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As the great Captain Haddock once said, ‘what a week, huh?’ It seems that in the run-up to Splatoon 3’s release, Nintendo has been hitting us with inky news left, right and centre (splaturation<\/strong>, if you will). This week, we got a chance to go hands-on with the upcoming game, and we are sure that some of you will be doing the same this weekend as the Splatfest World Premier demo is now available to download from the Switch eShop.<\/em><\/p>\n
While this week’s Gamescom Opening Night Live and Nintendo Treehouse presentation has got us looking towards the future, you might wish to take a smaller scale approach to this weekend’s gaming with both the mouse-based Islets and RITE scurrying onto Switch consoles.
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Elsewhere on Nintendo Life, we got deep on our GoldenEye facts for the N64 game’s 25th anniversary, entered mouthful mode in our visit to Tokyo’s Kirby Cafe, and went for some spooky swings in our Cursed to Golf review.
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But now, the weekend is finally here and we are ready to chill out with some good comfort games. Three members of the Nintendo Life team discuss their gaming plans below and we would love to hear what you are playing via our comment section. Happy reading!
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Kate Gray, staff writer<\/h2>\n
This weekend I will be taking the Eurostar from Germany to England… which means a lot of Slay The Spire and some more time on 13 Sentinels, nothing new! I’m sorry for being so repetitive and predictable!<\/p>\n
Buuuuuut since I’m at Gamescom this week, I’ve played and seen a lot of games that I’m now excited for, even if I don’t know if they’re all coming to Switch. Does that count? There’s Vikings on Trampolines, Animal Well<\/strong>, Birth<\/strong>, Aka, **Lakeside<\/strong>, and Fall of Porcupine all look SO interesting and beautiful. I hope they all come to Switch! But I’m also thinking I should get a Steam Deck…<\/p>\n**
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<\/iframe><\/div><figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to Nintendo Life on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\">YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<h2>Alana Hagues, staff writer<br \/><\/h2>\n<p>I\u2019ve not had to confess anything on \u2018What Are You Playing\u2019 for a while, so let\u2019s change that \u2013 I\u2019ve never really played a <strong>Splatoon<\/strong> game. I\u2019ve <em>tried<\/em> but not really for more than a few minutes at a time. So, this weekend, I\u2019ll be dipping my toes into the Splatoon 3 demo. My first ever Splatfest, hey? If you see an Octoling flailing about and doing terribly, that\u2019s probably me. Sorry in advance, Team Scissors!<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s probably all I\u2019ll have time for this weekend \u2013 I\u2019ll obviously be dipping into Xenoblade Chronicles 3\u2019s postgame, but a little less video game time feels like a good thing.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"8NtIXgRN2Es\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How To Save Money When Collecting Retro Video Games\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8NtIXgRN2Es?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to Nintendo Life on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\">YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<h2>Jim Norman, staff writer<br \/><\/h2>\n<p>This weekend, for me, will be a world of furniture building and decorating. So, when my sofa is <em>finally<\/em> in, what better way to chill out than continuing with my Splatoon 2 catch-up? One way or another, I will have <em>some<\/em> skill at the game by the release of the upcoming sequel.<\/p>\n<p>I am also looking for some comfort gaming over the next couple of days, so there is no doubt that I will be returning to my beloved Zelda. Hopefully, I will be able to progress with Skyward Sword a little more than I have done in the past \u2014 motion controls turned off, of course. However, I have also been listening to the Breath of the Wild soundtrack a lot this week, so another run through the latest incarnation of Hyrule Field may be calling me for some cosy relaxation.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em><em><em>As ever, thank you for reading! 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