{"id":115629,"date":"2020-07-18T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-18T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/07\/talking_point_what_are_you_playing_this_weekend_july_18th"},"modified":"2020-07-18T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T09:00:00","slug":"talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-july-18th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/07\/18\/talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-july-18th\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 18th)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With yet another week down – this time bringing with it a new Switch update<\/a>, the LEGO NES console<\/a> and an official Animal Crossing Instagram account<\/a>, no less – it’s finally time to sit back and chat about our weekend gaming plans.<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Ryan Craddock, news editor<\/h2>\n

My copy of Paper Mario: The Origami King<\/strong><\/a> arrived yesterday and as soon as I wrap up The Last of Us Part II<\/strong> I’ll be diving in to check it out. I’ve only ever played the original on N64 and The Thousand-Year Door<\/strong><\/a> on GameCube – and that was probably about 15 years ago now – so I’m actually intrigued to see what a modern Paper Mario game is like, even if some fans of the series aren’t happy with it these days.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, with a shiny Wailord being available<\/a> in Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield<\/a><\/strong> for a limited time, I might try my luck and hop on to see if I can find one. That’s a big might<\/em>, though, because I imagine it’ll take more time than it’s worth to stumble across one. Have a good one, folks.<\/p>\n

Liam Doolan, news reporter<\/h2>\n

I’ll admit, I don’t have the best track record when it comes to the Paper Mario series. I’ve played them all, but haven’t always seen ’em through. The last one I had a proper<\/em> crack at was Paper Mario: Sticker Star<\/strong><\/a> on the 3DS and the sticker concept got to me in the end. When Paper Mario: Color Splash<\/a><\/strong> arrived on the Wii U, I moved on rather quickly. Now we’ve got yet another generation of Paper Mario to play – this time on the Nintendo Switch – and once again I’ve signed up. Will I be able to see it through? I’m not really sure, so I’ll give you an update next week. Determination intensifies!<\/em><\/p>\n

Apart from this, there’s not much else on my plate this weekend. Maybe some Donkey Kong Country<\/a><\/strong>? I’ve already run through it once, so I might play it again. Maybe I’ll check out some Shin Megami Tensei<\/strong> on the NSO Super Famicom service while I’m at it.<\/p>\n