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I discovered this weekend that Shadowverse: Champions Battle was re-released on the eshop as a legendary edition and a brand new fixed price of £24.99. That’s worth a mention (:

Best Mario game Nintendo never made

Mega late to the weekend party.

Had a cracking weekend on XC3, it really is the best of the series. The writing is superb.

I bought Cult of the Lamb but won’t play until at least Xeno is finished.

And Monster Hunter Rise, jeez the game is almost too big now to get round to everything. Won’t stop me from trying though

Tetris Connected in between. Fricking love that game.

My contribution to this list is Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido. It’s a Nintendo exclusive and it’s very one of a kind. Think Nintendo Life gave a decent review on it.

I purchased an XseriesS earlier in the year, while the console is great and has some power behind the graphics. It has nothing on all the monthly top tier switch exclusives. I used to think the switch needed a revision to keep with the times, but it really doesn’t.

What a game! It struck me last night how much more mature this game is in terms of writing, character design and story in comparison to XC2 . Also the musical composition deserves multiple awards.

Anyone seen the roadmap for Dead Cells recently? Content scheduled throughout now to end of next year. Game’s never gunna end I swear. What a cracking development team.

Anyone else having trouble trying to play XC3 but your Monster Hunting duties are not fulfilled? Haha

All I needed to see was the 10. I haven’t read or watched anything on this game since it’s reveal trailer. Can’t wait for this Friday!!!!!

La Mulana 1&2 springs to mind. If you’re hardcore/purist and not using the internet. A notepad is a must!

Slay The Spire, The Binding of Isaac Repentance, Monster Train and Rocket League are my go to quick play games.

Was tempted by xbox game pass to play this there but will happily pay for P5 to play on Switch!

Cloud only Persona incoming, can’t wait

Dig Dog is worth a pop, pretty simplistic in its design but it’s challenging and fun.Think it’s under a fiver as well.

Looks like one of those fan made ‘ever wondered what Mario/Zelda would like in unreal 4’ videos but this time it’s Sonic

@Matt-e-r Kudos to packing in drinking dude. Love reading things like this. You do get a new sense of perception/ immersion when you give up the drink in a lot of aspects in life alongside gaming. I actually play through games I completed when I was a boozer and for most games, it’s like playing them for the first time. Almost like a 1/2 memory wipe.

I just want to say, I love these types of articles. It’s been wonderful reading everyone’s relationship to gaming. Really brings out a different side to the medium.

Literally had split from my now ex wife days before first UK lockdown. Animal Crossing: New Horizon was an absolute godsend. It’s a simplistic game but the escapism is huge. I don’t really play it anymore as I’ve moved passed that stage in my life but I’m still grateful for the purpose it served.

Think I need to revisit the original masterpiece to mop up all the expansions. Might even start again and get lost in its world again

Amsterdam Drift??? More like Amsterdam Spliffed ✌️😁

The OG Don’t Starve is brilliant. May consider picking this up if I can convince some buddies to get it as well

Getting on Earthworm Jim 2 this weekend! Put an insane amount of hours on the first back in the day and never played the sequel. Awesome surprise

Noticed a lot of people mentioning the bad graphics. Look closely at them and compare to World Tour. They are basically ports of those versions.
Gee thanks Nintendo for the lazy tracks.

I absolutely adore my switch but I’ve just bought a Xbox Series S to play Elden Ring. This is the one I’ve been waiting for!

Soiled my undies when this ended the direct. Can’t wait!

I don’t have an issue with the graphics. The pop in and draw distance though…

The writing and voice acting in this game is next level. Absolutely superb stuff.
So happy they’re still giving it some tlc and extra content.

EDIT: they weren’t licking the rum off the table when they said loading times have been improved. Super quick loading now!

Best home/handheld console I’ve ever owned. It rekindled my love for gaming 😁

War… war never changes

Best and only good scene was Scorpion taking names in the opening. We need more of that in the sequel. Oh and an actual Mortal Kombat Tournament..:

Fans of Dark Souls will probably enjoy this. I know I will.

Stardew tops the feel good list for me. Read and heard so many amazing personal stories of the game helping people with anxiety and depression, myself included.
The one man developer deserves every cent he gets and then some.

Dying light 2 still don’t have nothing on The Binding of Isaac… I’ll probably play that game until I’m six feet under. Bury me with it and I’ll still have stuff to do 😁

Sales were pretty rad over the Christmas/new year period. So much so that I’ve made a resolution to not buy any more games until BOTW2 hopefully comes out this year…
This weekend I’m determined to finish Aeon Drive (with the quickest times as well) and Deaths Gambit: Afterlife. I’ve been playing them in small sessions over the last month and I’m now in the final stretch. In between them, TBOI: Repentance has been keeping me very very busy.

Terraria is such an amazing game. This is great news to start the new year

Just picked this up, my mums not a gamer-gamer but she is a board game gamer. Hoping this creates some wonderful memories playing some new classic games with my ma 😁.
Her favourite game ever is Chinese Checkers and am pleased to see this is on the compilation. Such a simple but strategic game and I recommend to all.

Happy new year fellow lovers of all things gaming/Nintendo.
Anyone got any new year resolutions? Mine is to play through my never ending backlog before the BOTW2 release (hopefully) this year.

Kaze and the Wild Masks - A great (and cheaper) alternative to Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze.
Dreamscaper - haven’t played much of this but the premise intrigued me and I will sit down with it properly soon.
Monster Train: First Class, If you’re a fan of Slay the Spire, this is another deck builder equally as brilliant as STS. This game got my longest playtime this year. Content for days. Lots and lots of strategic versatile play styles. It’s a 10/10 alongside STS.
Curse of the Dead Gods - Has been compared to Hades but the only similarity is the top down camera perspective and that it’s a dungeon crawler roguelike. It’s very much it’s own game (compared to Hades at least) with its own systems and unique challenges like a parrying system, customisable load outs and lots and lots of curses and darkness😁.
Blue Fire - A great 3D platformer. Very much felt like playing a game that was crossed between Dark Souls, Zelda and Hollow Knight. It has its faults and is far from perfect but devs have been listening and slowly improving the game. Has potential. There are some hardcore platforming challenges to be found here.
Undermine - my latest pick up in the Christmas sales, it looks very nice. I’ve read from multiple sources that while it isn’t innovating in the slightest, it is a masterclass in rogue-like dungeon crawling.

Sticking with Christmas tradition, I’ll be playing Dark Souls with my Nan

Not quite a one sesh game, but “Exit the Gungeon“ is a lot lot lot shorter and compact than its predecessor. You can fully complete it in a around 4-5 hours.

Trust me if you want the best laugh you’ll have today. Go on eshop sales on Dekudeals, sort by metacritic user score. I almost died.

Deep discount on Calculator? Been on the wish list for a while now

This weekend I’ve been playing Celeste. I’ve already completed it a few times but this play through, Ich spiele mit Deutsch Sprache während ich Deutsch lerne. (:

I started playing at 5pm, only just finished at 11.30pm. Yep, it’s addictive.
I expected a game like this to not control well with a game pad but it all works bloody marvellously.
Also this is is the type of game like Slay the Spire, I say that in the sense that you can play at your own pace, can pause the game at will, giving you the time to think and it’s basically chill. Chill but challenging and engaging. And I love those type of games.
Soundtrack slaps.

The NES was my first ever interactive gaming experience and was the gateway for a lifetime of fun and joy. Thank you Mr Masayuki Uemura. RIP King

@Freek Did your daughter have any favourite moments? I’ll always remember when and where I was in my life when I first saw Evil Dead 2. One of the best

@HamatoYoshi thank you for reminding me to download the new arcade mode update.

This weekend I will be playing Huntdown. 😁

If you haven’t already, make sure you pick up Slay the Spire in the sale. Will be the best money you’ve ever spent

@Ooyah
I’m happy I’m not the only that has put hundreds of hours into this realistic masochism simulator.
I am loving Repentance!

@moodycat @Grandiajet you can do it! I believe in you.

A game made by two people… I mean, you have Battlefields, Cods, FIFA’s and Pokemon’s, Grand Theft Autos and Cyberpunk 2077s and they all boast unfathomable budgets and huge teams and just all the resources they need to produce money grabbing, lifeless, boring, un-innovative and mostly broken games.
But it’s the games like Deaths Door, made by dedicated, small, independent and budget limited game developers that put everything into it to make sure it is of the utmost quality. Well, what’s more original than that.