Women and gents, the weekend.
For a barely quieter one, this week was packed filled with highlights right here on Nintendo Life. The August Pokémon Presents occurred and it’ll undoubtedly go down as one of many showcases of all time — however we did get a launch date for the Scarlet and Violet DLC and two new NSO video games, which is nice. Quake II lastly got here to Swap after rumours a-plenty and we even acquired the shock announcement that Crimson Lifeless Redemption can be coming to Nintendo’s little console — who would’a thunk it?
Elsewhere we penned a love letter to one in all Tears of the Kingdom’s late-game areas, celebrated Lifeless Cells’ five-year anniversary and had a little bit giggle on the newly-released Pokémon Heart Wiglett plush.
As for critiques, we took to the gridiron in Legend Bowl, which we discovered to indicate potential however it’s in want of some TLC and we additionally went for some monster-catching fight with Adore which is a number of enjoyable however let down by its Swap efficiency.
Now we’re prepared to relax out with a little bit of gaming. Have a learn by way of what a few of our fantastic group are as much as after which tell us your plans within the feedback.
Ollie Reynolds, Employees Author
So I will be persevering with my playthrough of Luigi’s Mansion 3 this weekend. I am making good progress on it, however I am taking my time. I adore it a lot – it is comfortably the perfect within the sequence, and it does truthfully make me query why Nintendo would trouble bringing the second entry to Swap when a superior possibility is correct there, prepared and ready.
Over on the PS5, I am nonetheless taking part in Crimson Lifeless Redemption 2, shopping for myself some fairly hats, consuming tins of beans, the same old. For a PS4 recreation, it truly is an virtually overwhelmingly engrossing expertise; one which not even some PS5 video games can match at this stage. Good on you, Rockstar.
Jim Norman, Employees Author
Predictable as ever, I’ve lastly come again to Tears of the Kingdom. I beat the principle story within the first few weeks so now, after some much-needed time away from the sport, I’m lastly getting round to the opposite 99% of the duties that I’m but to finish. That being stated, I’ve hardly crossed something off my checklist to date. I am simply having the perfect time strolling round, visiting any Sky Islands that I used to be but to discover, and lighting up extra areas of the Depths as I dive right down to seek for armour.
God, I’ll be taking part in this recreation endlessly, aren’t I?
Alana Hagues, Deputy Editor
I’ve lastly began my long-awaited playthrough of Zero Escape: Advantage’s Final Reward. The issue is, taking part in this within the evenings signifies that I usually go to mattress with a couple of thousand ideas in my head. That is going to be one other wild journey, I can inform.
In any other case, I’m taking part in Cassette Beasts on and off and actually having fun with it to date, and as if I would like extra on my plate, the Free Login Marketing campaign for Remaining Fantasy XIV is again so I’ve returned to Eorzea briefly. The grind by no means ends…
Get pleasure from your weekends, of us!
Craig Reid, Video Producer – Pure Xbox
Will you have a look at that? It’s the weekend as soon as once more! what feels like a great way to spend my time away from work? Gaming – I do know, shocker. Usually the weekend is reserved for these sofa potato moments, controller in hand, snacks and drinks on the prepared. Not this time, no. This weekend I’ll be (metaphorically) binning the snacks and pounding a few of these sweat-inducing exercises Ring Match Journey has to supply. That’s proper! I’m going to get completely shredded in simply two days. You’ll see, mother and pa! I’ll be as thicc as a rehydrated Ganondorf
Gonçalo Lopes, Contributor
Nonetheless having ridiculous quantities of enjoyable with GigaBash, it simply by no means will get previous in case you’re a Energy Stone/Kaiju fan. There’s additionally an amazing cause why the shock Arcade Archives Mad Shark launch performs so much like a long-lost Raiden sequel: It was developed by ex-Seibu Kaihatsu workers and it reveals, it is a scorcher! Some extra PSP motion this week with the soar to Ace Fight: Joint Assault (which has nothing to do with pure herbs) and the extraordinarily underrated gem Gladiator Begins. This factor wants a remake/reboot/re-release on Swap.
Obligatory recreation of the week is Quake II! Whereas Quakeworld was all the fashion again within the day, I and most of my mates solely had dial-up modems by the point of its reputation peak. However when Quake II hit retail all of us had cable and 3D accelerators on our pentium PCs so this was an enormous a part of my youth taking part in it on-line night time after night time. To see this new model with an enormous new marketing campaign plus the Quake II 64 marketing campaign throw-in at this insanely low value is just irresistible. Sorry Splatoon 3, you’re out, Q2 is again in child! Cross the Railgun, please.
Do your weekend gaming plans match any of ours? Drop the sport that you’ll be maining within the ballot under after which take to the feedback to tell us what else you might have on the playing cards.
