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.

How did the troll response get all the way to rank 2??

All the 'old guard' at Nintendo have definitely been training replacements for decades now. I think we'll be just fine.

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

• Super Mario Maker 2 - It's been some months which is a long mario maker break for me. I got on to play a couple levels from the Nintendo Life community and may play some endless as well.
• Hello Kitty Island Adventure - I now have 59 visitors at 5 stars and permanently moved in and 2 more visiting this month. That's not counting the 21 main friends or the special characters. I'm surprised the island isn't feeling crowded at this point.
• Dragon Quest Builders 2 - All the Pokopia fever gave me an urge to go back to this similar game. I started a new save file. Such a cute game.
• GUNVOLT RECORDS: Cychronicle - I was in the mood for a rhythm game so decided to play some gunvolt records. I enjoy the gunvolt series but I always thought it was amusing they had a rhythm spinoff.
• Fitness Circuit - It was randomly really hot (in the 80s farenheit) in the middle of the week and the heat in my building is still on because it is technically winter so I played this game in an oven 😅

The elephant (when skills are upgraded) definitely makes the boss pretty easy and makes the post game much easier. But, that's ok; it's late in the game so becoming a bit OP is fairly satisfying at that point.

When you are going back to 100% things, it's pretty hilarious just to use the elephant to essentially suck up an entire level.

I've played the previous seasons but will probably skip this one; I get more mega shards than I need just by walking around and I'm not excited by the restrictions in what Pokemon you use.

I was sick of the talking flower about 4 minutes into playing the game; I am very glad Nintendo let people mute them. I don't mind them as background, I just don't want to hear them talk.

Glad to see it got good reviews. I'll definitely grab this eventually; I really like stories 2 and I enjoyed the demo of stories 3.

@Jason_Feiner Although true and exciting... very unrelated to this article 😆

I always wonder in these articles if a single one of the 4% of people who voted 1/10 actually played the game. I'm guessing no.

@Rykdrew Mario Maker 2 is a great game. Probably my favorite on Switch; I've played over 400 hours. I hope you enjoy!

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

• Yoshi's Island (nso) - Playing a quick any% run. This game is always fun.
• Picross LogiartGrimoire - I finished DLC 4 which had some big puzzles at the end. There is one more DLC pack but I may wait a bit.
• Fitness Circuit - It's been raining constantly outside so good time for an indoor workout game. I still really want a sequel to this game but it feels a bit unlikely.
• Hello Kitty Island Adventure - Lots of birthdays and Spring events in the game. I am close to finally getting my last two Spring-only visitors to move in. It sounds like the City Town DLC is likely arriving in mid April so I'll try to wrap everything else up before that.
• Why Me? - A troll platformer where the floor or spikes unexpectedly move around to mess up your jumps. Trolls can be annoying but this game was short and had a variety of gimmicks and was pretty fun. It only took an hour to beat but it was a $2 game and I enjoyed my time with it.

I may dip into the recent demos as well such as fatal frame 2 remake. I am very tempted by Pokopia but have resisted so far. I hope everyone playing is enjoying it.

I want it but I can't really justify the high price, especially since I am still juggling two other cozy games. If it was any other publisher I would say I would wait for a good sale but since a good sale for Pokemon may or may not ever happen... I guess I may or may not eventually get it.

That's a packed month. My wishlist right now:

• Planet of lana 2 (I loved the first)
• Pokopia ( it's a little too expensive to get now but looks fun)
• Scott Pilgrim EX (the whole series is fun)
• Fatal Frame II - will definitely get on eventual sale
• Monster Hunter Stories 3 - really want but too expensive so will wait for sale.
• Super Mario Bros Wonder DLC - waiting for reviews ro decide

oooh. I loved the first game; I'll definitely grab the sequel at some point.

That's a lot of good stuff coming out in March. Pokopia and Wonder S2 edition I will wait to see reviews of and then decide. Fatal Frame II and Monster Hunter Stories 3 I want but will wait for sales. The April games don't interest me.

All 3 collections (rayman, bomberman, disney) are on my wishlist but I haven't gotten any of them yet. Rayman was hard to resist but I'll wait to see of it gets an update.

@Morsel I played dozens of hours of Fantasy Life i so I wouldn't really say 'shortly' but I was planning to come back to it. I started that game when I thought I was finished with Hello Kitty but then Hello Kitty kept having updates and pulled me back in. 😆

Of the options, definitely Lucario; not my favorite Pokemon ever but easily top 10.

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

• Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth - A well done Castlevania-like with great pixel art. There are some cute mini puzzles as well as satisfying but simple combat.
• Me Run and Jump - Still enjoying this game. There are some hilarious neon Thwomps. Getting all the collectibles in the later stages starts becoming quite hard so I may just try to beat levels for now and focus on the secret-room collectables.
• Hello Kitty Island Adventure - There was a birthday and a new event. I'm waiting for March to finally get my visitors who only visit in Spring.
• Fitness Circuit - I'm hoping for a Switch 2 fitness game eventually but for now I was in the mood for indoor exercise so went back to my favorite.
• Picross LogiartGrimoire - I did one of the super big puzzles in DLC 4. For some reason I wasn't in the mood to play handheld and it was very hard to see such a huge grid on my tv 😅

@Morsel It's nice seeing someone else play two of my favorite games so they get more than one vote 😃

I only really watched it for the gen 10 announcement but the art in-between segments was cute and the presentation was generally well put together so I give it a high rating. Plus Winds and Waves looks great.

Looks pretty cute

Easy one - Tinkaton forever 💜

The whole Rookidee evolutionary line.

Happy Weekend and gaming everyone. And Happy Zelda's 40th anniversary. And Happy week of Pokemon 30th anniversary. This week I have been playing;

• Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon - I finished a first run through and now am replaying on the harder difficulty. I love the variety of characters in this game.
• qomp2 - I grabbed on a good sale. This is a game about the pong ball escaping and going on an adventure. Some of the puzzles are tricky; I'm still early game but it is quite good so far.
• Me Run and Jump - Another great sale. Similar vibe to qomp2 even though this one is a traditional precision Platformer. The variety of jumps with just 2 buttons is impressive - long jump, wall jump, high jump, double jump, ball roll, parabolic air dash. It's a simple game but quite well put together.
• Hello Kitty Island Adventure - Moppu is max level! Now I'm back to events and waiting for 3 visitors to arrive.
• Pokémon Legends: Z-A -Season 7 just started so I'm back to multiplayer. The multiplayer for this game has gotten even more silly over time.

Perhaps I will boot up a Zelda game also in honor of the anniversary.

Talonflame easily; no competition.

I'll go with Piplup though I also adore Starly and all the Shinx evolutions. Gen 4 has a lot of my favorite Pokemon.