{"id":118554,"date":"2020-09-26T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-26T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/09\/talking_point_what_are_you_playing_this_weekend_september_26th"},"modified":"2020-09-26T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-26T09:00:00","slug":"talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-september-26th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/09\/26\/talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-september-26th\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (September 26th)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7c9d774e8f180\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7c9d774e8f180\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"SuperMario3DAllStars SuperMario64\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7c9d774e8f180\/supermario3dallstars-supermario64.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7c9d774e8f180\/supermario3dallstars-supermario64.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"SuperMario3DAllStars SuperMario64\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><em>With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/09\/nintendo_expands_its_switch_online_snes_and_nes_service_with_four_more_titles\">more NES and SNES games<\/a> to tuck into on Switch, lots of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_mario_3d_all-stars\/news\">excitement around Super Mario 3D All-Stars<\/a> and yet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/09\/nintendo_is_getting_sued_yet_again_over_switch_joy-con_drift\">another Nintendo lawsuit<\/a> to tuck into, this week&#8217;s been another busy affair. Thankfully, then, it&#8217;s time to sit down and discuss our weekend gaming plans.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Members of Nintendo Life have done just that below, and we&#8217;d love for you to join in via our poll and comment sections. Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Gavin Lane, features editor<\/h2>\n<p>Having employed my iron will to delay redeeming my last remaining Game Voucher for <em>an entire week<\/em>, I totally caved and will probably be dipping into <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_mario_3d_all-stars\">Super Mario 3D All-Stars<\/a><\/strong> at some point. I also hit the eShop recently and splurged on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/hades\">Hades<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/super_punch_patrol\">Super Punch Patrol<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/agent_a_a_puzzle_in_disguise\">Agent A: A Puzzle In Disguise<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/mark_of_the_ninja_remastered\">Mark of the Ninja<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/donrt_starve_nintendo_switch_edition\">Don\u2019t Starve<\/a><\/strong>, so there\u2019s no shortage of brilliant stuff to play.<\/p>\n<p>However, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/rogue_legacy\">Rogue Legacy<\/a><\/strong> has got its <em>just-one-more-run<\/em> hooks into me and I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if that\u2019s all I end up playing this weekend. Oh well!<em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Stuart Gipp, reviewer<\/h2>\n<p>Plugging away at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamecube\/super_mario_sunshine\">Super Mario Sunshine<\/a><\/strong>, the overlooked middle child of the <strong>Super Mario 3D All-Stars<\/strong> package. There&#8217;s a rather pleasant sense of Nintendo Weirdness to the whole enterprise, as flawed as it undoubtedly is. Hunting for blue coins has been enormous fun, though it&#8217;s frustrating that there&#8217;s no way to reliably track them.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also dipped a toe into the new <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/kirby_fighters_2\">Kirby Fighters 2<\/a><\/strong>, which seems a typically charming and wonderful entry in the big fat cosmic murder-lump&#8217;s ongoing saga. Kirby rules.<\/p>\n<p>In retro news I had a quick whip through <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gba\/sonic_advance_2\">Sonic Advance 2<\/a><\/strong>, always an enjoyable and creative experience to barrel through. Hot take alert: its renewed focus on speed makes it the best of the hedgehog&#8217;s three GBA adventures (<strong>Sonic Battle<\/strong> doesn&#8217;t count. In any respect).<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\"><\/aside>\n<h2>PJ O\u2019Reilly, reviewer<\/h2>\n<p>Hello. This weekend I\u2019m going to spend most of my time blasting through <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/rebel_galaxy_outlaw\">Rebel Galaxy Outlaw<\/a><\/strong> for review, look out for that sometime soon, and giving my two young sons an absolute hammering at <strong>Kirby Fighters 2<\/strong>. You\u2019re never too young to experience the uncontrollable rage and loathing that results from getting pummelled in a fighting game, it\u2019s character-building stuff and I\u2019m a very good and responsible father.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, I\u2019m still constructing enormous, peep-destroying monstrosities of rollercoasters in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/rollercoaster_tycoon_3_complete_edition\">Rollercoaster Tycoon 3<\/a><\/strong>. I\u2019ve been really impressed with how the controls have been translated to Switch in that one, and I\u2019ll also be checking out <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/cadence_of_hyrule_crypt_of_the_necrodancer_featuring_the_legend_of_zelda\">Cadence of Hyrule<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s Symphony of the Mask DLC. Lots to get through! Have a good weekend, whatever you\u2019re up to and stay safe out there.<\/p>\n<h2>Ryan Craddock, news editor<\/h2>\n<p>I reached the credits on <strong>Super Mario Sunshine<\/strong> a few days ago and for a while, I was contemplating going all in and attempting to 100% it. Thankfully, I somehow came to my senses and have now moved on to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wii\/super_mario_galaxy\">Super Mario Galaxy<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It might just be the nostalgia talking, with Sunshine being my first ever 3D Mario, but I&#8217;m not enjoying my Galaxy replay quite as much as Sunshine just yet. Hopefully as I progress through Galaxy I&#8217;ll learn to love it just as much as I did the first time around.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, I&#8217;ve actually been playing a bit of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/marios_super_picross\">Mario&#8217;s Super Picross<\/a><\/strong> on the SNES Nintendo Switch Online app. It&#8217;s been a while since I played Picross, so why not give an elusive Japanese Mario version a go, eh?<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\"><\/aside>\n<h2>Jon Cartwright, video producer<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/ori_and_the_will_of_the_wisps\">Ori &amp; the Will of the Wisps<\/a><\/strong> has been a serious GOTY contender and this weekend I\u2019ll be seeing if my feelings still hold true by giving it another whirl on Switch. The initial build had a few hiccups even on Xbox One X so it\u2019s absolutely remarkable Moon Studios have been able to squeeze it down to the small screen with next to no visible compromises. They\u2019re secretly wizards.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve heard <strong>Hades<\/strong> is apparently ok (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/switch-eshop\/hades\">some Nintendo site gave it a 10<\/a>) so perhaps I\u2019ll dabble with that. I also plan to revisit <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/donkey_kong_country_2_diddys_kong_quest\">Donkey Kong Country 2<\/a><\/strong> which just launched on Switch Online! It\u2019s easily my favourite of Rare\u2019s trilogy \u2013 <em>most importantly it doesn\u2019t have Kiddy Kong<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>Gon\u00e7alo Lopes, contributing writer<\/h2>\n<p>It is do or die for the All-Japan National Youth Team, now in the final rounds of the world cup in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/captain_tsubasa_rise_of_new_champions\">Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions<\/a><\/strong>. To my surprise, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/wwe_2k_battlegrounds\">WWE 2K Battlegrounds<\/a><\/strong> is enjoyable in short bursts but last week\u2019s surprise hit <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/reflex_unit_2\">Reflex Unit 2<\/a><\/strong> remains higher on the list. I\u2019ve made it to Elysium in <strong>Hades<\/strong>, wonder if I\u2019ll manage to see further ahead this weekend\u2026 I might if I can keep away long enough from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/castlestorm_ii\">CastleStorm II<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>My game of the week is <strong>Rogue Galaxy Outlaw<\/strong>. About time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/everspace_-_stellar_edition\"><strong>Everspace<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/starlink_battle_for_atlas\"><strong>Starlink: Battle for Atlas<\/strong><\/a> have some real competition. The long wait to fly again among the stars (between getting hustled at pool) is over and somehow runs incredibly well on the humble Switch.<\/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>With more NES and SNES games to tuck into on Switch, lots of excitement around Super Mario 3D All-Stars and yet another Nintendo lawsuit to tuck into, this week&#8217;s been another busy affair. Thankfully, then, it&#8217;s time to sit down and discuss our weekend gaming plans. 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