A month very much dominated by one game which kind of appeared from nowhere, completed it too, which is nice for my stats. Also I still played Animal Crossing everyday, but I refuse to include it anymore until Redd sells me the last museum statue I need for my collection.
Games completed this month
Ball X Pit – Xbox Series X
The game that took over my life this month in much the same way Vampire Survivors did when that appeared. I have managed to now roll credits. Think I’ll stick with it and see about getting 100% achievements.
Games played during October
Hollow Knight: Silksong – Nintendo Switch 2
Still chipping away at this. I had a good run of making progress but I’m stuck on a boss fight that needs me to sit down with the intention of playing for more than half an hour. Picking it up for a couple of tries at a time is not doing it.
Earthion – Nintendo Switch 2
Picked this up in September but forgot to include it in the blog post, I’ve only had one proper go on it. It’s a great game, but I want to play with an arcade stick, so it’s pretty much on hold until I get my Switch stick out of storage.
Sonic Origins Plus – Nintendo Switch 2
As with Earthion this was a September pick up. Although I have all the games on other systems, including solid ports on the Xbox, I fancied this collection for my Switch library. It’s nice that it has all the game gear roms as well. I’ve played a bit of Sonic 1 this month, but also started the new ‘campaign’ mode, which claims to just be all the games played through in order. Might try to make my way through that.
Miscellaneous wipEout Games – SteamDeck
As research/refresher for the wipEout episode of the Electronic Eggs podcast, I loaded a bunch of the games on my SteamDeck. Ended up mostly playing wipEout pulse on the PSP emulator though.
Ridge Racer 64 – Nintendo Switch Online
A pleasant surprise while we were discussing wipEout, I hadn’t realised this had been released as part of the included games in the Nintendo Switch Online program. This is one of the very few games I really liked on the N64, and I have enjoyed dipping back into it.
October Pickups
Wipeout Omega Collection – PS4/5
I originally owned this physically, but think I must have traded it in when it came to PS Plus, either that or it’s in my storage unit. When I went to play it for the podcast episode above, I discovered my PS Plus had expired, and when I looked through all the games in my library that needed it, this was the only game I was really missing out on. Well unless I get a sudden urge to play Street Fighter 5 anyway. It went on sale for £12, so I just grabbed it instead of renewing PS Plus. Winner.
Tales of Arise: Beyond the Dawn Edition – PS5
One from the 2025 list! Had been waiting for a decent sale on this, as I sold my copy of the game after I got the platinum trophy, and had been resisting having to buy it again to play the DLC. It dropped to £16 for this complete edition, which is much less than I sold the original game for, so that will do. Hopefully I’ll get to playing this before the end of the year now.
SNK Vs Capcom: Card Fighters’ Clash – Nintendo Switch
Wanted to pick this up for ages, and it’s the only game I actually want from the Neogeo Pocket volume 2 collection. I decided to stop being cheap and gave up waiting for a sale. It was only £7 and doesn’t appear to have ever been less than that. You can all thank me when it’s inevitably 50% off next month…
Games abandoned this month
Quilts and Cats of Calico – Xbox Series X
Still really like this port, but I don’t think I’ll get round to finishing the single player story / puzzle mode.
Mario Kart World – Nintendo Switch 2
Obviously I’ll keep dipping into this, especially once I get chance to play some local multiplayer. I don’t think I can be bothered to go through all the cups etc. though. The driving between the actual courses just isn’t fun. Will wait and see if it gets any changes in updates or DLC. Otherwise I think I need to pick up the new Sonic racing game.
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