{"id":137218,"date":"2026-05-16T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-201221"},"modified":"2026-05-16T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T09:00:00","slug":"talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-16th-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/05\/16\/talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-16th-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (16th May)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b05b1ad0d36ab\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b05b1ad0d36ab\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"b05b1ad0d36ab\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Indiana Jones and the Great Circle\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b05b1ad0d36ab\/indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b05b1ad0d36ab\/indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Indiana Jones and the Great Circle\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ahoy! You&#8217;ve made it to the weekend; give yourself a pat on the back.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a little quieter this week after Nintendo&#8217;s recent financial report and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/star-fox\">Star Fox<\/a> announcement, but there are still a few things worth highlighting. First up, a new limited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/05\/nintendo-announces-switch-2-choose-your-game-bundle\">&#8216;Choose Your Game&#8217; Switch 2 bundle<\/a> was announced for the US, which should allow Nintendo to shift a good few consoles before the price goes up.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also been confirmed that the <strong>Legend of Zelda<\/strong> movie will now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/05\/the-live-action-zelda-movie-has-a-new-worldwide-release-date\">release slightly earlier than planned<\/a> \u2013 make your minds up, will you? Either way, even if the original date was kept locked in, the movie is now less than a year away. Welcome news, indeed.<\/p>\n<p>What isn&#8217;t so welcome, however, was the announcement that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/metroid_dread\">Metroid Dread<\/a> developer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/05\/a-difficult-and-painful-situation-metroid-dread-developer-mercurysteam-suffers-layoffs\">MercurySteam is laying off some of its staff<\/a>. It sucks that this keeps happening, and we wish the very best for anyone affected.<\/p>\n<p>Reviews this week included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle\">Indiana Jones and the Great Circle<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/nintendo-switch-2\/indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle\">8\/10<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/sektori\">Sektori<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/nintendo-switch-2\/sektori\">9\/10<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/starbites\">STARBITES<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/nintendo-switch\/starbites\">4\/10<\/a>), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/inkonbini-one-store-many-stories\">inKONBINI<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/nintendo-switch-2\/inkonbini-one-store-many-stories\">6\/10<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:201061,201048,200339 @ 1778947457 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<h2>Ollie Reynolds, Reviews Editor<\/h2>\n<p>Now that the review&#8217;s live, I can finally start raving about Sektori and proclaim that, yes, I&#8217;ll be playing it <em>extensively<\/em> this weekend. It&#8217;s bloomin good, man.<\/p>\n<p>With news of the impending sequel, I also plan on playing a few rounds on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/aliens_fireteam_elite\">Aliens: Fireteam Elite<\/a> on PS5. It&#8217;s shallow yet endlessly entertaining, and I love it.<\/p>\n<h2>Jim Norman, Features Editor<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/tomodachi_life_living_the_dream\">Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream<\/a> has been my \u2018goldfish game\u2019 for weeks now. I have it open and turn to look at it every now and then, beaming at whatever my weird little guys are up too. It has been wonderful, though I am craving something a little more hands-on.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps it\u2019s time to finally check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/kid_icarus_uprising\">Kid Icarus: Uprising<\/a>, or maybe I\u2019ll bite the bullet on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/lorelei-and-the-laser-eyes-nintendo-switch-2-edition\">Lorelei and the Laser Eyes<\/a>. What a conundrum, eh?<\/p>\n<h2>Gavin Lane, Editor<\/h2>\n<p>Having been away for a few days, I&#8217;ve resisted starting Indy for the sole reason of playing it alongside my kids on the sofa, as if we were seeing a new film.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure if watching their old man pottering around the Vatican will be enough to keep them engaged, but if nothing else, they&#8217;re going to love the start bit and hearing the Raiders march. Helluva weekend ahead. Have a good one, folks.<\/p>\n<h2>Mai Ladyman, Video Producer<\/h2>\n<p>After an eventful time with the rest of the Hookshot team, I am feeling more inspired to revisit some classics.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll likely spend some time with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gameboy\/pokemon_red_and_blue\">Pok\u00e9mon Blue<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gameboy\/pokemon_yellow_version_special_pikachu_edition\">Yellow<\/a> along with a secret game I can&#8217;t mention (yet!). Either way it&#8217;ll be a weekend of disconnecting but reconnecting to some much needed nostalgia.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube with-primis\" data-videoid=\"lN7GIx0fEEU\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lN7GIx0fEEU?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\"><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<h2>Alex Olney, Senior Video Producer<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got three lovely days to play games this weekend, but the reality is I&#8217;ll almost certainly not be able to play as much as I&#8217;d like.<\/p>\n<p>But my plans? Definitely want to keep going with Indiana Jones and the Big Circle (<em>chortle!<\/em>), proverbially bash my head against a Sektori-shaped brick wall, and perhaps even a bit of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/reanimal\">Reanimal<\/a> if the feeling takes me. Wish me luck!<\/p>\n<h2>Alana Hagues, Deputy Editor<\/h2>\n<p>Now that I&#8217;ve made some good progress in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/mio-memories-in-orbit\">MIO<\/a>, I&#8217;m really enjoying it. The platforming is absolutely sublime and sometimes pretty darn challenging. I&#8217;m hoping to blast through the rest of the game this weekend so I can move on or keep the slate clean.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/final-fantasy-xiv-online\">Final Fantasy XIV<\/a> has just opened up its free log-in campaign, and part of me would like to catch up before the MMORPG hits the Switch 2 this summer, or at least before the next expansion hits. So I may well be returning to Tural briefly. Have a good weekend, all!<\/p>\n<h2>Gon\u00e7alo Lopes, Contributor<\/h2>\n<p>While I still need to clear some of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps3\/asuras_wrath\" class=\"external\">Asura\u2019s Wrath<\/a> fancy DLC chapters, this weekend will mostly go down in history for being shmup heaven. Forty eight glorious hours spend among <strong>S\u00f6ldner-X2: Final Prototype &#8211; Definitive Edition<\/strong>, bring down the Bydo empire in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/r-type-dimensions-iii\">R-Type Dimensions III<\/a>, succumb to synaesthesia from sessions of Sektori and play for the first time Hudson Soft\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/virtualboy\/vertical_force\">Vertical Force<\/a>. I hope my neighbours like explosions, laser sounds, and thumping electronic soundtracks.<\/p>\n<p>Game of the week is Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. For people of a certain age group, Harrison Ford is the best of the best. From blade running, intergalactic space smuggler rogue and archeologist college professor with a tomb raider side gig, he did it all with ease. There has never been a video game that puts the player in his literal shoes until MachineGames delivered this essential Indy masterpiece. With Vatican city behind, time to discover the local charms of Gizeh.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube with-primis\" data-videoid=\"QJKoHwZ_vIU\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QJKoHwZ_vIU?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<section id=\"poll-11852\" data-block-type=\"poll\" class=\"poll\" data-uri=\"polls\/what_are_you_playing_this_weekend_16th17th_may\" data-id=\"11852\" data-question=\"What are you playing this weekend (16th\/17th May)?\"> <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo Ahoy! You&#8217;ve made it to the weekend; give yourself a pat on the back. It&#8217;s been a little quieter this week after Nintendo&#8217;s recent financial report and Star Fox announcement, but there are still a few things worth highlighting. First up, a new limited &#8216;Choose Your Game&#8217; Switch 2 bundle was announced 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-137218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137218","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=137218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}