of Yoga Instructor (who won't visit for 2 more weeks) and I will essentially have finished everything the main game and first DLC has to offer. After almost 300 hours spread over slightly more than a year 😅
• PictoQuest - Finally getting to hard enough puzzles where the timing aspect is slightly stressful. Possibly I should figure out how to use items. 🤔

I'm curious about the game freak game. And Pacman is always nice.

I'm not interested in most of these which is good because my backlog is too long. I sort of enjoyed the demo of Darwin's Paradox but that might be a wait for good sale game.

Minishoot, Planet of Lana 2, and Super Meat Boy 3D are all on my must-buy list when I can snag them on sales. Kena and Scott Pilgrim are tempting also. Strong month.

I played a demo of 'Etrange Overlord' which came out at the end of March which also looked very fun.

Great list. I have about 15 of these and it includes a few games I absolutely adore.

Happy Weekend and gaming everyone. This week I have been playing:

• Tetris 99 - Playing for the new Mario Galaxy theme. This is the 52nd event; I'm glad the game is still chugging along.
• Hello Kitty Island Adventure - My last 2 visitors have been visiting this week (Milk and the random Yoga instructor) and there is a new event I have been doing for the collectables.
• PictoQuest - Continueing this silly speed RPG picross game. I haven't actually used any of the items yet but perhaps I will need to when I get to larger puzzles.
• Cat Girl Without Salad: Amuse-Bouche - Very strange game I picked up for $2. Sort of a shoot-em-up except that one of the weapon upgrades is a sword rather than any type of bullets. The boss fights are silly but kind of hilarious.
• Super Mario 64 - Playing slowly, grabbing a few stars here and there.

I'm not actually sure if I've ever pressed the C button. But also... I don't want those particular icons.

I'm very busy for the next few weeks so I may wait until it comes to streaming. Or maybe I'll watch it later in April in theatres, not sure.

Happy weekend and gaming everyone. I have to play the game of 'file taxes' this weekend so I will have less console time, but I'm still going to get some gaming in:

• Hello Kitty Island Adventure - I finally got the cute unicorn to move in! Only one more main visitor to get. There is a big 'City Town' DLC for the game in April but I haven't decided yet whether to buy it or finally move on to something else.
• Mario 64 - My current retro game. I started a new save file, playing the all-stars version.
• PictoQuest - Silly time-based rpg Picross game. I'm not big into having a time limit during puzzles but this game has been pretty fun so far.

Happy weekend and gaming everyone. This week I have been playing:

• Dragon Quest Builders 2 - Still on the farming island doing a lot of things. Having fun.
• Hello Kitty Island Adventure - mostly out of things to do right now except wait for my last visitors so primarily just playing to check in.
• Yoshi's Island (nso) - Planning to do a couple more worlds on my current run.
• Picross LogiartGrimoire - Finally started the DLC 5 pack which is the last DLC. There are a lot of large puzzles in this one so it will take awhile.