{"id":57857,"date":"2018-10-27T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/10\/talking_point_what_are_you_playing_this_weekend_october_27th"},"modified":"2018-10-27T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T09:00:00","slug":"talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-october-27th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/10\/27\/talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-october-27th\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (October 27th)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c6467f9e18ebc\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c6467f9e18ebc\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Luigi\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c6467f9e18ebc\/luigi.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c6467f9e18ebc\/luigi.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Luigi\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><em>Yet another week has flown by, leaving us with a couple of days to sit back, relax, and enjoy some great gaming sessions. We have a variety of spooky Halloween scares, super space-exploration shenanigans, and succulent squid-shooter successes to attend to this weekend, so have a read of our thoughts, and tell us about your plans via the poll and comments below. Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Ryan Craddock, staff writer<\/h2>\n<p>Whenever this time of year comes around, I always find myself wanting to bask in the spooky glow of Halloween, with multiple creepy (but not <em>too<\/em> creepy) games instantly springing to mind. I realise I&#8217;m in danger of losing all credibility as a Nintendo-based writer here, but I&#8217;ve still never found the time to play <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/legend_of_zelda_majoras_mask_3d\"><strong>The Legend of Zelda: Majora&#8217;s Mask 3D<\/strong><\/a> (as I didn&#8217;t own the original), despite the game being in my possession for years now.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, the recent release of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/luigis_mansion\"><strong>Luigi&#8217;s Mansion<\/strong><\/a> on 3DS, as well as the promise of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/luigis_mansion_3\"><strong>Luigi&#8217;s Mansion 3<\/strong><\/a> coming to Switch, has made me want to hook up the GameCube for a good blast of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamecube\/luigis_mansion\">the original<\/a>. Knowing me, I&#8217;ll end up ignoring them both for another year, before going through this exact process again next year. Ah well, I promise I&#8217;ll try!<\/p>\n<h2>Steve Bowling, US editor<\/h2>\n<p>Has it really been another week? I still haven&#8217;t finished unpacking my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/starlink_battle_for_atlas\"><strong>Starlink<\/strong><\/a> toys! I&#8217;d like to say this weekend I&#8217;ll be exploring New Tristram with a few friends, but we&#8217;re still a few days away. Instead, I&#8217;ll be spending some time with Nindies. I just received a copy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/moonlighter\"><strong>Moonlighter<\/strong><\/a> that I&#8217;ll be digging into to learn what merchants do in their off hours. It&#8217;s a charming pixel art <strong>Zelda<\/strong>-like that looks like it could be my next obsession. If I have time away from it, I might finally finish <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/crossing_souls\"><strong>Crossing Souls<\/strong><\/a>. Maybe.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h2>Dom Reseigh-Lincoln, reviewer<\/h2>\n<p>Like most of the planet, I&#8217;ll be spending a majority of my weekend\/rest of my adult life playing a certain open-world Wild West simulator. However, when I&#8217;m not rustling cattle or robbing train passengers, I&#8217;ll likely be handing out a few beatdowns in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/my_hero_ones_justice\"><strong>My Hero One&#8217;s Justice<\/strong><\/a> and defying gravity at speed in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/grip_combat_racing\"><strong>GRIP<\/strong><\/a>. Look out for both, in delicious review form, next week on Nintendo Life.<\/p>\n<h2>Gavin Lane, contributing writer<\/h2>\n<p>I\u2019m going on a road trip this weekend which means busting the Switch out of its dock. I\u2019ll be testing my programming skills with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/7_billion_humans\"><strong>7 Billion Humans<\/strong><\/a> (catch the review next week) and cleansing the palette with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/bulb_boy\"><strong>Bulb Boy<\/strong><\/a>, which I downloaded for pennies last week. If all goes well, I\u2019ll squeeze in a few online rounds of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_2\"><strong>Splatoon 2<\/strong><\/a> with my nephew, who\u2019s just got a Switch. I got my first taste of the Nintendo Switch Online app rigmarole this week. I just want us to be on the same team \u2013 why is that so complicated?!<\/p>\n<p>Once I\u2019ve wasted 45 minutes trying to connect to hotel wifi, I\u2019ll resign myself to constructing a small jiggy shrine and chanting incantations in the hope that Alex is wrong with his debunk of the latest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_smash_bros_ultimate\"><strong>Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/strong><\/a> \u2018leak\u2019 and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/n64\/banjo_kazooie\"><strong>Banjo-Kazooie<\/strong><\/a> amiibo will soon adorn my shelf. Arr! I had a dream once\u2026<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h2>Liam Doolan, news reporter<\/h2>\n<p>This weekend I\u2019m looking forward to spending some time with what\u2019s described as the most \u201centertaining sports game\u201d ever made, according to its eShop listing. Surely you can guess what title I\u2019m talking about by now, right? It\u2019s the fast-paced and competitive disc throwing game <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/windjammers\"><strong>Windjammers<\/strong><\/a>, of course! You might even recall its release earlier this week on the Switch eShop. I definitely need to spend some time in the online mode testing out every character, learning every skill and improving my overall reflexes before the second game is released next year. Wish me luck!<\/p>\n<h2>Gon\u00e7alo Lopes, contributing writer<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m truly spoiled for choice this weekend, and while most of my friends have their sights set firmly in the old American West, I keep mine steadfast on my enemies among the stars. Sure enough, <strong>Starlink: Battle for Atlas<\/strong> has turned into the greatest unexpected <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wiiu\/mass_effect_3\"><strong>Mass Effect<\/strong><\/a> spin-off game ever made and I am having trouble leaving my Switch to accommodate my adult life responsibilities (yes folks, it really <em>is<\/em> that good!). Whenever I need a break from all the space shooting action, the second Pan European War also continues at great pace in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/valkyria_chronicles_4\"><strong>Valkyria Chronicles 4<\/strong><\/a>. Hopefully, I&#8217;ll also get a few hours into <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/dark_souls_remastered\"><strong>Dark Souls: Remastered<\/strong><\/a> because I have always enjoyed those lovely desolated Lordran vistas.<\/p>\n<p>My &#8216;Shiryu Game of the Week&#8217; award goes to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/car_quest\"><strong>Car Quest<\/strong><\/a>; a minimalist approach to the 3D puzzle-platform genre where you happen to control the titular vehicle. Genius!<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h2><strong>Austin Voigt, contributing writer<\/strong><br \/><\/h2>\n<p>I\u2019m going to be digging back into my catalog of <strong>Harry Potter Lego<\/strong> games in anticipation of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/lego_harry_potter_collection\"><strong>LEGO Harry Potter Collection<\/strong><\/a> releasing on Switch this coming Tuesday. I once had a friend ask me, \u201cwhat is the point of combining Harry Potter and Lego? Seems pointless&#8230;&#8221;, to which my response was to never speak to that person again. T\u2019is the time of year for spoops and Harry Potter. And all times of year are Lego times of year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"poll-27oct-18-tpweekend\" class=\"poll\">\n<div class=\"results\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Which games are you playing this weekend? (26 votes)<\/h3>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">The Legend of Zelda: Majora&#8217;s Mask 3D<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg no-votes\">\u00a0<\/span> <span title=\"0 votes\">0%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Luigi&#8217;s Mansion<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"1 vote\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">4%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Starlink: Battle for Atlas<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"4 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">15%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Crossing Souls<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg no-votes\">\u00a0<\/span> <span title=\"0 votes\">0%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">My Hero One&#8217;s Justice<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg no-votes\">\u00a0<\/span> <span title=\"0 votes\">0%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">7 Billion Humans<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg no-votes\">\u00a0<\/span> <span title=\"0 votes\">0%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Bulb Boy<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg no-votes\">\u00a0<\/span> <span title=\"0 votes\">0%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Splatoon 2<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"1 vote\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">4%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Windjammers<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg no-votes\">\u00a0<\/span> <span title=\"0 votes\">0%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Valkyria Chronicles 4<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"1 vote\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">4%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Dark Souls: Remastered<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"5 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">19%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Car Quest<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"1 vote\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">4%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Something else (comment below)<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"13 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">50%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"empty\">Please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/login\">login<\/a> to vote in this poll.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>As always, thanks for reading! Make sure to leave a vote in the poll above and a comment below with your gaming choices over the next few days&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yet another week has flown by, leaving us with a couple of days to sit back, relax, and enjoy some great gaming sessions. 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