{"id":133290,"date":"2023-04-22T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-148388"},"modified":"2023-04-22T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T09:00:00","slug":"talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-april-22nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/04\/22\/talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-april-22nd\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (April 22nd)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/86a05d26d4350\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/86a05d26d4350\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/86a05d26d4350\/final-fantasy-pixel-remaster.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/86a05d26d4350\/final-fantasy-pixel-remaster.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Square Enix<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Who would have thought that in the run-up to the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_tears_of_the_kingdom\">Tears of the Kingdom<\/a>, we would have so much Switch news to talk about in the space of a week?<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo was really firing on all cylinders this time around, as we got an official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/04\/surprise-xenoblade-chronicles-3-final-dlc-launches-on-switch-next-week\">release date<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/xenoblade_chronicles_3\">Xenoblade Chronicles 3<\/a>&#8216;s final DLC, four new games added to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/04\/four-sega-genesis-mega-drive-games-have-been-added-to-switch-onlines-expansion-pack\">Sega Genesis \/ Mega Drive NSO library<\/a> (including an early <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/04\/you-can-now-play-game-freaks-pre-pokemon-platformer-pulseman-on-nsos-expansion-pack\">action platformer from Game Freak<\/a>) and a brand new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/features\/round-up-everything-announced-in-nintendos-april-2023-indie-world-showcase\">Indie World showcase<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On top of this, we celebrated the release of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/final_fantasy_i-vi_pixel_remaster\">Final Fantasy I-VI Pixel Remaster<\/a> by asking you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/04\/poll-which-was-your-first-final-fantasy\">which was your first Final Fantasy game?<\/a>, and worked through our <em>feelings<\/em> about that new Ganondorf look as we considered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/features\/which-zelda-game-has-the-best-ganondorf-every-design-ranked-by-you\">which Ganondorf has the best design<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It has also been a big one in the world of reviews. We got old school with some early Final Fantasy \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/switch-eshop\/final-fantasy-i-vi-pixel-remaster\">which have been made to look even more beautiful<\/a> \u2014 relished the GBA vibes of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/nintendo-switch\/advance-wars-1plus2-re-boot-camp\">delightfully reimagined<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/advance_wars_1plus2_re-boot_camp\">Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp<\/a> and took to the track in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/switch-eshop\/disney-speedstorm\">well-designed but poorly executed<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/disney_speedstorm\">Disney Speedstorm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With all of these high-quality games to play on Switch, we are doing some last-minute cramming before Tears of the Kingdom takes over our lives. Below, a group of our writers have shared their gaming plans for the weekend ahead. Why not have a read of what we are up to and then take to the comments to let us know what&#8217;s on your &#8216;to-play&#8217; list for the coming days?<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:147417 @ 2023-04-23T00:32:59+01:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<h2>Ollie Reynolds, Staff Writer<\/h2>\n<p>I\u2019ll be diving into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/final_fantasy_vi\">Final Fantasy VI<\/a> this weekend via the new Pixel Remaster release. Granted, it\u2019s probably not the wisest choice with only a few weeks remaining until the launch of Tears of the Kingdom, but hey, I\u2019m silly like that. But that\u2019s really about it for me at the moment; I\u2019m (hopefully) moving house next week, so I\u2019ve got a lot of possessions already packed away in preparation. Have a good weekend!<\/p>\n<h2>Alana Hagues, Deputy Editor<\/h2>\n<p>This week\u2019s Indie World has reminded me that I need to go back and finish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/blasphemous\">Blasphemous<\/a>, which is just one of the many games I picked up on sale and tried for an hour or so before getting swept up in life. The sequel looks amazing, and you know I love a good Metroidvania.<\/p>\n<p>In much cosier gaming \u2013 I think? \u2013 I picked up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/final_fantasy_iii\">Final Fantasy III<\/a> this week. I\u2019ve never played the OG NES version of the game, having only tried the DS remake in 2006, so I want to chip away at this one because I\u2019ve heard better things about the job system in the original version. Those rearranged soundtracks? Sublime.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"zRtx3JFxoMo\">[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>This week I decided to finally rip the plaster off and crack on with finishing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/fire_emblem_engage\">Fire Emblem Engage<\/a>. I&#8217;m closing in on 45 hours played now and those battles are getting <em>reeeal<\/em> long, but, miraculously, I am still having a fantastic time with it. There are only a few more chapters to go now then I can finally tick it off the backlog which is increasingly looming over my every waking moment.<\/p>\n<p>In classic Jim form, this backlog has not been enough to stop me from yet another Zelda playthrough, however. I&#8217;m heading into Skull Woods now as I keep ploughing through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gba\/legend_of_zelda_a_link_to_the_past_and_four_swords\">A Link to the Past<\/a> on my GBA. Whaddagame. Let&#8217;s just hope that I can have this one polished off before 12th May&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>Liam Doolan, News Reporter<\/h2>\n<p>This weekend I\u2019m reliving the Game Boy Advance era with the new Switch release Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp. While Intelligent Systems is better known for <strong>Fire Emblem<\/strong> and even other series here in the West nowadays, back in the early 2000s Advance Wars had a loyal following. Some of my best memories of this developer date back to this moment in Nintendo&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve spent a handful of hours in the new game so far, and while I wasn\u2019t too sure about it in the lead-up to release \u2013 I can now confirm I\u2019m completely sold. The new character art, the animations, the voiceovers and the 3D graphics really do add an extra level of immersion to this two-in-one pack, so I\u2019ll be spending as much time in the game as I can this weekend. If I get any spare moments, I might return to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_scarlet_and_violet\">Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet<\/a> or revisit the original <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/final_fantasy\">Final Fantasy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Gon\u00e7alo Lopes, Reviewer<\/h2>\n<p>There are a couple of hidden gems on the eShop this week: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/sunrise_gp\">Sunrise GP<\/a> is yet another lovely racer that forgoes textures for flat polygons while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/wild_dogs\">Wild Dogs<\/a> is your dream Contra Game Boy gun &amp; run. Sadly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/dnf_duel_whos_next\">DNF Duel: Who&#8217;s Next<\/a> did not arrive in time for the weekend but the unexpected quick delivery of my Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster physical edition ensures there will be a lot of future grinding for levels on all six games. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps4\/everspace_2\" class=\"external\">Everspace 2<\/a> continues to dazzle with gorgeous vistas and charismatic characters both new and from the previous game.<\/p>\n<p>Game of the Week is one that sure took its sweet time to deploy but it was well worth the wait. Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp is an absolute dream package featuring two of the GBA\u2019s finest with a brilliant new coat of paint and quality voice acting. Go Orange Star army!<\/p>\n<hr>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"OkHbkuKK9qg\">[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>Image: Square Enix Who would have thought that in the run-up to the release of Tears of the Kingdom, we would have so much Switch news to talk about in the space of a week? Nintendo was really firing on all cylinders this time around, as we got an official release date for Xenoblade Chronicles [&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-133290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133290","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=133290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}