Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (March 16th)

We’ve done it to nonetheless another weekend and it’s finally time to relax with some of a favourite games. After a fad of a earthy Hollow Knight recover and a fear of saying Zelda: Breath of a Wild though a cel-shading this week, group Nintendo Life has collected to speak over a weekend gaming plans. You can review adult on what we’re adult to below, and make certain to join in around a check and criticism sections. Enjoy!
Austin Voigt, contributing writer
This is random, and I’m not certain why, though I’ve reverted behind to a aged 3DS to play a few throwbacks this weekend: Pokémon Alpha Sapphire (most hatred this game, though we privately adore it) as good as X Y, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, several Zelda titles, Luigi’s Mansion, etc. As we demeanour during this list, we comprehend we might only be removing vehement for all of a new games in these franchises entrance out on Switch after this year… woah, insight.
Dom Reseigh-Lincoln, reviewer
This weekend I’m roughly positively going to be personification some-more of RICO. It’s giving me a shooter repair we need when I’m travelling or chilling out on a sofa. Even when things get unequivocally severe in a latter tools of a debate we only adore it. Plus those arms skins won’t acquire themselves.
I’ll also be spending some time with Motorsport Manager on Switch. we played a strange behind on mobile a integrate of years ago and unequivocally dug how good it prisoner a complexity and contemptible beating of complicated F1. Here’s anticipating this chronicle lives adult to expectations. Have a good ‘un!
Ryan Craddock, staff writer
To be totally honest with you, I’ll expected be ditching a Switch this weekend to play by one of my aged favourites on Steam (although it did also launch on Nintendo DS, so there’s no need to anathema me from a site only yet). That aged favourite is Plants vs. Zombies, a strategy, building defence-like diversion featuring a quirky expel of… Well, plants and zombies.
I’ve never played a DS chronicle sadly, though we can wholeheartedly suggest it if it’s anything like a PC counterpart. There’s something so splendidly addictive about it, and it’s one of a really few games that I’ve finished mixed times. I’ve been prickly to play it for a few weeks, so I’m looking brazen to hours of undeviating bliss.
Gonçalo Lopes, contributing writer
Modern Combat Blackout is off a table! Oh, we still really most adore it, though we am giving it a tough pass until Gameloft’s imminent balancing patch that will nerf all a diversion breaking, no skill, auto-tracking guns into obscurity. This weekend brings a holy threesome of Nintendo events (Splatoon 2 Splatfest, ARMS Party Crash Bash and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate suggestion house event) so design to see me online often.
Whenever we need a mangle from a online hustle, behind to Assault Android Cactus+ we go… and maybe a cut of a new Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker Special DLC chapter. My diversion of a week is naturally RICO. Kick door, fire baddies, dump trite one-liner, rinse and repeat. Video gaming bliss!
Gavin Lane, staff writer
After nabbing a 400GB micro SD label on sale a integrate of weeks back, I’ve been redownloading all my archived games (nearly dual days it’s taken me!) and I’m now looking during a entirely installed Switch with about 80GB to spare. So, this weekend I’ll be revisiting a few of a things we was forced to repository – namely DOOM, Yoku’s Island Express and Thumper. we haven’t played Rocket League for ages, either, and that’s always a good time.
A review with a co-worker also reminded me of a luminosity of Just Shapes Beats, a low-pitched bullet ruin diversion we reviewed final year that seemed to get mislaid in a avalanche of eShop games – it’s an complete leader and only a records of a opening thesis put a large laugh on my face, so I’ll be squeezing that in somewhere, too.
Which games are we personification this weekend? (80 votes)
Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Pokémon X Y
0%
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
0%
Luigi’s Mansion
RICO
Motorsport Manager for Nintendo Switch
Plants vs. Zombies
0%
DOOM
Yoku’s Island Express
Thumper
Rocket League
Just Shapes Beats
Modern Combat Blackout
0%
Splatoon 2
ARMS
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Assault Android Cactus+
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Something else (comment below)
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