Yalloo

This weekend will be all about Super Mario Galaxy 2. Going to get all of the Power Stars before going to see the movie.

On the side, I'll keep on collecting badges @ ARMS, curses & penalties @ Have A Nice Death, and I'll participate in the weekly ritual @ Tetris Effect Connected.

Have a good one! ✌🏻🧡🎮

I don't do socials, so NL did spoil this for me.
I was already going to see the movie, so that's just too bad, but what are you gonna do ... that's our society in 2026 for you.

Looks like LRG is going to have business for years to come on Switch 2 😍
Looking forward to DMC5 (and Pragmata I guess), when it'll come in my prefered format.

Looks real cool and one-of-a-kind. Also very stressful, too many keyboards and does that woman shut up at some point during the game? Not sure what to think of it. Maybe a demo could help me make up my mind...

1 million downloads on Xbox?? Does that mean everybody who owns an Xbox downloaded this? XD

That's what happens when you have too much money. Reminds me of a certain Gameboy MIDI player XD

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Digital should be (much) cheaper than physical. What they are saying here is that they will charge more for physical.

I don't really care since I can afford it and I'm glad I have the option to continue collecting physical games. When it's more handy or just makes sense, I do get digital games sometimes. And I sometimes double dip.

The review confims what I imagined this "upgrade" would be. Just makes me want to play the original game again XD

@Ooyah Heyya! Loved your note on Crypt Custodian, it reminded me of my playthrough last weekend. I think I had the same experience as you, absolutely loved the characters and the tone of the game. They got me straight from the begining when Kendra discovers the extra page in the book XD That just cracked me up. Only thing I thought the music was too atmospheric, they could have better gone with some old Gameboy style music. But overall a lovely game, simple, to-the-point and fun. Certainly recommend it. I think I'll come back to the boss rush mode at some point in the future. Have a great one!

I will participate in the weekly event @ Tetris Effect Connected and that will be it for me this weekend!

Have fun gaming and enjoy your weekend! ✌🏻🧡🎮

@BentIeyma Stray is on Switch already. It's really cool, but also really short. Not sure what would be the point of a Switch 2 upgrade.

Anyone saw a difference between the two Katamari screenshot?.. I must be blind XD

I really appreciate the update but I'm playing most of my Switch games on my OG Switch. I'm playing ARMS on Switch 2, but on the TV XD

I guess Nintendo is looking to give OG Switch owners another reason to upgrade to Switch 2.

That is a smart way to bring the game back in the spotlight.

Not sure if they could add something interesting enough to make me come back to it... Playing it once was enough for me.

I would definitely buy a set of additional missions .. don't need an actual DLC per say, the base game + expansion is really good in that sense. But all of the side missions (and even the NCPD scanner alerts) were all so much fun.

I'm halfway through Crypt Custodian, which I'm enjoying a lot, love the tone and it's super cute.

I'm collecting badges in ARMS, still having a lot of fun with this old Switch game. Curious if I will manage to unlock them all. Unfortunately very few players in Ranked Matches though.

I'm going to participate in the weekly Tetris Effect Connected event.

And continue with my daily runs @ Have A Nice Death.

Happy gaming & weekend NL readers! ✌🏻🧡🎮

I was never sold on the art style of this one, especially the weird colour choices. After trying it at the Switch 2 experience, I knew it wasn't for me. The gameplay just didn't click with me at all. I've seen my kid play through it and never felt like I wanted to give it another chance. She's not finished it (yet?) ...

Overall I do appreciate that Nintendo try and make their games different. I feel like this was quite an odd take on the 3D platformer genre. Really glad it sold well. Curious what else they will come up with in the future.

I've never pressed that button so much since I've been playing ARMS again XD

I've tried setting up GameChat with my daughter's Switch 2 but it proved way too many annoying steps before we could even try it out. So I abandoned. Much easier to just get into a Whatsapp call. So the one button/one action is just pure marketing, completely disconnected from reality.

@dequesi Sexy beard indeed 😍 Unfortunately you know he's not going to make it XD

@ChaoticIgnorance I heard many times about the 11th Hour but was never able to play it. I'd love for a re-release/remake of that one too. Is it a lot like the 7th Guest?
There was also a Kickstarter project for a new / third game some years back, but it didn't get funded unfortunately.

I loved the 7th Guest game back in the days, played it over and over on Philips' CD-i. Got the digital Switch version which I cleared within a couple of hours since I could remember everything.
I would definitely get a remake with those lovely visuals and twitched puzzles. Hope it will come as a physical hopefully running smoothly on Switch 2.

I think if you hadn't played it back in the days, there's surely much better similar games to play instead nowadays. But oh man the nostalgia for this one 😍

Oh well ... another game announced way too soon. I will definitely wait on reviews. And if they can't make a physical I won't even bother with this one. There are enough other games, I'm tired of poorly optimized games. I can wait for the remaster on Switch 4 and LRG putting it on cart.

@Game_n_Watch_it_pal Today I got Bowser Jr.

@RupeeClock I cannot remember where I got it from but I did get my standard physical copy of Gravity Circuit. Hope you do end up getting your collector's edition soon too, it's a wonderful game!

Thanks NL for calling out those thieves, actually never heard of FPG before reading this. And I would be on the naive trustworthy side and just pre-order a game if and when it's listed.

On the other hand, I'm waiting to see what will happen with Ratatan and my Switch physical backing on Kickstarter. That's my only disappointment so far.

I've placed my pre-order for the physical edition. Here in The Netherlands everything is always more expensive than elsewhere in Europe. I paid 65 EUR for it.

No idea what to think of it, but I can't resist Yoshi and it sure looks more fun than Crafted World. Not to the levels of Island or Wooly World apparently but who knows...

@Nep-Nep-Freak Wow! I missed that news! This is awesome, Galaxy has some of the best soundtrack that will certainly be great to have while playing Tetris 99!! Hoping for Gusty Garden, Buoy Base and the Star Festival. Probably my top 3 favourites. I'm sure some Bowser battles would sound epic as well.

Thanks for mentioning it!

I haven't played Fever or Jamboree but I was pleasantly surprised with that new character in Wonder, thought it made the world a bit more lively. And that's coming from a big shock at the announcement of talking characters in a Mario game. I considered getting the real life toy, but I imagine the number of lines will be very limited and pressing the button to have it talk makes it less fun. It should have reacted on its own in order to be a bit interesting imo.

Wow, going from developing super popular games to teaching ... is not something I would do. But if that's what makes him happy, then all the best!

I found Get it Together to be so much fun and the weekly challenges was a great addition to keep me coming back to the game. Move It on the otherhand felt rushed and despite the motion controls making Smooth Moves such an extraordinary game, it didn't work so well with that last one.

I can only imagine students will be thrilled to have the chance of getting to know and learn from such a talented dev.

WAIP:

Collecting Curse cards in my daily runs of Have A Nice Death.
Participate in the weekend event @ Tetris Effect Connected.
I've started Little Nightmares III (super boring).
And I've reached world 2 in Yooka-Replaylee, which I am positively surprised about so far.

If, and when I find the time, I've got 3 demos awaiting my attention: Pragmata, Denshattack, and Timelie.

Happy gaming to all the Nintendo Life readers, I will enjoy reading what you're all up to this weekend! Have fun!✌🏻🧡🎮

I find those SMB Run events so sad ... it's your only mobile game and that's the only thing you can do with it ... XD But hey, better than nothing I guess 😬

I hate films that pretend to be games. I'd watch a film of this, looks and sounds great, but doesn't seem fun to actually play at all.
Of course, that's just my own taste. You guys enjoy it if it's your thing!

To answer the questions at the end of the article, I still have to play the demo, and if there is no proper physical I won't be buying it.
Looks very interesting and promising though. Wish everyone lots of fun with it in the meantime.

Nothing in the list piques my interest ... and my backlog is thankful XD

I must say that the little frame thingy keeping the gamelist shorter alltogether is a great idea, very handy!

@LastFootnote I haven't played the second one yet, but I wouldn't recommend Patapon to someone that hasn't played it back in the day. And I do hope that Ratatan is much more modern and improved. Some games work well on nostalgia, and unfortunately that's the only thing they've got left for themselves nowadays.

I've backed a Switch physical copy of Ratatan on Kickstarter back in 2023. What a bad surprise to have to hear the release date first in the Nintendo Direct... a couple of hours later we got an email from Kickstarter saying "have you seen, we've announced the release date", and "btw, it would be too difficult for us to port it to the OG Switch, please choose another platform". At the moment it's not possible to change platforms and there's no confirmations of an actual physical card for the game on Switch 2. What a disappointment.

Aside from that, I'll be happy to try out the demo of Denshattack. Hope it's as fun as it looked in the trailer.

@Sylamp Yeah, thanks! Now I know for next time ... I'm really curious to try the gameplay, the game looks great and I love how it seems completely over-the-top crazy non-sense XD Really hope it will be as fun as it looks.

It's really too bad they're advertising the demo and it's nowhere to be found. Not even a page for the game to bookmark. ...

Haven't played the 2D games so I cannot compare. The music sounds nice, and it sure is pretty to look at, but the levels all look kind of random. Maybe a demo could persuade me... not as is.

Not much gaming time this weekend for me, I will continue my daily runs @ Have A Nice Death and participate in the weekly ritual @ Tetris Effect Connected.

Happy gaming to you all! ✌🏻🧡🎮

I love how this sounds like a really funny idea. But to go all the way to actually make it happen ... I wonder how many of these they will manage to sell ...

@Rodygringo I recently finished playing Cyberpunk, and I had a lot of fun with it. Just a heads up, enjoy the game itself, I found all of the various endings to be quite the bummer. Apparently that's due to the source material wanting to be "realistic" and "down to earth". Maybe it's just me, but you'd want to keep the end for when you're really done playing everything else. Have fun! And hope that Fallout grows on you too!

@Jeff2sayshi Wish you have a great show, never heard of Nothing More prior to you mentioning them and I must say that what I've heard on youtube is quite promising, I will look for more. Thanks for sharing, and try not to miss AB next time 😉

@Ganner Thanks for your message! The show was great, AB never disappoint, the sound was amazing, and they played most of my favourites, including Fortress which I can't remember getting the honor to hear live myself. Yeah the Slash surprise must have been so awesome, Myles also doesn't disappoint, those people are so full of passion it's amazing!
Oh, they didn't play the songs you mentioned, or any one song from Walk the Sky, but it was an amazing concert nonetheless.

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Hey gamers,

Curious to read what everybody has been playing. I'm working the whole weekend and attending the Alter Bridge concert this Sunday. In my free time, I will keep myself busy with:

Super Mario Galaxy: 80 Power stars so far. Getting all hyped up for the movie ...

Have A Nice Death: Keeping up with my daily runs to collect all the Curse cards.

Tetris Effect Connected: Will participate in the weekend event.

Happy gaming! ✌🏻🧡🎮

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At least I got a good laugh out of that trailer ... that music seriously XD I usually enjoy a bad horror film ... most shark and dinosaur films are usually quite bad and I do enjoy them. But imo turning that into a videogame was not a good idea. From the guys who made the masterpiece that is Ender Magnolia I cannot believe it... what a waste of talent.

With over 150h played and counting, I can say that this game is tough as nails. It's also pretty unfair, and largely poorly balanced. Additionally the peformance is abysmal. I can't keep track of how many times the game crashed on me. Luckily there's a checkpoint on each floor, but still. Finally, it's full of bugs. Really feels like they stopped working on it halfway through. Likewise with the artstyle, some parts have colours, most others feel like they just abandoned everything in black and white.

I am having a lot of fun with it, but better know this before jumping in, then you're less disappointed I would imagine.

I've pre-ordered the physical for this, coming in April. Happy there will be even more content and the game will be nicely polished.

Currently playing through Have A Nice Death, another roguelike, and as much as I'm having fun with it, it's far from polished and could use a complete rebalancing, feels like they dropped the game halfway through development.

Very curious about this game. Make it physical and I'll buy it with my eyes closed. .. otherwise I'll have to wait and see if it makes sense to buy it from LRG.

I can't vote, both Rosalina and Yoshi are trying to steal my heart. But what a major spoiler seeing the babies on the poster, however mega cute it is. I find all the posters very pretty, especially love the colours. I'm actually hyped for this film 😍

@TitanSix It should. Don't know where you are, but I've been able to pre-order both games you mentioned here in Holland from my usual online retailer already.
I had the same thoughts as you in the past with another release from Atari. I think it was the Power Rangers game.

@Divide_and_Wander I keep an Excel sheet with all the games I own, with a column "completed" yes/no. I also have folders on my main Switch "New / Unfinished business / 100%". To be fair, I consider this to be part of the fun of videogames, just like collecting physical editions.

To avoid writing a book about it ... I'd say that I consider having completed a game once I'm satisfied with what I've done with it. That normally depends on how much I've enjoyed the game. If I didn't so much, rolling the credits is enough. If I did, I'll likely play through all the achievements, unlockables, collectibles, maxing out the skill trees, getting gold medals, playing through higher difficulties, etc ... now it can be that I will stop at some point if it becomes too hard, or if I get bored with it. But past the credits, I'm basically setting my own expectations as to what I will do and keep going for it as long as I have fun doing it. If I want more, I'll set new goals.
That also doesn't stop me from going for another playthrough in the future, but I consider that I have already completed the game then.

I wonder about this sometimes, even more with reviews and how far through the game do reviewers go. Especially when I see the yearly playtime of reviewers that feels so little compared to my own XD

I'd say overall that it is something very personal. It's supposed to be fun and also challenging (at least for me).
Videogames are imo the most evolved form of art that exists, so there's also that to enjoy, the visuals, animations, music, .... how much time are you supposed to stare at a painting before you've "seen" it .. ?!

@Divide_and_Wander Thanks for sharing. And interesting question, I never really imagined that the definition of backlog could be different for everyone!

I've got 23 boxed games that I haven't started yet. Just removed the plastic, slotted the gamecard once in the console to get the icon and moved it to my "New" folder. 5 of these are S2.
I've got one digital game in the backlog.

I've got 5 pre-ordered games and 2 awaiting to be pre-ordered.

So none of these have been played yet at all.
Retro games and remasters I already played but not from these versions.

Then I've got all the games I've already played through but want to get back to, I cannot count these, I'd say around 10. And finally the games on NSO, from back in the days when I was a kid, I want to discover or play through again.

I've done everything I wanted to do in Cyberpunk 2077, now I'm curious about the other two endings in Arasaka and Panam.

My other goal is to do daily runs in Have A Nice Death, since there are some more Curse cards I'd like to unlock.

I'll also look for the time to play the Darwin's Paradox demo since there is a pre-order available for a physical edition including an artbook at LRG.

And I'll participate in the weekend ritual @ Tetris Effected Connected.

Happy gaming!! ✌🏻🧡🎮