05-26-2019, 03:24 PM
Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (May 25th)
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<p><em>Once again, we’ve made it all the way to the end of a busy week. We’ve had all the <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/05/mario_kart_tour_beta_test_details_and_images_are_already_leaking_online">leaked images and info for <strong>Mario Kart Tour</strong></a> and a <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/05/random_usd10000_pokemon_competition_winner_reportedly_found_to_have_violated_the_rules">controversial Pokémon competition</a> to keep an eye on over the last few days, but now it’s time to sit down and chat about the games we’ll be playing over the weekend. Several Team Nintendo Life members have done just that below, and we’d love for you to join in via the poll and comment sections below. Enjoy!</em></p>
<h2>Austin Voigt, contributing writer</h2>
<p>This weekend is Memorial Weekend in the States, so my family will be spending it together at our lake home, where my brothers and I will likely be pulling out the old Sega Genesis and Wii that we have stashed there. Some good old <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/megadrive/sonic_the_hedgehog">Sonic</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/megadrive/ristar">Ristar</a></strong>, and <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/wii/wii_sports">Wii Sports</a></strong> are in order – all played on a classic 1990s-era television set. Ah, the memories.</p>
<h2>Gavin Lane, staff writer</h2>
<p>This weekend I shall be mostly trying to play the games I didn’t get round to <em>last weekend</em>. Although I did manage to unlock the Game Boy skin in <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/tetris_99">Tetris 99</a></strong> and play a little <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/overcooked_2">Overcooked 2</a></strong>, both <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/windjammers">Windjammers</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/capcom_beat_em_up_bundle">Capcom Beat ‘Em Up Bundle</a></strong> fell by the wayside when the codes for three <strong>Resident Evil</strong>‘s arrived in my inbox Friday evening. So I’ll be catching up on last weekend’s plans. I’ve got a little money sitting in my eShop balance, too, so I might peruse the sale one last time to see if anything jumps out at me. My backlog’s so big, one or two more won’t hurt.</p>
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<h2>Gonçalo Lopes, contributing writer</h2>
<p>Further adventures await me in <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/dragons_dogma_dark_arisen">Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen</a></strong> along with some Spanish 101 lessons from <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/resident_evil_4">Resident Evil 4</a></strong>. Sure, I will enter this weekend’s <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/arms">ARMS</a></strong> Party Crash Bash but its a mere formality: Ninjara already won this one and will move onto the final round, 100% guaranteed. <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/wonder_boy_returns_remix">Wonder Boy Returns Remix</a></strong> is a delicious hardcore throwback to my Famicom days and the perfect lazy weekend game. None of these games are <strong>Turrican 4</strong>, but…</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/gunlord_x">Gunlord X</a></strong> (my game of the week) is, in everything but name. It took me all these years to finally be able to play NG
EV.Team’s glorious Euro run’n’gun masterpiece and it immediately brought me back to far simpler times of my Commodore Amiga years. Don’t even get me started on that glorious soundtrack!</p>
<h2>Liam Doolan, news reporter</h2>
<p>I used to make fun of the fastest hedgehog alive requiring a car to go fast, yet somehow I’ve grown increasingly fond of the blue blur’s modern racing outings over the years.</p>
<p>How I feel about <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/team_sonic_racing">Team Sonic Racing</a></strong> is no different. If anything, I think I’ve enjoyed it more than the 2012 release, <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/wiiu/sonic_and_all_stars_racing_transformed">Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed</a></strong>. Despite the overall quality of the game, I feel as if Sega and Sumo Digital’s racing line is honestly better off without the existing “all-star” cast featuring a number of characters who don’t appear to be making a comeback in the near future.</p>
<p>Moving on to my gaming plans for this weekend, if you hadn’t already guessed, most of my time will be spent mastering each track in Team Sonic Racing – overlooking the technical issues, online hiccups and even the opening cinematic missing from the Switch version of the game. As you can probably tell by now I have a bit of a soft spot for Sonic’s new racing game, meaning nothing is going to stop me from playing it as much as possible!</p>
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<h3 class="heading">Which games are you playing this weekend? (239 votes)</h3>
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<h4 class="heading">Sonic the Hedgehog</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="6 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">3%</span></span></p>
</div>
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<h4 class="heading">Wii Sports</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="3 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">1%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Tetris 99</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="23 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">10%</span></span></p>
</div>
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<h4 class="heading">Overcooked 2</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="2 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">1%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Windjammers</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="2 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">1%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Capcom Beat ‘Em Up Bundle</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="7 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">3%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="14 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">6%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Resident Evil 4</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="8 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">3%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Wonder Boy Returns Remix</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="2 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">1%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Gunlord X</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="15 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">6%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Team Sonic Racing</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="36 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">15%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="10 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">4%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Something else (comment below)</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="99 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">41%</span></span></p>
</div>
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<p><em>As always, thanks for reading! Make sure to leave a vote in the poll above and a comment below with your gaming choices over the next few days…</em></p>
</div>
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<figure class="picture strip"><a title="Sonic" href="http://images.nintendolife.com/1ad14c3fe59a8/sonic.original.jpg"><img src="http://images.nintendolife.com/1ad14c3fe59a8/sonic.900x.jpg" alt="Sonic"></a></figure>
<p><em>Once again, we’ve made it all the way to the end of a busy week. We’ve had all the <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/05/mario_kart_tour_beta_test_details_and_images_are_already_leaking_online">leaked images and info for <strong>Mario Kart Tour</strong></a> and a <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/05/random_usd10000_pokemon_competition_winner_reportedly_found_to_have_violated_the_rules">controversial Pokémon competition</a> to keep an eye on over the last few days, but now it’s time to sit down and chat about the games we’ll be playing over the weekend. Several Team Nintendo Life members have done just that below, and we’d love for you to join in via the poll and comment sections below. Enjoy!</em></p>
<h2>Austin Voigt, contributing writer</h2>
<p>This weekend is Memorial Weekend in the States, so my family will be spending it together at our lake home, where my brothers and I will likely be pulling out the old Sega Genesis and Wii that we have stashed there. Some good old <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/megadrive/sonic_the_hedgehog">Sonic</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/megadrive/ristar">Ristar</a></strong>, and <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/wii/wii_sports">Wii Sports</a></strong> are in order – all played on a classic 1990s-era television set. Ah, the memories.</p>
<h2>Gavin Lane, staff writer</h2>
<p>This weekend I shall be mostly trying to play the games I didn’t get round to <em>last weekend</em>. Although I did manage to unlock the Game Boy skin in <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/tetris_99">Tetris 99</a></strong> and play a little <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/overcooked_2">Overcooked 2</a></strong>, both <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/windjammers">Windjammers</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/capcom_beat_em_up_bundle">Capcom Beat ‘Em Up Bundle</a></strong> fell by the wayside when the codes for three <strong>Resident Evil</strong>‘s arrived in my inbox Friday evening. So I’ll be catching up on last weekend’s plans. I’ve got a little money sitting in my eShop balance, too, so I might peruse the sale one last time to see if anything jumps out at me. My backlog’s so big, one or two more won’t hurt.</p>
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<h2>Gonçalo Lopes, contributing writer</h2>
<p>Further adventures await me in <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/dragons_dogma_dark_arisen">Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen</a></strong> along with some Spanish 101 lessons from <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/resident_evil_4">Resident Evil 4</a></strong>. Sure, I will enter this weekend’s <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/arms">ARMS</a></strong> Party Crash Bash but its a mere formality: Ninjara already won this one and will move onto the final round, 100% guaranteed. <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/wonder_boy_returns_remix">Wonder Boy Returns Remix</a></strong> is a delicious hardcore throwback to my Famicom days and the perfect lazy weekend game. None of these games are <strong>Turrican 4</strong>, but…</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/gunlord_x">Gunlord X</a></strong> (my game of the week) is, in everything but name. It took me all these years to finally be able to play NG
EV.Team’s glorious Euro run’n’gun masterpiece and it immediately brought me back to far simpler times of my Commodore Amiga years. Don’t even get me started on that glorious soundtrack!</p><h2>Liam Doolan, news reporter</h2>
<p>I used to make fun of the fastest hedgehog alive requiring a car to go fast, yet somehow I’ve grown increasingly fond of the blue blur’s modern racing outings over the years.</p>
<p>How I feel about <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/team_sonic_racing">Team Sonic Racing</a></strong> is no different. If anything, I think I’ve enjoyed it more than the 2012 release, <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/wiiu/sonic_and_all_stars_racing_transformed">Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed</a></strong>. Despite the overall quality of the game, I feel as if Sega and Sumo Digital’s racing line is honestly better off without the existing “all-star” cast featuring a number of characters who don’t appear to be making a comeback in the near future.</p>
<p>Moving on to my gaming plans for this weekend, if you hadn’t already guessed, most of my time will be spent mastering each track in Team Sonic Racing – overlooking the technical issues, online hiccups and even the opening cinematic missing from the Switch version of the game. As you can probably tell by now I have a bit of a soft spot for Sonic’s new racing game, meaning nothing is going to stop me from playing it as much as possible!</p>
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<div id="poll-25may-19-tpweekend" class="poll" data-uri="polls/25may_19_tpweekend">
<div class="results">
<h3 class="heading">Which games are you playing this weekend? (239 votes)</h3>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Sonic the Hedgehog</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="6 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">3%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Wii Sports</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="3 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">1%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Tetris 99</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="23 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">10%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Overcooked 2</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="2 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">1%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Windjammers</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="2 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">1%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Capcom Beat ‘Em Up Bundle</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="7 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">3%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="14 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">6%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Resident Evil 4</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="8 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">3%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Wonder Boy Returns Remix</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="2 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">1%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Gunlord X</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="15 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">6%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Team Sonic Racing</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="36 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">15%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="10 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">4%</span></span></p>
</div>
<div class="result">
<h4 class="heading">Something else (comment below)</h4>
<p class="votes"><span title="99 votes"><span class="bar accent-bg">41%</span></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="empty">Please <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/login">login</a> to vote in this poll.</p>
</div>
<p><em>As always, thanks for reading! Make sure to leave a vote in the poll above and a comment below with your gaming choices over the next few days…</em></p>
</div>