Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (26th October)

I'm having a great time playing Rayman Legends on Wii U. After the initial weirdness of going back to the gamepad, I've found the gameplay, level design, graphics, and music to all be wonderful. It's perhaps a little easy so far, but it's getting tougher and I keep unlocking bonus levels that I expect to be more challenging.

I'm wondering whether or not to track down Rayman Origins on Wii. Legends has some Back to Origins levels that I imagine would be more fulfilling if I played Origins first. I've also got a copy of the original Rayman on PS1 that I never played, so I might give that a go at some point.

Rainy days so gotta stay at home, and I don't even know what to play lol. Got both nexomon from a sale, maybe that. Happy gaming everyone!

When I’m enjoying a video game, I mumble “I’m really enjoying this video game” to myself while im playing it. I’ve been doing that a lot while playing Visions of Mana.

I'm playing Bayonetta 2, been improving my score at Witch Trial #5, still only reaching Gold for now. But managed Pure Platinum at 7/9 Verses.

Playing Just Shapes And Beats, and threw some Taiko no Tatsujin D'n'F in between that and Tears of the Kingdom.

Finally I gave the Cat Quest 2 demo a try and ordered the physical trilogy. I think that will be a nice "palate cleanser" to go through my sweet backlog.

Happy gaming everyone 🎮🧡

Cloud god
Crow country
Gran turismo 7

Banjo Tooie and Lego: The Incredibles!

Last weekend I finally got hooked by LEGO Star Wars. I have 2 episodes left from the story mode, but I also started to collect … well, collectables. Or collectibles. This game is insane, so much fun.

Sonic X Shadow Generations later! More on doing the challenge levels inbetween the stages I think. Otherwise, too much gets open and it overwhelms me. I was not sure yesterday if I liked it, but I put in 7 hrs of play time...so I think I do! It runs really really well on Switch too. Puts Frontier's 2d sections to shame.

But later. I am off to See Venom 3 in a short while!

For me, at least some of the third route in Hanaemu, Kare to & Bloom (Eng.: Him, the Smile, & Bloom).

Not sure if I'll be playing anything else, as I'm also indulging in my forbidden, non-gaming hobby...reading.

(Well, I guess otomes are also technically reading. But, like, books.)

Just finished Alan Wake 2 Lake House. A nice DLC to a great game.

Xbox: Resubbed to Gamepass to play CoD 6 and AoE IV.

Looking forward to Dragon Age Veilguard, Flight Simulator 2024 and Indiana Jones to wrap up the year!

For me, this weekend consists of:

• Sonic x Shadow Generations
• Celeste
• Banjo Kazooie
• Super Mario Odyssey
• Pokémon Scarlet

My backlog for the Switch is HUGE.. And it's going to become even bigger when LEGO Horizon Adventures comes out in a few weeks!

@Zuljaras how is the quest 3 mate? I am very tempted and the pass through sounds like the biggest sell to me

Just back from two weeks in Japan! Super Mario Party Jamboree I think for me this weekend and maybe some echoes of wisdom.

Splatoween, baybay!

I really just want to beat the 4th boss in Pizza Tower if I can, but I need a good chunk of time to myself to fully focus on it. Not sure if I'll get that opportunity, but that's my goal this weekend. Aside from that, I just started up Oxenfree II, which I got for a few bucks on sale. Also, possibly some Splatoween today. I still haven't picked a team. I'm leaning towards Knight or Ninja, since I don't want mirror matches.

More spooky games for October. I finished Crow Country which I thought was great, really enjoyed the plot revelations and the story overall. I may now go back to Signalis but I've also downloaded the improved emulation of Siren on my PS4 so I might try progress more in that game. It's challenging to get into as its so unusual in it's design.

Was thinking of playing the original Silent Hill 2 but I can't find my original Xbox copy, seems odd I would have sold it, oh well.

Tears of the Kingdom - think I’ve done all the main quests before the last bit now but doing some of the other smaller quests before I push on as I probably won’t come back to it after I beat it. No idea if I’ll carry on exploring and questing for a few more days or a few more weeks.

Away for a short break with the family for a few days so may play something else while we’re away. Maybe Oxenfree 2 on iPad? I think it’s available on Netflix and probably can play fine with touchscreen.

My copy of Blazing strike should be arriving today I’m eager to give it a go also will be playing some more of Xeno Crisis on Dreamcast just wish I had the virtual on twin stick

I will be playing the Splatfest in Splatoon 3. Forward knights, for honor! Afterwards I will continue with the great Unicorn Overlord. I freed the witches today.

Happy gaming everyone and I wish you a fun Splatfest!

The Case of the Golden Idol. This game really gets in your head. Bought this a few months ago, but it ended up on the backlog. Recently, it was updated to a Complete Edition that includes the DLC and a new UI. You can upgrade to this new version for free, even if you only have the base game.

Have a good weekend everyone! And don't forget, over here in Western Europe we get an extra hour of gaming this weekend.

Just beat Ys VIII: -Lacrimosa of DANA- this morning and started playing Dino Crisis.

Might continue playing Mega Man 8 and I was thinking about starting Banjo-Tooie

Just got done with the Silent Hill 2 remake which was fantastic. It’s not a replacement of the original, but Bloober really did knock it out of the park, at least for me. Now I can move onto Metaphor Re Fantazio.

This week I will be mostly hearing

Echoes of Wisdom

@Zuljaras I did have a 2 but didn't use it as much as I didn't have the space at the time. Use to love table tennis on it! I think I would go straight for the 3. Only thing stopping me now is the Black Friday and a potential of further savings.

This weekend I am working my way through Mario Tennis on the Gameboy Color and I'm particularly excited to boot up Streets of Rage on the Game Gear too!

The Streets of Rage soundtrack is one of the greatest things that the videogame industry has ever created. Ever. It's an absolute masterpiece. There are plenty of individual gaming tracks I rate as highly, but for a complete soundtrack and how it all slots together with the gameplay and builds that incredible atmosphere... I'd personally argue only FF7's original soundtrack does a job as good as this.

I'm mostly playing Tears of the Kingdom and Bug Hunter. I think I've just got 1 lightroot left, about 15 shrines, and 2 pieces of armor. The thing I'm most grateful for recently is getting connected members of the gaming community who graciously helped me out. The gaming community is awesome! Then yeah, Bug Hunter is my other main thing. Love this strategy game. I've been playing UFO 50 with lossless scaling, so it basically moves as clearly as a CRT. I got to see a couple CRTs at a local retro arcade, which was nice. I haven't seen an old TV for like 6 years, so being able to compare it to my 240hz laptop is great. I'd say it's a similar motion smoothness.
Also been playing Thronefall, Rocket League, Mika and the Witch's Mountain (wonderful silky smooth visuals and flying), Afterplace, Majora's Mask (tremendously enjoying it at 240fps and with Nerrel's texture pack), Super Mario 3 (like always, I love using lossless scaling to play at 240fps, which sometimes makes a strange distortion on the right edge due to the way stuff flickers there as the game scrolls), wipeout phantom edition (I really can't express how much I love this racing game!), Fitness Boxing Fist of the North Star, and Terranigma (incredible music and everything).
Video of the week is definitely Nerrel's breath of fresh air defense of Yuzu and emulation in general (his video is A Word about the Death of Switch Emulation). I'm glad the first announcement of Switch 2 came from him, lol. I've also enjoyed a great interview with gdkchan that's from 2021 on Boiling Steam.
Happy gaming!
Edit: and Killing Time Resurrected! Started playing it on Deck, then really really loved it once I later played more of it on laptop! Great 1990s stuff! Oh, and also playing lots of Mario 64 (various versions), Zelda Dungeons of Infinity, and Kingdom Two Crowns (again, amazing Greek DLC and game engine update!).

Finally finish playing shovel knight specter of torment on my switch, done at 4 hour 44 minute and 44 second (I'm not joking lol) but weirdly it feels like 6-8 hours since there's gameplay variety in each stage. And the story is surprisingly good, in the end I want to know what happen next to specter knight after each past stage, and the ending is bitter sweet. Oh, and The Lonely Parapet is the best soundtrack in the game imo.

Also, one last reverie...

I finished Echoes of Wisdom this past week. What a great game. Rocket League, Rush Rally, and my coworker encouraged me to get Persona 5 Royal. Never played Persona, and it’s been a while since a proper RPG. I am excited.

Happy gaming everyone!

Just beat Echoes of Wisdom. It's motivated me to go back to TOTK. Took a break from it last year after putting in about 100 hours. Think it's time I went back and finished it.

I ordered Y’s X: Nordics after loving VIII, but I’m sure that won’t arrive right away, and regardless I have no other gaming goals until I finish the addictive and cheerful Echoes of Wisdom.

Splatfest for me and maybe some Ring Fit Adventure.

I want to personally thank whoever added Cars Race-o-Rama (Wii) to the database. When I first saw it I genuinely was so shocked. Thank you. I can finally vote the truth of what my gaming plans are for this weekend

I won’t have a lot of time this weekend, but if I have time I would want to play these games:

Animal Crossing Wild World: I finished paying of my first loan, mostly just chilling catching fish and hoping they will finally give me a bug net since Nook is refusing

The Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass: I am currently on the third dungeon. So far I am enjoying it, but I definitely do have my complaints.

The Legend of Zelda Echoes of Wisdom: I am literally only one Heart Piece away from 100%. After I find it I plan to start Hero Mode

Cars Race-o-Rama (Wii): I am currently about 50% through the story mode, which is actually very fun and entertaining. The cutscenes have made me laugh several times, which can’t be said for many games. It’s a great game that everyone should try, even if you don’t like Cars

Happy gaming everyone!

Well seeing as how no good games released this week I would say - jk wow this week was so good!!!

I am putting down Wargroove 2 and clearing my otherwise hectic schedule for ys X: Nordics I have been craving this game for months and I can’t believe it’s finally here!

Last night however my wife and I dipped our toes in Mario Party: Jamboree and that was so great!! I’m a little mixed on having to unlock stuff. Because on one hand heck yeah, but on the other hand I really only play it multiplayer with her and we don’t want tasks lol

I just beat the excellent crysis 3 remastered from the trilogy a few days ago. This was truly an excellent shooter campaign to play thru. I highly recommend to anyone with that itch. For this weekend it’s splatoon 3s spooky fest and more iron meat runs. That sounds rough…

For me, 2023 was the year I played every Ys game, and 2024 is the year I've been playing every Suikoden game. ...but now that Ys X Nordics has released, I've put Suikoden on hold in favour of the new Ys! So that'll be my gaming plan for the next while.

Also been playing a ton of UFO 50. I've been trying to get every cherry, and I'm getting pretty close now! Next I have to master the ridiculous controls of Onion Delivery... it's painful, but fun at the same time somehow.

The weekend's Switch itches range from P3P/P5R (besides possibly more Revelations on Vita and Tokyo Mirage Sessions on Switch itself), Hogwarts, Echoes of Wisdom, Cult of the Lamb, 13 Sentinels and Crystar to Xenoblades, Isaac, Disgaea, Skyrim (besides possibly more ESO/Morrowind/Oblivion on Deck), Bioshock 2 and First Departure. All the aforesaid might be joined by Zestiria/Arise, WD/GTA5 and/or Dishonored on Deck, RE3R/NFS2015/Avengers on PS4 and Endless Frontier or Chase Begins on 3DS. Moderation uber alles as usual.

@MischiefMaker for the record, Oxenfree 2 is also 90% off on eShop now, both sides of the pond.

Fate/stay night REMASTERED – started Unlimited Blade Works route! Got Tiger Stamps 07, 08, 11, 12. Wanted to get Tiger Stamp 13 too, but after finding out the requirements... I decided to do this sometime later.
BLAZBLUE CENTRALFICTION Special Edition – played VS Mode as Nu-13. Fought all characters and have seen all win quotes.
Phantom Breaker: Omnia – finished fighting all characters in VS Mode as L.
Guilty Gear XX ΛCore Plus R – fought the entire roster twice in a row in VS Mode. First time as Venom, second time as Baiken.
I've decharged my Joy-Cons, finally. So, my gaming plans shall be in a better shape now. Well, for now, that's all what I've played on this week. Have a nice gaming weekend, everyone.
@JohnnyMind Never trust FGs reviews on NL ever again. I've read a proper review of Blazing Strike on the site that is dedicated to FGs, EventHubs. And... Blazing Strike is actually below «average». Imo, it's, 2/5, or 4/10.

@nhSnork Where are FGs? 😁

I started a new playthrough of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. I hope to beat it before Mario & Luigi: Brothership releases! I’ll probably play a bit of Super Kirby Clash as well, I’ve completed 400+ missions but I don’t even think I’m halfway through getting them!

Rolled credits on Persona 5 Royal and I started Sea of Stars, which is a bit Chrono Trigger like, but I think that's reductive to a game that's really it's own and very definitely feels like a Sabotage Studios game.

Also... Neva! Downloaded but I need to get back in town to play it 😅. But I did get out to see Opeth and it was one of the best concerts I've ever attended, and was a really special experience for my wife and I.

That is, these are further activities if I can wrench control of my Switch from my daughter who is charging toward Vah Medoh in Breath of the Wild.

Happy gaming everyone!

I've been playing through Banjo-Tooie for the first time and am really enjoying it. It has its moments of tedium with a lot of backtracking, and I have a hard time remembering exactly where I have and haven't explored in each level because everything can look pretty much the same. But it's still really solid. Could definitely use a remake with a world map and a list of objectives, though; that would elevate the experience immensely. I've been binging the game and am already to Terry Dactyland (I think that's the name).

I posted my reaction to the first two hours of the game on my YouTube channel, if anyone wants to check it out! The reception to me posting about it was been pretty positive so far, so I guess I'll keep doing it, lol. Thank y'all for being supportive. I'm honestly not sure if the Tooie video is one of my better ones, though. I'm a bit self-conscious about it. Hopefully it's not as bad as I think, lol. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jGOFst9F5kQ&t=30s

I'm also going to finish up my Super Mario Galaxy playthrough and plan to play more Super Mario Party Jamboree, which will also go on my channel.

Still on Balatro. I'm working on gold-staking a fifth deck and have now reached 98 percent toward Completionist. Maybe a little Splatfest if my addiction allows. I also hope Mario Party Jamboree will finally be booted up.

@Not_Soos Oh yeah, keep it up! We love to see it 🥳

As I said last time about the Bower's Fury video, you have a good dry humour and comfort in front of the camera that I think is great and it's true in your Banjo video too. (I'm a bit traditional and/or old, so I like a presenter/creator who is comfortable in front of a camera, and doesn't do that weirdo "Hey gamers" circus performer kind of stuff.)

And I don't "use" YouTube (like I don't subscribe or whatever and never log in), so dropping the links here is fine with me.

Played and completed Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion which had me chuckling all evening. Will probably continue with Persona 5 and starting the third palace, and want to alternate progress there with Cocoon and Foretales (a great little card adventure game that has some pretty compelling hooks).

I might see if my partner wants to collaborate on lil guardsman too as I just received my copy from super rare games, and it feels like a fun couch joint play game 😆

Focusing on Sonic X Shadow Generations but also playing Splatoon 3 for the Splatfest. Generations is looking at the moment like it will end up being my GotY.

I'll be playing the Playtest so it's no one's gosh darn business what I'll be doing there. 😛

@JohnnyMind «Imo, it's, 2/5, or 4/10.»
EventHubs gave it 6/10, but after reading their review, it sounds more like 4/10. At least, for me it is so.
I understand it. I wanted to point out that EventHubs review was a well-written one as well.

@Vyacheslav333 not in the moment's crosshairs, but I do have One's Justice on Switch and a Dissidia 012 replay on Vita among my general "backlog disk tray" items, alongside sporadic Smash visits. I hope to find time and storage for Them's Fightin' Herds in the visible future as well, and the latest Persona mood might even see me drift closer to BlazBlue CTB (dat 8.6 Gb filesize, though...🤔).

PS5: After finally clearing up Sifu’s true ending last week (that last boss is such a difficulty spike), I’ve moved on to Space Marine 2 - the original Space Marine is what moved me to get a PS3, so I’m looking forward to getting more involved with this one

Switch: still moving about 3 inches in Minish Cap before getting stuck - loving the atmosphere and style of the game so far but I’ve trained my brain far too much on open ended Zelda, so going back to ‘one solution’ Zelda is difficult!

@nhSnork Well, those are not traditional FGs.
Them's Fighitin' Herds is not a bad choice.
BBTAG is trash. Don't spend your time and money on this one. If you're in PERSONA mood, then, better buy Persona4 The ULTIMAX ULTRA SUPLEX HOLD instead.

Pikmin 4. Not far off finishing it. Really enjoyed it since starting it a couple of weeks ago.

In the spirit of conformity I'll say that this also counts as a seasonal title due to the night expeditions.

I have been playing Animal Well which I picked up on sale earlier in the week. Great game to go into knowing very little about it. I’m enjoying exploring it. I like the fact that it focuses on puzzles and platforming and not on combat.

It also seems like it is not supposed to be too long so I may even finished before Brothership comes out if I end up giving in and buying that right away rather than waiting to pick it up a little cheaper on eBay.

@World

Hey, thanks a bunch! I actually typed out a lengthy reply thanking you for the kind words previously, but the page refreshed on me and I lost the comment I was typing out, haha. I'm glad I seem to come across as a natural in front of the camera, because that's not at all how I feel on the inside, lol. I'm really insecure about it but try to not let it show as best I can. There's a reason my channel name is a play on "Nintendo" and "introvert."

And I know what you mean, I'm also not a fan of the over-the-top content creators whose act feels kind of forced. I occasionally poke fun at that and will make a joke where I pound my chest and say, "Les GOOOO, boys!" and start dabbing or something like that just to be ironic. I try to keep it genuine and not phone-in a performance because that's the kind of personality I like when I'm watching videos.

Even if you don't like or subscribe, just giving the videos an extra view means the world to me. So, thanks a bunch for your support--especially the encouraging words!

Playing PowerWash Simulator to relax myself at night. My husband and I are going to start a game called “At Dead of Night”. I like seeing how many times he jumps lol when we played Until Dawn last year he jumped so hard to where he moved the couch backwards, so going to try to top that lol.

@Not_Soos Yeah, I mean, I have a few friends who do Twitch streaming and I think over time you develop a character who is you but also not you. So that's normal that you'd be an introvert, but also be able to function in front of a camera.

Anyway yeah, I'm happy to lend a view where I can or some words of support! Keep up the good work! 🫡

Finished Echoes of Wisdom. Great game, though I wish they would have just gone all in on not having combat. Switching to Link gets tiresome and button mashy. Also the game is too long for its own good especially when a majority of the mid to late game is beaten by using the level 3 darknut and water blocks for everything.

Then I loaded up the NSO trial for Vampire Survivors. Then promptly dug out my Xbox 360 to load up I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1 because I wanted to play a fun game in that style and something without a weird Castlevania at home vibe.

Amidst the weekend chores and errands (Damn you leaves! Can’t you fall on somebody else’s lawn?) I’ll keep up my usual gaming algebra of Grounded + X, where X is likely to be new delivery Astral Ascent this week. Although I may postpone AA to play something spookier since we’re in pre-Halloween crunch time.

Earlier this week Rocky Horror Show: the Video Game was my favorite obsession with it’s spirited chiptunes but it was too brief relieve my… tension. Or it did the cause, but not the SYMPTOMS. I may seek out more creatures of the night in Alien: Isolation or just take in a campy old black & white monster movie like The Wolfman or THEM! or Forbidden Planet in honor of the season.

Wishing everyone an Absolute Pleasure of a weekend! 🕹🫦💀🎃

@Vyacheslav333 I already have CTB, and I'm fairly easy to please in the field of crossover fighters, so I expect no less fun than in Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax on Vita. But you can bet I have P4 Arena wishlisted as well.

Once it gets here, Sonic X Shadow Generations. WHen I originally got Sonic Generations on PS3, I beat the Main Story within a Day, and Platinum'd It in a Week! This was back in the height of me liking Sonic the Hedgehog as a brand again.

The Ash Vs Evil Dead campaign and Sniper Elite 5. Loving both. Happy gamer ing.

Plants vs. Zombies (Android) - Starting the rooftop levels.

Wordament: Snap Attack (Android) - Playing an offline workaround build.

Free Slots Fun Factory (Windows Phone) - Still watching YT vids on this.

Banjo-Tooie (NSO Version): Finished what I could in Glitter Gulch Mine, next will be Witchyworld.
I'm so glad Banjo-Tooie is playable again on a Nintendo SYSTEM.

EDIT: For anyone who thinks they move kinda slow, as soon as you can enter cheats in the Code Chamber in Mayahem Temple, enter the cheat CHEATOSUPERBANJO. This will allow the duo to move faster.

This may also be useful for the shooting sectikns of Glitter Gulch Mine and Grunty Industries and to get some Jiggies before you're meant to, like the one in Jolly Roger Lagoon that requieres Gliding or the one in Glitter Gulch Mine that requieres the Spring Shoes.

And just for good measure, use the cheat CHEATOSUPERBADDY to make the enemies also move faster.

I've just got the DLC case for Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice to do and then that's the Apollo Justice trilogy done 🥲

Otherwise, I'm playing through Persona 5 Royal 😁 just got to the second Palace and am loving the game. The only catch is it's hard to put down sometimes 😉

Having beaten Jet Force Gemini, I am currently playing through the newly added Banjo Tooie. Also have Dave the Diver and Balatro arriving physically today!

Went on a week long trip overseas & finished a few GBA (and one Turbo Grafix 16) games whilst in the air & at the beach. Metroid Zero Mission , Pocky & Rocky with Becky, Bomberman ‘93, Chu Chu Rocket, Warioware, inc - Mega Microgame$!, & Kid Dracula . Beating the OG Metroid a couple years ago and coming back to Zero Mission was refreshing. I may call it the best Metroid of all time. Simply gorgeous pixel art & level design wasn’t overly complicated like some others. Warioware was a clear winner and folks weren’t kidding on the fun factor. Chu Chu Rocket deserves more love! Being back state side & having finished all these “shorter” games I was finally able to start Metaphor ReFantazio. 3 hours in I’m still trying to get a grasp at it but being the big persona fan that I am I expect it to click soon

destiny 2- as usual
mario kart ds- I'm playing though all the mario kart games I have starting with this one.

I just 100% finished Yars Rising. I loved it! It is a game made by fans for the fans. A perfect homage. Some of the mini games also include other Atari properties like Centipede and Missile Command. The end credits includes a very deep cut. I am geeking out. 🤓🤓🤓❤️❤️❤️

Currently on the fifth class trial of Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony. What a ride it’s been…this game pulled a lot of twists far crueler than the series has done before. I imagine I haven’t yet reached the end of it, either. I’ll probably finish this game by next weekend, and the main Danganronpa series with it. That’ll feel weird, for sure.

• Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
• CoD BO6 Campaign

I did just finish Ash Vs Evil Dead last night and that last stage was tough as nails. I'm trying to decide if I want to try out the Halloween game now on RetroRealm arcade.

Metaphor, and probably nothing else.
If I wasn't so busy with that, I'd probably try to sneak in some early access Windblown on steam or Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 on Gamepass. Or start Neva on my Switch.
But there's a lot of Metaphor, and I'm not even a quarter of the way through. So...that!

Persona 3 Portable. So far it's been fun. Seems more difficult than 4 or 5 which I love, but the story is definitely slow to get going. So far I've reached the 3rd block in Tartarus. Love the gameplay and atmosphere. Feels like the story will eventually heat up, so I think it'll be good. As usual not a fan of social links and downtime, but as a hardcore SMT fan I play all mainline and spin-off games I can get my hands on regardless.

I was looking for something quick to play while I was doing laundry this morning, so I started up The Messenger. I bought it after playing Sea of Stars and wanting to see more of what Sabotage has made, and now I get to retroactively appreciate callbacks to this game in Sea of Stars! And it's not as brutally difficult as I was expecting it to be, which I'll take as a good thing, because I never liked Ninja Gaiden on the NES lol

Ace Attorney Investigations Collection and maybe Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

Had a late night airport pickup last night and i’m flat-out bushed.
Ended up playing very little last week as i was also dogsitting as well as housesitting, and my fuzzy charge demanded a greater deal of my attention than i had anticipated.
I did play about 15 minutes of Killing Time:Remastered and the visual upgrade is awesome. I am so excited to get into it this weekend, and will be starting later today.
I was going to beat the last temple in Moonstone Island, but i got the Eerie items pack cuz i got that urge to decorate, perhaps brought on by the looming holiday.
The only thing i managed to play last week was a couple of ACA Neo Geo games: Crossed Swords and Nam 1975. Old favorites.
Take care and game well!

@Tyranexx I hope whatever is preying on your mind gets sorted in the best way possible and you heal up soon! Best wishes!!

I finished the Castlevania Dominus Collection awhile back, so now I'm playing through Symphony of the Night again. I dig the DS games, but Symphony still is the greatest of this style of 'vania. There's just something special about it. The music, the detailed visuals, everything just comes together perfectly. I just find it a joy to play through again and again, more so than the other games.

trying to finish story mode on sword art online fractured dreams before doing online missions.

SPLATFEST SPLARFEST SPLATFEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(team ninja)

Played some of the Voidwrought demo, which motivated me to buy the game (on sale in US for $16). A few hours in, and so far I am enjoying it. Art style is nice, and writing is actually decent IMO.

Time will be limited, but when I can, I want to play Sonic x Shadow Generations on my Xbox Series S. Started Sonic Generations, it's fine so far. Runs and looks real nice. Will also play Partners in Time when I can and when the TV'S taken. Also, a little touch of Team Kirby Clash Deluxe for some gem apples and exp is probably in the plans.

In other areas, I watched Transformers One last night. And by that I mean I was up till 2 watching it. And... I think it hit something in me. Must've been "The Fall" scene. Anyhow, have a good weekend! God bless!

Still going to try and get more persona 5 in! Didn’t play it last week sadly. Definitely Fortnite this week as hey brought Eddie back!

Im also planning to finally learn guilty gear and follow through on the promise I made to my self several years ago.

Rogue Legacy 2. All about the grind!

I should probably get back to Echoes of Wisdom I guess, though kind of tempted to do another run of Silent Hill 2 or get back to GTA5 instead, maybe get back to Xenoblade 2.

I finished Echoes of Wisdom this week and must say that I absolutely loved it. Have now gone back to Metroid Prime Remastered to find that I was only a couple of artifacts away from the end. Found those and now keep getting Ridley to within an inch of his life, only to fall and try again.

Needed a bit of a mental health reset this evening, which meant some mindless Wrestlemania action on the GameCube.

I'm playing Tears of the Kingdom, I'm currently just exploring the Rito region (forgot the name), and doing stuff. In Fire Emblem Awakening, I'm still grinding, and last of all, in Fire Emblem Heroes (clicked too fast, so I didn't add it to the list up above), I started Book III and I must say, I love it.

@JCWrites which wrestlemania are you playing? I always liked xix for the crazy cage matches you can have over the water, where you win by smashing some poor sap thru the mesh to the treacherous sea below.

Sonic X Shadow Generations (Switch) and Xeno Crisis (Evercade)

I'm currently playing Luigi's Mansion 2 HD - Just starting the final mansion.

On PS5 Robocop Rogue City which looks amazing in Unreal Engine 5 and I dip in and out of Hell Divers 2 which is very addictive.

Ring Fit Adventure

I’m really tempted to splurge on Unicorn Overlord while it’s on sale.

@FishyS have a great trip! Your posts will be missed!

BANJO TOOIEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

Absolutely exhausted after a gruelling two days of Pokémon Go Gigantamax raids (which débuted this weekend). Absolutely brutal. Go 40 or go home.

Got at least two of each Kanto starter (was really hoping for three). A Gmax Charizard and later a Giratina fled from me. 😭

And my Plus+ caught a shiny Zorua, but nothing else worth writing home about.

Nice company though. I was expecting a smaller turn-out today, but it nearly doubled Saturday's attendance!

@TYRANACLES I actually finished a play through of XIX recently and had a whale of a time. I also play through the Day of Reckoning games fairly often. But a few weeks ago, I picked up Wrestlemania X8 for a few quid (I traded it in back in the day) so have been trying to capture every title in Path of a Champion. It's a bare bones game and the engine isn't quite what it would become for the following year, but it makes for a good curiosity piece and is the last game, I believe, to have WWF branding and feature some of the arenas of the time. Plus, it has the original NWO.

@JCWrites I do remember that being the last for the licensing and having Scott hall in there before his release. Also there was something about two covers being released due to Steve Austin leaving the company. I remember getting it day one back in the day and being pretty disappointed in it coming off the great m64 games but they gradually got better on the cube after that. I actually liked 19 and DOR 2 at a tie for the best on the platform. The cube also had ultimate muscle new generation and the def jam vendetta games that were all good for a wrestling game. Def jam fight for New York tho is more of a fighter and pretty hard to come by.

@TYRANACLES I remember being disappointed by X8, too. Especially since, as a Nintendo kid, it had been 2 years since No Mercy.

I'd say Day of Reckoning 1 is my favourite on the Cube for the gameplay and the storyline. Its sequel is a close runner up.

I played Def Jam Vendetta earlier this year for the first time and had a blast with it. Fight For New York is on my list to pick up down the road.

Have a feeling Ultimate Muscle may escape me.

im gonna be replaying kiwami on switch, and i think im gonna play signalis for the, what, billionth time

I'm late to the party, but here's what I'm getting into this weekend...

Kathy Rain Director's Cut
I've been in the mood for something slower now that I've gotten F-Zero 99 and Rocket League outta my system (for now). This point and click has the right type of story and presentation for me.

Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Speaking of slower, now is a good time to get back to this strategy RPG to give it the attention it deserves.

Banjo-Tooie
... But not if this game has anything to say about it. One of the games I always meant to play for N64 but never did, I will finally get my chance to rectify that. It's not often I play retro games to completion these days, so it has to be serious. This, of course, is my weekend retro play for this week.

@AmplifyMJ Did you manage to complete Alien Isolation?

Well here we go with another superb WAYP. Been an absolutely amazing and superb week around here. Most of the week was just the usual games like Dawntrail and Metaphor. Similar plots funny enough and easily two strong GOTY contenders. Didn’t game much this weekend outside of some Dawntrail but that’s because I had yet again one of the absolute best days ever going to the city to see Friday Night SMACKDOWN in Brooklyn. Got some cool shirts from the merch shop and got to see 2 showings as it was a double taping and just had the coolest time. Played some Mario Party Jamboree too and man that game is superb it’s a lot of fun and super charming and I’d dare say best of the Mario Party games. Thinking the rest of the weekend will be some more Zelda and I’m thinking Call of Duty Black Ops 6.Yeah I think I’ll crack into the campaign as I’ve been really excited and interested in it. Otherwise I’m thinking this week is mostly gonna consist of some Ace Attorney, Trails Through Daybreak, Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD, Paper Mario, Bakeru, Dawntrail, Astro Bot, Emio, Star Wars Outlaws, Silent Hill 2, DB Sparking, Metaphor and Visions of Mana.Think on my day off I’m gonna crack into YS X as yes I finally got to buy that and it is absolutely hype. Also got Halloween this week and I’m celebrating in style with some Alan Wake 2 The Lake House leading into Halloween, setting up some scares for trick or treaters and after that a little Shadows of the Damned Hella Remastered for Halloween night as my special Halloween game I do every year. And also at some point getting around to watching NXT Halloween Havoc. Only other wrestling thing this week is short and simple. WWE Crown Jewel is coming up and honestly it’s looking kinda hype we got like a possible 7 card set up including some cool matches like a 4 way woman’s tag team match or Seth Freaking Rollins versus Big Bronson Reed. Anime of the week gotta go to Dandadan. Yep just one anime this week because of the SMACKDOWN showing since it was so late to get home. Podcasts of this week gotta go to Castle Superbeast, Big Think Dimension, Into The Aether, RPGsites Tetracast, Minnmax, Jeff Gerstmann, Kit and Krysta, Last Stand Media, Easy Allies, Second Wind, Nextlander, Cultaholic Wrestling, Weapon Wheel, Aetheryte Radio and Remap Radio. As always yall stay safe, be extremely superb to each other. Have a totally superb weekend and of course Happy Gaming.

@OorWullie hello! Sorry for the late reply, no I haven’t had much of a chance to play recently, but I picked it up again last night, Sunday, and hopefully I’ll have more time this week!

@FishyS I hope you have a safe trip!! Will be missing you, and sending good vibes!!