It is 2023 and the lights are again on at Nintendo Life Towers. Whereas January can typically be one thing of a sleepy month because the gaming business rears its head from a Christmas-induced slumber, we’re up and raring to dive into what seems to be an fascinating yr for Nintendo.
This week, we have now shared our ideas on 2023’s first large launch, Fireplace Emblem Interact, as we acquired our fingers on the sport for a preview. We’ve got additionally been trying ahead to the yr forward as a few of our writers acquired collectively to debate their gaming predictions. Then, to prime all of it off, we dove into the last word query of Hyrule as we tried to search out the easiest Zelda-themed Nintendo console.
Now, a few of us have sat all the way down to share our gaming plans for this weekend. Be it a brand new title or trying to get by way of the shadow of 2022’s backlog, it will be an enormous yr for all of us Change followers. Have a learn after which take to the feedback to tell us what you may be taking part in!
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Jim Norman, Employees Author
I’ve seen within the new yr by lastly getting spherical to taking part in No Man’s Sky on the Change and…. I am kinda blended. The truth that the sport runs in any respect is a large shock to me and I am unable to fault its ambition, however I’m discovering the controls exhausting to become familiar with and the inducement to come back again for extra is certainly difficult within the first few hours – we’ll see if I make a breakthrough this weekend.
Other than that, I can even see my weekend being outlined by brief bursts of gaming so I’ll in all probability be utilizing these moments to play extra Sonic Mania Plus and Into The Breach. A wierd double invoice, I’ll admit, however each are nice for getting some playtime in whenever you solely have 20 minutes or so.
Kate Grey, Employees Author
My weekend is a bit stacked already and I am unsure which of them I will get time to play (I’M GOING TO IKEA), however it will likely be one among these: Wayward Strand, Norco (I am near the tip), I Was A Teenage Exocolonist, Paradise Killer. I will additionally doubtlessly be watching my accomplice end Outer Wilds — a feat I by no means managed myself as a result of it acquired too scary and I am a wimp.
Alana Hagues, Employees Author
I’m beginning 2023 off with good intentions and I’m diving into my backlog earlier than the onslaught of JRPGs begins subsequent month! First up, after taking part in plenty of turn-based video games, I’ve turned to the action-oriented No person Saves The World, which I’m having a pleasant time with. I’m simply heading to the second dungeon, and my favorite kinds are the Slug and the Ranger to date. Sure, you possibly can flip right into a Slug, and it’s actually enjoyable.
That’s… type of it, in the mean time. I didn’t get any new video games over the vacation interval, so I’m at present attempting to withstand the temptation to choose up Disaster Core: Ultimate Fantasy VII Reunion. And I don’t need to over-promise on the backlog targets, after all. We’re kicking off the yr gently, people.
Ollie Reynolds, Employees Author
With January being a fairly quiet month for me (I’m undoubtedly not a fan of the Fireplace Emblem collection), I’ve determined to make use of my time to return and revisit a couple of titles that I haven’t performed in a very good whereas. On the prime of the pile is Luigi’s Mansion 3, which I nonetheless maintain as one of many best video games on the Change and definitely one of many higher trying ones. I’m not too far into it but, however it should undoubtedly be protecting me busy within the days and weeks to come back.
Over on the Sequence X, I’m at present working my manner by way of Halo Infinite on Legendary. The best issue setting right here is revelatory and actually forces you to think about learn how to strategy every goal. For as a lot warmth as this sport has been getting in current months, I discover it troublesome to fault the marketing campaign; it’s nice stuff.
Thanks for studying! Add the primary sport you may be taking part in within the ballot under and go away a remark together with your gaming plans for the weekend forward!
