{"id":131782,"date":"2023-02-11T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-145007"},"modified":"2023-02-11T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T10:00:00","slug":"talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-february-11th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/02\/11\/talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-february-11th\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (February 11th)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7a2269ebb5f6d\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7a2269ebb5f6d\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7a2269ebb5f6d\/1280x720.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"z8SZf68UNns\">[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<p><em>Phew<\/em> &#8211; this was a pretty busy week, huh?<\/p>\n<p>To kick off the week, we took you through some of the highlights from Nintendo&#8217;s latest financial report for Q3 of fiscal year 2023. This included the rather stupendous new sales milestone for the Switch, with the console now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/02\/its-official-total-switch-sales-have-now-surpassed-the-game-boy-and-ps4\">exceeding Game Boy and PlayStation 4 total sales<\/a>. We also learned that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/02\/pokemon-scarlet-and-violet-surpasses-20-million-units-sold-in-just-six-weeks\">Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet and Violet had reached twenty million<\/a> in sales, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/02\/splatoon-3-splashes-with-over-10-million-sales-in-three-months\">Splatoon 3 ten million<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/02\/bayonetta-3-has-sold-over-1-million-units-since-launch\">Bayonetta 3 one million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The real meat, however, came on Wednesday when Nintendo showcased its latest Nintendo Direct livestream (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/02\/random-students-nintendo-direct-joke-leads-to-increased-campus-security\">and one fan in California got a little <em>too<\/em> excited&#8230;<\/a>). Here, it was announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/metroid_prime_remastered\">Metroid Prime Remastered<\/a> was not only real, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/02\/metroid-prime-remastered-confirmed-for-switch-launching-digitally-today\">would be shadow dropped onto the Switch eShop with a physical edition coming later<\/a> &#8211; mad lads!<\/p>\n<p>We also got a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/02\/new-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-trailer-shows-a-flying-vehicle-and-fresh-details\">brand new trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom<\/a>, demos for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/sea_of_stars\">Sea Of Stars<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/octopath_traveler_ii\">Octopath Traveler II<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/kirbys_return_to_dream_land_deluxe\">Kirby&#8217;s Return to Dream Land Deluxe<\/a>, plus the small announcment that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/02\/game-boy-and-gba-coming-to-switch-online-today\">Nintendo Switch Online would be getting both Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games<\/a> (the latter earmarked for Expansion Pack subscribers)!<\/p>\n<p>And&#8230; <em>breathe<\/em>. Let&#8217;s relax now and see what the staff at Nintendo Life are up to this weekend. Be sure to leave a comment with your own gaming plans!<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:144835 @ 2023-02-12T06:27:23+00:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<h2>Jim Norman, Staff Writer<\/h2>\n<p>After a Direct Showcase that is going to leave me bankrupt over the coming months, I have <em>a lot<\/em> that I will be hoping to play this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The amount that I will be able to play is a different matter entirely. I am off to stay with some friends for the next few days so instead of tucking into more of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gba\/legend_of_zelda_the_minish_cap\">The Minish Cap<\/a>, replaying some <strong>Layton<\/strong>, or giving in and buying Metroid Prime Remastered, I think it is going to mostly be a return to the party games. Who am I to complain? I love <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_kart_8_deluxe\">Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/nintendo_switch_sports\">Nintendo Switch Sports<\/a> is rapidly becoming one of my favourite \u2018friends round\u2019 titles so it is going to be a good time all the same.<\/p>\n<p>If I find time then maybe I\u2019ll be getting into some more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/fire_emblem_engage\">Fire Emblem Engage<\/a> or finally making a start on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/persona_4_golden\">Persona 4 Golden<\/a>. They\u2019re not quite the party-vibes that I\u2019m after, but I can\u2019t much longer with the latter just staring at me from my Switch homepage\u2026<\/p>\n<h2>PJ O&#8217;Reilly, Staff Writer<\/h2>\n<p>This weekend is all about that lovely stealth-dropped remaster of Metroid Prime Remastered for me, I can&#8217;t see me doing much else besides diving in to relive the experience all over again. I&#8217;ve already played the first hour or so and, coming off a relatively recent playthrough of the original, I&#8217;m hugely impressed, it really does feel great and looks fantastic, definitely one of the more impressive revamps I&#8217;ve clapped eyes on of late.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, if I do get a little time for anything else, I&#8217;ll be continuing to blast through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_mario_3d_world_plus_bowsers_fury\">Bowser&#8217;s Fury<\/a> with my kids. I&#8217;m not 100% sold on this one just yet in all honesty, it feels a little disjointed to me, but they seem to love it, and that&#8217;s all that really counts. Have a great weekend!<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"G92PA5jUB7E\">[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>Ollie Reynolds, Staff Writer<\/h2>\n<p>There&#8217;s really only one game I&#8217;m playing this weekend and that&#8217;s Metroid Prime Remastered. Hahaha, I can&#8217;t actually believe I&#8217;m typing out these words &#8211; it&#8217;s <em>finally<\/em> here!<\/p>\n<p>Then again, if I do get time, then I will definitely check out the demos for Sea of Stars and Octopath Traveler II. I&#8217;ve managed to play about two minutes of Sea of Stars before today and <em>hoo boy<\/em>, it&#8217;s a fine looking game!<\/p>\n<h2>Alana Hagues, Staff Writer<\/h2>\n<p>This weekend, I propose we rename this feature \u2018What are you NOT playing this weekend?\u2019 Because, well, I feel like it\u2019s <em>everything<\/em>. Anyway, I, like presumably everyone else, will be diving into Metroid Prime Remastered. I\u2019ve <em>never<\/em> played the original (sorry!), though I\u2019ve watched my brother play a chunk of it. This remaster means I can tick one of my biggest gaming sins off the list.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve also got the Octopath Traveler II and Sea of Stars demos to sink my teeth into, and a whole library of Game Boy and GBA games to mess around with. I\u2019ve already played a bit of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gameboy\/tetris\">Tetris<\/a>, but a quick replay of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gameboy\/super_mario_land_2_6_golden_coins\">Super Mario Land 2<\/a> may well be on the cards\u2026<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"eZ0wCoeETNU\">[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>Liam Doolan, News Reporter<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m holding out for a physical copy of Metroid Prime Remastered, so to help pass time, this weekend I&#8217;ll be diving into the Switch Online Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance library. I&#8217;m slowly chipping away at a bit of everything. In fact, I&#8217;m nearly done with Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from this, I&#8217;m working my way through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gba\/mario_kart_super_circuit\">Mario Kart: Super Circuit<\/a> &#8211; one my favourite Mario Kart games, and I&#8217;m also spending some quality time with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gba\/kuru_kuru_kururin\">Kuru Kuru Kururin<\/a> &#8211; a game I really didn&#8217;t give enough attention to back in the day. Outside of these classic offerings, I will also be giving Konami&#8217;s new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/wbsc_ebaseball_power_pros\">Power Pros<\/a> baseball game a go. It&#8217;s going for next to nothing right now on the Switch eShop. Have a good weekend, everyone!<\/p>\n<h2>Gon\u00e7alo Lopes, Reviewer<\/h2>\n<p>Here I was thinking I would just wrap up Fire Emblem Engage this weekend but no, one Nintendo Direct later, not only do I need to set the endgame aside to go grab Hector Soren and Camilla in the Divine Paralogue section of the world map. If that wasn\u2019t enough the demos of the (sublime!) Sea of Stars, Octopath Traveler II (with save data carry!) and Kirby Return to Dreamland Deluxe also pop out of nowhere. All of this along with Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance classics to blissfully replay. It was about time I finish Zelda Minish Cap anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Game of the Week is Metroid Prime Remastered. As I explained during my live stream of Retro\u2019s Magum opus the importance of this game can\u2019t be understated. This is no quick cash grab either, the \u2018remastered\u2019 bit lives up to the moniker with Samus, Tallon IV and the Space Pirates looking the best we have ever seen! Rest of the trilogy next, pretty please? Scanning&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"1Gl-5DNRuN4\">[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<p><em><em><em>We hope you enjoyed reading! Add the game that you&#8217;ll be maining in the poll below and leave a comment with your gaming plans for the weekend ahead!<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Phew &#8211; this was a pretty busy week, huh? 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