{"id":132547,"date":"2023-03-18T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-146700"},"modified":"2023-03-18T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T10:00:00","slug":"talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-march-18th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/03\/18\/talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-march-18th\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (March 18th)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/df83f3748383b\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/df83f3748383b\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Bayonetta Origins\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/df83f3748383b\/bayonetta-origins.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNDU5Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"459\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/df83f3748383b\/bayonetta-origins.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Bayonetta Origins\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hooray, the weekend is here! It&#8217;s the weekend, everybody!<\/p>\n<p>Before we dive into what we&#8217;re going to be playing, let&#8217;s take a peek at what&#8217;s been happening in the world of Nintendo this week.<\/p>\n<p>First up, Nintendo saw fit to add not one, not two, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/03\/nintendo-expands-switch-online-game-boy-snes-and-nes-service-with-four-more-titles\">four new titles to its Nintendo Switch Online service<\/a>. We reckon that&#8217;s pretty good going so soon after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gba\/metroid_fusion\">Metroid Fusion<\/a>. We also saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/03\/bowser-defends-usd70-zelda-pricing-nintendo-still-very-bullish-about-switch\">Nintendo of America&#8217;s CEO Doug Bowser make some &#8220;bullish&#8221; claims regarding the Switch and its potential successor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, it seems that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/03\/metroid-zero-mission-screenshots-found-on-nintendo-switch-online-by-dataminer\">Metroid Zero Mission may in fact be coming to the Nintendo Switch Online service<\/a> at some point, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/03\/the-pokemon-company-is-looking-to-hire-someone-with-nft-knowledge\">Pok\u00e9mon Company is seemingly quite interested in NFTs<\/a>, and it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/03\/soulcaliburs-classic-games-are-rumoured-to-be-getting-remastered\">rumoured that some classic SoulCalibur games might be getting the remaster treatment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But for now, let&#8217;s settle down with some games, eh?<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"O5MDhdSJfBg\">[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>Much to my shame, I forked out 1,000 platinum points on the catchily-named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds-eshop\/my_nintendo_picross_the_legend_of_zelda_twilight_princess\">My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess<\/a> this week and let me tell you, I am hooked. \u201cThis is just a silly puzzle game right, surely it can\u2019t be that addictive,\u201d I thought to myself as I downloaded the (basically) free content. But here I am, hours later, filling in my silly little boxes to make an image that looks <em>something<\/em> like a Hylian Shield? I guess?<\/p>\n<p>If I am able to put it down, then I will probably be playing more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_mario_odyssey\">Super Mario Odyssey<\/a> in the meantime. I started a new save file and am finally going about playing the game <em>properly<\/em> by collecting every moon out there. It\u2019s a lengthy task, I\u2019ll admit, but man what a game!<\/p>\n<h2>Ollie Reynolds, Staff Writer<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m afraid there won&#8217;t be a great deal of gaming this weekend for me. I&#8217;m moving house soon, so I&#8217;m finding it quite difficult to commit to anything. That said, I&#8217;m diving into the NSO service every now and then and playing a bit of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nes\/super_mario_bros_3\">Super Mario Bros. 3<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gba\/kuru_kuru_kururin\">Kuru Kuru Kuruin<\/a>. I&#8217;m also still replaying the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps5\/resident_evil_4\" class=\"external\">Resident Evil 4<\/a> demo on PS5 as much as I can; now that I know how to trigger the &#8216;Mad Chainsaw Mode&#8217; difficulty, I keep replaying it to see if I can beat my previous score. Great stuff.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"XhoR0Bz-mXo\">[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>Gavin Lane, Editor<\/h2>\n<p>I got my hands on a PC Engine Mini this week and plan to fire that up this weekend. It\u2019s a little system with an intriguing library which I\u2019ve never touched. Looking forward to that.<\/p>\n<p>In the world of Nintendo, I\u2019m still making my way through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_skyward_sword_hd\">Skyward Sword HD<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/chained_echoes\">Chained Echoes<\/a>. I downloaded the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/streets_of_rage_4\">Streets of Rage 4<\/a> DLC, too.<\/p>\n<p>And I\u2019m tinkering with eShop games on my 3DS before the impending closure. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds-eshop\/nintendo_badge_arcade\">Nintendo Badge Arcade<\/a> has hooked me once again. One more week!<\/p>\n<h2>Gon\u00e7alo Lopes, Reviewer<\/h2>\n<p>After enjoying the two-chapter demo last weekend I\u2019m quite looking forward to carrying on with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/bayonetta_origins_cereza_and_the_lost_demon\">Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon<\/a>. The game just clicked with me. Looking forward to some eShop game time with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/squad_51_vs_the_flying_saucers\">Squadron 51 vs. The Flying Saucers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/titanium_hound\">Titanium Hound<\/a>. Outside Nintendo platforms, I am closing in on 26 hours of <strong>Xenogears<\/strong> and am stunned with the single-player campaign quality of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps5\/call_of_duty_black_ops_cold_war\" class=\"external\">Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Game of the Week is Data East\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/side_pocket\">Side Pocket<\/a> for the NSO service. This week\u2019s update placed one of my favorite SNES guilty pleasures on the Switch. I miss old-school Data East&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>Alana Hagues, Staff Writer<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m doing a lot of travelling this weekend, so really, the main thing I&#8217;ll be doing is levelling up to prepare for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/octopath_traveler_ii\">Octopath Traveler II<\/a>&#8216;s superboss \u2014 not something I often do in an RPG, but when you&#8217;re as mechanically good as OTII, then you <em>have<\/em> to, right?<\/p>\n<p>Other than that, all of that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/hollow_knight\">Hollow Knight<\/a> writing and replaying has reminded me that I need to scratch another Metroidvania off the list \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/ori_and_the_blind_forest_definitive_edition\">Ori and the Blind Forest<\/a>. So if I get some free time between visiting family and going to London, then I may well fire that up.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"11VOTQm9Em4\">[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! 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: Nintendo Hooray, the weekend is here! It&#8217;s the weekend, everybody! Before we dive into what we&#8217;re going to be playing, let&#8217;s take a peek at what&#8217;s been happening in the world of Nintendo this week. First up, Nintendo saw fit to add not one, not two, but four new titles to its Nintendo Switch [&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-132547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132547","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=132547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132547\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}