{"id":133134,"date":"2023-04-15T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-147982"},"modified":"2023-04-15T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-15T09:00:00","slug":"talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-april-15th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/04\/15\/talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-april-15th\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (April 15th)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c07e168ab68a4\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c07e168ab68a4\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Signalis\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c07e168ab68a4\/signalis.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNDk2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"496\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c07e168ab68a4\/signalis.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Signalis\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Humble Games<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s the weekeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeend <strong>*cough cough splutter*<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We made it through another week, folks. Well done. It&#8217;s been quite an interesting one, hasn&#8217;t it? With only one month to go until the launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_tears_of_the_kingdom\">The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom<\/a>, Nintendo graced us with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/04\/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdoms-final-pre-launch-trailer-is-absolutely-stunning\">third and final trailer for the game<\/a>, and <em>boy<\/em>, was it a good one!<\/p>\n<p>There was <em>so<\/em> much to unpack from the new footage, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/features\/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-trailer-3-every-new-detail-revealed\">so we did just that with a comprehensive breakdown<\/a>; be sure to check that out. With the proper introduction of Ganondorf, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/04\/random-of-course-people-are-thirsty-for-ganondorf-in-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom\">it seems many folks are quite taken with the character&#8217;s new burly look<\/a>. Adding fuel to the fire, it was confirmed that the wonderful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/04\/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-ganondorf-voice-actor-revealed-as-matthew-mercer\">Matthew Mercer would be voicing Ganondorf in his latest appearance<\/a>. Phew, we&#8217;re sweating.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/04\/super-mario-bros-theme-is-the-first-video-game-track-added-to-the-library-of-congress\">Super Mario Bros. theme tune was added to the Library of Congress<\/a>, making it the first video game track to do so. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/nintendo-switch\/mega-man-battle-network-legacy-collection\">Mega Man Battle Network got a solid recommendation from us in our review<\/a>, and finally, it was confirmed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/04\/surprise-eight-classic-polygame-master-arcade-titles-are-out-now-on-switch\">PolyGame Master Arcade titles are not only coming to the Switch, but they&#8217;re out<\/a> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/04\/surprise-eight-classic-polygame-master-arcade-titles-are-out-now-on-switch\">now<\/a><\/em> in a handy little collection.<\/p>\n<p>Now it&#8217;s time to kick back with some gaming. Let&#8217;s see what we&#8217;ve all got planned for this weekend, shall we?<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:127473 @ 2023-04-16T00:01:46+01:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<h2>Ollie Reynolds, Staff Writer<\/h2>\n<p>Once again, I&#8217;ve not really got a lot on the go with my Switch. The latest trailer for Tears of the Kingdom just confirmed that I&#8217;m really not in a position to get heavily invested in anything on the Switch right now, I&#8217;m quite content just to wait and get excited as the days pass by. That said, I am giving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/signalis\">Signalis<\/a> another go. I love that game so much, and I&#8217;ve cranked up the difficulty with this new playthrough.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, I&#8217;ve just completed my first playthrough of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/games\/xbox-series-x\/dead_space\" class=\"external\">Dead Space<\/a> on the Series X, and my word, it&#8217;s a wonderful game. Just <em>wonderful<\/em>. EA Motive really nailed it with this remake. I&#8217;m going to go through it again and try out &#8216;Impossible Mode&#8217;, so wish me luck.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"M8ATfSsFMzg\">[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>If this week&#8217;s trailer talk taught me one thing, it&#8217;s that I really need to get on and finish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_skyward_sword_hd\">Skyward Sword HD<\/a> before TOTK comes my way. Those pesky controls keep stopping me from actually getting in and enjoying the game, but perhaps it would be better to just put a good few hours aside this weekend and try to plough through some dungeons instead.<\/p>\n<p>I also have a couple more 3DS eShop titles that I still haven&#8217;t touched since my last-minute purchases a few weeks ago. I beat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds-eshop\/shovel_knight\">Shovel Knight<\/a> this week (hot take: <em>great<\/em> game) so might head into something completely different with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds-eshop\/attack_of_the_friday_monsters_a_tokyo_tale\">Attack of the Friday Monsters<\/a> to try to help me out of the &#8216;just finished a game&#8217; blues.<\/p>\n<h2>Alana Hagues, Staff Writer<\/h2>\n<p>I just started replaying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/ds\/castlevania_dawn_of_sorrow\">Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow<\/a> for a quick hit of Metroidvania nostalgia, and this is way better than I remember it being. Seal drawing aside, of course. The castle is great, the music is amazing, and Soma&#8217;s Power of Dominance is just expanded upon from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gba\/castlevania_aria_of_sorrow\">Aria of Sorrow<\/a>. From Aria all of the way to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/ds\/castlevania_order_of_ecclesia\">Order of Ecclesia<\/a>, the Castlevania series really didn&#8217;t miss, did it?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also booted up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_breath_of_the_wild\">Breath of the Wild<\/a> for the first time in years tor readjust myself with the movement and the world ahead of Tears of the Kingdom&#8217;s launch next month. Will I actually try and finish the Hyrule Compendium? Who can say.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"JDaI9w92444\">[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>PJ O&#8217;Reilly, Staff Writer<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m still polishing off the fantastic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/metroid_prime_remastered\">Metroid Prime Remastered<\/a> just now, so hopefully I&#8217;ll finally have that wrapped up over the next few days and I&#8217;m also deep into our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/advance_wars_1plus2_re-boot_camp\">Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp<\/a> review, so keep an eye out for my thoughts on that one fairly soon.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, I have rather foolishly convinced myself I can return to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_breath_of_the_wild\">Breath of the Wild<\/a> in order to play through it all again before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_tears_of_the_kingdom\">Tears of the Kingdom<\/a> arrives (never gonna happen, PJ) and I&#8217;ve been thoroughly enjoying dipping into the fantastic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/dredge\">Dredge<\/a> for my Lovecraftian fix before bed the past few evenings. There&#8217;s definitely something not right in them there waters.<\/p>\n<p>Have a great weekend!<\/p>\n<h2>Gon\u00e7alo Lopes, Reviewer<\/h2>\n<p>Bit of a setback on my Nintendo 64 revisit: I dropped my N64 pad on the hard floor and busted the cable connection. A replacement on the way, but it won\u2019t be here until next week. Bummer! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/curse_of_the_sea_rats\">Curse of the Sea Rats<\/a> continues to delight while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps4\/everspace_2\" class=\"external\"><strong>Everspace 2<\/strong><\/a> just keeps redefining the word \u201cepic\u201d with every new mission. I need to clear my schedule for next weekend\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/advance_wars_1plus2_re-boot_camp\">Advance Wars<\/a> marathon.<\/p>\n<p>Game of the Week is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/tron_identity\">TRON: Identity<\/a>. Saw one of the ends already, outstanding fan service for TRON fans like myself. I look forward to see where Bithell Games takes the franchise next. That said, nSpace\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wii\/tron_evolution_battle_grids\">TRON Evolution: Battle Grids<\/a> on Wii remains the greatest TRON game ever made. End of line.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"cL4XQuoKwpM\">[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<hr>\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>Image: Humble Games It&#8217;s the weekeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeend *cough cough splutter*. We made it through another week, folks. Well done. It&#8217;s been quite an interesting one, hasn&#8217;t it? With only one month to go until the launch of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Nintendo graced us with the third and final trailer for the [&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-133134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133134","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=133134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133134\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}