{"id":96564,"date":"2019-07-13T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-13T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/07\/talking_point_what_are_you_playing_this_weekend_july_13th"},"modified":"2019-07-13T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-13T09:00:00","slug":"talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-july-13th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/07\/13\/talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-july-13th\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 13th)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/404b56e0f3b0a\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/404b56e0f3b0a\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Mariomaker\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/404b56e0f3b0a\/mariomaker.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/404b56e0f3b0a\/mariomaker.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Mariomaker\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><em>Welcome folks to yet another weekend &#8211; and what a week we&#8217;ve had! The official reveal (finally) of the Nintendo Switch Lite kept the NL team super busy this week &#8211; you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/tags\/nintendo-switch-lite\">catch up on everything you need to know right here<\/a> &#8211; but now it&#8217;s time for us to talk about our weekend plans. Which games will you be playing? Check out our plans and submit your own via the poll and comments below. Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Dom Reseigh-Lincoln, reviewer<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m really struggling to put <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/red_faction_guerrilla_re-mars-tered\">Red Faction: Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered<\/a><\/strong> down at the moment. What can I say, I just love blowing up Martian masonry. I&#8217;m also really enjoying <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/attack_on_titan_2\">Attack on Titan 2: Final Battle<\/a><\/strong> as well. Honing my titan takedown skills becomes so addictive after a while.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of new stuff, I&#8217;ll be strapping on my spandex in preparation for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/marvel_ultimate_alliance_3_the_black_order\">Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order<\/a><\/strong>. I loved the first two games, so I&#8217;m really excited to give this superheroic Switch-exclusive a proper extended play. Look out for my official NL review on the site soon.<\/p>\n<h2>Gavin Lane, staff writer<\/h2>\n<p>After a few days off this week (did I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/07\/nintendo_switch_lite_officially_revealed_launches_this_september\">miss anything<\/a>?), I\u2019ve managed to play very few video games due to Other Life Stuff\u2122, but I did dig out the Wii U for a visiting family member &#8211; a huge <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_2\">Splatoon 2<\/a><\/strong> fan desperate to play the original. While it\u2019s still set up I plan to fire up the first <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wiiu\/super_mario_maker\">Super Mario Maker<\/a><\/strong> so I can \u2018copy\u2019 a couple of my old courses into the sequel and tweak them with some new elements.<\/p>\n<p>Still trying to finish <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/gris\">Gris<\/a><\/strong>, too, but I downloaded <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/sega_mega_drive_classics\">Sega Mega Drive Classics<\/a><\/strong> in the eShop sale last night and <strong>Bare Knuckle 3<\/strong> is calling&#8230;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TskMdmub3b0?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>Austin Voigt, contributing writer<\/h2>\n<p>I\u2019ve only spent a few hours so far exploring <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/what_remains_of_edith_finch\">What Remains of Edith Finch<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; but this weekend, I plan to finish the game if I can. It\u2019s so beautifully designed, and its gameplay is so unique; I\u2019m incredibly impressed. I also plan to play <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/dragon_quest_builders_2\">Dragon Quest Builders 2<\/a><\/strong>, of course &#8211; I checked out the demo and loved it, so I\u2019ll be purchasing the full version and building my little heart out with it this weekend.<\/p>\n<h2>Gon\u00e7alo Lopes, contributing writer<\/h2>\n<p>Summer of Switch hits full throttle with spiritual sequels of <strong>ActRaiser<\/strong> and <strong>Contra<\/strong> out on the eShop! I shall be getting down to some serious hardcore play sessions of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/bloodstained_ritual_of_the_night\">Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/solseraph\">SolSeraph<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_mario_maker_2\">Super Mario Maker 2<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/tetris_99\">Tetris 99<\/a><\/strong> and the social-life erasing <strong>Dragon Quest Builders 2<\/strong>. Lest I forget: releasing a free expansion to one of my favourite games of all time will net you my attention &#8211; just exactly how many more shopkeeper zingers can they possibly fit in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/messenger\">The Messenger<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/07\/download_the_messengers_free_picnic_panic_dlc_from_the_eshop_right_now\">Picnic Panic DLC<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>My game of the week goes to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/blazing_chrome\">Blazing Chrome<\/a><\/strong>. It was a true privilege to see this one take shape and form over the past years and it perfectly showcases the exact kind of games I want to be playing this summer: brand new, fast-paced 16-bit arcade games from a time when we didn&#8217;t have a care in the world.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Nts72fn_Je0?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>Ryan Craddock, staff writer<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m actually moving house this weekend (wish me luck!) so I definitely won&#8217;t have any time for traditional gaming, but I wanted to join in with the chat regardless as I&#8217;ll likely be playing with a very different approach.<\/p>\n<p>I finally got around to picking up <strong>Super Mario Maker 2<\/strong> this week, and after playing some courses and making my way through the early stages of the Story mode, I&#8217;m feeling inspired to make my own course for the very first time. I&#8217;m sure when I do get around to it it&#8217;ll take a lot of trial and error, but I&#8217;ve just begun sketching out ideas on a piece of paper like the good ol&#8217; days. I&#8217;ll probably keep this on me over the next few days &#8211; drawing up any grand ideas ready to build in the game when things are settled. Hopefully it won&#8217;t be a total disaster!<\/p>\n<div id=\"poll-13jul-19-tpweekend\" class=\"poll\" data-uri=\"polls\/13jul_19_tpweekend\">\n<div class=\"results\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Which games are you playing this weekend? (128 votes)<\/h3>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Red Faction: Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"2 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">2%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Attack On Titan 2<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg no-votes\">&nbsp;<\/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=\"16 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">13%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">SEGA Mega Drive Classics<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"2 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">2%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">What Remains of Edith Finch<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"1 vote\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">1%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Dragon Quest Builders 2<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"3 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">2%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"5 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">4%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">SolSeraph<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"1 vote\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">1%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Super Mario Maker 2<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"35 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">27%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Tetris 99<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"17 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">13%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">The Messenger<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"7 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">5%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Blazing Chrome<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"3 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">2%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Something else (comment below)<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"35 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">27%<\/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>Welcome folks to yet another weekend &#8211; and what a week we&#8217;ve had! The official reveal (finally) of the Nintendo Switch Lite kept the NL team super busy this week &#8211; you can catch up on everything you need to know right here &#8211; but now it&#8217;s time for us to talk about our weekend [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}