{"id":113863,"date":"2020-06-06T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/06\/talking_point_what_are_you_playing_this_weekend_june_6th"},"modified":"2020-06-06T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T09:00:00","slug":"talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-june-6th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/06\/06\/talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-june-6th\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (June 6th)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/06af64b46708b\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/06af64b46708b\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Clubhouse\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/06af64b46708b\/clubhouse.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/06af64b46708b\/clubhouse.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Clubhouse\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><em>Congratulations on making it through another week! This week brought us a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/06\/konami_just_surprise-launched_a_brand_new_action_platformer_on_switch\">surprise launch from Konami<\/a>, some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/06\/random_not_all_animal_crossing_players_are_having_happy_wedding_seasons\">unorthodox Animal Crossing weddings<\/a> and release date news for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/06\/pokemon_sword_and_shields_isle_of_armor_dlc_launches_17th_june_heres_the_new_trailer\">Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield&#8217;s first DLC<\/a>, but it&#8217;s finally time to take a breather from all that and chat about our gaming plans.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Members of Team Nintendo Life have gathered together to do just that, and we&#8217;d love for you to join in via our poll and comment sections below. Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>PJ O\u2019Reilly, reviewer<\/h2>\n<p>Hey. This weekend I\u2019ve lined up an evening sampling the delights of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/clubhouse_games_51_worldwide_classics\">51 Worldwide Games<\/a><\/strong>, a chance for me to prove once and for all to my wife and kids that you can put any card or board game in front of me and I will absolutely lose at it. I\u2019m also in the midst of reviewing Buckshot Software\u2019s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/project_warlock\">Project Warlock<\/a><\/strong>, so keep an eye out for that review on the 11th of this month, am mopping up a few side quests that I\u2019ve got left to do in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/outer_worlds\">The Outer Worlds<\/a><\/strong> and have got both the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/bioshock_the_collection\">Bioshock<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/borderlands_legendary_collection\">Borderlands<\/a><\/strong> collections sat waiting for me to get stuck into.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m genuinely not sure where I\u2019m going to get the time to be honest. Have a good weekend whatever you\u2019re up to and stay safe out there!<\/p>\n<h2>Ryan Craddock, news editor<\/h2>\n<p>Inspired by all the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_sword_and_shield\">Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield<\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/06\/pokemon_sword_and_shields_isle_of_armor_dlc_launches_17th_june_heres_the_new_trailer\">Expansion Pass news<\/a> this week, I&#8217;ve finally gotten back into catching &#8217;em all to chip away at my Pok\u00e9dex. I&#8217;ve also finally downloaded <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/pokemon_home\">Pok\u00e9mon Home<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; just the free version, mind &#8211; and suddenly feel the need to work towards completing that Pok\u00e9dex too. What can I say? There&#8217;s just something about seeing all those silhouettes that makes me <em>need<\/em> to complete it.<\/p>\n<p>Other than that, I&#8217;m also hoping to get some time in with <strong>51 Worldwide Games<\/strong> this weekend. It feels like it&#8217;ll be the perfect game to jump into every now and then to pass the time during lockdown, and I can&#8217;t wait to fluke a win in chess and declare myself the absolute genius mastermind of the household. Bring it on.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h2>Austin Voigt, contributing writer<\/h2>\n<p>This weekend, my younger brother is coming into town, and we plan to play a few games together. We\u2019ll chill in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/animal_crossing_new_horizons\">Animal Crossing: New Horizons<\/a><\/strong>, battle a bit in <strong>Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield<\/strong>, race in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_kart_8_deluxe\">Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/a><\/strong>, brawl in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_smash_bros_ultimate\">Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/a><\/strong>, burn a few things in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/overcooked_2\">Overcooked 2<\/a><\/strong>, whip out Mancala in <strong>Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics<\/strong>, and maybe even mess around a bit in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_breath_of_the_wild\">The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/a><\/strong> for old time\u2019s sake.<\/p>\n<p>These are the game franchises we grew up playing, so we just play them as standard whenever we\u2019re together now. Should be a good distraction from the past stressful few weeks.<\/p>\n<h2>Gavin Lane, features editor<\/h2>\n<p>This week I shall be avoiding <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/06\/nintendo_kicks_off_huge_digital_days_switch_sale_over_350_games_discounted_europe\">the Switch eShop sale<\/a> and settling down to some <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/witcher_3_wild_hunt_-_complete_edition\">Witcher 3<\/a><\/strong>. I\u2019m only 3 or so hours into the game\u2014not even out of the tutorial section yet\u2014but I\u2019ve loved every second I\u2019ve played so far. I had readied myself for some ropey combat, but everything I\u2019ve played so far has been pleasantly, <em>surprisingly<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>I also eyed <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/grid_autosport\">GRID Autosport<\/a><\/strong> on sale but, like I said, I\u2019m going to be strong. Oh yes! Let\u2019s hope I can make it through the evening without enjoying a frosty beverage that\u2019ll loosen the old purse strings.<\/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>Another great handful of eShop releases means I am again spoiled for choice this weekend. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/liberated\">Liberated<\/a><\/strong>, the surprise release of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/skelattack\">Skelattack<\/a><\/strong>, the long-awaited <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/takeover\">The TakeOver<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/bridge_strike\">Bridge Strike<\/a><\/strong> will ensure plenty of varied gameplay to sink my teeth into. No microSD cards arrived this week so I still can\u2019t touch the 2K re-releases, opting instead for another dose of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mortal_kombat_11_aftermath\">Mortal Kombat 11 Aftermath<\/a><\/strong> and <strong>51 Worldwide Games<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>My game of the week is <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/rigid_force_redux\">Rigid Force Redux<\/a><\/strong>! I have literally waited years for this one to jump from Steam to the Switch and the wait was very much worthwhile.<\/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>Congratulations on making it through another week! This week brought us a surprise launch from Konami, some unorthodox Animal Crossing weddings and release date news for Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield&#8217;s first DLC, but it&#8217;s finally time to take a breather from all that and chat about our gaming plans. Members of Team Nintendo Life have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113863\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}