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I haven't played anything on my Switch since Mario Wonder, but I will be getting a S2 at some point and can't wait to finally play Bayonetta III on it. Also I grabbed this: Although given that all my gaming time is spent with Khazan right now, I'm not sure when I'll get around to it.

The latest game from the people that made (the wonderful) Sifu. Hopefully this sticks the landing because it looks like it could be good fun, especially with friends. Yes, I'm a little disappointed we didn't get more Sifu.

Mostly we just talk in General anyway.

Never left actually. Just don't check it that often since most of the channels aren't that relevant to me.

Several of us in the discord have been playing that, you should come back!

125 now.

104% tariffs on China?! Are you out of your fucking gourd?!

Zenless Zone Zero Does one ever actually beat a free to play game? I dunno but I reached the end of the current story content at least. Gaming is just getting too damn expensive lately and with Nintendo and the tariffs it will only get worse so I've been trying out more free to play stuff. This one is kind of like a f2p brawler game. I wouldn't compare it to Devil May Cry exactly. It's not nearly as complex, but it's full of memorable characters who all have their own unique combat mechanics and you do missions in teams of three, swapping out characters for combo attacks after building up a stagger meter on your enemies. It is a gacha and so far I've only pulled two S rank characters, but one thing I appreciate is that the main story never gates you off because your characters are too weak. It will always let you try out the relevant characters for the chapter who are appropriately leveled for the story content you are doing. I also like that when you need a certain resource to upgrade one of your fighters or items it will give you the option to instantly launch whatever mission you need to do to farm the stuff you need right there from the upgrade screen. The story itself has an interesting premise. Interesting enough for me to finish the season, at least, and there were some pretty decent boss fights in there for a f2p game. Genshin Impact didn't grab me for very long because it eventually felt like I couldn't go any further without spending money, but that never really happened here. I'll most likely stick around for the next season and while I hate gacha mechanics and don't want to pay for pulls, I might toss a few bucks at cosmetics or something. When a f2p game manages to entertain me for a while I feel like they earned a little something from me.

Old phone is 4 years old and with tariffs hitting I'm expecting prices to jump, so I thought I'd go ahead and upgrade now. Pixel 9 Pro XL

That's a hell of a haul.

Yeah, I'll be on the lookout for pre-orders this week. I'm not in the US, so hopefully I'll have an easier time securing one.

Hope you manage to get hold of one with all the issues, else that's a lot of games to sit on your shelf!

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (PC) This was way easier than I expected, don't know if it's because I recently played Sigma and Sigma Plus, or if 2 was nerfed more for the Sigma version, either way, managed to get to the last boss without much issues, the worst part were a couple of back to back boss fights, and the first phase of the last boss. I know there's a mod that's meant to bring this closer to the 360 version, might take a look at it at some point lol, for now, I wanted to see how the vanilla version played, still pretty fun, would recommend, though I had some issues where it would freeze when trying to quit the game, or return to the main menu. Also love the notes you find, most of them are either "I suck, can't even do this basic ninja technique, I'm the worst" or Grade: A+

I guess I'm getting a Switch 2! Having skipped the first system means I'll have a hell of a launch line-up available to me, so I figured I'd start building the library early. I'll probably grab a few more between now and June 5th.

The first one was basically anime Armored Core, interesting to see this time they're moving away from mechs and towards power armour stuff.

Yeah, I'm gonna hold out for an OLED version.

Probably not a game I'd play but interesting Nintendo got an exclusive from Fromsoft. I hope it means they are going to court third parties for big titles and not just rely on first party and indies - though being underpowered will always cause problems on that front. UK prices are £395.99 (514 USD) and £429.99 (558 USD) with Mario Kart World for comparison. I don't think I'll be buying it at launch which is a first in a while from me for a Nintendo console. Maybe when the next mainline Zelda comes out with the Switch 2 PRO/OLED.

Still don't know how to feel about the new magnetic Joycons, release button also looks like it'd be kinda easy to accidentally press while playing. Mouse controls could be cool (specially for games like Metroid Prime), but my desk doesn't have room for it lol. Funny that after all the speculation, the C button ended up being for online chat. Console MSRP is $450 for base console, $500 for the Mario Kart bundle. Games are apparently meant to be $80-$90 which is a big yikes for me, specially once that price is adjusted to MXN, wouldn't be surprised to see them going for more than 2,000 pesos lol, that made me lose a lot of hype for it. I might still get one, eventually, but those game prices hurt. This was the biggest surprise of the direct (for me at least): New FromSoft game, close enough, welcome back Bloodborne. Except it's apparently a PvPvE multiplayer game.

I got my niece a Retroid Pocket (3+, I think?) and put a bunch of retro games on it for her. All she uses it for though is Mario Kart 64 and running around the castle in Mario 64, lol.

I'll be interested to hear what you think, that kind of game is very hit or miss for me.

I was lucky enough to get one of those RG40XXV's for Christmas (for the playing of legitimately owned ROM's of course), and it's opened up an entire world of games I was too young to enjoy when I was a kid. Punch Out, Super Mario Bros (yes, I know), Rocket Knight Adventures (hard as fuck) and the absolutely wonderful Drill Dozer being the first four games I've chosen to play through since getting it. Does anyone else have one of these handhelds, and if so, what are you using?

https://ggapp.io/danielholt/lists/my-favourite-new-games-of-2024-YQy3oCHz So I'll admit that I played Astro Bot in 2025. I wanted to play it desperately, but well.....my eldest was getting it for Christmas and I chose being a solid Dad over my need to curate a kick-ass GOTY list. I'm still not convinced I made the correct call. I'm saying this because, if I made this list now, Astro would have walked it.

I've been playing some of that Khazan game that game out a few days back. I'm only through the first boss so far, but early impressions are positive. It's much more Sekiro than it is Dark Souls, and from what I hear some of the boss fights are perfect encapsulations of what I love and loath about this particular style of soulslike. Still, can't wait to see what the game has to offer.