{"id":136446,"date":"2026-03-14T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-198658"},"modified":"2026-03-14T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T10:00:00","slug":"talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-14th-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/03\/14\/talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-14th-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (14th March)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7bb534594523f\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7bb534594523f\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"7bb534594523f\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Pokopia\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7bb534594523f\/pokopia.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7bb534594523f\/pokopia.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"483\" alt=\"Pokopia\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hello everyone, and welcome to this newfangled concept called &#8216;the weekend&#8217;. It&#8217;s a strange one, but we&#8217;re here for it.<\/p>\n<p>Before we dive into what we&#8217;re playing, let&#8217;s see what&#8217;s been going on this week, hm? First of all, Nintendo joined hundreds of other companies in North America in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/03\/nintendos-lawsuit-against-the-u-s-government-is-automatically-paused\">suing the government<\/a> for its extensive use of tariffs. The lawsuit has since been paused, but only pending the results of another case from the Court of International Trade.<\/p>\n<p>It was also MAR10 Day, which means we were treated to a small handful of treats, headlined by the announcement of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/yoshi-and-the-mysterious-book\">Yoshi and the Mysterious Book<\/a>&#8216;s global <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/03\/yoshi-and-the-mysterious-book-lands-switch-2-release-date\">release date<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/super-mario-bros-wonder-nintendo-switch-2-edition-plus-meetup-in-bellabel-park\">Mario Wonder &#8211; Switch 2 Edition<\/a> also got a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/03\/super-mario-bros-wonder-switch-2-edition-gets-a-new-overview-trailer\">Overview Trailer<\/a>, while it was confirmed that new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/03\/mario-is-finally-getting-a-proper-lego-minifigure-in-2027\">Mario-themed Lego sets<\/a> will be making their way to stores in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, it&#8217;s been announced that Goro Abe, long-time <strong>WarioWare<\/strong> director at Nintendo, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/03\/veteran-warioware-director-goro-abe-has-left-nintendo\">left the company<\/a> in favour of a role at the Osaka Electro-Communication University.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:198075,197848,198210 @ 1773482403 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<h2>Gon\u00e7alo Lopes, Contributor<\/h2>\n<p>I got both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/resident-evil-requiem\">Resident Evil Requiem<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/planet-of-lana-ii-nintendo-switch-2-edition\">Planet of Lana II<\/a> on their home stretch and both are current personal GOTY favourites. One week late <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/pokemon-pokopia\">Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<\/a> finally showed up and I\u2019m scared on how many hours disappeared on my first play\u2026 I might need to take this one on carefully. The rest of the weekend will be spend debating if I should get a new gaming desktop. Things are gonna get really bad out there thanks to this RAM crisis and I want to make sure that I get a future-proof, no compromises work\/play environment at home.<br \/>Game of the week is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/monster-hunter-stories-3-twisted-reflection\">Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection<\/a>. While the main branch grind fest of the Monster Hunter series was perfectly fine for a college student life, at this particular point of my professional life I simply can\u2019t take on such activities. Capcom kindly streamlined the whole thing into a more traditional JRPG series, so I consider the \u201cStories\u201d spin-off much more manageable. Plus, we get new cool amiibo along with it. Add another excellent Capcom game on Switch 2.<\/p>\n<h2>Gavin Lane, Editor<\/h2>\n<p>Having finally finished up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/star-trek-voyager-across-the-unknown\">Star Trek: Voyager &#8211; Across The Unknown<\/a>, I&#8217;m tempted to start another journey, but I must resist and crack on with something else. Top of the list is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/terminator_2d_no_fate\">Terminator 2D: NO FATE<\/a>, a hulking great Collector&#8217;s Edition of which was very kindly sent my way a couple weeks ago courtesy of Reef, a good excuse to finally catch up with it. Elsewhere, the NS2 Edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/hollow-knight-nintendo-switch-2-edition\">Hollow Knight<\/a> is tempting me to push up my 86% completion stat, and I still need to get back to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/skate-story\">Skate Story<\/a>. Love that soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p>All of the above is liable to go by the wayside, however. Following the barnstorming success of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/katamari_damacy_reroll\">Katamari Damacy<\/a> with my kids, I took a cheeky look at the eShop to see if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/we_love_katamari_reroll_plus_royal_reverie\">We Love Katamari<\/a> was on sale. Turns out I already own it, possibly due to a previous sale. So that&#8217;s the weekend \u2014 and potentially the rest of 2026 \u2014 dusted. Have a good one, folks.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube with-primis\" data-videoid=\"qfFuPVeqmAQ\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qfFuPVeqmAQ?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\"><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<h2>Kate Gray, Contributor<\/h2>\n<p>Pokopia.<\/p>\n<p>I was not expecting this game to be so fascinating, game-design-wise. You can absolutely see where it&#8217;s borrowed ideas from other games \u2014 the blocks of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/minecraft\">Minecraft<\/a>, through the filter of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/dragon_quest_builders\">Dragon Quest Builders<\/a>, of course; the social dynamics of Animal Crossing (and the SFX, too); the tone of P<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_mystery_dungeon_rescue_team_dx\">ok\u00e9mon Mystery Dungeon<\/a>&#8230; but it all comes together in a really clever, original way. That&#8217;s great game design! Good artists borrow, great artists steal, right? And they be stealin&#8217;. But in a really smart way. It makes me want to be more brazen about stealing ideas for my own game design \u2014 not in an evil way, but as a collaborative process. We&#8217;re all just trying to make great games for each other, and we can share that knowledge and creativity with each other to further the medium!<\/p>\n<p>Also it&#8217;s just a really good dopamine machine. Hence why I haven&#8217;t slept a whole lot lately.<\/p>\n<h2>Ollie Reynolds, Staff Writer<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m playing a lot of Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia at the moment, and I&#8217;m absolutely loving it. I genuinely think you could make a strong case for this being the best Switch 2 exclusive right now \u2013 it&#8217;s just so polished and engaging.<\/p>\n<p>This apparently didn&#8217;t offer up enough cosy vibes, however, so I&#8217;ve been playing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/story-of-seasons-grand-bazaar-nintendo-switch-2-edition\">Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar<\/a> on the Switch 2. It&#8217;s so lovely! Like Pokopia, all of its core mechanics feel very polished and pleasantly streamlined, and it&#8217;s a joy to play.<\/p>\n<h2>Alex Olney, Video Producer<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to imagine being able to peel myself away from Pokopia this weekend, but if I do, I&#8217;ll almost certainly be having another pop at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/blue-prince\">Blue Prince<\/a>. Frankly, there are too many games these days, Nintendo. Please eliminate three.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube with-primis\" data-videoid=\"iBBd644T2gQ\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iBBd644T2gQ?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\"><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<hr>\n<p><em>Those are our plans for the coming weekend. Now it&#8217;s your turn to tell us yours, so make sure to get busy with our poll, and let us know all about your weekend gaming plans in the comments!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo Hello everyone, and welcome to this newfangled concept called &#8216;the weekend&#8217;. It&#8217;s a strange one, but we&#8217;re here for it. Before we dive into what we&#8217;re playing, let&#8217;s see what&#8217;s been going on this week, hm? First of all, Nintendo joined hundreds of other companies in North America in suing the government for [&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-136446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136446","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=136446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136446\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}