{"id":134994,"date":"2023-09-27T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-155964"},"modified":"2023-09-27T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T17:00:00","slug":"talking-point-what-is-your-video-game-palate-cleanser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/09\/27\/talking-point-what-is-your-video-game-palate-cleanser\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: What Is Your Video Game Palate Cleanser?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You wait all that time for hotly-anticipated titles like Tears of the Kingdom<\/a> to drop onto the console of choosing, only to see it land in a year as stuffed with top-notch gaming releases as 2023 that you are forced<\/em> to play it while juggling 30 other “must-plays” at the same time.<\/p>\n

Gosh, we game fans sure do have it tough, don’t we?<\/p>\n

We’re exaggerating, obviously. The fact of the matter is, we don’t have to juggle at all. 2023 has been one of those years that many will look back on for a while and say: “Do you remember 2023? Wow, that was a stuffed one, right?”<\/em> But bouncing between Hyrule, Faer\u00fbn and a Galaxy Far, Far Away can take its toll, and it has become more important now than ever to work out how to take a break.<\/p>\n

Not a break from games, of course (how absurd!), but rather a break from big<\/em> games \u2014 a palate cleanser between the mammoth titles of the year, something to gently remove the lingering taste of your previous game and leave you feeling minty-fresh for the next one. These palate cleansers can take on a variety of forms: puzzle games, visual novels, replays, etc. But many of us have a preference, nonetheless.<\/p>\n

Here at Nintendo Life, we have decided to run through a few of ours before the likes of Super Mario Bros. Wonder<\/a>, Sonic Superstars<\/a>, and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2<\/a> (yes it’s PS5, but come on<\/em>) release in October. Have a read through some of the titles that we use to get out of the post-completion blues and then take to the comments to share some remedies of your own.<\/p>\n

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