{"id":109260,"date":"2020-02-15T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-15T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/02\/talking_point_what_are_you_playing_this_weekend_february_15th"},"modified":"2020-02-15T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-15T10:00:00","slug":"talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-february-15th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/02\/15\/talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-february-15th\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (February 15th)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/11699f9cdeb0c\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/11699f9cdeb0c\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"AC\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/11699f9cdeb0c\/ac.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/11699f9cdeb0c\/ac.900x.jpg\" alt=\"AC\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><em>The end of yet another busy week is upon us, and after all the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/02\/nintendo_and_the_pokemon_company_release_joint_statement_on_sword_and_shield_leaker\">Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield leak drama<\/a>, news of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/02\/nintendo_expands_the_switch_online_snes_and_nes_library_with_four_more_games\">more NES and SNES games<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/02\/after_being_review-bombed_ai_the_somnium_files_is_now_the_highest_user-rated_switch_game_on_metacritic\">review bomb shenanigans<\/a>, it&#8217;s time to wind down and enjoy some games over the weekend.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Members of Team Nintendo Life have shared our plans down below, and we&#8217;d love for you to get involved via our poll and comment sections. Enjoy!<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Gavin Lane, staff writer<\/h2>\n<p>I picked up <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/runbow\">Runbow<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_chariot\">Super Chariot<\/a><\/strong> in a sale recently as well as <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/otttd_over_the_top_tower_defence\">OTTTD<\/a><\/strong>, so assuming I can put aside a little time I\u2019d like to dip into those. What I\u2019d <em>really<\/em> like to do is get stuck into one of the awesome strategy games sitting on my micro SD. I\u2019m only a couple of hours into <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_plus_rabbids_kingdom_battle\">Mario + Rabbids<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/into_the_breach\">Into The Breach<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/fire_emblem_three_houses\">Fire Emblem: Three Houses<\/a><\/strong>, and the release of the latest round of DLC for the latter is reminding me that I\u2019ve only scratched the surface. Too many great games.<\/p>\n<p>Some people are complaining about no Nintendo Direct announcement yet \u2013 it\u2019s A-OK with me. I\u2019ve got enough to keep me busy into 2023.<\/p>\n<h2>Ollie Reynolds, reviewer<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m still making my way through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/final_fantasy_vii\"><strong>F<\/strong><strong>inal Fantasy VI<\/strong><strong>I<\/strong><\/a> at the moment. It&#8217;s taking a lot longer than I thought it would, and I&#8217;ve only just got out of Midgar. The enhancements for the Switch version have proven to be extremely useful though, and I&#8217;m loving my time with the game!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m also still spending a few hours here and there with the wonderful <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/animal_crossing_new_leaf\">Animal Crossing: New Leaf<\/a><\/strong>. It&#8217;s completely sucked me back in, but I&#8217;m trying not to go too hard on it for fear of burning out by the time <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/animal_crossing_new_horizons\">New Horizons<\/a><\/strong> launches!<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LfuVOozxr04?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h2>Austin Voigt, contributing writer<\/h2>\n<p>This weekend, I\u2019ve got one of my younger brothers coming to visit &#8211; so you know we\u2019re gonna spend the entire time gaming in the ol\u2019 home theater. I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll go through all of the Switch classics (can they be called that yet?) &#8211; <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_smash_bros_ultimate\">Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_breath_of_the_wild\">Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_mario_odyssey\">Super Mario Odyssey<\/a><\/strong>, etcetera.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also a ton of fun to play the old NES and SNES games on a big screen, so you know we\u2019ll have some <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/super_mario_kart\">Super Mario Kart<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/super_mario_world\">Super Mario World<\/a><\/strong> going. I\u2019ve also got my GameCube hooked up, and have been enjoying those old <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamecube\/animal_crossing\">Animal Crossing<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamecube\/harvest_moon_a_wonderful_life\">Harvest Moon<\/a><\/strong> games, which we both played a ton of together as kids. Lastly, we\u2019ll be watching <em>Detective Pikachu<\/em> in 3D, since I recently discovered that my PS3 plays 3D movies&#8230; and my home theater projector is actually 3D as well? Should be a solid time.<\/p>\n<h2>Ryan Craddock, staff writer<\/h2>\n<p>Over the past week or two, we&#8217;ve really gotten back into <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/overcooked_2\">Overcooked 2<\/a><\/strong> in our house. The first time we played it was just before most of the seasonal DLC started flooding into the game, so we&#8217;ve gone back in for another full co-op playthrough with the promise of the new levels waiting for us.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s just such a good game &#8211; even if it does make me ridiculously angry at times &#8211; and it&#8217;s making me all the more excited for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/moving_out\">Moving Out<\/a><\/strong>, a similar-looking title also on the way from Team17. I&#8217;ll probably end up grabbing that one, too.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=50apmFmoj9I?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h2>PJ O\u2019Reilly, reviewer<\/h2>\n<p>This weekend I\u2019ll be getting stuck into transferring my Nintendo eShop accounts to my brand new (yellow) Switch Lite and educating myself in how to get old saves moved over so my kids can continue their various adventures on their very own machine, no more sharing my beautiful launch day original with my sticky-fingered offspring.<\/p>\n<p>In between the handful of things I\u2019m currently working through for review, I\u2019ll also be making some time for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/yooka-laylee_and_the_impossible_lair\">Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair<\/a><\/strong> which I grabbed in a sale last week and am really enjoying, it\u2019s definitely a strong shout for Donkey Kong fans and platformer fiends in general. Have a good weekend pals!<\/p>\n<h2>Gon\u00e7alo Lopes, contributing writer<\/h2>\n<p>Not one but two dungeon crawlers came out this week so I will be spending my weekend between <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/darksiders_genesis\">Darksiders Genesis<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/snack_world_the_dungeon_crawl_-_gold\">Snack World: The Dungeon Crawl<\/a><\/strong>. But make no mistake, both <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/daemon_x_machina\">DAEMON X MACHINA<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/sd_gundam_g_generation_cross_rays\">SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays<\/a><\/strong> continue to be the hot cartridges to swap. Oh, what have we here? <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/speedway_racing\">Speedway Racing<\/a><\/strong> is out? Well then, don\u2019t mind if I do.<\/p>\n<p>My game of the week is an old summer 2019 fling called <strong>Fire Emblem: Three Houses<\/strong>\u2026 or should that be \u201c<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/01\/fire_emblem_three_houses_gets_a_fourth_house_in_the_next_wave_of_dlc\">Four Houses<\/a><\/em>\u201d now? Those are some very, very large rats they got running around Garreg Mach\u2019s dungeons&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>Zion Grassl, video producer<\/h2>\n<p>This weekend I\u2019ll be out of town for a bit visiting family, so I\u2019m not sure how much game time I\u2019ll get in. For the past few weeks, my brother and I have been attempting to clean out my family\u2019s basement, which is full of relics from our childhood. We found a stack of empty GBA boxes, a small lot of GameCube games (including Billy Hatcher) and even found my original GameCube, but sadly the disc drive is defective. *Cue tiny violins*.<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly, I\u2019m still slowly working my way through <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/earthbound\">Earthbound<\/a><\/strong>, but I feel like the end is in sight! Maybe I\u2019ll hunker down Saturday night and finish off Giygas for good. Then I can dive back into things like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/tokyo_mirage_sessions_fe_encore\"><strong>Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/snack_world_the_dungeon_crawl_-_gold\"><strong>Snack World<\/strong><\/a> on Switch. I\u2019m also planning to catch the blue blur Sonic on the silver screen and I\u2019ve got high hopes! So let\u2019s hope Eggman doesn\u2019t crush them.<\/p>\n<p><em>As always, thanks for reading! Make sure to leave a vote in the poll above and a comment below with your gaming choices over the next few days&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The end of yet another busy week is upon us, and after all the Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield leak drama, news of more NES and SNES games, and review bomb shenanigans, it&#8217;s time to wind down and enjoy some games over the weekend. 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