I am mostly leaning into Tokyo Xanadu eX+, which is a fun diversion for the January grind when everything fun seems so far away. I'm actually really impressed that every playable character is actually useful, and it's rare to see that kind of balance with unique abilities. I caught wind of a sequel and hopefully they are able to strike that well, because the good gameplay incentivizes you to be thorough and varied without forcing you to grind.
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Switch) Continuing with my progress now that I am done exploring as much of the overworld tbat I can I am about to enter tbe Jabu Waters Rift.
Borderlands 3 (Series X) Still working on the Bounty of Blood DLC. This is probably my favorite of the DLC for this game.
Final Fantasy Pixal Remaster (Series X) Still on my nostalgia kick with this one. I am about to enter the Marsh Cave to get the crown.
That is video game wise. TTRPG I am planning to pick up our Daggerheart campaign this weekend where we left off last week.
Picking up Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series after I previously dropped it midway through the first game I'm finally doing stuff in Legends Arceus About to start Ni no Kuni, absolutely excited for this game Grinding for levels in Blasters T in Yo-kai Watch 3 so I can breeze through the Ghoulfather fight And I'm also progressing through DK Bananza I might also play some Digimon Story DS if I can, but probably not
Since I remembered that the Switch 2 upgrade for BotW is included with NSO's higher tier, I started that up to see how it compares. Apart from faster load times and occasional moments of extra-smooth movement, I haven't really noticed a difference (my TV's from 2013, if that matters). I'm still going with it because, for all my complaints about the game, it truly does have fantastic side content. Plus my car's in the shop in a thoroughly unwalkable town, so it's not like I'm going anywhere this weekend.
I'm also working on getting every last banana and fossil in DK Bananza, but as fewer remain I can only dig around for so long at a time, hence my foray into BotW.
After getting to the end of Metroid 4, I'm starting Tears of the Kingdom S2 edition properly. I'll also have a quick blast of Mario Kart World along with the demo of Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity. Happy gaming and weekend!
I'm taking a break from Pokémon Legends Z-A. I got to the credits of the Mega Dimension content, but didn't play much beyond that. I do want to complete the Pokédex and get all the legendaries at some point, but... the game has gotten too repetitive for the moment, I needed to step away from it.
I then played Plants Vs Zombies Replanted. I've always loved this game, so it was great to revisit it on Switch. I've gotten to the point where I've done pretty much all there is to do except for obtaining one of each plant in the Zen Garden for the achievement...which just relies on luck to do. I'm not sure how much I can be bothered to grind for plant drops when there isn't anything else to do in the game.
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At the beginning of the new year, I wanted to resume my classic JRPG backlog endeavor. Too many games came out in 2025, so my backlog kind of took a backseat. But now I'm in a lull again (at least until I feel up to playing Z-A some more), so I'm getting back into it.
So at the start of January, I began playing Panzer Dragoon Saga on emulator. The only thing I really knew about this game beforehand was how rare and expensive secondhand copies are, but I never really heard much about the game itself, and so I became curious enough to want to play it myself.
Panzer Dragoon Saga is interesting - the combat system involves riding on your dragon to position yourself around the enemy, which means that the developers didn't have the option to create any on-foot dungeon areas at all. Any time your get off the dragon to explore inside an enemy airship (for example), the game has to resolve the entirety of that story point in an FMV cutscene, and then block you from entering that location again afterwards. Because there literally doesn't exist a gameplay system for combat not on a dragon.
And this game relies heavily on its FMVs - the opening cinematic alone has like five plot points going on at once before you even get to start playing the game. I suppose this is why the game came on four CD-ROMs back in the day. I was surprised when the game told me it was time to switch to disc 2, because I felt like I had barely even begun playing.
So far the game is good. I'm definitely interested in seeing it all the way through, and it's not a very long or complicated game either. I like the ability to adjust your dragon's stats at any time, even during an enemy encounter, that's pretty cool. And I even found some optional hidden items such as a gun bit that turns my gun from a single shot into a multi shot, which is cool. Always like it when RPG equipment is more than just stat increases and actually has unique effects.
@Ganner I agree with you on Quake 2 being the better. For me I just like the setting a bit more. 2 is less drab and the enemies and levels are more interesting to explore. A gothic shooter just doesn’t work for me, maybe if it was a third person Van Helsing and I was swinging a sword and shooting my bolt gun that setting could work better.
Started replaying the PS4 remake of MediEvil on PS5, I think it's still a great remake of a fun game and nice to play with a locked 60fps framerate, as PS4 struggled when I first played it there a few years back. Also been going back to Need for Speed: Hot Persuit with the remastered version, which in an age of open world racers feels like a refreshing call back to playing Burnout on the GameCube. Will also continue with some Elden Ring if I have time.
I am currently hooked on Star Wars outlaws on gamepass right now. It’s so fun to play and it’s a shame Ubisoft seems to be cutting many of their staff. I have liked many of their games over the years, prince of Persia the lost crown was excellent along with the Mario + rabbids games I’ve played lately. Outlaws makes me feel like I’m playing a new addition of beyond good and evil, I hope this is a preview of what’s to come for that one.
Beyond that I plan on pushing thru fire emblem engage, I’m on chapter 20 and I’ve really liked this game so far. The battles are truly a lot of fun. Fzero 99 I’m still picking up and playing here and there, and Wario World on the switch has also got my attention. I played this one just a bit back in the day and it didn’t hook me but now I’m so glad I’ve come back to it, it’s a great little playformer. I’d love to have a way to play wario land shake it again.
Splatoon 3: finally i know how to play this game properly. It never clicked on me. But now I am addicted! One of the best experiences playing Nintendo!!
Super Mario U Deluxe: playing relaxed on my bed before sleeping. I am in love to this game. I´ve never played other "New Mario" before.
Super Mario Wonder: playing 15 minutes here....15 minutes there....great game....for relaxation....Love the online in this game.
Princess Peach Showtime: Strange game. It's aimed at children. I have a daughter who just turned 3 years old (but has already finished games like Bowser's Fury, Mario Odyssey, and Super Mario 3D World playing alone, without any help).
I bought Princess Peach for her, but this game, despite being very easy, has gameplay sections that aren't obvious. In short, my daughter can't understand what needs to be done and calls me for help. Detective Peach, for example. At 3 years old, my daughter obviously can't read. Why didn't Nintendo dub this game? Because it's not obvious to a child. The design wasn't very well thought out, neither for children (difficult sections (not obvious for children), requiring reading subtitles to pass some levels) nor for adults (too simplistic and easy).
Even so, my daughter repeats the same levels she can play...again and again and again...and already has 30 hours of gameplay.
And after helping her so much, I decided to get 100% on my profile, since some "stars" are harder to find. I'm having fun! Unexpected. What seemed like a terrible purchase is going to end up being worth the price I paid (used and cheap LOL). Its a nice game...not $60 nice. Not $40 nice...not $20 nice. Maybe $12 nice. But nice.
Graphics: 6 (artistic is nice, graphics: so simple, frame rate: bad, bad, bad..not smooth...if you exchange princess peach for a generic character, you play this game and this doesn't look like a Nintendo game)
Sound: 10 (marvelous)
Gameplay: 5 (two buttons (action/jump), not much action, no AI for enemies, enemies waiting you kill them, find the "stars" let the game alive)
Replay Value (children): 7 (repeat the same 10 - 15 levels they can play alone)
Replay value (adults): 3 (one time only and never more, 30 short stages, a few post-game short mini missions 10 - 12 hours of gameplay)
Yep....It's definitely winter where I am. No major plans to go outside today at least. Perfect weather for indoor pastimes.
Dragon Quest II HD-2D Remake (Switch) - My party now has their own ship, met the Dragonlord's great-grandson, saved the fairies at his request, and just secured their first sigil. The world has really opened up for exploration; I feel like I've only scratched the game's surface so far. Definitely not a bad thing! 34 mini medals found.
SM3DW + Bowser's Fury - I had my fill of the main game, so I dove into the Bowser's Fury mode for the first time yesterday. This is very fun!...and addicting. Not only is this entire area feline themed, but collecting Cat Shines reminds me of Super Mario Odyssey's Moon collecting. Mario and Bowser Jr. make a surprisingly great team. 39 Cat Shines found.
Pokemon Go - Grookey's Community Day is tomorrow, so hopefully I can catch a couple shiny monkeys...if I find the time. Really wish they'd go back to Saturdays some of the time, or at least extend the hours again.
The meme that won’t die. I suppose many of us were fools for passing that game up years ago. Who knew the clearance section staple of 2008 would be a prized possession in 2026?
Like many of us, I’m sure, I’ll be getting back into Animal Crossing New Horizons. I’ve also had time this week to start really getting into Hyrule Warriors Age of Imprisonment. And I’m still working through Hades 2, so I’ll probably squeeze a few runs in on that as well.
I'll continue on the backlog quest game Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Switch 2). Besides some wonky control issues at times the game is really good. I should be a lot further along by now, but my limited gaming time keeps being an issue. As usual.
I also randomly picked up on sale Quake 2 Remastered (Switch 2). Back in my day you were either an Unreal/Unreal Tournament player or Quake. I was Unreal so I never gave this one a shot. I tried the first Quake last year and it just didn't gel with me (I also kept getting dizzy). The little I've played of this one seems like a better fit for me so we'll see if I stick to it. So far it's pretty good!
Checking the ebay UK sold listing, a sealed USA copy sold on the 17th January 2026 (bid auction) went for.................. £16.40
I smell BS with this article. 🙃
Okay, there are some high Buy It Now sales (£193 in Canada, the heck?), but just because someone clicked the Buy It Now button DOES NOT MEAN THE PERSON GOT THE ITEM!
Don't always believe what the sold listing on ebay show. It is very easy to trick gullible people that certain items are high profit.
So it's basically 10/10 if you are good with symmetrical joysticks and happy to see the C button gone. Sounds like the best controller in a long time for many people for a fraction of the Pro controllers with PROPER joysticks.
@progx Skyrim anniversary is a bad example for this since on PC it was the exact same graphics as special edition and all the changes were part of their paid mod program. Special edition did have graphical improvements but crucially if you owned the base game and all the dlc on steam it was a free upgrade.
Not saying you don’t get paid for graphical upgrades on pc (oh though I can’t think of any off the top of my head) but this definitely wasn’t one.
Hello there fellow gamers;
This weekend I´ll be playing:
Expedition 33 on my Series X. I´m finally in Act 3. The game´s story is weird and great at the same time, but I´m having a blast with it;
Blasphemous 2 on my Switch 2. Still playing this one kinda slowly, but steadily advancing trough. Enjoying more than the first game, wich was already pretty good;
Continuing my Platinum playtrough of Lords of the Fallen and Astrobot on my PS5. One more run for the third and canonical ending of LOF. Really good game after all the updates. And Astrobot is such a fun time every level.
Cheers everyone and happy gaming weekend
I got Super Sonic in Sonic Racing Crossworlds last night. I am now playing around in the Race Park mode, as well as continuing to get A ranks in the Super Sonic Speed time trials to buff up my jukebox. I’ve also been making more progress in Sea of Stars this week. I beat the Dweller of Woe on Monday.
I'm playing Fantasian: NEO Dimension (Switch) and the Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined demo (Switch). My kids are playing Super Mario Galaxy (Switch) and Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection (Switch).
We've been playing co-op The Legend of the Mystical Ninja (SNES), 2P Super Mario Bros. (NES) and TimeSplitters 2 (GameCube) together, and then Sunset Riders (Switch) as a family.
Been one of those weeks where Ive had like zero down time. Just a pretty busy few weeks, glad I can at least turn to Nintendo life for some quick entertainment, happy gaming folks.
I spent all my free time last weekend playing Black Skylands. This little indie is kind of like top-down twin-stick shooting mixed with airship-to-airship combat & exploration and a nice progression of power-ups and base expansion. The characters and music don’t really grab me, but the pixel art is nice enough and the gameplay has got me pretty addicted. I must say the game stutters more than it should, though - it even crashed back to the home screen 2 or 3 times in my 12 hours playing so far. Fortunately, the auto saves are pretty frequent. I’ll keep sailing those skies this weekend, among the chores.
Wishing everyone fair tailwinds and bountiful encounters this weekend! 🕹️👾✈️
I'd much rather these games were available stand alone on the eshop. I have no interest in the Yakuza games but would pick up a lot of the arcade games that feature within them given the chance.
I'm expecting to get my physical copy of Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition in the mail today, so I'm planning to enjoy that with my kids this weekend. I haven't played an Animal Crossing game since Wild World on the NDS, so I'll be jumping into this practically fresh.
Other than that, I'm also enjoying Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator. As a person with obsessive-compulsive tendencies, microscopically tweaking a potion to be just right is my idea of cozy.
I’m playing Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles. I’m in the beginning stages in Chapter 3. It’s been a while since a video game has had me really plan and strategize—no pun intended—with party composition and classes.
The gameplay loop is very addicting, but not entirely overwhelming. It introduces new mechanics at a steady pace, and eases your understanding of transitioning into different classes. Once you grasp how the systems work, you’ll begin to appreciate the multi-layered depth the game offers.
As of now, my main character is classed as a Geomancer/Archer, paired with a Ninja Dragoon Knight that has martial arts abilities and a Black Mage Chemist Orator. We are annihilating enemies with ease. The seems to be a limitless amount of options to suit your preferred play-style.
The story is also compelling, and seems shockingly relevant (kidnapping a princess?). It’s one of these tales that isn’t gloom and doom for the sake of shock value—it has a purpose behind its brutality. With its excellent voice acting immersing you into its conflicts, to the motivations of its characters, you feel part of its strife.
The setting may be fictional, but there are many current commonalities. Life was difficult back in that time period, but hasn’t changed hundreds of years later. Friends can become enemies; motivations for your actions can be environmental; money, materialism, and social status is often more important than a person’s heart; and politics can cloud a person’s rationale.
All of this perturbation translates itself to the video game itself. It’s a reflection of life: strategizing and planning. It will often be difficult. Similar to the various maps—which are beautiful, cardboard cutout sceneries—there will be bumps in the road. You can and sometimes will permanently lose members close to you, but you will also grow stronger by sticking together.
Maybe I’m reading too much into things, and creating analogies where there aren’t none. In the last four months, my personal life has had some turbulence-from breaking my back, my mother-in-law passing, and my own mother getting diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer. In the midst of all this, I’ve had to change “classes” by being who I truly am at home to masking it all whilst at my job. My wife and I have grown stronger from all of this, creating an even sturdier unbreakable bond. And compatible to my marriage, Final Fantasy Tactics is going to be an all-timer for me.
The long dark PS4 Pizza tower Switch lite Dragon warrior monsters Chromatic Animal crossing new leaf 3DSXL Have a great weekend and enjoy what you play 👍
Switch: Animal Crossing New Horizons: I haven't started my Slumber Island yet, but I've let my two younger sisters start theirs with the two extra and they are really getting a kick out of it. Also, I've only done the first two rooms at the hotel so far. But I do want to delve into the update further once I beat my current PS4 game. PS4: Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1+: all of my characters are currently in the late 70s - early 80s in terms of level thanks to a great new grinding spot. Story wise, I have all the Key Fragments and now I have to look for the oracle Histoire. I'm pretty sure that I'm approaching the end of the game pretty soon, sometime in the next few weeks probably.
Also, since I only included Animal Crossing in the poll like usual, I decided to vote for Disney's Cory of the House just to be silly, because of the recent trend involving the game.
I decided to start a new factory last night on Factorio . This will be the third base since I picked it up again when the S2 Edition/Space Age DLC came out. So I’ll be knee deep in that. It feels like third time lucky might play a part this time round. Very happy gaming to you all.
This weekend's plans traditionally include the familiar RPG franchise salad of tales, ateliers, personas, factories, fantasies, castles, blades, times and lives, but I'm also finding myself apparently just a handful of story missions (plus rampages and stunt jumps) away from completing GTA III, and it's not uncommon for my backlogs to zoom in on something specific when the finish line is in sight. Of course, yet other playthroughs from Powerwash, Baba Is You and Skyrim to Doom 3, Forager and Danganronpa keep beckoning as well, as do the other portable storage residents like Cyberpunk, Xenosaga, Payback, Neptunia, Strange Journey and Luigi's Mansion. Business as usual, really.
Hamilton watches do fetch these prices. No different than Louis Vuitton or Chanel.
I’m very happy when I see good merch, which looks good and isn’t obviously game merchandise. Most crap has the logo printed everywhere and looks like convention freebies.
@sportymariosonicmixx, I'm currently 16 (I state this in my profile), will be 17 in a few months, so I'm definitely one of the younger people on the site 😅. And I wasn't saying that there weren't any Mario toys back in the day, I was just noticing that there's way more Mario toys in stores nowadays compared to when I was a younger kid back in the early 2010s.
Final Fantasy IX. It's been sitting in my backlog for a long time and I started it a week ago. I'm really enjoying my time with it so far. The characters, story, and battle system are all top notch in my opinion. I absolutely adore ViVi too.🥰
Really enjoying this and up to chapter 11, I never had a GameCube but discovered Fire Emblem after playing Advance Wars Dual Strike on the DS and then went and played some of the GBA Fire Emblem games on my DS. Intelligent Systems are very good at what they do
“Mine now, demiguise.” Still Hogwart’s Legacy. I was messing around with the tv for a while as I finally got a new tv with 4K but it was doing some strange blurring/tearing at the top of the screen any time I swung the camera around, but I seem to have somehow solved it now. Back to flying around the highlands then.
Also played a bit of Wario World gamecube on NSO. Quite liked it, not sure if I’ll play it to completion or not - too many games and not enough time!
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Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th January)
I am mostly leaning into Tokyo Xanadu eX+, which is a fun diversion for the January grind when everything fun seems so far away. I'm actually really impressed that every playable character is actually useful, and it's rare to see that kind of balance with unique abilities. I caught wind of a sequel and hopefully they are able to strike that well, because the good gameplay incentivizes you to be thorough and varied without forcing you to grind.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th January)
Continuing with Path of Radiance. It’s still a fantastic game but I do wish it got a remaster instead of being chucked on NSO.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th January)
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Switch) Continuing with my progress now that I am done exploring as much of the overworld tbat I can I am about to enter tbe Jabu Waters Rift.
Borderlands 3 (Series X) Still working on the Bounty of Blood DLC. This is probably my favorite of the DLC for this game.
Final Fantasy Pixal Remaster (Series X) Still on my nostalgia kick with this one. I am about to enter the Marsh Cave to get the crown.
That is video game wise. TTRPG I am planning to pick up our Daggerheart campaign this weekend where we left off last week.
Have a great weekend.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th January)
Picking up Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series after I previously dropped it midway through the first game
I'm finally doing stuff in Legends Arceus
About to start Ni no Kuni, absolutely excited for this game
Grinding for levels in Blasters T in Yo-kai Watch 3 so I can breeze through the Ghoulfather fight
And I'm also progressing through DK Bananza
I might also play some Digimon Story DS if I can, but probably not
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th January)
Since I remembered that the Switch 2 upgrade for BotW is included with NSO's higher tier, I started that up to see how it compares. Apart from faster load times and occasional moments of extra-smooth movement, I haven't really noticed a difference (my TV's from 2013, if that matters). I'm still going with it because, for all my complaints about the game, it truly does have fantastic side content. Plus my car's in the shop in a thoroughly unwalkable town, so it's not like I'm going anywhere this weekend.
I'm also working on getting every last banana and fossil in DK Bananza, but as fewer remain I can only dig around for so long at a time, hence my foray into BotW.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th January)
After getting to the end of Metroid 4, I'm starting Tears of the Kingdom S2 edition properly. I'll also have a quick blast of Mario Kart World along with the demo of Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity.
Happy gaming and weekend!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th January)
I'm taking a break from Pokémon Legends Z-A. I got to the credits of the Mega Dimension content, but didn't play much beyond that. I do want to complete the Pokédex and get all the legendaries at some point, but... the game has gotten too repetitive for the moment, I needed to step away from it.
I then played Plants Vs Zombies Replanted. I've always loved this game, so it was great to revisit it on Switch. I've gotten to the point where I've done pretty much all there is to do except for obtaining one of each plant in the Zen Garden for the achievement...which just relies on luck to do. I'm not sure how much I can be bothered to grind for plant drops when there isn't anything else to do in the game.
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At the beginning of the new year, I wanted to resume my classic JRPG backlog endeavor. Too many games came out in 2025, so my backlog kind of took a backseat. But now I'm in a lull again (at least until I feel up to playing Z-A some more), so I'm getting back into it.
So at the start of January, I began playing Panzer Dragoon Saga on emulator. The only thing I really knew about this game beforehand was how rare and expensive secondhand copies are, but I never really heard much about the game itself, and so I became curious enough to want to play it myself.
Panzer Dragoon Saga is interesting - the combat system involves riding on your dragon to position yourself around the enemy, which means that the developers didn't have the option to create any on-foot dungeon areas at all. Any time your get off the dragon to explore inside an enemy airship (for example), the game has to resolve the entirety of that story point in an FMV cutscene, and then block you from entering that location again afterwards. Because there literally doesn't exist a gameplay system for combat not on a dragon.
And this game relies heavily on its FMVs - the opening cinematic alone has like five plot points going on at once before you even get to start playing the game. I suppose this is why the game came on four CD-ROMs back in the day. I was surprised when the game told me it was time to switch to disc 2, because I felt like I had barely even begun playing.
So far the game is good. I'm definitely interested in seeing it all the way through, and it's not a very long or complicated game either. I like the ability to adjust your dragon's stats at any time, even during an enemy encounter, that's pretty cool. And I even found some optional hidden items such as a gun bit that turns my gun from a single shot into a multi shot, which is cool. Always like it when RPG equipment is more than just stat increases and actually has unique effects.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th January)
Pretty much only fire emblem path of radiance. I’m hooked.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th January)
@Ganner I agree with you on Quake 2 being the better. For me I just like the setting a bit more. 2 is less drab and the enemies and levels are more interesting to explore. A gothic shooter just doesn’t work for me, maybe if it was a third person Van Helsing and I was swinging a sword and shooting my bolt gun that setting could work better.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th January)
Started replaying the PS4 remake of MediEvil on PS5, I think it's still a great remake of a fun game and nice to play with a locked 60fps framerate, as PS4 struggled when I first played it there a few years back. Also been going back to Need for Speed: Hot Persuit with the remastered version, which in an age of open world racers feels like a refreshing call back to playing Burnout on the GameCube. Will also continue with some Elden Ring if I have time.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th January)
I am currently hooked on Star Wars outlaws on gamepass right now. It’s so fun to play and it’s a shame Ubisoft seems to be cutting many of their staff. I have liked many of their games over the years, prince of Persia the lost crown was excellent along with the Mario + rabbids games I’ve played lately. Outlaws makes me feel like I’m playing a new addition of beyond good and evil, I hope this is a preview of what’s to come for that one.
Beyond that I plan on pushing thru fire emblem engage, I’m on chapter 20 and I’ve really liked this game so far. The battles are truly a lot of fun. Fzero 99 I’m still picking up and playing here and there, and Wario World on the switch has also got my attention. I played this one just a bit back in the day and it didn’t hook me but now I’m so glad I’ve come back to it, it’s a great little playformer. I’d love to have a way to play wario land shake it again.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th January)
On Nintendo Switch:
Splatoon 3: finally i know how to play this game properly. It never clicked on me. But now I am addicted! One of the best experiences playing Nintendo!!
Super Mario U Deluxe: playing relaxed on my bed before sleeping. I am in love to this game. I´ve never played other "New Mario" before.
Super Mario Wonder: playing 15 minutes here....15 minutes there....great game....for relaxation....Love the online in this game.
Princess Peach Showtime: Strange game. It's aimed at children. I have a daughter who just turned 3 years old (but has already finished games like Bowser's Fury, Mario Odyssey, and Super Mario 3D World playing alone, without any help).
I bought Princess Peach for her, but this game, despite being very easy, has gameplay sections that aren't obvious. In short, my daughter can't understand what needs to be done and calls me for help. Detective Peach, for example. At 3 years old, my daughter obviously can't read. Why didn't Nintendo dub this game? Because it's not obvious to a child. The design wasn't very well thought out, neither for children (difficult sections (not obvious for children), requiring reading subtitles to pass some levels) nor for adults (too simplistic and easy).
Even so, my daughter repeats the same levels she can play...again and again and again...and already has 30 hours of gameplay.
And after helping her so much, I decided to get 100% on my profile, since some "stars" are harder to find. I'm having fun! Unexpected. What seemed like a terrible purchase is going to end up being worth the price I paid (used and cheap LOL). Its a nice game...not $60 nice. Not $40 nice...not $20 nice. Maybe $12 nice. But nice.
Graphics: 6 (artistic is nice, graphics: so simple, frame rate: bad, bad, bad..not smooth...if you exchange princess peach for a generic character, you play this game and this doesn't look like a Nintendo game)
Sound: 10 (marvelous)
Gameplay: 5 (two buttons (action/jump), not much action, no AI for enemies, enemies waiting you kill them, find the "stars" let the game alive)
Replay Value (children): 7 (repeat the same 10 - 15 levels they can play alone)
Replay value (adults): 3 (one time only and never more, 30 short stages, a few post-game short mini missions 10 - 12 hours of gameplay)
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th January)
Yep....It's definitely winter where I am. No major plans to go outside today at least. Perfect weather for indoor pastimes.
Happy gaming!
Re: Random: Disney's Terrible DS Game 'Cory In The House' Is Now Selling For Hundreds Of Dollars On eBay
The meme that won’t die. I suppose many of us were fools for passing that game up years ago. Who knew the clearance section staple of 2008 would be a prized possession in 2026?
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th January)
Like many of us, I’m sure, I’ll be getting back into Animal Crossing New Horizons. I’ve also had time this week to start really getting into Hyrule Warriors Age of Imprisonment. And I’m still working through Hades 2, so I’ll probably squeeze a few runs in on that as well.
Happy gaming everyone!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th January)
I'll continue on the backlog quest game Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Switch 2). Besides some wonky control issues at times the game is really good. I should be a lot further along by now, but my limited gaming time keeps being an issue. As usual.
I also randomly picked up on sale Quake 2 Remastered (Switch 2). Back in my day you were either an Unreal/Unreal Tournament player or Quake. I was Unreal so I never gave this one a shot. I tried the first Quake last year and it just didn't gel with me (I also kept getting dizzy). The little I've played of this one seems like a better fit for me so we'll see if I stick to it. So far it's pretty good!
Re: Random: Disney's Terrible DS Game 'Cory In The House' Is Now Selling For Hundreds Of Dollars On eBay
Checking the ebay UK sold listing, a sealed USA copy sold on the 17th January 2026 (bid auction) went for.................. £16.40
I smell BS with this article. 🙃
Okay, there are some high Buy It Now sales (£193 in Canada, the heck?), but just because someone clicked the Buy It Now button DOES NOT MEAN THE PERSON GOT THE ITEM!
Don't always believe what the sold listing on ebay show. It is very easy to trick gullible people that certain items are high profit.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th January)
PS5- Sonic Racing Cross Roads
Series X- Fatal Fury COTW
Switch 2- Pokemon Legends ZA and Fitness Boxing 3.
Re: Review: Gulikit TT Pro / TT Max Controllers For Switch 1 & 2 - The New Standard For Third-Party Pads
So it's basically 10/10 if you are good with symmetrical joysticks and happy to see the C button gone. Sounds like the best controller in a long time for many people for a fraction of the Pro controllers with PROPER joysticks.
Put a TT Max grey on order to find out myself.
Re: Random: Disney's Terrible DS Game 'Cory In The House' Is Now Selling For Hundreds Of Dollars On eBay
Yikes, those are ridiculous prices. As brilliant as this game is, I wouldn't pay any more than $100 on it.
Re: Video: Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Side-By-Side Graphics Comparison (Switch 2 & Switch)
@anti-matter how old are you?
Re: Review: Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition - A Cheap Upgrade, But Lacking Substance
@progx Skyrim anniversary is a bad example for this since on PC it was the exact same graphics as special edition and all the changes were part of their paid mod program. Special edition did have graphical improvements but crucially if you owned the base game and all the dlc on steam it was a free upgrade.
Not saying you don’t get paid for graphical upgrades on pc (oh though I can’t think of any off the top of my head) but this definitely wasn’t one.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th January)
Hello there fellow gamers;
This weekend I´ll be playing:
Cheers everyone and happy gaming weekend
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th January)
I got Super Sonic in Sonic Racing Crossworlds last night. I am now playing around in the Race Park mode, as well as continuing to get A ranks in the Super Sonic Speed time trials to buff up my jukebox. I’ve also been making more progress in Sea of Stars this week. I beat the Dweller of Woe on Monday.
Re: Random: Disney's Terrible DS Game 'Cory In The House' Is Now Selling For Hundreds Of Dollars On eBay
Cory will be mine, it must be mine! GIVE IT TO ME!!!
-Boromir
Re: Review: Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition - A Cheap Upgrade, But Lacking Substance
@Alienfanatic if you didn’t like DK or Mario Kart world maybe you just don’t like Nintendo games. DK is amazing.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th January)
I'm playing Fantasian: NEO Dimension (Switch) and the Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined demo (Switch). My kids are playing Super Mario Galaxy (Switch) and Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection (Switch).
We've been playing co-op The Legend of the Mystical Ninja (SNES), 2P Super Mario Bros. (NES) and TimeSplitters 2 (GameCube) together, and then Sunset Riders (Switch) as a family.
Re: Random: Disney's Terrible DS Game 'Cory In The House' Is Now Selling For Hundreds Of Dollars On eBay
In this day and age, I wish Cory were in the House
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th January)
Been one of those weeks where Ive had like zero down time. Just a pretty busy few weeks, glad I can at least turn to Nintendo life for some quick entertainment, happy gaming folks.
Re: Random: Disney's Terrible DS Game 'Cory In The House' Is Now Selling For Hundreds Of Dollars On eBay
The lime green DS theme is making me feel things
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th January)
I spent all my free time last weekend playing Black Skylands. This little indie is kind of like top-down twin-stick shooting mixed with airship-to-airship combat & exploration and a nice progression of power-ups and base expansion.
The characters and music don’t really grab me, but the pixel art is nice enough and the gameplay has got me pretty addicted. I must say the game stutters more than it should, though - it even crashed back to the home screen 2 or 3 times in my 12 hours playing so far. Fortunately, the auto saves are pretty frequent.
I’ll keep sailing those skies this weekend, among the chores.
Wishing everyone fair tailwinds and bountiful encounters this weekend! 🕹️👾✈️
Re: The Live-Action Zelda Movie Is Coming To Netflix
Way better than Disney+. Remember when Disney+ was 60 annually? It became 120 in like 3 years. LOL. Not sure if it's 150 already.
Re: Sega Confirms Another Retro Arcade Game For Yakuza Kiwami 3
I'd much rather these games were available stand alone on the eshop. I have no interest in the Yakuza games but would pick up a lot of the arcade games that feature within them given the chance.
Re: Video: Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Side-By-Side Graphics Comparison (Switch 2 & Switch)
My physical copy's coming in the mail today. So excited.
Re: The Live-Action Zelda Movie Is Coming To Netflix
We all know what Netflix is capable of.
I hope Nintendo watches over this movie's production like a hawk.
Re: Nintendo's 'My Mario' Toy Line Adds Three Fisher-Price Playsets
I predict that these will be sadly out of reach for most children, as adults snatch them up for the purpose of collecting.
I hope Nintendo anticipates this and makes it widely available for a prolonged period of time.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th January)
I'm expecting to get my physical copy of Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition in the mail today, so I'm planning to enjoy that with my kids this weekend. I haven't played an Animal Crossing game since Wild World on the NDS, so I'll be jumping into this practically fresh.
Other than that, I'm also enjoying Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator. As a person with obsessive-compulsive tendencies, microscopically tweaking a potion to be just right is my idea of cozy.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th January)
I’m playing Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles. I’m in the beginning stages in Chapter 3. It’s been a while since a video game has had me really plan and strategize—no pun intended—with party composition and classes.
The gameplay loop is very addicting, but not entirely overwhelming. It introduces new mechanics at a steady pace, and eases your understanding of transitioning into different classes. Once you grasp how the systems work, you’ll begin to appreciate the multi-layered depth the game offers.
As of now, my main character is classed as a Geomancer/Archer, paired with a Ninja Dragoon Knight that has martial arts abilities and a Black Mage Chemist Orator. We are annihilating enemies with ease. The seems to be a limitless amount of options to suit your preferred play-style.
The story is also compelling, and seems shockingly relevant (kidnapping a princess?). It’s one of these tales that isn’t gloom and doom for the sake of shock value—it has a purpose behind its brutality. With its excellent voice acting immersing you into its conflicts, to the motivations of its characters, you feel part of its strife.
The setting may be fictional, but there are many current commonalities. Life was difficult back in that time period, but hasn’t changed hundreds of years later. Friends can become enemies; motivations for your actions can be environmental; money, materialism, and social status is often more important than a person’s heart; and politics can cloud a person’s rationale.
All of this perturbation translates itself to the video game itself. It’s a reflection of life: strategizing and planning. It will often be difficult. Similar to the various maps—which are beautiful, cardboard cutout sceneries—there will be bumps in the road. You can and sometimes will permanently lose members close to you, but you will also grow stronger by sticking together.
Maybe I’m reading too much into things, and creating analogies where there aren’t none. In the last four months, my personal life has had some turbulence-from breaking my back, my mother-in-law passing, and my own mother getting diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer. In the midst of all this, I’ve had to change “classes” by being who I truly am at home to masking it all whilst at my job. My wife and I have grown stronger from all of this, creating an even sturdier unbreakable bond. And compatible to my marriage, Final Fantasy Tactics is going to be an all-timer for me.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th January)
The long dark PS4
Pizza tower Switch lite
Dragon warrior monsters Chromatic
Animal crossing new leaf 3DSXL
Have a great weekend and enjoy what you play 👍
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th January)
Hello again, y'all! This weekend I'm playing:
Switch:
Animal Crossing New Horizons: I haven't started my Slumber Island yet, but I've let my two younger sisters start theirs with the two extra and they are really getting a kick out of it. Also, I've only done the first two rooms at the hotel so far. But I do want to delve into the update further once I beat my current PS4 game.
PS4:
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1+: all of my characters are currently in the late 70s - early 80s in terms of level thanks to a great new grinding spot. Story wise, I have all the Key Fragments and now I have to look for the oracle Histoire. I'm pretty sure that I'm approaching the end of the game pretty soon, sometime in the next few weeks probably.
Also, since I only included Animal Crossing in the poll like usual, I decided to vote for Disney's Cory of the House just to be silly, because of the recent trend involving the game.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th January)
I decided to start a new factory last night on Factorio . This will be the third base since I picked it up again when the S2 Edition/Space Age DLC came out. So I’ll be knee deep in that. It feels like third time lucky might play a part this time round.
Very happy gaming to you all.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th January)
This weekend's plans traditionally include the familiar RPG franchise salad of tales, ateliers, personas, factories, fantasies, castles, blades, times and lives, but I'm also finding myself apparently just a handful of story missions (plus rampages and stunt jumps) away from completing GTA III, and it's not uncommon for my backlogs to zoom in on something specific when the finish line is in sight. Of course, yet other playthroughs from Powerwash, Baba Is You and Skyrim to Doom 3, Forager and Danganronpa keep beckoning as well, as do the other portable storage residents like Cyberpunk, Xenosaga, Payback, Neptunia, Strange Journey and Luigi's Mansion. Business as usual, really.
Re: A New, Gothic Title From 'Eternal Darkness' Creator Has Re-Emerged
Dyack… lol.
Hard pass, based on that alone. I wonder who he will blame and what excuse he’ll conjure up if this one fails?
Re: Limited Edition Resident Evil Requiem Watches Launch Next Month
@HistoricKombat That’s the point.
They look classy, and only super-fans (and you, yourself) would know. The best kind of collab.
Re: Limited Edition Resident Evil Requiem Watches Launch Next Month
Hamilton watches do fetch these prices. No different than Louis Vuitton or Chanel.
I’m very happy when I see good merch, which looks good and isn’t obviously game merchandise. Most crap has the logo printed everywhere and looks like convention freebies.
This is good.
Re: Nintendo's 'My Mario' Toy Line Adds Three Fisher-Price Playsets
@sportymariosonicmixx, I'm currently 16 (I state this in my profile), will be 17 in a few months, so I'm definitely one of the younger people on the site 😅. And I wasn't saying that there weren't any Mario toys back in the day, I was just noticing that there's way more Mario toys in stores nowadays compared to when I was a younger kid back in the early 2010s.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th January)
Final Fantasy IX. It's been sitting in my backlog for a long time and I started it a week ago. I'm really enjoying my time with it so far. The characters, story, and battle system are all top notch in my opinion. I absolutely adore ViVi too.🥰
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th January)
Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn.
Really enjoying this and up to chapter 11, I never had a GameCube but discovered Fire Emblem after playing Advance Wars Dual Strike on the DS and then went and played some of the GBA Fire Emblem games on my DS. Intelligent Systems are very good at what they do
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th January)
Fruit Ninja (Vita) - Had a hankering to play this lately, so I've been playing Zen mode for kicks.
Doodle Jump (Windows Phone) - Still ticking away on this as well.
Angry Birds Space (Windows Phone) - On the home stretch now it seems. Only a handful of levels to three star now.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th January)
“Mine now, demiguise.” Still Hogwart’s Legacy. I was messing around with the tv for a while as I finally got a new tv with 4K but it was doing some strange blurring/tearing at the top of the screen any time I swung the camera around, but I seem to have somehow solved it now. Back to flying around the highlands then.
Also played a bit of Wario World gamecube on NSO. Quite liked it, not sure if I’ll play it to completion or not - too many games and not enough time!