{"id":113611,"date":"2020-05-30T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/05\/talking_point_what_are_you_playing_this_weekend_may_30th"},"modified":"2020-05-30T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-30T09:00:00","slug":"talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-may-30th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/05\/30\/talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-may-30th\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (May 30th)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a58a023dab064\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a58a023dab064\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Xenoblade\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a58a023dab064\/xenoblade.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a58a023dab064\/xenoblade.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Xenoblade\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><em>Another busy week has been and gone, this time bringing with it a new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/05\/ever_wondered_why_a_villager_left_your_island_in_animal_crossing_this_latest_datamine_reveals_all\">Animal Crossing datamine<\/a> effort, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/05\/nintendo_switch_system_update_10_0_3_is_now_live\">new (but minor) Switch update<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/05\/multiple_amazon_listings_hint_at_unannounced_switch_games_from_several_major_publishers\">plenty<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/05\/four_unannounced_nintendo_games_potentially_teased_by_new_amazon_listings\">retailer listings<\/a> that may well hint at some major unannounced Switch games.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Thaknfully, then, it&#8217;s finally time for us to catch a breather. Members of Team Nintendo Life have gathered together to discuss our weekend plans, and we&#8217;d love for you to join in via our poll and comment sections below. Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Liam Doolan, news reporter<\/h2>\n<p>This weekend I&#8217;ll be allocating most of my gaming time to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/xenoblade_chronicles_definitive_edition\"><strong>Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition<\/strong><\/a>. I had the original Wii version but never got to spend enough time with it &#8211; like most JRPGs in my life &#8211; so this is a nice excuse to soak it all in once again. When I&#8217;m not playing that, I&#8217;ll probably be in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/animal_crossing_new_horizons\">Animal Crossing: New Horizons<\/a><\/strong> making some Bells or button pressing to the beat in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/hatsune_miku_project_diva_mega_mix\">Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix<\/a><\/strong>. I was also looking forward to finally playing <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/shantae_and_the_seven_sirens\">Shantae and the Seven Sirens<\/a><\/strong>, but now that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/05\/the_switch_version_of_shantae_and_the_seven_sirens_has_been_delayed_in_europe\">it has been delayed<\/a> in Europe and a few other regions, I guess I&#8217;ll just have to wait until next weekend.<em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Austin Voigt, contributing writer<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m a bit embarrassed by my weekend plans, to tell the truth&#8230; I may be starting <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_breath_of_the_wild\">Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/a><\/strong> over again, people. Look, I live in Minneapolis and things are intense here right now. I think we&#8217;re all just looking for a bit of an escape. I can&#8217;t think of anywhere better than Hyrule. Plus, I&#8217;m dreaming about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_breath_of_the_wild_2\">the sequel<\/a> and we&#8217;re likely not getting that for a while&#8230; so, there it is.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h2>Ryan Craddock, news editor<\/h2>\n<p>For the last few weeks, I&#8217;ve been playing through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gba\/mario_and_luigi_superstar_saga\"><strong>Mario &amp; Luigi: Superstar Saga<\/strong><\/a> on the Game Boy Advance, and I&#8217;ve made it all the way up to Bowser&#8217;s Castle. Annoyingly &#8211; and I&#8217;d almost forgotten that this was a thing in older RPGs &#8211; I&#8217;ve reached a point right near the end where I simply cannot progress without doing an <em>awful<\/em> lot of grinding. There are far too many games to play these days, so sadly I&#8217;m going to have to give up even though I made it this far.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, it&#8217;s made me all the more grateful that other successful RPGs like <strong>Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong> have since done away with this grinding and have become significantly easier to beat in recent years. I think I&#8217;ve finally reached an age where I&#8217;d rather games be easier so that I can actually complete the things, rather than have something that takes up 100 hours just for the sake of it.<\/p>\n<p>To quote the inspirational words of Blink-182, &#8216;Well I guess this is growing up&#8217;.<\/p>\n<h2>Gavin Lane, features editor<\/h2>\n<p>I\u2019d like to sit down and finally blast through the last few stages of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/streets_of_rage_4\">Streets of Rage 4<\/a><\/strong> this weekend, but time has been tight when it comes to playing games over the last few weeks, especially with turnip trading taking up the small windows of opportunity I do get. I also picked up <a aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-990f3d66-68cd-4f70-8f26-7bf1797006a6\" class=\"external\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/05\/switch_owners_can_claim_three_free_games_if_they_already_own_select_titles\">a bunch of free games<\/a> yesterday, so rather than consigning them forever to the \u2018purchased-but-not-downloaded\u2019 pile, I\u2019d like to open them up at least once. Then there\u2019s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_mario_maker_2\">Mario Maker 2<\/a><\/strong>\u2026<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h2>Gon\u00e7alo Lopes, contributing writer<\/h2>\n<p>Still playing <strong>Animal Crossing: New Horizons<\/strong> for some reason. Again the eShop offered great choices for the weekend: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/minecraft_dungeons\">Minecraft Dungeons<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/missile_command_recharged\">Missile Command: Recharged<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/sega_ages_thunder_force_ac\">SEGA Ages Thunder Force AC<\/a><\/strong> (finally!), <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/synaptic_drive\">Synaptic Drive<\/a><\/strong> and the delightful <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/bug_fables_the_everlasting_sapling\">Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling<\/a><\/strong> all getting some play time. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mortal_kombat_11\">Mortal Kombat 11<\/a><\/strong> is back on the menu thanks to the huge amount of new DLC contents of <strong>Aftermath<\/strong> (sponsored by OCP). I did pick up the latest 2K offerings, but\u2026 I don\u2019t have the microSD cards to download the necessary extra data required to play them so I will just glance at them from afar.<\/p>\n<p>My game of the week is unsurprisingly <strong>Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition<\/strong>. By now I\u2019m sure <a aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-e898cc02-34fe-40d9-9cc0-20b208c8fb5d\" class=\"external\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2015\/12\/feature_there_and_back_again_-_a_xenoblade_tale\">you are all tired of hearing me talk about it<\/a>, so\u2026 lets really feel it!<\/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>Another busy week has been and gone, this time bringing with it a new Animal Crossing datamine effort, a new (but minor) Switch update, and plenty of retailer listings that may well hint at some major unannounced Switch games. Thaknfully, then, it&#8217;s finally time for us to catch a breather. 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