{"id":132225,"date":"2023-03-04T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-146005"},"modified":"2023-03-04T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T10:00:00","slug":"talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-march-4th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/03\/04\/talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-march-4th\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (March 4th)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3630b83815fb3\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3630b83815fb3\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Sonic Origins\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3630b83815fb3\/sonic-origins.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNDk5Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"499\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3630b83815fb3\/sonic-origins.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Sonic Origins\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Sega<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Welcome, one and all!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been another reasonably busy week here at Nintendo LIfe. We started off with a <strong>Pok\u00e9mon Presents showcase<\/strong> which, according to you fine people, wasn&#8217;t all that good. The biggest highlight was undoubtedly the announcement of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/02\/pokemon-scarlet-and-violet-dlc-the-hidden-treasure-of-area-zero-coming-later-this-year\">Scarlet and Violet<\/a> DLC, which will come in two parts and is officially called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/02\/pokemon-scarlet-and-violet-dlc-the-hidden-treasure-of-area-zero-coming-later-this-year\">&#8216;The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero&#8217;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, we finally got confirmation that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/mobile\/pokemon_sleep\">Pok\u00e9mon Sleep<\/a> is still a thing and will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/02\/pokemon-sleep-will-help-you-get-a-good-nights-rest-coming-this-year\">launching later this year<\/a>. Netflix also announced that it is collaborating with The Pok\u00e9mon Company on a new stop motion project called <strong>Pok\u00e9mon Concierge<\/strong>, which certainly sounds interesting.<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo also announced its plans around this year&#8217;s &#8216;MAR10 Day&#8217; celebrations, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/03\/nintendo-reveals-official-mar10-day-switch-console-bundle\">a rather underwhelming new Switch Console bundle<\/a>, some tasty <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/03\/nintendos-official-mar10-day-sale-is-starting-next-week\">Mario-related sales<\/a>, and the news that the <strong>Super Mario Bros. Movie<\/strong> release has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/02\/mario-movie-release-date-brought-forward-for-us-and-others\">brought forward by two days in multiple global markets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For now, though, it&#8217;s time to relax and chill out &#8211; it&#8217;s the weekend! We want to know what your gaming plans are, so be sure to let us know in the comments. But first, let&#8217;s find out what the staff are up to&#8230;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"9nCuJIuX-rI\">[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>Jim Norman, Staff Writer<\/h2>\n<p>I am really hoping to get a good chunk of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_skyward_sword_hd\">The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword<\/a> cleared up this week. Is it top-tier Zelda in my mind? No way. But I am having more fun with it this time around which is always a bonus.<\/p>\n<p>It would also be nice to finally get in and finish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/super_metroid\">Super Metroid<\/a> on NSO before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gba\/metroid_fusion\">Metroid Fusion<\/a> drops next week. I was having an absolute blast playing through this one but got sidetracked at the final hurdle with the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/fire_emblem_engage\">Fire Emblem Engage<\/a>. If I can just sneak in a couple more hours this weekend then I should be able to crack it\u2026<\/p>\n<h2>Ollie Reynolds, Staff Writer<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got a couple of games on the go at the moment for review purposes (keep an eye out for those in the coming days!), so I&#8217;m not really engaging with many other games at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>That said, however, when I do find a few minutes spare, I&#8217;m currently jumping into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/sonic_origins\">Sonic Origins<\/a> to clear one stage at a time. It&#8217;s a great compilation to play in short bursts and I really hope Sega brings some more classic Sonic titles to the Switch in a similar way.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"ky1KW9vnNR0\">[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>Gon\u00e7alo Lopes, Reviewer<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/brok_the_investigator\">BROK the InvestiGator<\/a>&#8216;s unique mashup of point\u2019n\u2019clik and belt action beat\u2019em up is proving to be quite alluring. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/kirbys_return_to_dream_land_deluxe\">Kirby\u2019s Return to Dream Land Deluxe<\/a> remains a great reminder that the original Wii game was top shelf <strong>Kirby<\/strong> stuff. Was not expecting the stealth release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/neodori_forever\">Neodori Forever<\/a> but I was happy to grab it fast; it is such a relaxing, zen game. Hopefully I make some further progress in <strong>Xenogears<\/strong> as well.<\/p>\n<p>Game of the Week is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/arcade_archives_sky_kid_dx\">Arcade Archives SKY KID DX<\/a>! Since the original game is one of my all time favourites, this deluxe edition boasts twice the colour palette (512 versus the original 256), new enemies, trickier stages, extra missions\u2026 everything that made the original game sweet just got sweeter!<\/p>\n<p><em><em><em>We hope you enjoyed reading! Let us know what game you&#8217;ll be maining in the poll above and leave a comment with your gaming plans for the weekend!<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Sega Welcome, one and all! It&#8217;s been another reasonably busy week here at Nintendo LIfe. We started off with a Pok\u00e9mon Presents showcase which, according to you fine people, wasn&#8217;t all that good. The biggest highlight was undoubtedly the announcement of the Scarlet and Violet DLC, which will come in two parts and is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}