10-27-2019, 02:55 PM
Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (October 26th)
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<p><em>Here we are once again, seven days later, as if by magic. It’s been a week game-packed with video games of all shapes and sizes. This week we’ve seen <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/10/rumour_buster_sorry_you_wont_be_getting_a_usd149_switch_lite_from_walmart_this_black_friday">Black Friday ‘leaks’</a> which were too good to be true, <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/10/japans_finally_getting_its_first_ever_nintendo_store_next_month_heres_what_you_can_buy">news of a Nintendo Store opening in Tokyo</a> (no, amazingly there wasn’t one already) and Nintendo President <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/10/nintendos_dev_teams_need_freedom_to_experiment_according_to_president_shuntaro_furukawa">Shuntaro Furukawa giving a rare interview</a> to western journalists. Now, though, it’s time to sit back and relax with some of them vidya games.</em></p>
<p><em>As ever, Team Nintendo Life has gathered to discuss our weekend plans and we’d love for you to get involved via the comment and poll sections below. Enjoy!<br /></em></p>
<h2>Liam Doolan, news reporter</h2>
<p>This weekend I’ll be continuing my adventure in <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/yooka-laylee_and_the_impossible_lair">Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair</a></strong>. I’ve absolutely loved every single second of this game so far, so I’m looking forward to jumping back in for another prolonged session.</p>
<p>If I manage to rip myself away from this, I plan to spend some more time with <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/legend_of_zelda_links_awakening">The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening</a></strong>, as I’m not ready to leave Koholint Island just yet. I’ll also be revisiting <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/wargroove">Wargroove</a></strong> (which is a game I <em>really</em> need to play more often) and if I get the chance, I might even play some <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/rocket_league">Rocket League</a></strong>.</p>
<h2>Gonçalo Lopes, contributing writer</h2>
<p>No points for anyone guessing that I’m placing (again) two of my GOTYs into my weekend plans: <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/astral_chain">Astral Chain</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/daemon_x_machina">DAEMON X MACHINA</a></strong>. Feels like I’m purposely not finishing both but the real blame lies with <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/witcher_3_wild_hunt_-_complete_edition">The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt</a></strong> which has naturally taken over most of my gaming life. Some multiplayer bouts of <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/river_city_melee_mach">River City Melee Mach!!</a></strong> and kaiju-kicking provided by <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/override_mech_city_brawl_n_super_charged_mega_edition">Override: Mech City Brawl</a></strong> round things up nicely for another explosive gaming weekend.</p>
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<p>Game of the week is another essential fighting game that arrives fashionably late to the Switch and marks my first time with the series: <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/skullgirls_2nd_encore">Skullgirls 2nd Encore</a></strong> feels like an Arc Systems Works fighting game with the animation of <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/cuphead">Cuphead</a></strong>. If that is not enough to pique your interest, perhaps the incredible soundtrack by the one and only Michiru Yamane might, or the fact my main is a wrestler who fights with a folding chair (cliché!) and an amputated, possessed arm of a giant demon (OK, that’s fresh, even for me!).</p>
<h2>Austin Voigt, contributing writer</h2>
<p>This weekend, my little brother will be visiting from out of town – so, of course, we’ll be continuing our eternal sibling gaming battle that has been going on since our childhoods – <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/super_smash_bros_ultimate">Smash Bros.</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/mario_kart_8_deluxe">Mario Kart</a></strong> will be the deciding factors. After that, he’ll be playing Link’s Awakening for the first time, while I watch and cheerfully withhold any helpful tips from him (I recently received my UK Special Edition in the mail, so I’m bequeathing my Dreamer Edition to him – and he has yet to try it out). I’m sure I’ll also cave and pick up <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/ring_fit_adventure">Ring Fit Adventure</a></strong> as well, because it just looks like too much fun. Should make for an entertaining weekend!</p>
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<h2>Gavin Lane, staff writer</h2>
<p>I picked up <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/xeodrifter">Xeodrifter</a></strong> for the teeny tiny sum of 99 cents last week, so I’d love to dabble with that if I can wade out of the backlog. I also have a pile of <strong>Star Trek</strong> games that have been sitting on my desk for a while in preparation for a feature I’ll be cooking up on a month or two. I suppose I should really get started on them. Bit of a shame there are so few decent games set in that universe, really. You could even say that I’ve been hoisted by my own… <em>wait for it</em>… Picard.</p>
<p>Thanks very much – I’ll be here all night. Don’t forget to tip your waitress.</p>
<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>
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https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2019/10/...ober-26th/
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<p><em>Here we are once again, seven days later, as if by magic. It’s been a week game-packed with video games of all shapes and sizes. This week we’ve seen <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/10/rumour_buster_sorry_you_wont_be_getting_a_usd149_switch_lite_from_walmart_this_black_friday">Black Friday ‘leaks’</a> which were too good to be true, <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/10/japans_finally_getting_its_first_ever_nintendo_store_next_month_heres_what_you_can_buy">news of a Nintendo Store opening in Tokyo</a> (no, amazingly there wasn’t one already) and Nintendo President <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/10/nintendos_dev_teams_need_freedom_to_experiment_according_to_president_shuntaro_furukawa">Shuntaro Furukawa giving a rare interview</a> to western journalists. Now, though, it’s time to sit back and relax with some of them vidya games.</em></p>
<p><em>As ever, Team Nintendo Life has gathered to discuss our weekend plans and we’d love for you to get involved via the comment and poll sections below. Enjoy!<br /></em></p>
<h2>Liam Doolan, news reporter</h2>
<p>This weekend I’ll be continuing my adventure in <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/yooka-laylee_and_the_impossible_lair">Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair</a></strong>. I’ve absolutely loved every single second of this game so far, so I’m looking forward to jumping back in for another prolonged session.</p>
<p>If I manage to rip myself away from this, I plan to spend some more time with <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/legend_of_zelda_links_awakening">The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening</a></strong>, as I’m not ready to leave Koholint Island just yet. I’ll also be revisiting <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/wargroove">Wargroove</a></strong> (which is a game I <em>really</em> need to play more often) and if I get the chance, I might even play some <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/rocket_league">Rocket League</a></strong>.</p>
<h2>Gonçalo Lopes, contributing writer</h2>
<p>No points for anyone guessing that I’m placing (again) two of my GOTYs into my weekend plans: <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/astral_chain">Astral Chain</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/daemon_x_machina">DAEMON X MACHINA</a></strong>. Feels like I’m purposely not finishing both but the real blame lies with <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/witcher_3_wild_hunt_-_complete_edition">The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt</a></strong> which has naturally taken over most of my gaming life. Some multiplayer bouts of <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/river_city_melee_mach">River City Melee Mach!!</a></strong> and kaiju-kicking provided by <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/override_mech_city_brawl_n_super_charged_mega_edition">Override: Mech City Brawl</a></strong> round things up nicely for another explosive gaming weekend.</p>
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<p>Game of the week is another essential fighting game that arrives fashionably late to the Switch and marks my first time with the series: <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/skullgirls_2nd_encore">Skullgirls 2nd Encore</a></strong> feels like an Arc Systems Works fighting game with the animation of <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/cuphead">Cuphead</a></strong>. If that is not enough to pique your interest, perhaps the incredible soundtrack by the one and only Michiru Yamane might, or the fact my main is a wrestler who fights with a folding chair (cliché!) and an amputated, possessed arm of a giant demon (OK, that’s fresh, even for me!).</p>
<h2>Austin Voigt, contributing writer</h2>
<p>This weekend, my little brother will be visiting from out of town – so, of course, we’ll be continuing our eternal sibling gaming battle that has been going on since our childhoods – <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/super_smash_bros_ultimate">Smash Bros.</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/mario_kart_8_deluxe">Mario Kart</a></strong> will be the deciding factors. After that, he’ll be playing Link’s Awakening for the first time, while I watch and cheerfully withhold any helpful tips from him (I recently received my UK Special Edition in the mail, so I’m bequeathing my Dreamer Edition to him – and he has yet to try it out). I’m sure I’ll also cave and pick up <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/ring_fit_adventure">Ring Fit Adventure</a></strong> as well, because it just looks like too much fun. Should make for an entertaining weekend!</p>
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<h2>Gavin Lane, staff writer</h2>
<p>I picked up <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/xeodrifter">Xeodrifter</a></strong> for the teeny tiny sum of 99 cents last week, so I’d love to dabble with that if I can wade out of the backlog. I also have a pile of <strong>Star Trek</strong> games that have been sitting on my desk for a while in preparation for a feature I’ll be cooking up on a month or two. I suppose I should really get started on them. Bit of a shame there are so few decent games set in that universe, really. You could even say that I’ve been hoisted by my own… <em>wait for it</em>… Picard.</p>
<p>Thanks very much – I’ll be here all night. Don’t forget to tip your waitress.</p>
<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>
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