{"id":70623,"date":"2018-12-22T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-22T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/12\/talking_point_what_are_you_playing_this_christmas_special_edition"},"modified":"2018-12-22T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-22T10:00:00","slug":"talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-christmas-special-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/12\/22\/talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-christmas-special-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Christmas? (Special Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As regular readers will know, each Saturday we all get together to discuss our weekend gaming plans and see what our fellow community members are up to. This week is a little different, however, with many of us taking a little time away to celebrate the holidays and enjoy time with friends or family, or even taking some much-needed alone time for a bit of peace and quiet.<\/em><\/p>\n

As such, this week’s ‘What Are You Playing?’ feature is dedicated to the holidays, all wrapped up in a super-special bumper edition. Feel free to read through the Nintendo Life team’s entries, and then tell us about your own plans via the poll and comments below. Enjoy!
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Darren Calvert, operations director<\/h2>\n

As Christmas is a time for spending with the family, I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll be having lots of games of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/a><\/strong> with my munchkins aged 7 and 10. They\u2019ve been practising tirelessly since it came out on the Switch earlier this month, so I\u2019m sure I will get beaten mercilessly as I resort to button-mashing to survive.<\/p>\n

When the wider family come over, I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll be having a few games of Super Mario Party<\/a><\/strong> to pass the time with the kids. It\u2019s a lot more fun than Monopoly anyway. I\u2019m hoping we can find time for lots of races together in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/a><\/strong> also, I\u2019m quietly confident of holding my own in Mario Kart still. After a few laps of Sherbet Land we\u2019ll all be in the festive mood. Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!
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Dom Reseigh-Lincoln, reviewer<\/h2>\n

This Christmas I’ll be taking a well-earned break, but that doesn’t mean I won’t be catching up or completing some of the games I’ve missed on Nintendo Switch. So I’ll be finishing up Manticore: Galaxy on Fire<\/a><\/strong>, Attack on Titan 2<\/a><\/strong> and Armello<\/a><\/strong>. I’ll likely be returning to my two portable loves – Paladins<\/a><\/strong> and Warframe<\/a><\/strong> – while continuing to shoot hoops and grind for VC in NBA 2K19<\/a><\/strong>. I’m nothing if not productive. Merry Christmas, all!<\/p>\n