{"id":107146,"date":"2020-01-11T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-11T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/01\/talking_point_what_are_you_playing_this_weekend_january_11th"},"modified":"2020-01-11T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-11T10:00:00","slug":"talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-january-11th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/01\/11\/talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-january-11th\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (January 11th)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yet another week has flown by, this time full of Pok\u00e9mon Direct revelations<\/a> and Animal Crossing pre-order goodies<\/a>, but it’s finally time to sit down and chat about our weekend plans.<\/em><\/p>\n

Members of Team NL have done just that below and we’d love for you to join in via our poll and comment sections, too. Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n

Gavin Lane, staff writer<\/h2>\n

This weekend I hope to have another few runs at Dead Cells<\/strong><\/a>. I picked it up over the holidays and have spent a few stolen hours in the evenings steadily making progress. I surprised myself on one run when I found an amazing shield and totally changed my aggressive devil-may-care play-style, managing to thrash the Timekeeper (a boss who had previously destroyed me a couple of times) through parrying alone. I died on the next level, but still. Great game, that.<\/p>\n

I also broke my rule of not rebuying unplayed Humble Bundle PC games in my Steam library and picked up Grim Fandango<\/a><\/strong> on sale. Everyone says it\u2019s a classic, so on the backlog it goes. And I\u2019d like to get my last few gym badges in Pok\u00e9mon Sword<\/a><\/strong>. I\u2019m still a long way from catching them all, but I\u2019m enjoying the journey.<\/p>\n

Ryan Craddock, staff writer<\/h2>\n

I’ll probably be left with a saddening lack of spare time to play anything this weekend, but I do have a couple of things in mind if I get a spare minute or two. First up is Animal Crossing: New Leaf<\/a><\/strong>; with New Horizons<\/strong><\/a> on the… well, ‘Horizon’, I thought it was about time I gave the franchise the attention people suggest it deserves. I’ve had New Leaf sitting on my shelf for years but I’ve never properly given it enough time, so I thought I’d rectify that and see what all the fuss is about.<\/p>\n

Secondly, that Pok\u00e9mon Direct<\/a> has made me miss Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield<\/a><\/strong> and I suddenly want to dive straight back in and catch some more ‘mon for my Pok\u00e9dex. I think I was getting close to catching around three-quarters of them, so at least there isn’t too long to go – for now!<\/em><\/p>\n