{"id":94083,"date":"2019-05-25T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/05\/talking_point_what_are_you_playing_this_weekend_may_25th"},"modified":"2019-05-25T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T09:00:00","slug":"talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-may-25th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/05\/25\/talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-may-25th\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (May 25th)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1ad14c3fe59a8\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1ad14c3fe59a8\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Sonic\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1ad14c3fe59a8\/sonic.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1ad14c3fe59a8\/sonic.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Sonic\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><em>Once again, we&#8217;ve made it all the way to the end of a busy week. We&#8217;ve had all the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/05\/mario_kart_tour_beta_test_details_and_images_are_already_leaking_online\">leaked images and info for <strong>Mario Kart Tour<\/strong><\/a> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/05\/random_usd10000_pokemon_competition_winner_reportedly_found_to_have_violated_the_rules\">controversial Pok\u00e9mon competition<\/a> to keep an eye on over the last few days, but now it&#8217;s time to sit down and chat about the games we&#8217;ll be playing over the weekend. Several Team Nintendo Life members have done just that below, and we&#8217;d love for you to join in via the poll and comment sections below. Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Austin Voigt, contributing writer<\/h2>\n<p>This weekend is Memorial Weekend in the States, so my family will be spending it together at our lake home, where my brothers and I will likely be pulling out the old Sega Genesis and Wii that we have stashed there. Some good old <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/megadrive\/sonic_the_hedgehog\">Sonic<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/megadrive\/ristar\">Ristar<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wii\/wii_sports\">Wii Sports<\/a><\/strong> are in order &#8211; all played on a classic 1990s-era television set. Ah, the memories.<\/p>\n<h2>Gavin Lane, staff writer<\/h2>\n<p>This weekend I shall be mostly trying to play the games I didn\u2019t get round to <em>last weekend<\/em>. Although I did manage to unlock the Game Boy skin in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/tetris_99\">Tetris 99<\/a><\/strong> and play a little <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/overcooked_2\">Overcooked 2<\/a><\/strong>, both <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/windjammers\">Windjammers<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/capcom_beat_em_up_bundle\">Capcom Beat \u2018Em Up Bundle<\/a><\/strong> fell by the wayside when the codes for three <strong>Resident Evil<\/strong>&#8216;s arrived in my inbox Friday evening. So I&#8217;ll be catching up on last weekend&#8217;s plans. I&#8217;ve got a little money sitting in my eShop balance, too, so I might peruse the sale one last time to see if anything jumps out at me. My backlog&#8217;s so big, one or two more won&#8217;t hurt.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VTlBYfKdq4g?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>Gon\u00e7alo Lopes, contributing writer<\/h2>\n<p>Further adventures await me in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/dragons_dogma_dark_arisen\">Dragon\u2019s Dogma: Dark Arisen<\/a><\/strong> along with some Spanish 101 lessons from <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/resident_evil_4\">Resident Evil 4<\/a><\/strong>. Sure, I will enter this weekend\u2019s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/arms\">ARMS<\/a><\/strong> Party Crash Bash but its a mere formality: Ninjara already won this one and will move onto the final round, 100% guaranteed. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/wonder_boy_returns_remix\">Wonder Boy Returns Remix<\/a><\/strong> is a delicious hardcore throwback to my Famicom days and the perfect lazy weekend game. None of these games are <strong>Turrican 4<\/strong>, but&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/gunlord_x\">Gunlord X<\/a><\/strong> (my game of the week) is, in everything but name. It took me all these years to finally be able to play NG:DEV.Team&#8217;s glorious Euro run\u2019n\u2019gun masterpiece and it immediately brought me back to far simpler times of my Commodore Amiga years. Don\u2019t even get me started on that glorious soundtrack!<\/p>\n<h2>Liam Doolan, news reporter<\/h2>\n<p>I used to make fun of the fastest hedgehog alive requiring a car to go fast, yet somehow I\u2019ve grown increasingly fond of the blue blur\u2019s modern racing outings over the years.<\/p>\n<p>How I feel about <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/team_sonic_racing\">Team Sonic Racing<\/a><\/strong> is no different. If anything, I think I\u2019ve enjoyed it more than the 2012 release, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wiiu\/sonic_and_all_stars_racing_transformed\">Sonic &amp; All-Stars Racing Transformed<\/a><\/strong>. Despite the overall quality of the game, I feel as if Sega and Sumo Digital\u2019s racing line is honestly better off without the existing \u201call-star\u201d cast featuring a number of characters who don&#8217;t appear to be making a comeback in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>Moving on to my gaming plans for this weekend, if you hadn\u2019t already guessed, most of my time will be spent mastering each track in Team Sonic Racing &#8211; overlooking the technical issues, online hiccups and even the opening cinematic missing from the Switch version of the game. As you can probably tell by now I have a bit of a soft spot for Sonic\u2019s new racing game, meaning nothing is going to stop me from playing it as much as possible!<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LrFiIXpyf3E?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"poll-25may-19-tpweekend\" class=\"poll\" data-uri=\"polls\/25may_19_tpweekend\">\n<div class=\"results\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Which games are you playing this weekend? (239 votes)<\/h3>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Sonic the Hedgehog<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"6 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">3%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Wii Sports<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"3 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">1%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Tetris 99<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"23 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">10%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Overcooked 2<\/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\">Windjammers<\/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\">Capcom Beat &#8216;Em Up Bundle<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"7 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">3%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Dragon&#8217;s Dogma: Dark Arisen<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"14 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">6%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Resident Evil 4<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"8 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">3%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Wonder Boy Returns Remix<\/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\">Gunlord X<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"15 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">6%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Team Sonic Racing<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"36 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">15%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Sonic &amp; All-Stars Racing Transformed<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"10 votes\"><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=\"99 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">41%<\/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>Once again, we&#8217;ve made it all the way to the end of a busy week. 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