Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (June 24th)

Lots more Tears of the Kingdom for me. I’m 120 hours in and still nowhere near finishing it. Nor am I even close to feeling burned out.

It took me SIX YEARS to put 125 hours into Breath of the Wild, but I’ve done almost that in just over a month with Tears. With the caveat that I’m still yet to actually beat the game, I can say with certainty that it’s my new favourite game of all time.

Just about finished playing Haak, an excellent Metroidvania game that I recommend.
Still plugging away at the massive and awesome Aeterna Noctis.
Totk is still moving along nicely.
If I finish Haak I might start either Ender Lillies, Phoenotopia Awakening or Salt and Sanctuary.

Have a great weekend everyone.

SWITCH
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - still running around Hyrule finding Korok seeds...
Fire Emblem (GBA Online) - Figured I might try this one out this weekend. It's my first Fire Emblem game!
Sonic Frontiers - seeing what the new DLC is all about! Happy birthday Sonic!

3DS
Super Princess Peach - after hearing about Peach getting her own game next year I figured I'd boot up her previous game!

PS5
GTA Online - multiplayer with friends later tonight.
Atomic Heart - been curious about this one for a while now, gonna see what it's all about.

PC
Hi-Fi Rush - heard very good things about this game since it came out!

Have a good weekend everyone!

More Tears of the Kingdom, Pikmin 1 and 20XX for me.

This week I will be mostly crying

Tears of the Kingdom

Definitely still more Zelda, but also the new rabbids DLC and probably the GBA Fire Emblem if there's time between bouts of drinking.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age. My first foray into this series, and thus far it has yet to disappoint.

What started as typically standard fare plot-wise has gradually morphed into a truly memorable one, chock full of entertaining and extravagant main characters as well as NPC's, a gorgeously realized world, and an excellently incorporated 2D mode (both as a side quest in a nod to previous entries, or as the entire game if you like).

I'm a sucker for big open world RPGs and JRPGs and this game fits the bill. It's also got quite a bit of heft, which is always welcome for those of us that prefer more substantial games.

tempted to buy Pikmin doubler.

@dystome

so you're the person that keeps buying Rabbids DLC.

Nearly 100 hours in , still playing Octopath Traveler 2

I have been playing these games on and off over the past week.

Immortals Fenyx Rising
New Pokemon Snap
Ary and the Secret of Seasons
Sonic Frontiers
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse

I'm playing a horror game on PS5 called The Nightfall. The atmosphere is suitably creepy, with good use of music. But the game is plagued with screen tear and pop-in. I'll persevere for the atmosphere, but it's a shame the developers didn't properly optimise it.

Additionally, I also plan to play The New Zealand Story. I beat it back in the day on my Spectrum. Now it's time to tackle the arcade version.

I'm playing some Splatoon and Castle of Illusion remake on PS3. I'm tempted to get my N64 out because I want to play Mystical Ninja Starting Goemon, the music keeps coming into my head for some reason. Shame it isn't on Switch online yet.

Final Fantasy 16 looks awesome but I don't have a PS5.

Still TotK! Finished getting all koroks yesterday, this weekend will go for secondary missions.

@Bucket I played New Zealand Story on the Master System but never completed it. Think I'll give the arcade version a go.

@Razputinman Super Princess Peach is pretty neat, hope you enjoy it.

Latest Switch splurge has seen more "conscious backlog investments" like AC Rebel Collection and RE6 rounding up their respective [native port] franchises in my library or Darker Skies procured as a due followup to the long owned Grey Skies; same goes for Super Meat Boy Forever although I might actually go for it at once (yet to get SMB itself but let's face it, how long would my noob posterior to so much as reach its end credits?😅) if not for the game's 6+ Gb. On which note, the standalone Catherine's 14 Gb may wait their turn on the shelf, too... But this is a post about plans to PLAY games, so it bears reporting benched older stuff like Super Neptunia RPG and Darksiders in favour of the new recruits I actually hope to take out for a welcome spin this weekend - Dungeon Munchies and Lila's Sky Ark, Vampyr and Remains, Atomicrops and possibly even Layton's Mystery Journey (also way ahead in its respective franchise binge, but the itch to dive into Katrielle's own chronicles grows admittedly stronger by the month)... while the rest of the hybrid gaming plans split the scheduling board between the usuals (RF5, Xenoblade(s), NMS, Bioshock 2, Mary Skelter 2, DerQ, Fuga, Isaac) and various older entries encouraged for further playthrough advancement by the aforesaid new purchases and/or recent Direct announcement - RE0/RE4, AC2, Star Ocean FDR, Yoshi's Island and whatnot. Similar incentives may also be responsible for more RE2 on the laptop and Unwound Future/Fantasy Life/Luigi's Mansion on 3DS (alongside the handheld's other usuals like Endless Frontier and Valentia).

The Vitas are likely to see a dose more SotN, Eternia, Gravity Rush, Neptunia and/or TotW Radiant Mythology (plus maybe some Double Cast, Racing Lagoon and Project Diva Extend, the latter as some copium for not pulling a trigger on this sale's Mega Mix after all😭😆) whereas Xenogears has officially moved over to Deck (turns out, there's an eboot version of the undub as well but by now I have already savescummed my way through the accursed RPS minigame - even that much proved harder than it might rightly sound - and don't have it in me to go back😅) where it will likely be tended to alongside Xenosaga and Xenoblade X. Other Deck plans include the oft-listed titles from Horizon and the two fan-maligned but variably awesome FFs to ESO and Mass Effect, but I have also been focusing on GTA 4 (early on in Ballad of Gay Tony now) and NFS Undercover in hopes to wrap up both over the next few weeks. I've also remembered actually having FTL from an old Epic giveaway so maybe it's finally time to see what the buzz is about with this one. As for PS4, I've recently pulled the trigger on The Crew 2 (after confirming that Ubi Store has card/account region discrepancy problems akin to PSN) so between it, Grid Legends and NFS Rivals (plus maybe some Apocalypse as MotorStorm games reportedly don't fare well on Deck yet), the console has pretty much become my racing machine for the time being.😄

My copy is Sonic Origins Plus arrives today, but whether it pulls me away from TotK is another matter.

Inspired by the announcement of Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 1 (and the rumors of a Vol. 2 being considered too), I've been firing up my Vita the last few days trying out MGS 1, 2, 3 and Peace Walker.

And yeah, it's still Peace Walker that does the trick for me. It's a great stealth/action game with some RPGish depth to it with your building of the Mother Base (upgrading weapons and items, managing staff etc.).

The stealth sections works well in the game and it has some really tense over the top boss fights too. Yeah, it still works for me even after all these years and in spite of its PSP graphics and poor framerate.

I will definitely get this once more if it comes to Switch (or its successor) with 60 fps performance. MGS4 wasn't bad either as I remember it; it had better, more modern controls than 3 for example imo (very loooooooong cut scenes though). So I might get that too.

FFX and MK8 Deluxe, I decided last weekend to save TotK for after Pikmin 4 which worked out very well as there's quite a sizeable gap between Pikmin 4 and Baten Kaitos 1+2/Pikmin 1+2 physical.

Mario Kart Tour getting a brand new track so soon (Rome) gives me the impression MK8 Deluxe DLC wave 5 will release before Pikmin 4 with Rome being one of the tracks (early/mid July would be my guess), further giving space to play TotK after Pikmin 4.

Waffle incoming:
I've been in a bit of a rut this last week because I'm waiting for A Wonderful Life remake, so I didn't want to start anything big. So I've been playing games on my massive backlog, but I've just made some really bad picks with what to play and they've all been kinda eh (that's what happens when you buy things willy nilly on sale though I guess)

First world problem but because I don't have any other hobbies it gets me down a bit when I'm not engaged when playing something, and makes me lose a bit of faith thinking I just don't like games anymore, which is just plain untrue, but when I'm in the moment, it just feels that way. What makes it worse is I picked up Everdream Valley and Pretty Princess Magical Garden Island (both farm sims) and they would get me out of this rut so fast but I can't play them because AWL is my most anticipated game this year, and I can't play farm sims back to back even if I could somehow stop time and finish one before AWL releases.

Anyyywaaayyy... I've loaded up Smashing the battle and I don't hate it. It has a very good...ahem, plot and it's just mindless smashing which seems fun so far.

Edit: Okay this game whooped my butt, and while I'm not great at these sorts of games, I'm no stranger either so... Another one bites the dust I guess.
Now I will be trying out Them's fightin herds I'm bad at fighting games but I love anything smol hors, what could possibly go wrong right? right?

Ughh Tuesday can't come soon enough!

I got a PS5 this week, so just playing games on that. Ghost of Tsushima with a little bit of Demon Souls until my copy of FF16 arrives.

Aside from that I might give Pikmin a try if I have time. Now that the Switch has easy access to every single title, I don’t see any reason not to play through them finally.

@Uncle_Franklin I really liked the first game, so when this one got decent reviews, I bought gold edition (or whatever they call it) on release. It's not quite as good.
This DLC is pretty enjoyable though. Much better than then the last one, which generated short, randomised strings of samey levels.

Diablo 4 and then some MarioKart with the Mrs

Going to hopefully finish the first xenoblade game this week and continue my Arkham playthrough, it’s my first time actually playing though these games, I have played city before, and like ten minutes of knight, and I have to say, it’s an amazing game, and it really does make you feel like Batman! I love it.

Portal with RTX on my RTX4090

Still playing Tears of the Kingdom... I did buy the Origins Plus expansion, so played through Sonic 1 as Amy. Might run through the Game Gear version for old times sake! Sonic 2 is still much worst that the Master System version due to the zoomed in graphics.

I wouldn't recommend the 'plus' dlc necessarily, Amy is a fun character to play as, but this is some very basic Game Gear presentation, not up to the standard of the versions on the 3DS VC.

@wazlon good luck. Personally I think the arcade version is harder than the home ports. Or maybe I was just better at games back then. 🤔

Aliens vs Predator on Jaguar will be my pastime this weekend.

Need to beat the 5 Royal Reverie levels of We Love Katamari Reroll after that I’m done with the remake.

I’m still playing Fortnite WILDS, bought the Air Max Airie skin and the Ciri and Yennefer skins from The Witcher

Beyond that I was thinking about starting Final Fantasy VI or Final Fantasy VII through the Pixel Collection

I also just placed an order for Bloodstained: Circle of the Moon Chronicles, The Ace Attorney Trilogy, Katamari Damacy Reroll and Ghost Trick at Play-Asia so that’s exciting.

Aside from working, I plan to continue my play through of Persona 5 Royal on Switch! I was really into it right before ToTK came out and then I stopped to play that game. Now that I’ve been done with Zelda for a bit, I’ve hopped right back in. I’ve played about 15ish hours throughout the week, I’m excited to wrap up the 4th palace!

185h in Tears of the Kingdom with 90 Shirnes done, 40 Lightroot unlocked, 154 Koroks found, 15 hearts, returning Lurelin Village to it former glory.

Surprised to find Im not the only one playing New Super Mario Bros 2 and it made it onto the poll results.

But I'm also going back to revisit BOTW after finishing TOTK, even though it's not as good, because I can't get enough. After that i'll probably play TOTK again seriously.

I don't usually answer these but obviously my answer is Sonic Origins Plus, as Amy. Perhaps some Frontiers as well, but I want to fully savour playing through each of the 4 games in full as Amy at last after 30 years of waiting

I’ll be spending the majority of this weekend, playing Metroid Prime Remastered. Beyond that, Harvest Moon, was recently added to Nintendo Switch Online, so I’ll give that a go as well.

Continuing Zelda.
Speedrun Pikmin 1 and 3 Sunday

I’m still playing Diablo 4 on my XSX. I don’t have much new to say - the game is still fantastic. I’m currently in Act IV, received a mount (finally), and reached level 50. From here on out, I’m gonna focus on the main story so I can start some new characters to tackle more dungeons and side quests. Oh, and trying not to die by The Butcher for the third time.

I also decided to buy Final Fantasy XVI for the PS5. Let me preface this by saying I did not play the demo, and I avoided all spoilers or discussion regarding it. I haven’t played much, but I did beat the prologue. Holy smokes. The production value alone is mind blowing; but ending of the introduction had me in genuine shock and awe. That stuff was dark as hell, and I love it. I can’t wait to see what happens next.

I just got my copy of Sonic Origins Plus, so I would like to check out a bit of content in it. I played a little bit of Amy in Sonic 2 and it was so neat how seamlessly she was integrated. I'll also play a bit of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure All Star Battle R, perhaps some Keywe or It Takes Two with my wife since she finally finished TOTK last night, and maybe I'll give Cult of the Lamb a try, since I got it for Father's Day.

@samuelvictor
ive mainly been working on playing through 3k as amy because i need that clear save to go with the other 3 characters.

other than that been working on FFXVI.

Getting through Celeste and Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne on Switch, and Doom Eternal on Xbox. I’m also fooling around with a randomizer with Hollow Knight.

In the meantime, I’m patiently waiting for my physical copy of Sonic Origins Plus to arrive in the mail.

@Mgalens Neat! Have fun
@GregamanX Yeah I really like how she fits in both graphically and controlwise. I saw some people disapointed by the "drop dash hammer" thing rather than a moveset more similar to her Advance games, sure people could argue she's just "pink Sonic with an instasheild" but for me it works perfectly. I won't spoil it if you haven't seen yet but her hyper move looks so cool, can't wait to get to that point

Sadly, gaming time has continued to be limited for me, so I’ve barely booted up TOTK lately and have instead gravitated toward arcade games I can enjoy in short sessions. I’ll probably play some Sega Ages Shinobi and Space Harrier, some more Magic Sword in the Capcom Arcade Colosseum Vol. 2 (all bargains in the current big sale), or fire up the Egret II Mini to chase my paltry high score in Space Invaders or some other classic.

Wishing everyone a fun weekend!

Its a Sonic weekend for me!

@Waluigi451 @OwenGamer22 @GregamanX @Dr_Corndog @samuelvictor Have any of you or any other tried the Game Gear games? I pre-ordered the original collection but I haven't upgraded it yet. I'm wondering if they have fixed the added Game Gear's awful post-production sound effect that was leaked on Twitter. Thanks in advance.

I'm replaying Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney on 3DS right now, mostly because of the announcement of the new Ace Attorney trilogy, but also because this is a game I really didn't give much thought to the first time I played it. It's not my favorite Ace Attorney, but it's easy to love this game's ambition...and I still think Phoenix is really cool in this game.

I'll probably also be playing more Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light on Switch, and perhaps a bit of Sonic Colors: Ultimate, which I recently picked up on sale.

@Banjo- I haven't yet, but will definitely check them out this evening and let you know

@samuelvictor Groovy!

Still TOTK, still having a great old time. It seems to work well in small pre-work/post-work chunks - do a side quest, tackle a shrine, go for a bit of a walk and explode a bokoblin or two, it's all good.

@Banjo- I haven’t yet. I’ve never played the originals, either, so I don’t know if I’ll even notice

Playing Tears Of The Kingdom, such a blissful experience in gaming. It’s nice to be able to appreciate this particular masterpiece in software as we watch Sony/FTC vs Microsoft unfold. Nintendo has been eating a lot of popcorn 🍿 lately! It was interesting to hear MS predict the next gen starting in 2028…that’s right in line with Nintendo’s 10 yr Switch plan 😬. With a price cut they could easily extend the Switch’s lifeline. We should have all cleared our backlogs by the time Switch 2 is released 😂

Still playing Hollow Knight as well, so I’m enjoying 2 stellar games at the moment.

Finally got back to some comics, just read Punisher #12 ! It’s a busy weekend, will be sure to indulge in great food, amongst great friends.

Strains on deck this week are the excellent Root Beer Float, Miss Kim and MAC 1

Enjoy life!

@OwenGamer22 Thanks, Owen. It's a distracting duplicated overlapping sound but I think that it will be patched.

Nintendo Switch:
Skullgirls 2nd Encore – played CPU QUICK MATCH mode for a 1 match.
Persona4 The ULTIMAX ULTRA SUPLEX HOLD – played Versus mode for a bit.
Yeah... That's all what I've played on this week... Have a nice gaming week, everyone...
On a side note... I've heard Akio Ôtsuka's voice as Snake/Solid Snake/Whoever this Snake was... In Metal Gear Solid 3. And his voice is cool and awesome! I want to play MGS games only with Japanese voice-overs, and I hope that the Master Collection versions will support dual audio option. If not... I will never forgive Konami for that. And I will always hate them...

@The_Pixel_King
Amen to that.

I am now 100 hours in and doing lots of sidequest, really love those in this game.
For me also the best zelda game ever made.
For the costume i play mostly with the fierce deity set, makes link feel godly, i only miss the transformation part (Majoras mask)

@Banjo- I’ve seen a comparison video about it on Twitter. I think it is definitely noticeable, but it’s nothing too bad

Got Final Fantasy 16 installing though I’m going to put a pin on it until Rain Code. Wasn’t too impressed with the demo so I’m not rushing to play it.

But until then I’ve been playing some Sparks of Hope and I’m really digging it! Fun, simple, and I really don’t mind the rabbids. They’re pretty tolerable in this one.

@Banjo- I'm out at work at the moment, so only have my Switch with me to briefly test in portable with no headphones. I'm using the retail version, seemed to update when I downloaded the DLC, it says its version 2.0.0 I don't have internet where I am right now so I don't know if theres another day 1 patch or anything that I'm missing.

I just had a minute to try it out and I tried GG Sonic 1. From what I could hear its very much improved over the terrible echoey and inbalanced clip that was floating round previously. I don't hear much or any of the echo/doubling effect, and though the sfx still seem perhaps slightly too loud to my ears, they aren't overpowering the music like in the previous clip.

That said, someone else can give a better answer than me as I'm only basing this on a quick test while I'm away from home, using the Switch's built in speakers. It may sound worse if I was to have it run through headphones or through a tv in docked mode. Its definitely not the complete disaster that it was previously though, it seems perfectly listenable to me, right now. Definitely been improved since that awful clip surfaced.

@samuelvictor I appreciate that! I look forward to reading you when you are home and playing the game on the TV or using headphones.

Street Fighter 6 on the Xbox Series X, but I will make time for Fire Emblem(GBA) on the Switch.

Continuing my quest to complete all the GBA games I missed, I'm going to continue playing Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. I think I'm maybe about half-way through the game.

@Kirbyo I played it back in the day. I thought it was the funniest Nintendo game I had ever played but then I realised it was developed by Intelligent Systems 😁.

I’ll be playing more Tears of the Kingdom this weekend. I’ve only got one dungeon left to do, and I’m currently closing in on that area of the map. Before I’m officially comfortable with putting the game down, I’d like to do this last dungeon, get the remaining dragon tears, and pull the Master Sword so I can beat the game. I might continue playing even longer after that though, even if I decide to give Pikmin 4 a try as a newcomer to the series. Regardless of whether or not I put the game down, I will absolutely pick it up again in the future, as there is plenty I still want to do.

I’m also playing some New Super Luigi U to serve as a bit of a change of pace from Zelda and an appetizer for Super Mario Bros. Wonder.

Probably too busy to play anything, but Zelda.

Decent weekend of gaming. On Xbox, planet of lana. On switch, Diablo III and Pikmin.

I started playing Aragami 2 a couple of days ago and it’s not nearly as good as the first one. I’ll most likely move onto something else and come back periodically to chip away at it until it’s complete.

Just playing Sonic Jam, Astal, Tetris Plus, & Clockwork Knight on my Saturn.

Rayman Origins & Lumines: Electronic Symphony on Vita. Tamagotchi Corner Shop: 1, 2, & 3 on my DS/3DS. Sonic Mania on PS4

And that's about it really. I'd be playing Sonic Origins Plus already if not for the fact of how SEGA handle it & Sonic Jam being the better compilation of which I already have. Why spend $40 then?

Continuing on with Dragon Ball Z Kakarot post game content. I finished Trunks Warrior of Hope dlc yesterday and still working on leveling up for the New Power Awakens content so I can get SSG and SSB transformations. Also likely to jump back into Hyrule as it’s been a couple of weeks since I touched TotK I’m ready to jump back in. Also highly considering getting Pikmin 1 and 2 on the eshop. I want to wait for the physical copy but I still don’t know if both games will be on the cartridge. I know the games are around a gigabyte a piece so it’s not like they can’t both fit but then again Megaman Legacy collection could have easily fit both games but that got a download voucher for volume 2 so until I hear otherwise I can’t assume both will be on the cartridge

Still playing TotK! Can’t put it down!

More Souldiers, Totk has become the ‘brain off’ type of game so might play that when I feel like it, but not this weekend.

I'm on Felix's same boat, started this week and fell instantly in love with P5 Royal. So, I will continue this amazing journey all the weekend.
I can't believe how I missed this masterpiece and didn't get into it earlier... Oh, Zelda's fault probably

Tears of the Kingdom, just starting my own game. I watched my daughter play for awhile (took over my game after a very short time). Now I'm playing on her account... save slots, Nintendo...

I've played through Jedi: Survivor twice (post-story and New Game+ are the best I've ever experienced) and part of Jedi: Fallen Order, just to share the story a bit with family who would watch. Going to Zelda after that — the PlayStation to Nintendo layout change is horrible, identical actions are mapped to all different places. For left-to-right readers, Nintendo has the layout of cancel/negative (B left/wast) and accept/positive (A right/east) correct, but I retrained for Jedi on PlayStation, and it hurts to go back. Only same action is west button (Y/square)

Anyway, it's immensely varied and fun and lets you make of it what you want to such a huge degree, but the story and puzzles are great, too.

Got burnt out on ToTK, so now I'm giving Fire Emblem Engage a try. It's a lot of fun! I'm not very far into it, but the rings and combat are really fun

@switchscreenshots I really enjoyed Aragami 2, I actually spent much more time with it than with #1. Sure it doesn't look as good, story is non-sense, loading times are long and it tends to crash sometimes (especially the last two missions) but the gameplay is really fun, I thought it was a really cool game full of nice stealth missions. Just too bad the studio closed, I imagine that's the reason the game is half baked. But all 51 missions are really cool.

I see somebody else is playing Hyrule Warriors DE ... good luck with this one, I don't think I ever spent so much time on a single game. That was my main lockdown game and I absolutely loved it.

Otherwise, this weekend, I've been playing Tetris Effect. And I did A Musical Story, which I really enjoyed. Like if somebody turned a jam session into a videogame. Great little experience.

I'm 42 hours into Tales of Arise now and I think I'm halfway through the last dungeon. (I just reached the lower floors). This is only my 3rd Tales game but man, their final dungeons always feel so long. So many skits appear back to back which makes it feel even longer. Hoping to finish it this weekend!

I'm also about 22 hours into 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. Once I finish Tales of Arise I'll try and make some progress with this one.

Tears of the Kingdom.

After over a month I started peaking at game media. I am so happy that I went into Zelda relatively blind and enjoyed the first month of media blackout. Over 100 hours and I am playing nothing else. In the past 10 years I have always played multiple games at the same time. Not two of the same genre, but a racing game, a puzzle game, an adventure game. This is the first time that I am putting all my game time into one game.

simply incredible.

happy gaming people!

Super Mario Bros. (NES)
Mega Man III (NES)
Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic
MegaMan X Legacy Collection
MegaMan Zero/ZX Legacy Collection

Also, I'll probably be installing KOTOR2:TSL, along with the RCM, because Aspyr didn't bring it to Switch. I've played it numerous times before, and it's fun. On a related note, I wish they would port the Super SW trilogy, and Rogue Squadron.

Still playing Tears of the Kingdom. I think I may be near the end game so now I'll take some time to go back to finding shrines, side quests, etc. Love this game.

Have a good weekend everyone.

Going through Sonic Origins Plus this weekend with Amy Rose as the main. So far, Sonic 1 has been beaten.

@Bucket I think arcade versions were made harder on purpose so that people would put more money into the machine. We'll see how it goes.

Streets of Rage 4, a really good game.

Well this weekend is a pretty simple one. Just gonna focus tonight on a nice long opening session of Final Fantasy XVI. Then the rest of the weekend is gonna be trying to finish Metroid Prime Remastered. According to the guide I’m following I’m pretty close to the end of the game? I’m in the Phazon Mines. Might play some Dead Island 2 or Street Fighter 6 as well. As for the anime it’s Hells Paradise and Mashle primarily and honestly for the rest of the weekend and most of next week the focus is on catching up on and finishing off my Spring anime as a lot of them are wrapping up as the Summer Anime season premieres soon. Hope everyone has a excellent weekend and happy gaming.

Final Fantasy 16 this weekend. So far pretty decent, but even 8 hours in it feels like more cutscene than gameplay. Also a lot more like Game of Thrones than a Final Fantasy game.

Finished up Persona 4 Golden, it was okay but didn't fully resonate with me since I cared more about the mystery than the characters. Playing a few runs of Hades and Mario Kart while I'm figuring out the next 40+ hour game forever stuck in my backlog since an eShop sale. Maybe Ys VIII or Valkyria Chronicles?

My kids are stoked about Petey Piranha and Kamek.

Pixel Remaster and Poweslave Exhuned just came in. To open or not to open...
I'll be playing TotK and those.

Didn’t know where to go after beating TotK. Went on a spending spree, and am set for the next several months with Diablo 4, Final Fantasy XVI, and Xenoblade Chronicles 3! So far I’m loving all 3!

I honestly don't feel like playing much of anything or starting anything new with "Story of Seasons A Wonderful Life" releasing this upcoming Tuesday.

Out of curiosity, I saw new games were available for Game Boy for NSO and watched them load. Instead of Kirby, Metroid II caught my eye and I've been sucked in. So, I'm fighting off 39 metroids today; currently somewhere between the gammas and the zetas

This morning I played a little bit of Tears of The Kingdom, but today I’ve been really focusing on Final Fantasy XV on PS4. I’m at the final dungeon, but I went back to grind for a little bit. Took advantage of the Maagho Lasagna benefits (100% exp bonus) and fought the FFXIV event boss Garuda over and over again until I was satisfied. Started at 54, ended at 95, so now I’m working on grabbing the Ultima Weapon before I finish up.

Final Fantasy XVI will be my main (and maybe only) game this weekend. I've been waiting years to play it, so I'm planning to focus on it pretty hard! I might squeeze in a little Street Fighter VI since I was almost done with World Tour and feel bad about getting sidetracked now. If I play anything on Switch, it'll probably be the original Doom since I've been replaying that lately.

Thinking about grabbing MLB 23 The Show - see if I can do a better job on my own than St Louis did in London.

I will be playing more The Legend of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom this weekend for sure. I still have tons of exploring to do, and a bunch more quests to do, including the main quest. Might start working towards the master sword tonight.

While I await Metroid Dread (that's what I'm doing next weekend), this weekend it's been retro and various NSO. Samples include:

StarTropics (my soul food)
Kirby's Tilt 'N' Tumble (I tried it... Meh, it's ok)
Warioland 3 (Kind of a collectathon eh? I "think" I will keep playing it-- I did with the first two)
Alone in the Dark (Impressive for GB and kinda fun... And then I ran out of bullets, so I'm over it lol)
Super Mario Advance (Never played it, but love SMB2, so this retool has some fun surprises)
Kuru Kuru Kururin (Fun but getting hard now!)
BurgerTime (I like it because it's more puzzle-ish, but wow there are a lot of dead ends on stages-- Glad there's a rewind function)

An obscene, grotesque videogame feast as I nibble and pick at Tears, Street Fighter 6, Final Fantasy XVI, and Diablo IV. Laugh and grow fat.

As my Switch is on it's last legs, and it's too costly for me to repair, I've been working my way through The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons on my 3DS. I also got my old Saturn out of storage to play Panzer Dragoon Azel. Now I just need to find a guide to figure out what the heck I'm doing.

Little Busters, Atelier Ryza and Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun

On Switch definitely more TotK to inch my way to the finish, as it is a much better game than BotW to me. Still not perfect like the reviews are saying but still a super fun time and one of the best games this year.

@FishyS
Honestly, I didn't get that far before I got put off of it and sadly it's destined for the trade -in pile. That tutorial was not beginner friendly at all, why describe the attacks as ABC ect? My brain couldn't compute.

I love pones, and it's gorgeous but I just gotta accept I just don't like the genre, some genres just aren't for and you can't change that, we're just all different.

@FishyS
Oh I see, I don't have that much experience so I didn't realize that, it really baffled me.
Ok you twisted my arm, spamming buttons I can just about do, I'll give it another shot just at the story then. I really wanted that to be the game I finally put the time in and gut gud at, but the tutorial scared me away and back to Hyrule again in a flash, but then I have had a rotten week gaming wise, couldn't seem to get into anything waiting for my personal predicted GOTY to release so that may have skewed my rash drop of the game.

@samuelvictor I had a lot of fun playing Sonic Origins Plus this weekend. First played and completed the Game Gear version of Sonic the Hedgehog. I still like that one the most, as it was the first Sonic game I experienced. Nostalgia.
In Story Mode I am over 50% and played through Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic CD. First time I completed Sonic CD.

@Banjo For me it is a non issue. While the Game Gear games might sound a bit different I wouldn't have noticed it if I didn't had read about it. What I understand it is the effect of making a mono sound stereo. You could change the sound to Mono in the Switch System Settings and then it sounds normal.

@Yosti I'm really loving playing it too! I've completed each game separately as Amy, without all emeralds, just rushing through to test. I've also completed Sonic 2 with Amy + Tails, and got all emeralds and Super Amy is fun!

Next I'll be going through getting all emeralds in the other games as Amy / Amy+Tails, then I'll do story mode! Then all the missions! I started a completedly fresh game save so I'm starting from 0% all over again. It'll be fun to unlock everything. I really love playing as Amy, it feels great and I love her sprite.

I'm glad you enjoyed playing the Game Gear games. yes the sound is definitely different, but I don't think its so bad as to ruin the experience. I too have heard it was related to splitting the music to be in stereo, I wonder whether thats why it seems quieter, because certain parts are coming from each speaker separately, whereas the effects are in the "middle" and therefore coming from both and appear louder. Thats my main complaint - its a shame the great music is overpowered by the sfx.

8bit Sonic 1 is the first Sonic game I properly played too! I've told this story elsewhere so I won't go over it in too much detail but I played Megadrive Green Hill at a friends house and it made a huge impact on me. We couldnt' afford a Megadrive but my parents saved up for a couple of years and got me a Master System with Sonic 1 (and shortly after, Sonic Chaos). I've completed Master System Sonic 1 literally over a thousand of times. I do perfect runs / speed runs for charity Its the 1 game I know better than any other and I still love it to this day. The Game Gear version throws me off because of the slight changes in layout, sprite size, bosses etc but its basically the same great game under the hood.

I just recently got Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story 2 and I’ve been having so much fun with it! It’s a great little low-budget sim game that I can play for a bit each day and that’s exactly what I was looking for. I also finally continued Danganronpa 2. I’m on chapter 3, and about to start the class trial. SO sad about one of the deaths that happened this chapter. ☹️