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Well here we go with another WAYP this week coming off a early morning shift. Pretty big week this week as I got ahold of copies of Endless Ocean Luminous, Sand Land, Another Crabs Treasure, Little Kitty Big City, Sea of Thieves and Avatar Frontiers of Pandora. Also completed my monster hunter rise Amiibo set. And I think I’m gonna start to really hammer away at collecting mangas too. Also got to start some games this week like Pepper Grinder and SaGa Emerald Beyond. Unfortunately I don’t think I’ll be going back to those games too soon they weren’t that great honestly. Just fine really. Also saw The Fall Guy and The Zone Of Interest this weekend and ooh boy those were excellent movies. The Fall Guy is easily top 3 this year for me. Also saw WWE Backlash France and that too was absolutely excellent. My first PPV and the crowd was excellent. As for the rest of the weekend I’m thinking more Trails Into Reverie and either Persona 3 Reload or Eiyuden Chronicle Hundred Heroes. As for the rest of the week I’m thinking a rather chill easy week of just various games like maybe doing some Megaman Battle Network Legacy Collection on switch or some SF6 before Akuma comes out so I can try Ed since I didn’t boot it up back then. Maybe Stellar Blade and Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth too. Really a rather chill week. As for anime this week I gotta say Mysterious Dissapearnces is really good and Kaiju No.8 too. Will absolutely have seasonal recommendations next week. Special music shoutout this week to Kendrick Lamar’s Euphoria, Meet the Grahams and Not Like Us. Really good stuff there. Finished Knuckles and that was also absolutely amazing I love it. It’s probably tied with Fallout for favorite show this year so far. As for podcasts this week I gotta go with the usuals of Castle Superbeast, Big Think Dimension, Into The Aether, RPGsites Tetracast, Minnmax, Nextlander, Jeff Gerstmann, Last Stand Media, Remap Radio, Easy Allies, Kit and Krysta and Windbreaker and Firelink. And of course we wouldn’t be complete without a lovely shoutout to my good friend over at twitch.tv/akibread who recently did a great crowd control stream of Luigi’s Mansion. I would say perfect timing for Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD next month huh. As always y’all take good care of each other. Stay safe and have a great rest of your weekend. And as always Happy Gaming.

Was gonna go with America first on this one because of how mischievous Pikachu looks but honestly I like how happy he looks on the Japanese box art and I like the contrast of the grey and yellow colors.

Well another jam packed week for another WAYP. Did snag some pretty great games this week like Eiyuden Chronicle Hundred Heroes, Saga Emerald Beyond, the Fallout 4 PS5 update, and Stellar Blade. It’s that last one that I thoroughly enjoyed last night it’s absolutely beautiful and loads of fun. Also beat Mario Vs Donkey Kong this week coincidentally the same day I got the Super Mario series Amiibos of Mario and Donkey Kong. Also snagged the Shovel Knight 3 Pack which means I have all the Shovel Knight Amiibos that aren’t gold Shovel Knight. I really don’t count the gold amiibos for anything because they’re just a pain. Think I’m in the last 3rd of AI: the Somnium Files after this weekend and I’ll admit I’m pretty happy about that. As for the rest of the weekend after work I’m thinking some Trails Into Reverie and either WWE 2K24, Persona 3 Reload or Hundred Heroes. Genuinely unsure which hahahaha. As for the rest of the week well it’ll be a rotation of the ga es already listed plus some things like Penny’s Big Breakaway on switch and Pepper Grinder and Princess Peach Showtime or the FFXVI DLC and Dragons Dogma 2 and Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth on PS5. Very excited to dabble in SaGa the most. As for anime I only have two shoutouts today. One of my favorites of Winter I finished and the one I’m most excited for in Spring. Those would be Undead Unluck and The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio. Oh and of course it goes without saying the GOAT Urusei Yatsura. Still pretty focused on knocking out those shows based on games still and hey I made good progress in finishing both Twisted Metal and Fallout. Fallout especially was absolutely beautiful and amazing. The Ghoul was my absolutely favorite part. Well worth a watch. And for Twisted Metal well Sweet Tooth absolutely made that show and I absolutely loved him. Now tho I get to focus on the thing I’ve been most excited for and that’s KNUCKLES. Can’t wait to share my thoughts on the proud Echidna warrior. Also super excited about EVO Japan this weekend. As for podcasts this week I gotta choose my usuals plus my faves that I finally decided to support via Patreon. Those of course being Castle Superbeast, Big Think Dimension, Into The Aether, RPGsites Tetracast, Minnmax, Jeff Gerstmann, Nextlander, Easy Allies, Kit and Krysta, Windbreaker and Firelink, and as a whole the Last Stand Media family. And of course we wouldn’t be complete without a lovely shoutout to my good friend over at twitch.tv/akibread and their excellent amazing streams. As always take care of each other. Stay safe. Have a excellent rest of your weekend. And Happy Gaming.

Holy hell you guys are really pulling the knives out on this game. I’ve seen criminals called nicer things then what y’all are calling this game. Personally speaking I liked the game as in I can acknowledge it’s probably not a great game but I liked the game. As for my pick here I gotta go EU/Japan. I like that ots more open and looks like a shot from the game.

Alrighty here we go with another WAYP. Gonna be a real busy one this week with everything that’s occurred and everything upcoming this week. Who told the last week of April to be so packed????? Anywho here we go with a packed week of some Dragons Dogma 2 and the FFXVI DLC The Rising Tide as well as some more Princess Peach Showtime and AI: The Somnium Files. AI in particular is just absolutely excellent. Also snagged a bunch of good sales this week like Suicide Squad and Hollow Knight. Even some preorders like Endless Ocean: Luminous and Little Kitty Big City. Even snagged WWE 2K23 for cheap to get some wrestling love going. We love Rhea Ripley. As for this weekend I dabbled in some of the Splatoon 3 Springfest and some WWE 2K23 and the rest of the weekend I’m thinking some Trails Into Reverie and some Persona 3 Reload. Loving both of those games too they’re really exciting RPGs. As for the week ahead oh boi we got a busy one we talking Eiyuden Chronicles: Hundred Heroes, Tales of Kenzaura: Zau, Saga Emerald Beyond, the Fallout 4 PS5 upgrade, the Knuckles show, the full Persona 3 Reload OST on Spotify, and the crown jewel of the week Stellar Blade. To say I’m excited is a bit of a understatement because I am positively hype. Of course I’ll be working with all those games on Switch and PS5 and others already listed like Suicide Squad but I’ve of course still got other ones I’m looking to put more time into as well like Pepper Grinder, Another Code, Mario Vs Donkey Kong, FFVII Rebirth and probably many more I’m already forgetting hahaha. Anime this week are gonna be a shout-out to the standouts of the Winter season before next week we pick out our Spring ones. Those of course being Witch and the Beast, High Card, Metallic Rouge, Shangri-La Frontier, Undead Unluck, Delicious in Dungeon, and my GOAT URUSEI YATSURA. Also might get to go on a ooting this week and get to see the new Spy X Family: Code White Movie. Also in terms of shows I’m gonna try to focus on Twisted Metal and FALLOUT and of course Knuckles. As for podcasts of the week I gotta give it to my usual favorites like Castle Superbeast, Big Think Dimension, Into the Aether, RPGsites Tetracast, Remap Radio, Minnmax, Windbreak and Firelink and just like the games probably so many more that I’ve forgotten. With how my jobs getting with morning shifts I’m getting to cash in on those GOTY podcasts. Don’t think I mentioned this here but I also completed the full smash bros set of amiibos a week or two ago. Extremity proud of it. And of course we gotta give a lovely shoutout to my good friend over at twitch.tv/akibread and their stupendous stunning streams. As always y’all stay safe and be good to each other. Have a great rest of the weekend and week, And Happy Gaming.

Honestly was that a mistype or is this book genuinely coming out in 2 years.

Again like I said in the announcement post I’m calling silksong for this one. It’s getting rated it has store pages on Xbox and junk. I think this is the one to end all the memes.

I love sunshine so I’m a big fan of what they’re doing here.

Nah I’m thinking this is Silksongs time. It’s getting rated. It’s close. I’m calling it. Silksong. I’ll bet a free copy if I’m wrong

Gotta go North America on this one. If I was buying this as a kid I would definitely be interested in the NA one. The Japan one is bland and the Europe one has a stupid name. Like Sonic Colours. Idiots…..

Oh this is definitely because they don’t want switch 2 stuff leaking. Nintendo you tricky dogs

Alrighty here we go with another WAYP. Pretty decent week this week as I got to beat Hi-Fi Rush, try out Eddy Gordo and dabble in Helldivers 2 and Penny’s Big Breakaway. All absolutely excellent tho I would say my favorite of that was Hi-FI Rush. The final boss fight with Kale is just a work of art. Also picked up a copy of Pepper Grinder and preordered Saga Emerald Beyond. Also secured the money in the bank for the FFXVI DLC coming out this week The Rising Tide. And I would say the most important and interesting part of this week if you couldn’t tell by my little reference there is I would now say I’ve gotten into professional wrestling. Yep I saw Wrestlemania last weekend and it just clicked for me finally and I just love it. Like most things with “sides” I would say like marvel or dc I’ve firmly decided on WWE over AEW. As for games this weekend aside from hifi rush and penny like I said I’m thinking of finishing off the weekend with some Trails Into Reverie and Persona 3 Reload. Other than that I got some real early shifts this week so I’m thinking of looking on the bright side with that one and using it to work on some more Unicorn Overlord. Other then that the switch plans are simple: Princess Peach Showtime, Another Code, AI The Somnium Files and the games I’ve listed before. And on the PS5 I’m thinking of dabbling in some FFXVI before the DLC as well as other games like Dragons Dogma 2 and FFVII Rebirth as well as the other games I’ve listed before too. Anime of the week have to go to such excellent shows like Mashle, Solo Leveling, High Card, Shangri-La Frontier, Delicious in Dungeon and Witch and the Beast. Tho I won’t lie my main focus I feel this month in terms of shows is gonna be on Game Adaptations. I wanna watch Twisted Metal and Fallout before the Knuckles show comes out and I think they all will make a excellent trio of shows. As for podcasts of the week you know it’s the usual beauties like Castle Superbeast and Big Think Dimension, Into The Aether, RPGsites Tetracast, WIndbreaker and Firelink, Nextlander, Minnmax, Remap Radio and this week special newcomer Easy Allies podcast. All seriously awesome and excellent listens. Of course we gotta give a special amd lovely shoutout to my good friend over at twitch.tv/akibread and their absolutely excellent streams. As always be good to each other. Stay safe and have a great rest of the weekend. And Happy Gaming.

Gotta go Japan as it’s the most beautiful one like I would want a poster of that one easy.

My only question is since he brings up Sonic 3 and knuckles is this show gonna be like slapping the extra cartridge onto sonic 3 the movie?

Alrighty here we go with another edition of WAYP. Pretty simple this week. Big things of the past week would have to be seeing everything John Wick related, the movie Monkey Man and beating both Prince Of Persia The Lost Crown and Rain Code. All of it was simply amazing really. All simply superb. As for the rest of the weekend I’m thinking of just keeping it simple and doing Trails Into Reverie on switch with some of the womens basketball finals on and either Eiyuden Chronicle Rising or Hi-Fi Rush on PS5. Did the Stellar Blade demo and I locked that preorder in it’s absolutely amazing. As for the rest of the week I think I’ll keep it simple. Talking the Saga Emerald Beyond Demo on switch and Princess Peach Showtime and Another Code and Unicorn Overlord and I’m thinking AI: The Somnium Files will take the place of Rain Code now as there’s rumors they’re about to announce a third one. If they do I really wanna have both of the other games done before then. And hopefully finally start Penny’s Big Breakaway too. Over on PS5 if I can actually start Eiyuden Chronicle Rising that’s definitely the main focus of the week with a little Hi-Fi Rush, Persona 3 Reload, FFVII Rebirth, Tekken 8 to try Eddy Gordo out, Dragons Dogma 2 and hopefully finally start Helldivers 2 as well. As for anime of the week we’re finally really back at it with some absolutely excellent stars like Mashle, Delicious In Dungeon, Solo Leveling, Shangri La Frontier, and The Witch and The Beast. Podcasts of the week are of course Castle Superbeast, Big Think Dimension, RPGsites Tetracast, Into the Aether, Remap Radio, Minnmax, Nextlander, Summon Sign, Windbreaker and Firelink. Tho being quite honest I think I’m gonna start cracking into my GOTY podcasr backlog so I’ll be getting oddly nostalgic for all the amazing games of last year. And of course y’all we wouldn’t ne some without a shoutout to my amazing friend at twitch.tv/akibread with their excellent streams. Enjoy the eclipse tomorrow if any of y’all are near it. As always be good to each other. Stay safe. And have a awesome rest of the weekend and Happy Gaming.

@Ryu_Niiyama that’s what I talking about someone else who thinks it’s a trilogy and a great all together story. You rule.

@gcunit exactly what I was thinking buddy

So starting off not gonna lie a little disappointed that Saturday Night link wasn’t to Elton John’s Saturday Nights Alright for fighting hahaha. But to answer the question I don’t really game in the mornings ever so to me the answer to this is what’s a good Sunday game. And for me that’s the trails series. It’s like reading a good book and I find often paired exceptionally well with Sunday Afternoon Football when the regular season is on. Tho a good round of Golf works too. Otherwise my two other options are games with kinda chill atmospheres like BOTW and TOTK or Xenoblade Chronicles 3 or maybe even Splatoon 3 or something. Something where you can imagine as you wake up on a Sunday Morning so is Link, Noah, Mio, Shiver so on so forth. Or honestly if there’s a new Nintendo first party game that came out that previous Friday? I still remember the absolute bliss that came with wrapping up a first play session of BOTW or Mario Odyssey on a Friday and then just pinching myself the next two days being like oh man it’s real.

Well here we go with another WAYP. Been a busy week this week but I’ll lead with the big news of the week. Beat Granblue Fantasy Relink. Yeah there’s a post game it seems but seeing as credits rolled I’m gonna consider it finished for now. Weekend otherwise was filled with some Splatoon 3 for the Splatfest, Princess Peach Showtime which is a absolutely amazing game and I wanna do some Trails Into Reverie and crack into Dragons Dogma 2 for the rest of the weekend. Got two Amiibo coming in this weekend too: Young Link and Meta Knight. Really excited about them both and that leaves me with only 5 of the Smash Amiibo left to get. Kirby, Luigi, Pichu, King Dedede and Isabelle. As for the rest of the week well I do wanna stop at a GameStop with a whole record number of trades and get roughly $160 dollars out of them. That should cover a copy of Rise Of The Ronins, a preorder of FFXIV Dawntrail (JUNE 28TH BAYBEE), the FFXVI DLC The Rising Tide in April and the new Guilty Gear Strive character A.B.A and the stage she comes with. Speaking of looking forward to a nice hangout on Wednesday with a good friend chatting and learning her. (Shoutout Ouji_Senpai.) Now if GameStop gives me like way more for my trades? Well I wouldn’t know what to do with myself hahaha but probably a preorder on Stellar Blade and maybe a Switch copy of Apollo Justice Trilogy Ace Attorney. But I’m keeping safe and humble on that you know how GameStop can be. As for the games I’m planning on tackling those are pretty simple. Some Another Code, Mario Vs Donkey Kong, Splatoon 3 Side Order, Detective Pikachu Returns and maybe cracking into Penny’s Big Breakaway on Switch alongside the other games I’ve mentioned like Trails and Peach and over on PS5 some FFVII Rebirth, Prince of Persia The Lost Crown, Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth, Persona 3 Reload and maybe cracking into Helldivers 2 finally alongside the other games I’ve mentioned like Dragons Dogma 2 and Ronins. Anime of the week gotta go to Shangri La Frontier, Delusional Monthly Magazine, Delicious in Dungeon and Frieren. All absolutely excellent. Still trucking along on Shameless and that’s excellent too. Podcasts of the week of course gotta go to Castle Superbeast, Big Think Dimension, Into The Aether, RPGsites Tetracast, Remap Radio, Windbreaker, Firelink, Summon Sign and Nextlander. And of course another wonderful shoutout to my wonderful friend over at Twitch.tv/akibread for their absolutely amazing streams. As always y’all stay safe and be good to each other. Have a absolutely wonderful weekend and Happy Gaming.

Ah darn this is the sale that’s on the PlayStation too. That’s where I ended up getting it. Should have waited bit oh well I’m enjoying it.

Gotta go with Japan on this one for its uniqueness. The American one just looks like any PGA game today. Athlete on front. Smashing ball. Done.

Oh boi oh boy it’s time for another incredible and amazing WAYP. Busy busy week of games as this week I not only beat all of FFXIV: Endwalker as far as MSQ is concerned meaning I’m all caught up for Dawntrail but also I beat Trails of Cold Steel IV YIPPEE. And not only that but because of super lucky set of game trades at GameStop I was able to purchase Prince Of Persia The Lost Crown, PGA Tour 23 Deluxe Edition, Helldivers 2 and I scored a preorder on Eiyuden Chronicle Hundred Heroes. Granted these were all on PS5 so I may need to make more time for that then switch but hey I got Princess Peach Showtime coming this week. And Hi-Fi Rush. And Dragon’s Dogma 2…… hahahahahaha. That’s not even beginning to mention the absolute mother-load of amiibos I got like Rosalina, Steve and Alex and Donkey Kong to name a few. I think another Amiibo photo shoot is in order. For the rest of the weekend I have some lovely plans so I don’t think I’ll get any gaming in outside of maybe a game of Mario Party Superstars or Nintendo Switch Sports. But going forward plans are mostly the games I’ve already listed plus getting into Trails Into Reverie, Another Code: Recollection, Mario Vs Donkey Kong, Penny’s Big Breakaway, Unicorn Overlord and Splatoon 3 Side Order on Switch. Like I said it’s really PS5 where I got games on games to work through. Still got stuff like Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth and Persona 3 Reload and Granblue Fantasy Relink and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Oh and I wanna work on that Eiyuden Chronicle Rising prequel thing. Got it a couple years back and never played it. As for anime of the week gotta keep it simple and just to the ones I watched before knocking out super early due to my new work position tiring me out ahahah. And those would just be Frieren and Delusional Monthly Magazine. Frieren is a all time great. As for Podcasts it’s the usuals. Castle Superbeast and Big Think Dimension, RPGsites Tetracast and Into the Aether, Windbreaker and Firelink, Summon Sign and the Superb Remap Radio. As always a lovely shoutout to my good friend at twitch.tv/akibread and their excellent soothing streams. Make sure to be good to one other another and stay safe y’all. Happy St. Patrick’s Day ☘️. Have a good rest of your weekend. And Happy Gaming.

This one this time has to go to NA for me. The others are a little too boring to me but also this is a childhood classic I love the art of this game it’s so memorable

Well another week another WAYP. Kinda busy week? Kinda neglected my switch this weekend due to work on Friday amd having plans on Saturday. So we’re gonna remedy that with some Unicorn Overlord today. Very extremely excited to play that as I always love a good Vanillaware game. Also gonna probably take a couple minutes before bed tonight and do the Dragons Dogma 2 Character Creator Demo thing so I can skip that part when the game comes out because yes I did get to pick up a digital copy of that this weekend too. Usually I skip demos because I like starting the game as is when it comes out but I don’t exactly enjoy character creators as much as other people so I don’t mind skipping that. As for games I plan to tackle the rest of the week well all that’s left on the Nintendo DLC train is the Splatoon DLC after I beat Pokémon this week so on switch I’m thinking some Splatoon 3, Cold Steel IV, Another Code, Mario Vs DK, Unicorn Overlord and Rain Code. And over on the PS5 a rotation of FFVII Rebirth, Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth, Persona 3 Reload, Granblue Fantasy Relink, and hopefully finishing off the last of FFXIV: Endwalker content. Maybe crack into some Foamstars too if I get some free time. Anime of the week is short and simple. Gotta give it to Frieren, Delusional Monthly Magazine, High Card, Delicious in Dungeon and Urusei Yatsura as always. Also of course continued special shout-out to a show I’m loving Shameless. Podcasts of the week gotta go to Castle Super Beast, Big Think Dimension, Remap Radio, RPGsites Tetracast, Into the Aether, Windbreaker, Firelink, Press Start Turbo, Summon Sign, and Nextlander. As always a big huge lovely shoutout to my friend at twitch.tv/akibread and their lovely streams. And this week a personal and special thank you to Akira Toriyama and all he’s done may he Rest In Peace. As always stay lovely to each other, stay safe and have a excellent weekend. Happy MAR10 Day. And Happy Gaming.

Well shoot guess that’s helping make my decision between Cold Steel IV and Another Code for game to play today. I gotta wrap up Cold Steel IV soon if I wanna be able to take it nice and easy and chill and yet also have the time to beat Reverie before this one now. Very excited tho can’t wait.

Well here we are with another jam packed WAYP. Been a pretty quiet weekend. Skipped the switch mostly because of seeing Dune 2 on Friday and getting a nice solid start on Final Fantasy VII Rebirth on Saturday. Both absolutely beautiful and amazing works of art. Got a super duper early shift at my new store I’m working at on Monday so I think I’m gonna keep it light and chill on Sunday with just some Trails of Cold Steel IV. Finished up the Xenoblade 3 DLC: Future Redeemed this week and that was absolutely amazing as well. Leaves just the Pokémon DLC The Indigo Disk and the Splatoon 3 DLC Side Order to tackle tho with luck and help from a friend I should be able to wrap up all the Pokémon stuff tomorrow. Which means I’ll probably just focus on really trying to knock out Cold Steel IV while fitting in some time for Penny’s Big Breakaway and a copy of Unicorn Overload that I have coming in this week. Very extremely excited for that Vanillaware games are always a great time. Oh and trying to wrap up Rain Code too. Other than that mostly just a solid rotation of games on PS5 too like Tekken 8 and Granblue Fantasy Relink and Persona 3 Reload. And wrapping up Post Endwalker with the last patch 6.5 Growing Light. Anime of the week gotta go to Frieren and Mashle and High Card and Urusei Yatsura as always. Big special shout-out to Shameless again I’m absolutely addicted to that show. Podcasts of the week again gotta go to Castle Superbeast, Big Think Dimension, Into The Aether, Summon Sign, Windbreaker and Firelink and RPGsites Tetracast. And as always a big shoutout to my good friend over at twitch.tv/akibread keeping dreams and hopes alive. If the weather is as nice where any of y’all are at as it is here make sure to get out and enjoy it it’s beautiful and feels like a summer day. Make sure to stay safe out there and have awesome weekend and as always Happy Gaming.

Well it’s been a busy busy WAYP for sure this time ahahahaha. This weekends been full of Splatoon 3, Side Order amd lovely FFXIV. Aiming to do some more Cold Steel IV today. Definitely gonna wanna take a small break between beating it and doing Reverie. Splatoon tho is excellent and I’m loving Side Order. Think I’m gonna be playing a good amount of Splatoon 3 this week as I wanna get to Level 15 in the Catalog before the Season ends on Thursday so I can get the Sherlock Holmes looking outifit. Also think maybe if I put that nose to the grindstone this week I can knock out the rest of the Post Endwalker Patch MSQs. That too has been a absolutely excellent little mini story. Tho this is the big week of course with FFVII Rebirth. Absolutely can’t wait. Gonna try to get some digital currency so I can also get a copy of Penny’s Big Breakaway for Switch and Hi-Fi Rush for PS5. Those were some absolutely hype announcements this week. Also as a aside thanks to a absolutely humbling gift from my stepdad I got like 10 amiibos this week. He gifted me Byleth and the rest of the Splatoon set I need and I also picked up on my own a Sora amd Terry amiibo. I got that fever again hahaha. But yeah basically the gaming plans this week are simple. Beat Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Future Redeemed, Get to Level 15 in Splatoon 3, and do more Side Order. Beat the Post Endwalker MSQ so I’m all set to focus on FFVII Rebirth AND I’m all set for Dawntrail this summer. And maybe dabble in some Octopath Traveler 2 and Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth. Again absolutely excellent games. Anime of the week are simple. Again much love to Shangri La Frontier, High Card, Delicious in Dungeon, Frieren and Urusei Yatsura. Big shoutout this week to a show I’m absolutely addicted to the point of watching episodes in the middle of playing Like A Dragon and that’s Shameless or as I’m starting to think of it the FFXIV of TV Shows. Podcasts this week are simple of course, Castle Superbeast, Big Think Dimension, Into the Aether, Windbreaker and Firelink, RPGsites Tetracast and Summon Sign. And of course we wouldn’t be complete without a big love filled shoutout to my good friend at twitch.tv/akibread. As always y’all keep safe, keep happy and have a awesome weekend. And Happy Gaming.

Calling it. This, hifi rush and Penny’s Big Breakaway are the shadow drops of the partner showcase.

Yeah not gonna lie this is a nothing news story because honestly YouTube kinda just slaps games onto videos even when it doesn’t apply. Trust me it could be Gold And Silver related but obviously it can’t be revealed yet but I remember the nightmare that was Nintendo Life’s Review of Live A Live being under the remake year and then say Vinny Vinesauce and many others stream VODS on YouTube being under the SNES one.

With this one I gotta be a little bias since I owned it as a kid and go with NA/EU. Not to mention it is just straight better I mean just look at all that’s going on. Pauline and Mario and DK and the minis it’s just beautiful.

Alrighty here we go with a jam packed edition of WAYP of this weekend. Where do I start ahaha. Started off the weekend with Mario Vs Donkey Kong and lemme tell you something that game is excellent. It’s beautiful, it’s fun and it brings me back to the old days when games were just games. Then I did some Splatoon 3 Splatfest yesterday and had some fun on new maps I’ve never played before. Team Friday Baby. Really looking forward to Side Order coming out so I can really enjoy Splatoon 3 again by sprinkling some multiplayer in beside the story mode progress like I did when the game first came out. It’s just a good combo of mindless fun and genuine progress. But I didn’t get too much time to Splat it up because last night I did something even better. I went out and had a awesome time with a awesome friend. Picked up a copy of Persona 3 Reload that I can’t wait to crack into and also grabbed the latest Chainsaw Man and JOJO Part 6 mangas as well as Encyclopedia Eorzeas 1 and 3 to complete the set. My friend I should mention also picked up some pretty damn preem books themselves if I do say so myself. But then we went to our main plans of the night and saw Madame Web. Small funny story of me looking at my phone during the previews and them nudging me saying look at the screen whereupon I fangirl out that Advent Bloody Children is on the screen. But as for the movie itself it was a good nice time that was a decent movie overall. Enjoyable at some parts and dull at others it’s not nearly bad as it was made out to be and I would say a enjoyable 7/10 or even 8/10. But of course while that was the highlight of the weekend I didn’t even mention that update from last week I finally did it. I finished the MSQ for Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker. All I gotta say is it was absolutely beautiful As for today and the week ahead it’s gonna be some more Cold Steel IV and trying out P3R and over the week just a general rotation of games. Some Granblue Fantasy Relink, Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth, Post Endwalker Patch Quests, Another Code, Rain Code, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Future Redeemed and of course the Side Order for Splatoon 3 when that comes out on Thursday too. It’s mostly just a holding pattern if you ask me this week as I feel we’ll get a shadow drop of Hi Fi Rush at a partner showcase this week so I got some Eshop money saved for that and of course the Most Anticipated Game of the Year Final Fantasy VII Rebirth just the week after this. And man I really can’t wait for Princess Peach Showtime ahahah.Of course anime of the week gotta go to Frieren, Delicious in Dungeon, Urusei Yatsura, High Card and Hokkaido Gals. Podcasts of course gotta go to Castle Superbeast, Big Think Dimension, RPGsites Tetracast, Into the Aether, and Windbreaker and Firelink from Second Wind. I’ve actually run into some issues with my job so this week I don’t have as many podcasts to say I listened to because really I didn’t listen to much. Of course we wouldn’t be complete without a big special shout-out to someone very much SPECIALZ my good friend over at twitch.tv/akibread. Gonna be honest they streamed some NMH this week and I’m just saying if y’all want a fun time I think I might be friends with IRL Shinobu from NMH? I don’t know if that don’t get you to check them out I don’t know what will. As always y’all keep safe, be good to each other and have a awesome weekend. And Happy Gaming.

@sketchturner or headlined by those Xbox titles like hi fi rush

Well this week is a pretty proud WAYP. Because yes as stated in last weeks entry I did play the majority of the week Trails of Cold Steel IV and feel properly stuck in. And not only made good progress I feel but more importantly to me on a personal level I finally did it. After avoiding it for 2+ years I finally went back to FFXIV and conquered the quest I seemingly couldn’t overcome. I hope my Ma is looking down and smiling. As for this week tho oh boy well we got the Super Bowl today and since that means the end of Trails Football Sunday’s as I call them I think I’ll tackle some Cold Steel IV today as well but I definitely wanna dabble in some other Nintendo games this week like Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Future Redeemed and Another Code Recollection. Otherwise in terms of Nintendo games I’m looking forward to Mario Vs Donkey Kong at the end of the week but otherwise my main goal is rotating the games previously mentioned and some more Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth, Granblue Fantasy Relink and also my goal of the week which is gonna be to see if I can wrap all of the base Endwalker MSQ in FFXIV by next weekend. Which is to say the stuff that came out when Endwalker launched back in 2021 not any of the post Endwalker patches. Anime of the week of course gotta go to the usual beauties like Urusei Yatsura, Mashle, Solo Leveling, Undead Unluck, Shangri La Frontier, and High Card. All absolutely amazing. And of course Podcasts of the week gotta go to Castle Superbeast, Big Think Dimension, Into The Aether, RPGsites Tetracast, Windbreaker, Firelink, Sacred Symbols, Summon Sign, Minnmax and Nextlander. Of course we always gotta give the love and shoutout to my friend over at twitch.tv/akibread who was a major motivator and help in me overcoming Endwalker. As always y’all have a excellent rest of your weekend and Happy Gaming.

Voted Japan on this one not only because those designs are the actual designs but the American one literally obscures one of the characters faces for no reason

This may be a pretty simple WAYP this week ahahaha. Mainly being that on the Switch I’m really only planning on one game for the foreseeable future and that’s Trails Of Cold Steel IV. I dropped off it about 3 years ago and I was really dragging my feet on going back to it but I did so last night and it wasn’t as bad as I felt it would be so I think similarly to how I did Trails To Azure last year ima just hunker down and slam it out this month and maybe next month. Then I can enjoy Reverie and hopefully have both done by the time Daybreak comes out and hey then I can maybe have a trails game on my GOTY list for once hahaha. Tho seeing as how my day off is slightly changed this week I think I’ll finally maybe go back to Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Future Redeemed. Over on the PS5 it’ll be a simple rotation of the new darlings really. Tekken 8, Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth and Granblue Fantasy Relink. All absolutely excellent and beautiful games. Of course I have plans to snag a copy of Persona 3 Reload this month at some point but this all leads up to the end of the week when Saturday the 10th I head back to Endwalker in Final Fantasy XIV thanks to my dear best friend helping me out with a month of subscription paid for after the website just refused to let me. So yeah I would mainly say that’s the two big focuses of the week. Carving out a crap ton of Cold Steel IV and Endwalker hahaha. As for anime of the week the strong shoutouts continue with The Witch and The Beast, Mashle, Urusei Yatsura and of course my absolutely strong Sunday lineup of Solo Leveling, Shangri La Frontier and Undead Unluck. As for the podcasts of the week well you know it’s the usual. Castle Superbeast, Big Think Dimension, RPGsites Tetracast, Into The Aether, Minnmax, Remap Radio, Sacred Symbols and Summon Sign from Last Stand Media, Windbreaker and Firelink from Second Wind and Nextlander. All seriously excellent. As always gotta give a shout-out to a lovely friend as always to my friend over at twitch.tv/akibread with their excellent streams as always. And take care of yourselves folks, be excellent to each other, stay safe and have a excellent weekend. And happy gaming.

@KateGray oh wow shoot I didn’t realize all of this was there or considered that last part that is definitely my bad yo.

@CupidStunt now see unless you did mention that and I missed it for which I apologize if so. That changes things tho yeah if I worked there and you came up and told me that I would absolutely be like hell yeah I’ll help you find it buddy. I thought you meant a band that was bought that day at the American one and it’s like yeah workers really shouldn’t be responsible for grown adults misplacing things that quick. But again if that was me and you told me that story we’d track that sucker down. As for your last line yeah I do work in customer facing work again specifically retail and I mean being judgmental is something you have to do. Otherwise you’ll get scammed from here to the moon.

@CupidStunt @Johnnycide I mean I bet the Japan one really is better but can you blame the American one for having rude workers? I’m not saying workers are allowed to be rude but I work retail and like I can imagine working somewhere like Super Nintendo World is a combination of having to probably listen to the same loop of BA BA Mario music for 8 hours, deal with or listen to screaming and crying children and then maybe on top of that deal with like the quintessential smelly, overweight nerd guy like your typical smash stereotype for instance. And like combine all that and I’m not gonna lie even I would probably be dismissive of a grown adult who somehow lost the wristband attached to his wrist.

They’re both not great but I’m gonna go Europe on this one since it shows Rayman and I’m guessing the enemies he’s gonna face. Like a cover of Mario and a bunch of GOOMBAS.

Hmmmmmm alright here we go with another WAYP. Been a busy week in many many MANY ways. I would easily say that most of the week I feel you could best sum me up by a WWII solider covered in ash and soot and all that smoking a cigarette with the thousand yard stare. But enough of heavy stuff we here for gaming everyone. And boi do we have some gaming to do. Had a excellent first night with Tekken 8 last night that game is everything I wanted it to be and more it’s so much fun and I just couldn’t believe I’m playing it. Tonight I’m gonna do some more Another Code: Recollection as I really enjoyed starting it on my day off and then after that I’m gonna start Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth. Apparently the first couple hours are like nothing but cutscenes but they play like a J drama so hey I’m here for it. Can’t wait until we get to Hawaii the first time. Also ended up buying Under Night In Birth II Sys:Celes and the Splatoon 3 Expansion Pass now that we have a date for Side:Order so I’ll be playing UNI2 on my day off this week and thanks to Splatoon I’m now motivated to tackle the remaining Expansions for my other Nintendo published games. I’ve done all of Fire Emblem Engage so that just leaves Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed and Pokemon Scarlet The Teal Mask. That’s my long term like do it before the end of the year goal. And of course the Splatoon 3 one when it comes out too. Also got a digital copy of Granblue Fantasy Relink downloaded and ready to go so Wednesday might be a double whammy of new games on my day off of UNI2 and Granblue. And of course as we head into February my two hype titles of the month are coming that being Mario VS Donkey Kong and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Not my two most hype titles of the year so far that would be Rebirth and Princess Peach Showtime. Feels good to feel good with all these new games. On the anime front you already know having watched all the winter shows I have some really good picks. Urusei Yatsura, Shangri La Frontier, Frieren, High Card, A Sign Of Affection, Solo Leveling, Mashle and many more but those are just the stand outs and just absolutely excellent. Podcasts of the week are the usual: Castle Superbeast, Big Think Dimension, Nextlander, Minnmax, Remap Radio, Sacred Symbols and Summon Sign from Last Stand Media, Into The Aether, RPGsites Tetracast and Windbreaker and Firelink from the lovely fellas over at Second Wind. And of course a weekly WAYP ain’t complete without a shoutout to my good friend over at twitch.tv/akibread. Excellent stoner catgirl with excellent choices in games like infinite wealth and in wrestlers. As always yall be good to each other and stay safe and have fun. Have a great weekend. And Happy Gaming.

I’m so glad to see everyone saying exactly what I’m thinking which is yeah they look nice but 165$? You can get out of here with that.

@Fizza oddly specific how

Now I just wanna say excellent job again by @kategray. Thanks to some of their excellent reviews like the Ghost Trick one that made me get that game last year and I loved it. Been a huge fan of the AA series for a while too but I do have to say the only thing I find weird about this one is that maybe I’m wrong but it seems there’s not a lot added to this collection? I mean I’ve played all these games before so it was never a major pickup anyway over say another code, Tekken or LAD8 but most of the article is about the games themselves like “apollo Justice good. DD is Mid.” So on and so forth. With only like a little line at the end about a notes feature? Maybe I’m wrong and if so I apologize but it definitely feels like this might just be a port job with not much added.

I think I gotta go Europe with this one the art of samus is great and that corridor really works with the Metroid feel of being kinda like the movie Alien

Alrighty another week and another WAYP. Here we go ehehehe. This weekends been kinda decent I guess. Some Octopath 2 and some Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising as well as some Rain Code. I mean that was my pick for this weekends poll. It’s finally clicking and I hope I’m not just saying that because I’m on Chapter 4 of 6 I’m thinking. My copy of Another Code has come in so I’m happy as heck about that. Also got the Noah and Mio amiibo alongside some ESHOP money so I think I’m gonna get Under Night In Birth 2 Sys: Celes and probably the Rain Code DLC. Big week this week tho we got Tekken 8 and Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth at the end of the week two games I’m super hyped for. Then the good times just keep rolling really ehehe. Think I’m gonna try fitting in a play through of FFVII Remake Intergrade before Rebirth. Specifically the Intermission with Yuffie. Otherwise while I wait for the big releases at the end of the week it’s business as usual. Some Assassins Creed, some Octopath maybe and even some Golden Sun I really liked what I played. Anime of the week gotta go to the new stand outs of winter like Mashle, Sign Of Affection, Witch and the Beast, Solo Leveling and a lot more. All excellent so far. As for podcasts I’m also in GOTY collection mode still so ya know outside of Castle Superbeast and Big Think Dimension it’s collection duty for stuff like Into The Aether, RPGsites Tetracast, Minnmax, Nextlander, Remap Radio and of course Windbreaker and Firelink from the great guys of Second Wind. Of course we gotta give a big lovely shoutout to my friend again at twitch.tv/akibread. With these new releases coming I think I’m finally feeling those early January blues going away. It’s a good time to like games friends so as always have a great weekend, be safe and Happy Gaming.

Not a huge TMNT fan but I gotta go with NA on this one. At the very least it draws the eyes with like the floating Manhattan and junk.

Alright here we go another week another WAYP. Been a relatively quiet week. Tried Dave The Diver. Absolutely love it think that’ll be how I spend my weekend after work today. Terrific lovely little game. Did some Splatoon Splatfest yesterday too. Always love dipping into it for a little bit of fun. Can’t wait for that Side: Order DLC. Other then that I’ve been really going hard on Granblue in every form. Watching Relink Footage, playing some Versus Rising story mode and some matches with friends. Y’all ain’t ready for Lucillius in either game and just the force that is PARADISE LOST. Fate/Samurai Remnant, Assassins Creed they all continue to be nice. I think I might wanna check out and get that Prince Of Persia game too. Honestly I’m really just waiting on two games now. Another Code at the end of the week and Golden Sun on Wednesday. Golden Sun I’m really excited for because I’ve never played it before. Again it really do just be those January vibes where all you feeling is just…… meh. Anime of the week I finally get to shoutout the first of the winter anime as I’m checking some out today and tomorrow so shoutout to Solo Leveling, Shangri La Frontier, Undead Unluck, High Card and Sasaki And Peeps. Will let y’all know how those go next week. Podcasts of the week of course are the usual. Castle Superbeast, Big Think Dimension, Minnmax, Remap, Windbreaker, Firelink, Nextlander, RPGsites Tetracast and Into The Aether. As always I’ll ask to show some love to my friend over at Twitch.tv/akibread. Otherwise hey let’s hope that with stuff like Xbox’s Developer Direct this week we start getting a bit more hype with the weeks going forward. Have a awesome weekend everyone and happy gaming.

Nah gotta call a flag on the play here with Ollie saying go watch the boy and the heron. Any of the movies in that category are what you should go watch tho Mario is probably the one everyone has seen. At least see Suzume. You go watch the boy and the heron and you’ll come out of it like those Scott the Woz gags where he sits there staring towards the ground with a thousand yard stare and not for good reasons.

I’m gonna have to go with NA/Europe on this one and it’s not just my nostalgia for this game I loved it as a kid even if I had no idea what to do in it. Need a Vtuber to do a play through of it. But I gotta go with that choice because like the Japanese box art doesn’t even look like Mario it looks like that one Sony series Everyone’s Golf or whatever it’s called?

Alrighty first WAYP of the year and it feels nice hahaha. First off gonna have to check out that Makoto game Kate recommends because yeah it looks super cool. But as for my weekend of gaming honestly it’s kinda a quiet one I went hard on some Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising yesterday and I’m loving that game so much. Loads of fun. As for today tho I’m thinking of tackling some Persona 5 Tactica and getting that first boss finally defeated. Lovely game really it’s just so slow. And after that maybe some more Fate Samurai Remnant or even some Baldurs Gate 3? I dunno until new games come out or until I tackle FFXIV Endwalker (currently scheduled for FEB 11.) I feel I’m just gonna go on like a 3 or 4 game rotation on Switch and PS5. Those games being Dragon Quest Monsters The Dark Prince, Persona 5 Tactica, Star Ocean The Second Story R and Rain Code on Switch. And Fate Samurai/Remnant, Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising, Baldurs Gate 3 and Assassins Creed Mirage on PS5. Oh and I wanna try out Dave The Diver on my day off this week so there’s that. Honestly this is that time of year where it really is just playing stuff you didn’t beat last year while waiting for the first big releases of this year. I even feel that way when it comes to the anime of the week this week. I finished some like 100 girlfriends that I really enjoyed but in terms of new stuff? Nothing is really out so far ima just shill for the continuing Mashle, Frieren and Shangri La Frontier. As for the podcasts of the week ya know it’s the usual: Castle Superbeast, Big Think Dimension, Minnmax, Into The Aether, Nextlander, RPGsites Tetracast, Windbreaker and Firelink from Second Wind and of course Remap Radio. Of course just because it’s a new year doesn’t mean we leave the homies behind ya know I gotta still give love to my friend over at twitch.tv/akibread. Otherwise yeah hopefully the rest of y’all are enjoying a nice relaxing January and let’s get hype for the big releases like Another Code, Tekken 8 and more. Have a good weekend yall and Happy Gaming.