{"id":116224,"date":"2020-08-01T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/08\/talking_point_what_are_you_playing_this_weekend_august_1st"},"modified":"2020-08-01T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T09:00:00","slug":"talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-august-1st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/08\/01\/talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-august-1st\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 1st)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yet another week has been and gone, bringing with it a brand new update for Animal Crossing<\/a>, news of a glorious Stardew Valley physical edition<\/a> and plenty more besides<\/a>, but now it’s time to sit down, relax, and discuss our weekend gaming plans.<\/em><\/p>\n

Members of 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

Gon\u00e7alo Lopes, contributing writer<\/h2>\n

The time has come for me to pack my Switch and head somewhere with no proper Internet connection. In this strangest of all years I have decided to take two months off everything and go on a walkabout until I find myself again. While this weekend will be spent playing the highly praised Fairy Tail<\/a><\/strong> and the fantastic Locomotion<\/a>,<\/strong> most of my immediate plans involve retro gaming.<\/p>\n

It might still be a month off but in preparation for the arrival of Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions<\/a><\/strong> I have already started replaying the Famicom, Game Boy and Super Famicom games in the series. Can you believe there is a new Samurai Jack<\/a><\/strong> game just three weeks away? I\u2019ve also snuck the PC Engine Mini in the luggage and it is more than due time I make some new music. I will see you all again in due time, be safe out there.<\/p>\n

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

I’ve been stupidly busy for the last week or so which means I still<\/em> haven’t had the opportunity to play Paper Mario: The Origami King<\/strong><\/a>. It’s been sitting there underneath my TV (well, not directly<\/em> under it – just, you know, in the cabinet) since launch day, and I’m seeing more and more positive comments about it being posted online as the days go by.<\/p>\n

Hopefully this weekend will give me the time I need to get started, opening the door for more time with it over the next few weeks. The most recent thing I played was actually a full season of FIFA 20<\/a><\/strong> of all things, so I’m definitely up for some Nintendo magic next.<\/p>\n