{"id":78312,"date":"2019-01-26T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/01\/talking_point_what_are_you_playing_this_weekend_january_26th"},"modified":"2019-01-26T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-26T10:00:00","slug":"talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-january-26th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/01\/26\/talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-january-26th\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (January 26th)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It’s Saturday (unless you’re reading in this in the future, of course) which means that it’s time for yet another weekend Talking Point. As always, we’ve rounded up various members of the Nintendo Life team and forc- *ahem*… kindly asked them to share their weekend plans, so make sure to give them a read before getting involved with our poll and comment sections below. Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n

Austin Voigt, contributing writer<\/h2>\n

This weekend, I\u2019m actually headed out to London for a gaming meetup with friends, so I\u2019ll be once again admiring my Switch\u2019s portable capabilities in airports, planes and trains. I\u2019ve got a friend with me, so it\u2019ll likely be some good old fashioned Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/a><\/strong>, Smash Ultimate<\/a><\/strong> and Splatoon 2<\/a><\/strong>. Maybe even a little two-player Pok\u00e9mon: Let\u2019s Go, Pikachu!<\/a><\/strong>. I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll either annoy the heck out of the other passengers on our flight across the pond or start some cool aeroplane-wide Mario Kart tournament with everyone else – who knows!<\/p>\n

Jon Cousins, Japan correspondent<\/h2>\n

Intentionally avoiding the horrors of a certain classic remake (because I\u2019m a massive wuss and can\u2019t be playing that kind of malarkey at the moment), I\u2019m delving into a wonderfully wacky world I\u2019ve had my eye on for quite some time: Pikuniku<\/a><\/strong>. Trying to stay away from footage and reviews as much as possible (apart from our handsome talisman Alex\u2019s video) it\u2019s as if George Orwell made a Mr Men game and I absolutely adore it.<\/p>\n

It actually inspired me to revisit a Switch launch game – Snipperclips<\/a><\/strong>. Of course, the co-op and competitive multiplayer are hilariously brilliant, but I again appreciate the single player with its charm, moments of methodical thinking and fun puzzle solving.<\/p>\n