{"id":81347,"date":"2019-02-09T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/02\/talking_point_what_are_you_playing_this_weekend_february_9th"},"modified":"2019-02-09T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-09T10:00:00","slug":"talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-february-9th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/02\/09\/talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-february-9th\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (February 9th)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8d26bc77cd88d\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8d26bc77cd88d\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Smash\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8d26bc77cd88d\/smash.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8d26bc77cd88d\/smash.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Smash\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><em>We&#8217;ve reached the weekend once again and, as is tradition, the Nintendo Life team has banded together to talk over all the lovely games we&#8217;ll be playing over the next couple of days. We&#8217;ve got farming, fighting, fishing, and fun bursting out of our Joy-Con this week, so feel free to read our entries and join in with a vote in the poll and a comment in the&#8230; Er, comments. Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Austin Voigt, contributing writer<\/h2>\n<p>This weekend, I\u2019ll be trying my hand at a few new indie titles I\u2019ve been wanting to sink my teeth into. The first is <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/farm_together\">Farm Together<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; which I keep hearing good things about, and should hopefully scratch my simulation itch. Next, I\u2019m interested in giving <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/fishing_star_world_tour\">Fishing Star: World Tour<\/a><\/strong> a go &#8211; although I\u2019m not into fishing games necessarily, loads of people seem to be talking about it, and it\u2019ll be cool to dust off the ol\u2019 Toy-Con fishing rod to play. Lastly &#8211; and everyone will gasp when I say this &#8211; I have yet to play <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/hollow_knight\"><strong>Hollow Knight<\/strong><\/a>, so that\u2019s definitely on the list for this weekend. I\u2019m essentially snowed in at my house at the moment, so it\u2019ll be the perfect hermit gaming weekend!<\/p>\n<h2>Ryan Craddock, staff writer<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m still completely hooked on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_smash_bros_ultimate\">Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/a><\/strong>. There, <em>I said it.<\/em> For some reason, I&#8217;ve decided to go for every single Spirit and complete every single challenge now that I&#8217;m done with World of Light (I&#8217;ve even got a little notepad document going on my laptop where I&#8217;m keeping track of which Spirits I&#8217;ve enhanced and stuff). Someone help me.<\/p>\n<p>Realistically, I&#8217;ll be playing that again this weekend, although I do have a couple of indies lined up, ready to go in the form of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/gris\">GRIS<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/my_memory_of_us\">My Memory of Us<\/a><\/strong>. I haven&#8217;t started them yet, but I&#8217;m looking forward to booting them up at some point.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-QMDRAWznYk?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h2>Gavin Lane, staff writer<\/h2>\n<p>Another week, another eShop sale and another game for the backlog. This week it\u2019s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/horizon_chase_turbo\">Horizon Chase Turbo<\/a><\/strong>, an arcade racer I\u2019ve been jonesing to try ever since it got a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/switch-eshop\/horizon_chase_turbo\">glowing review<\/a> from yer man Chris Scullion on these here digital pages. Beyond that, I\u2019ll be continuing to play the awkwardly punctuated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/steinsgate_elite\"><strong>Steins;Gate Elite<\/strong><\/a> for review. I say \u2018play\u2019; it\u2019s a visual novel with dozens of hours of anime, so it more closely resembles a Netflix binge-watch. Keep your eyes peeled for the verdict soon.<\/p>\n<h2>Gon\u00e7alo Lopes, contributing writer<\/h2>\n<p>I knew this would happen: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/kunio-kun_the_world_classics_collection\">Kunio-kun: The World Classics Collection<\/a><\/strong> is impossible to put down! When I do manage to let it go for a bit, it&#8217;s time for some <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_2\">Splatoon 2<\/a><\/strong> Splatfest splatting over the current breakfast feud (FYI, I eat much healthier than either option) and some mandatory <strong>Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/strong> Spirit Board action (getting close to 100% spirits here!). While I would love to put some solid hours into <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/tales_of_vesperia_definitive_edition\">Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition<\/a><\/strong>, I sense the eternal blue skies from another Bandai Namco franchise will consume the rest of my weekend&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;And on that subject, the disappointment of the week goes to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/sky_gamblers_-_afterburner\">Sky Gamblers &#8211; Afterburner<\/a><\/strong>! Poorly optimised and, as of now, bug-ridden, all Nintendo Switch virtual Mavericks out there deserved a much better arcade flight shooter offering. Stick to the previous <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/sky_gamblers_storm_raiders\">Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders<\/a><\/strong> instead.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0IgXxvixrxA?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h2>Dom Reseigh-Lincoln, reviewer<\/h2>\n<p>For my sins, I&#8217;ll likely be spending a good portion of my weekend playing through <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/monster_energy_supercross_-_the_official_videogame_2\">Monster Energy Supercross 2<\/a><\/strong> on Switch. For reasons I simply cannot fathom I&#8217;ve played all of the MXGP games and the last Supercross game. Here&#8217;s hoping this one ports a little more smoothly to Switch. Knowing me I&#8217;ll probably be playing lots of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/city_of_brass\">City of Brass<\/a><\/strong> as well. Because it&#8217;s brilliant. Have a good &#8216;un!<em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"poll-09feb-19-tpweekend\" class=\"poll\">\n<div class=\"results\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Which games are you playing this weekend? (251 votes)<\/h3>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Farm Together<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg no-votes\">\u00a0<\/span> <span title=\"1 vote\">0%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Fishing Star: World Tour<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"2 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">1%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Hollow Knight<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"11 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">4%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"68 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">27%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">My Memory of Us<\/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\">Horizon Chase Turbo<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"12 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">5%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Kunio-kun: The World Classics Collection<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"2 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">1%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Splatoon 2<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"37 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">15%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"11 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">4%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Sky Gamblers &#8211; Afterburner<\/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\">Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg no-votes\">\u00a0<\/span> <span title=\"1 vote\">0%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Monster Energy Supercross &#8211; The Official Videogame 2<\/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\">City of Brass<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"2 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">1%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Something else (comment below)<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"100 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">40%<\/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>We&#8217;ve reached the weekend once again and, as is tradition, the Nintendo Life team has banded together to talk over all the lovely games we&#8217;ll be playing over the next couple of days. 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