{"id":125229,"date":"2022-05-28T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-132110"},"modified":"2022-05-28T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T09:00:00","slug":"talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-may-28th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/05\/28\/talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-may-28th\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (May 28th)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/bc12ea6b94dbc\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/bc12ea6b94dbc\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture ptris\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/bc12ea6b94dbc\/dead-cells.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Dead Cells\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Motion Twin<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>We&#8217;re almost at the end of May, and the &#8220;E3&#8221; build-up is beginning to kick in, which means that things have been a little steady in the world of video games. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/05\/nintendo-expands-its-switch-online-snes-and-nes-service-with-three-more-titles\">Three new NES and SNES games<\/a> have appeared on NSO this week. A dancing Psyduck toy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/05\/random-kfc-chinas-adorable-dancing-psyduck-toy-is-an-internet-sensation\">took the internet by storm<\/a>. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/05\/eiyuden-chronicle-hundred-heroes-the-successor-to-suikoden-confirmed-for-switch\">Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes finally, officially, got confirmed for Switch<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/switch-eshop\/opus-echo-of-starsong-full-bloom-edition\">reviewed the beautiful, emotional OPUS: Echo of Starsong &#8211; Full Bloom Edition<\/a>. A surprising reboot came out on Friday; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/nintendo-switch\/kao-the-kangaroo\">Kao the Kangaroo is back and at its best<\/a>. And Kate took a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/features\/soapbox-dragons-dogma-is-a-janky-weird-ageing-rpg-and-everyone-should-play-it\">look back at her favourite janky RPG, Dragon&#8217;s Dogma<\/a>, on the week of its tenth anniversary.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Now it&#8217;s time to chill out and<\/em> <em>discuss our weekend gaming plans.<\/em> <em>A few m<\/em><em>embers of the Nintendo Life team have done just that below, so feel free to give our entries a read and then join in with your own via our comment section. Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Kate Gray, staff writer<\/h2>\n<p>This weekend, if the weather&#8217;s nice, I&#8217;m going for a <em>bike ride<\/em>. My poor lovely bike has been in the basement since last October (thanks, Canadian Winter) so I&#8217;m excited to \u2014 oh, sorry, this is What Are You Playing. My mistake.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend, if the weather&#8217;s crappy (which it will be, I just checked) I am going to be firing up <strong>[REDACTED]<\/strong>, which is June&#8217;s Backlog Club game, and I&#8217;ll also be trying out new games to wean myself off of my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/slay_the_spire\">Slay The Spire<\/a> addiction. Currently, that&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/dead_cells\">Dead Cells<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/roundguard\">Roundguard<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/guild_of_dungeoneering_ultimate_edition\">Guild of Dungeoneering<\/a>, all of which are quite fun, although I do wish Roundguard was a little less punishing for a game that&#8217;s basically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps3\/peggle\" class=\"external\">Peggle<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Also, I started my third playthrough of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps3\/dantes_inferno\" class=\"external\">Dante&#8217;s Inferno<\/a> last night. God, I love that game. It&#8217;s so utterly offensive in every way that it <em>almost<\/em> comes back around to being charmingly inoffensive? It&#8217;s hilariously stupid. I love it.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"KZl8yrcRM1o\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<h2>Alana Hagues, staff writer<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;ve hit another wall and I can&#8217;t decide what I want to play this weekend! Not that I&#8217;m short of options, of course. I&#8217;m leaning towards starting a brand new RPG \u2014 something long like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps5\/tales_of_arise\" class=\"external\">Tales of Arise<\/a> on PS5 or getting back to that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/xenoblade_chronicles_definitive_edition\">Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition<\/a> playthrough \u2014 but I&#8217;ve got a busy few months ahead of me where a 50-100 hour epic just doesn&#8217;t seem feasible.<\/p>\n<p>The most tempting prospect right now is to fall back on something I&#8217;ve already played, so I&#8217;m thinking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_legends_arceus\">Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus<\/a>. I actually haven&#8217;t touched most of the post-game stuff so at least I&#8217;m not replaying something I&#8217;ve played a dozen times, right? Plus I miss my goofy little Typhlosion&#8230; I hope it&#8217;s sunny and warm where you are this weekend!<\/p>\n<h2>Gon\u00e7alo Lopes, reviewer<br \/><\/h2>\n<p>I feel the need, the need for speed. No, not the one you might be thinking of. I dusted off my New 3DS for some hardcore replaying of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/ace_combat_assault_horizon_legacy_plus\">Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy +<\/a>, the definitive remake of the iconic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps1\/ace_combat_2\" class=\"external\">Ace Combat 2<\/a>. I also treated myself to some <strong>Top Gun: Maverick<\/strong> airplanes with the DLC pack for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps4\/ace_combat_7_skies_unknown\" class=\"external\">Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown<\/a> on a non-Nintendo platform. We need this series on Switch! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/lego_star_wars_the_skywalker_saga\">LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga<\/a> concludes with Episode IX, just in time for the <strong>Obi-Wan Kenobi<\/strong> series streaming premiere.<\/p>\n<p>Accessories of the week are my Ray-Ban Aviators and my Bomber Jacket. What\u2019s your problem, Kazansky?<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"Y2hLF14p2_E\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<h2>Stuart Gipp, contributor<\/h2>\n<p>Did you know that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/teenage_mutant_ninja_turtles_the_cowabunga_collection\">Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cowabunga Collection<\/a> looks absolutely brilliant? You did? Very clever, pat yourself on the back. I have been playing classic <strong>TMNT<\/strong> games to prepare for its majesty, and have thusly been pouring time into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nes\/teenage_mutant_ninja_turtles_iii_the_manhattan_project\">Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project<\/a> on NES, a game I wasn&#8217;t previously especially familiar with. In addition to my previous &#8220;did you know&#8221;, though, did you know that it \u2014 a single component of the multifaceted Cowabunga Collection \u2014 is also brilliant? An amazingly accomplished and full-featured beat-&#8217;em-up for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It&#8217;s ace. And I&#8217;ve been playing it. Alright, cheers.<\/p>\n<p><em><em><em>As always, thanks for reading! Make sure to leave us a comment below with your weekend gaming plans!<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"GF5o7xQhG7c\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Motion Twin We&#8217;re almost at the end of May, and the &#8220;E3&#8221; build-up is beginning to kick in, which means that things have been a little steady in the world of video games. Three new NES and SNES games have appeared on NSO this week. A dancing Psyduck toy took the internet by storm. 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