What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Himitsu no AiPri: Atsumete! Secret Memories (Switch)

February 10th, 2025

I am doing a quick lunch break post today because I didn't really play anything exciting yesterday. Himitsu no AiPriL Atsumete! Secret Memories is going to be kind of a grind to unlock everything, I think, but I hammered away at the idol levels and finally unlocked some minigames. There's a school cleaning one that's honestly pretty un-fun, but the baby chick collecting game is at least cute.

I kept playing Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade, too, but didn't really accomplish anything. I had fun, though.

February 9th, 2025

Happy Sunday, everyone! Last night, I spent a lot of time playing Himitsu no AiPri: Atsumete! Secret Memories for the Switch, which is a tie-in game for a kids' anime I've never seen! Actually, I like the overarching series as a whole, and have posted about some of the related PriPara and Pretty Rhythm games here in the past.

This one is way less of a straightforward idol game and has a lot more of a cartoon tie-in feel than those, but I am grateful for the piles of storybook cutscenes. I've got the Japanese reading skills of an American with misguided enthusiasm and no knack for linguistics, so I am playing largely for the text dumps. There are overwhelmingly colorful and poppy idol stages, though, and some mini-games I've yet to unlock, too, so this'll keep me busy for a while! Please look forward to getting tired of reading about this game.

In games I've got less to say about, I finished off Tiny Treasure Hunt while I exercised yesterday. It was a perfectly pleasant way to spend 40 minutes, and since I've got the sequel in my stash, I'll probably play that soon, too.

I also got way back into Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade. I'd only intended to do some event catch-up, but ended up playing for hours yesterday, running through side modes, laying waste to the boss battle event, and doing an unhinged amount of party optimization. I also keep pulling Megumi's basic SSR, so I guess I'll make him one of my lead attackers. I feel very tough for a free player in this!