02-10-2019, 04:22 AM
Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (February 9th)
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<p><em>We’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’ll be playing over the next couple of days. We’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… Er, comments. Enjoy!</em></p>
<h2>Austin Voigt, contributing writer</h2>
<p>This weekend, I’ll be trying my hand at a few new indie titles I’ve 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> – which I keep hearing good things about, and should hopefully scratch my simulation itch. Next, I’m 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 – although I’m not into fishing games necessarily, loads of people seem to be talking about it, and it’ll be cool to dust off the ol’ Toy-Con fishing rod to play. Lastly – and everyone will gasp when I say this – I have yet to play <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/hollow_knight"><strong>Hollow Knight</strong></a>, so that’s definitely on the list for this weekend. I’m essentially snowed in at my house at the moment, so it’ll be the perfect hermit gaming weekend!</p>
<h2>Ryan Craddock, staff writer</h2>
<p>I’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’ve decided to go for every single Spirit and complete every single challenge now that I’m done with World of Light (I’ve even got a little notepad document going on my laptop where I’m keeping track of which Spirits I’ve enhanced and stuff). Someone help me.</p>
<p>Realistically, I’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’t started them yet, but I’m looking forward to booting them up at some point.</p>
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<h2>Gavin Lane, staff writer</h2>
<p>Another week, another eShop sale and another game for the backlog. This week it’s <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/horizon_chase_turbo">Horizon Chase Turbo</a></strong>, an arcade racer I’ve 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’ll 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 ‘play’; it’s 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>
<h2>Gonçalo Lopes, contributing writer</h2>
<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’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…</p>
<p>…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 – 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>
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<h2>Dom Reseigh-Lincoln, reviewer</h2>
<p>For my sins, I’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’ve played all of the MXGP games and the last Supercross game. Here’s hoping this one ports a little more smoothly to Switch. Knowing me I’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’s brilliant. Have a good ‘un!<em><br /></em></p>
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<h3 class="heading">Which games are you playing this weekend? (251 votes)</h3>
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<h4 class="heading">Farm Together</h4>
<p class="votes"><span class="bar accent-bg no-votes"> </span> <span title="1 vote">0%</span></p>
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<h4 class="heading">Fishing Star: World Tour</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="2 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">1%</span></span></p>
</div>
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<h4 class="heading">Hollow Knight</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="11 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">4%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Super Smash Bros. Ultimate</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="68 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">27%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">My Memory of Us</h4>
<p class="votes"><span class="bar accent-bg no-votes"> </span> <span title="0 votes">0%</span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Horizon Chase Turbo</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="12 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">5%</span></span></p>
</div>
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<h4 class="heading">Kunio-kun: The World Classics Collection</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="2 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">1%</span></span></p>
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<h4 class="heading">Splatoon 2</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="37 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">15%</span></span></p>
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<h4 class="heading">Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="11 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">4%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Sky Gamblers – Afterburner</h4>
<p class="votes"><span class="bar accent-bg no-votes"> </span> <span title="0 votes">0%</span></p>
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<h4 class="heading">Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders</h4>
<p class="votes"><span class="bar accent-bg no-votes"> </span> <span title="1 vote">0%</span></p>
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<h4 class="heading">Monster Energy Supercross – The Official Videogame 2</h4>
<p class="votes"><span class="bar accent-bg no-votes"> </span> <span title="0 votes">0%</span></p>
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<h4 class="heading">City of Brass</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="2 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">1%</span></span></p>
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<h4 class="heading">Something else (comment below)</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="100 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">40%</span></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="empty">Please <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/login">login</a> to vote in this poll.</p>
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<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…</em></p>
</div>
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<p><em>We’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’ll be playing over the next couple of days. We’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… Er, comments. Enjoy!</em></p>
<h2>Austin Voigt, contributing writer</h2>
<p>This weekend, I’ll be trying my hand at a few new indie titles I’ve 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> – which I keep hearing good things about, and should hopefully scratch my simulation itch. Next, I’m 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 – although I’m not into fishing games necessarily, loads of people seem to be talking about it, and it’ll be cool to dust off the ol’ Toy-Con fishing rod to play. Lastly – and everyone will gasp when I say this – I have yet to play <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/hollow_knight"><strong>Hollow Knight</strong></a>, so that’s definitely on the list for this weekend. I’m essentially snowed in at my house at the moment, so it’ll be the perfect hermit gaming weekend!</p>
<h2>Ryan Craddock, staff writer</h2>
<p>I’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’ve decided to go for every single Spirit and complete every single challenge now that I’m done with World of Light (I’ve even got a little notepad document going on my laptop where I’m keeping track of which Spirits I’ve enhanced and stuff). Someone help me.</p>
<p>Realistically, I’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’t started them yet, but I’m looking forward to booting them up at some point.</p>
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<h2>Gavin Lane, staff writer</h2>
<p>Another week, another eShop sale and another game for the backlog. This week it’s <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/horizon_chase_turbo">Horizon Chase Turbo</a></strong>, an arcade racer I’ve 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’ll 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 ‘play’; it’s 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>
<h2>Gonçalo Lopes, contributing writer</h2>
<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’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…</p>
<p>…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 – 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>
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<h2>Dom Reseigh-Lincoln, reviewer</h2>
<p>For my sins, I’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’ve played all of the MXGP games and the last Supercross game. Here’s hoping this one ports a little more smoothly to Switch. Knowing me I’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’s brilliant. Have a good ‘un!<em><br /></em></p>
<div id="poll-09feb-19-tpweekend" class="poll">
<div class="results">
<h3 class="heading">Which games are you playing this weekend? (251 votes)</h3>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Farm Together</h4>
<p class="votes"><span class="bar accent-bg no-votes"> </span> <span title="1 vote">0%</span></p>
</div>
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<h4 class="heading">Fishing Star: World Tour</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="2 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">1%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Hollow Knight</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="11 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">4%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Super Smash Bros. Ultimate</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="68 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">27%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">My Memory of Us</h4>
<p class="votes"><span class="bar accent-bg no-votes"> </span> <span title="0 votes">0%</span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Horizon Chase Turbo</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="12 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">5%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Kunio-kun: The World Classics Collection</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="2 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">1%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Splatoon 2</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="37 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">15%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="11 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">4%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Sky Gamblers – Afterburner</h4>
<p class="votes"><span class="bar accent-bg no-votes"> </span> <span title="0 votes">0%</span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders</h4>
<p class="votes"><span class="bar accent-bg no-votes"> </span> <span title="1 vote">0%</span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Monster Energy Supercross – The Official Videogame 2</h4>
<p class="votes"><span class="bar accent-bg no-votes"> </span> <span title="0 votes">0%</span></p>
</div>
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<h4 class="heading">City of Brass</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="2 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">1%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Something else (comment below)</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="100 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">40%</span></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="empty">Please <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/login">login</a> to vote in this poll.</p>
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<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…</em></p>
</div>