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Haven't had much time to play games over Xmas (in a good way). Someone gifted me Devil May Cry 5 for Ps5 which was nice, I played the game ages ago so it'll be nice returning to it when I get the chance.
I should probably get back to Ringfit Adventure too cos Xmas ..... Or at least go for some very long walks 😅
And then there's my current playthrough of Xenoblade 3 and Pokémon Violet which I've almost finished.

Not a bad wallpaper. Was thinking of changing mine up.

My list
1. Neon White
2. Legends Arceus
3. Xenoblade 3
4. Shredders Revenge
5. Citizen Sleeper

Personally I found the roster of Pokémon in this one to be dissapointing but there where one or two I liked.
The new Touros variants are awesome, called mine Moxley after the Aew wrestler, just felt they had the same energy.
Clodsire is no.2 which I called Whoper. I was very pleased with his that one turned out.
Tatsu is no.3. I really didn't think much of it when I saw it but then it hit my team hard and I ended up keeping it on my team. Didn't expect the dragon typing so that was a really cool surprise!

@NorwegianMate damn! I’ve been keeping an eye out but I must have missed it… thanks for the heads up.

@BlackMayge This game seems to have popped out of nowhere. It looks really cool. I’m gonna add it to my backlog but probably won’t get to it until next year.

@CammyUnofficial “I cleared my backlog” Impossible! There’s no way! It can’t be done!

Played some Crash Bandicoot and Mortal Kombat on ps1 last night with my nephews and sister. Retro gaming nights > Fortnite nights! Even if my nephews don’t fully understand what the big deal is (guess I’m getting old!)
For the rest of the weekend I don’t know. Would like to say Ringfit but I’ve been putting it off today, not feeling it 😅
I got a bit of endgame stuff left in Ragnorok but considering the next ps5 game I want isn’t until next March I won’t rush it.
With a Splatfest in January I probably won’t boot up Splatoon too much until then. I’m still chopping away at Xeno 3 but I like the pace I’m taking it. It’s gonna take me like half a year to finish it but that cool, makes it feel like the grand adventure it’s meant to be not just a game that comes and goes.
So my answer is….. dunno 🤷

Should I be buying more games? Probably not but that won't stop me!
Excluding Zelda my most anticipated switch game is Silksong (which wasn't available to vote for!)
The first really took me by surprise. I just thought it would be another indie metroidvania that had a pretty art style. Completely wrote it off but then I played it on a whim and for over a month it's all I played. Whenever the sequel comes out I'll drop whatever else I'm playing for it (unless it's Zelda in which case I'll pull a double time on my gaming!)
Other than that I'll probably double dip with persona 3 and 4. If Sly and the og Gow games found their way to more modern consoles my vita would be completely irrelevant now.
The Plucky Squire looks really cool, as does Sea of Stars. Engage is growing on me, even the protagonist slowly!
After playing Pikmin 3, 4 is a day one buy no doubt.
I can't remember if Rain Code will be on switch but if it is that's where I'll be getting it. (This is quite a list!)

#TeamSweet!
Hopefully my team doesn't get completely smacked like last time.... I was on a two winning streak before that!

I've been waiting for the Sethiroth and kazuya ones for ages! Any idea when they'll be available to pre order?

@Lony85 some great choices. Mine would be
2017 - Splatoon 2
2018 - Super Smash Bros Ultimate
2019 - Fire Emblem Three Houses
2020 - Age of Calamity
2021 - Little Nightmares 2
2022 - Neon White

Really good year for switch this year.
I think my Nintendo goty is either Neon White or Xeno 3... I think I'll go Neon White as I've finished it (100% actually 👍).
Legends Arceus was great and probably takes spot no.3. It has flaws but the pros heavily outweighed them. One of the coolest games in the series. Loved so much about it.
Shredders revenge was pure nostalgic joy! And the six player co-op was an absolute blast!
Splatoon 3 was great even if it is a bit samey.
Nobody saved the world and Citizen Sleeper where excellent but I played them on Xbox.
And I've got Kirby and three hopes recently but haven't got around to them yet.

My most played game is one I'm yet to finish 😅
That would be Xenoblade 3 at 70 hours. And Ringfit Adventure and Legends Arceus come in second and third, though I imagine Splatoon 3 is right behind Arceus and is likely to overtake it soon.
RPG was my most played genre.
Overall a very good year for switch, only 2017 and 2019 would be better in my opinion. Next year will have Zelda, pikmin and Fire Emblem so.... Who knows that could outdo it 👍

Starting my gaming early this weekend! Too cold to go outside or do anything! Just saw the credits for Ragnarok after 42 hours playtime since launch.
Without spoiling anything I'll say I'm not sure about that last chapter. Felt a bit disappointing to me and I'm a bit worried about the direction it might be pointing towards for future entries. But overall a class game! Worthy of the God of War name.
Ringfit is continuing as always. Perhaps even more so as it's about the only thing keeping my blood going (as I said, Cold today.)
I've got the Forspoken demo ready to go but I imagine most of my time this weekend will be dedicated towards Splatoon 3's big run event. Maybe a sprinkle of Xeno 3, Violet and Ragnarok end game throughout.

8 from me. My playthrough so far is around 7-8 hours and I'm enjoying it.
The opening hours with the academy are.... Painful.
The performance is decent for me, at least in handheld mode. Docked mode is a little rougher but still playable.
The open ended structure however is excellent, and having co-op to go with it makes this game stand out from the others.
Spent a few hours last night going to an area that's way too high a level for us but we brute forced our way through, even caught a bunch of pokemon 15+ levels higher than us. Very fun and rewarding 👍

I'm not seeing a performance catastrophe myself, at least in handheld mode it runs decently for me and the person I'm playing with, not amazing but good enough.
The game itself I'm enjoying a lot so far. Open world with Pokémon, writes itself really.
Could've opened up a lot quicker (take a note from botw or the black and white saga), the crystal gimmick doesn't feel needed at the moment but other things make up for my grips like having full Co-op and letting the player decide what path they want to choice.

Could be a cool switch pick up but I'd need to know a lot more about its career mode and character customisation (also if I could create a faction).
As it stands this is likely a wait for sale but that could change.

The first one I owned was Ruby (though I played bits of silver thanks to my sister). Saved up my £3 pocket money for months, did jobs to get extra and then on the final week.... I gave in and bought an ice cream... That Saturday my parents gave in and said they'd lend me the last £3 and of course I accepted! I choose Mudkip first, what a time!

Absolutely! Gives them more character! I didn't use too but around sun and moon onwards I've done it for every game.
My favourites would include Joel the Parasect (of which I've had three, four if he's in Violet), HealthySnack the Appleton! Zegreda the Eevee, PIKA PIKA the Mymikyu (or however you spell it's real name), Crabmeat and Birdmeat (Kingler and Pigeon), Elvis the NidoKing and Harry the Alacazam.

Beat it twice plus the dlc over 155 hours but didn't 100% it. I definitely feel ready for Tears of the Kingdom!
I felt like my second playthrough was better than the first as I could see how much I learned. Stuff like parrying a loser beam wasn't locked behind some skill tree it's just something I learned how to do. Stuff like that made the whole playthrough feel different.
In terms of content Tarreys Town was the highlight for me, as was buying Links old home. I hope there's plenty of stuff like that in the next one.

I like backwards compatibility but new games are vastly more important so I'm glad to hear that from Nintendo. I hope they'll continue to be rewarded for that mindset.

Gen 3 for me! Gen 4, 7 and 1 round up my favourite sets. But I also like Bayleef, Greninja, Braixen, Hisuian Decidueye and Feraligatr And Eevee if Eevee counts (I’m guessing not)

I was hoping to see borderlands 1 on this list! Ain’t no rest for the wicked became one of my favourite songs thanks to that opening!
Tales from the borderlands was also a great pick. One of my favourite things in that game was waiting in each episode for their borderlands style intro!
Burnout Paradise is another obvious one.
Rayman Legends I surprisingly didn’t think off. That’s a good shout.

@TheExile285 I know the feeling with Xeno. Been playing since day one and I'm 65 hours in with the end nowhere in sight. Not that that's a bad thing. I actually quite like taking months to finish a game (Elden Ring took me 3-4 months), makes it feel like the long, epic journey it's meant to feel like. Probably won't finish it until early next year I think.

I've been fighting the urge for a while now but I've leapt back into the world of Elden Ring for the first time since I finished it around last may. My goty and this replay is cementing that. Going for a samurai built this time as oppose to my first character who was a glass cannon mage.
My goal to get somewhat fit and healthy continues with Ringfit. Not sure why but I've noticed I've struggled a lot with the actual exercises recently. Having to really push myself just to do almost what I'd usually manage.... I'm not getting old am I?
Been slacking a bit with Xeno 3 as well. I've been itching to get back to it but just haven't found the time these past few weeks.
And of course I'll put in my vote for either team Grass or Water for the Splatfest later but I can't decide between the two....

Besides my weekend ring fit adventure sessions: absolutely nothing.
I think I said this last week as well despite having a few good games on half I'm slightly burned out and am just waiting for the November mayhem!

Really liked the first but I haven't got around to playing 2 yet so I'll be waiting on this one. Looks great though 👍

In another timeline where things are slightly different, I didn't give in and buy Persona 5 Royal on PlayStation after years of waiting for it on switch to no avail; I'd be playing that in portable form right now 😅

I went down to my sister's and nephew's house for a games night yesterday. We tried to play a game but it kept requiring logins and updates and such so my sister decided to bring out the old PS2 with Tekken tag tournament and a dragon Ball z game!
We'd forgotten how good those old games where (also had to face the fact that we're old enough that our consoles need an adapter to work on modern TVs 🤣), we're going hunting for more old games now, hoping we can catch a few cheap!
Other than that not much this week. Xenoblade and Final Fantasy 7 DLC are going along smoothly but it mostly feels like the calm before the storm (Splatfest, Scarlet and Ragnarok next month!)

I don’t mind about the visuals but hopefully the performance is improved before launch. I’m quite easy going and forgiving when it comes to these things though (I grew up played the fallouts and Skyrim on ps3….).
But maybe it would have been better for them to have released this game next fall and have a big expansion for Arceus here instead. That might have been better but we’ll see.

Wiglett. No contest.

Nasty Majesty is my favourite but that didn’t make the cut so I’m going Dragon Roost Island from Wind Waker.

@AcridSkull can't believe I didn't think about that 😅 I've been listening to that song long before I even played skyward sword on switch.

@Goofonzo good shout, I didn't think of that one

I don't feel ready to answer this without regret but I'll try.
'Nasty Majesty' from Splatoon 2! What a killer song! Made that octo expansion trailer infinitely rewatchable!
Runners ups for me would be 'Clock Town, first day' from Majora's Mask, 'Cynthia's Theme' from Diamond and Pearl, 'Three Houses Main theme' from Fire Emblem, 'Miror B. Battle' from XD Gale of darkness and I'm sure countless more but my comment has to end eventually 😅
Edit, Oh and 'Jump Up, Super Star' from Odyssey

@KilloWertz Breath of the Wild is one of those games that got better the more I played it.
For about the first 20-30 hours I thought it was good but overrated. After that I thought it was really good. And then on my second playthrough I really felt like I was playing soemthing truly great. (155 hours altogether and I think if possible I'll try to go back to it before Tears of the Kingdom).
Story (in terms of script) is definitely light to say the least. It goes more for an emotive story (best way I could describe it, kind of like atmospheric, environmental storytelling kind of experience. Perhaps a more straightforward and streamlined take on the souls style of storytelling)
But it is absolutely worth it. DLC not so much though 👎

@KilloWertz Two classics you’re playing there. Can’t really do that much better than those. Enjoy!

Finally finalised Neon White. What a game! Highly recommended by me.
I’ve returned to Xeno 3 after a short break, and have played Stray on PlayStation plus extra which I’ve bought for a month. That didn’t last long so now I’m replaying Final Fantasy 7 in preparation for part two/Crisis Core later.

I was really hoping they'd do this! Hype! Best possible splatfest they could do!
Ironically it's on the weekend God of Wars out so I guess Kratos will have to wait a bit!
But who am I siding with? It's either grass or water. Me and my brother will finally be on opposite sides as there's no way he's not choosing fire.

@Amrulez same game, though this switch version has some extra skins to put on 2b.

The castlevania series is a bit of a gap in my gaming life (minus the awesome Netflix show). But like many I’ve played countless games inspired by them so ye I’d like this on the switch 👍

It really is a great game. Played it on both PS4 and Xbox one. I'll likely play it again eventually on switch.

@ChickenJoe it's possible. They may have looked at it more like fantasy mass effect than a disappointing streamlined sequel to origins.

Dragon Age 2. I mean it’s no origins but I like it enough. The Qunari took a much bigger role which was great considering they weren’t elves or dwarfs. The Hawke family drama and Mage/Templar conflict where half decent. The combat felt a bit punchier (still wasn’t great though), and a lot of the previous races like elves and Qunari felt more distinct to each other.
The game had weaknesses but it think it’s a bit over hated personally.
Another game that I loved (but I haven’t played since I was a kid so maybe it actually was bad) is Shadow The Hedgehog. Plenty of good memories with that one. Great music, edgy AF protagonist, branching missions, shadow had a bike even though he has super speed!

@Sequel Thank you! 😃 Neon White is indeed an awesome game! One of my favourites this year!

@Pepa27 I found Astral Chain took a bit of getting use too but once I did it was really, really good so Enjoy!

@xxMPJxx how dare you play Fifa! 😂 Ok I'll forgive you as you're a Splatoon fan....

I'm almost at the end if Neon White after playing it for quite a few weeks now. I've platinumed run every course (+gift) so far which has slowed me down but I don't mind, really good game and I'm getting sad at the thought its almost over.
But that means a new spot will open for another game to fill. I'm thinking either Sin and Punishment, Cult of the Lamb, Mark of the ninja, The World ends with you, New Pokémon Snap or maybe something on sale like the Messenger or Cross Code.
My playthroughs of Xeno 3, Ringfit and Splatoon 3 continue and I'm not in a rush to finish those either!

I got £12.57 in gold points. Any recommendations?
Messenger and Cross Code have my interest, as do a few others.