¿A qué vas a jugar este fin de semana?? (Especial de vacaciones del 25 de diciembre)

Así, this is Christmas. And what have you done?

Bien, not a great deal to be honest — as is typical at this time of year, it’s quiet out there in the world of video games as everyone settles down for a well-earned holiday break.

We’re into the very final stretch of 2021, but a few things have been occurring nonetheless. Not content with winning every video game award ever, Supergiant’s infierno has now taken to picking up Hugo Awards, demasiado. En otra parte, Japan continues to get incredible gaming swag we’ll never see in the West, y Metacritic’s ‘worst’ game of 2021 surprises precisely nobody. It’s not really fair on poor old Balan — there were far worse games to play this year. Then again, ‘worst cross-platform game that had a relatively high profile and was widely reviewed of 2021’ doesn’t have the same ring, lo hace?.

Ahora, aunque, es hora de relajarse y discutir nuestros planes de juego de fin de semana. Unos mbrasas del equipo de Nintendo Life han hecho exactamente eso a continuación, así que siéntete libre de leer nuestras entradas y luego únete a las tuyas a través de nuestra sección de comentarios. Disfrutar!

Gavin Lane, editor

This weekend I’ll be making my customary annual pilgrimage to Freezeezy Peak — I would have liked to have done so on Switch, pero Banjo-Kazooie won’t be coming to Nintendo Switch Online until Enero. Guh-huh, en efecto.

Beyond that, I’ll likely pick up some final collectibles with Samus in Metroid Dread and I’d love to get really stuck into Puerta de la muerte, a relatively late arrival in 2021 that I just haven’t been able to put much time into. It’s largely my own fault (I’ve been knee-deep in that most festive of games, Blasfemo), but a wrong I hope to put right over the holidays.

Thomas Whitehead, editor adjunto

We’re having an overdue family get-together on Christmas Day, which will be impresionante. I suspect the Switch will be a go-to as we battle to digest a hefty lunch, and the old favourites will probably be dusted off; Sí, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe y No tengo permitido compartir nada sobre el juego.. Outside of the big day I’ll probably jump into La ciudad que se hunde that I got on sale, and I’m aún enjoying Crónicas de The Great Ace Attorney.

En otra parte (I don’t want to play the Cloud version) my main Christmas game this year will be Guardianes de la galaxia de Marvel; I’ve heard good things about it!

Es el único juego deportivo anual al que juego y es probable que me mantenga ocupado durante muchos meses., escritor del personal

I am still trapped in Canada for the foreseeable future, but I will be hanging out with my partner’s family this Christmas. ¿Y sabes lo que eso significa: Low-key multiplayer games! I think I will attempt to teach everyone Superestrellas de Mario Party, but realistically I should probably keep it a bit simpler. Tal vez Juegos de Oink’ new release will go down well?

What I’m really looking forward to, aunque, is having some free time to catch up on games. I’m going to give Mario de papel a go, and finish Algunas personas se contentan con dejar que el caos gobierne sus vidas, y Ni No Kuni, y Mejor actor de voz, y isleños… the holiday is starting to feels bit more like work, ahora!

Jon Cartwright, productor de video

Happy festivities everyone! I’ve already booted up Christmas NiGHTS, I’m ahead of the curve. I’m using the end of the year to catch up on a bunch of 2021 games that passed me by — I’ve kept fairly up to date with Nintendo but didn’t give Neo The World Ends With You the chance it deserved. Bought it day one to support the cause but it’s only lived a life on my shelf so far, very eager to finally give it a go.

Also planning to play through Replicante NieR, I chose Pokémon Snap over it back in April and haven’t found the time to give it a proper spotlight. Automata was non stop cheer so I’m sure this will get me in the Christmas spirit, demasiado. If somehow it turns out to not be a jolly cheerful game I also have Kena: puente de los espiritus to check out, it reminds me a ton of Aventuras de Star Fox but without Trippy (probably a good thing).

PJ O'Reilly, crítico

Hello and Merry Christmas to you all. This festive season, in between nicking lots of my children’s sweets and strenuously denying that I am behind the mysterious disappearance of 80% of the pâté in my house, I’m going to be getting properly stuck into Mi increíble introducción al mundo de Nintendo. I picked this one up a few weeks back, played a bit and loved it, but have been struggling to find the time to continue my adventure, something the holiday season should hopefully remedy.

Besides that I’ll be doing my usual Xmas rewind back through some older titles, con El despertar de Link y Bayonetta 2 looking likely candidates so far. ¡Ay, and there’ll definitely be some Just Dance 2022 sucediendo, gotta work those turkey sandwiches off somehow.

Ollie Reynolds, crítico

Hello! It’s going to be a bit of a quiet one this weekend in terms of gaming for me, what with it being Christmas ‘n’ all. The family and I will no doubt be diving into some Jackbox Party Packs as we head into the evening, in a rather desperate attempt to ward off the encroaching drowsiness that creeps in once ol’ Queenie has done her speech.

Other than that, I’m still working my way through Danganronpa (big surprise), so if I can find some time to knock out a couple of hours, then I might actually be able to move onto the third and final game in the core trilogy. que tengáis todos un gran fin de semana, whether you celebrate Christmas or not!

Gonçalo Lopes, crítico

“From deep within the longs halls of Dwarrowdelf something stirred and a faith red aura began to distinguish itself from the inescapable darkness of Moria. ‘…Santa!?' – Pippin mused only to be immediately scolded by the Grey Wizard – ‘A Balrog of Morgoth, you fool!’”

Last year I was well over halfway into The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age on GameCube and being a creature of habits these holidays will be spend revising Aragorn’s Quest en la wii. I reckon this game has been quietly and unjustly forgotten, so an overdue revisit is my top choice to spend this festive weekend. It is a great way to sooth the spirit between hardcore sessions of Geometry Wars Galaxies también.

Hope all you readers out there have an excellent holiday (and no Balrogs down your chimney).

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As always, gracias por leer! Asegúrese de dejarnos un comentario a continuación con sus planes de juego de fin de semana.!