What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition (Switch)

April 28th, 2024

I am shocked that I actually met a timed gaming goal, but last night, I managed to clear Pikuniku before it leaves GamePass! I really enjoyed this game. The roly-poly movement was fun, and felt pretty good, and there was maybe only one jump that really sucked in the entire game. Even that was towards the end. Plus, it was funny, and I could make my character wear a flower hat. In the end, I didn't find all the collectibles, so I might pick this up for a replay on my Switch. For now, though, I'm pleased.

Most of my yesterday, though, was spent on crafts and building stuff. I finished off a cross stitch I'd had sitting for quite a while, too, and might show that off when the whole set is done. For now, though, here is a little fashion boutique I built for my block city street, resting upon a granny square dishcloth I made while worried about the weather.

I played a couple of adventure mode stages in Hyrule Warriors before bed, too. The "beat the right enemy" quiz stage was a slight pain, especially when the moblins piled up on each other, but overall, this was light and relaxing fantasy violence.

April 27th, 2024

Yesterday, my focus was shot, which actually left me with quite a lot to post about here. Maybe the most unique part of it was that I dug around on itch.io for a bit after work to find a short visual novel to buzz through. I ended up going with Calling Card, a very short and nice kinetic novel (which means no choices) told over phones. It had the vibe of a little manga one-shot, extremely good color choices, and very realistically utilized profanity. This and Donut County both used the way people communicate over text to pretty good effect, so it was interesting to be playing them back to back. It was maybe only ten minutes, but I'm glad I played it.

I finished a Gunpla I'd set aside for months, too, this one being the SD Aerial. There was nothing really wrong with this kit, but the stickers were driving me crazy and my hands are shaking too much to do a lot of detailing by hand. The end result is pretty nice, though, and it's a relief to have it done.

As far as my more standard daily gaming goes, I finished this month's event in Fashion Dreamer, which I dragged out for way too long. The new photo frames have been really nice this time, and I'm sure I'll use them in the future, but I was unenthusiastic this month.

I continued the main story mode in Hyrule Warriors, too, and was extremely charmed by Linkle and her cucco army! If I'd seen this part of the proceedings on Wii U, I would have picked this game back up for Switch much faster than I actually did. I'm considering making her my main for Adventure Mode just out of the knowledge that she commands the chickens.

April 25th, 2024

I could not pep up yesterday, so I ended up just playing two stages in the Adventure Mode of Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition. It was pretty satisfying, but I was tired.

April 24th, 2024

I'm super tired today, so this is a somewhat late post, made during a work break. Yesterday was a somewhat not-normal day, so I played a lot more video games than normal. Knocking another set of event missions out in Fashion Dreamer was my main goal, and I achieved that quite easily. I really like this bold blue cherry background for character photos, and had been looking forward to scoring it.

I also scored a copy of Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition and did a lot of violence. I'd played the start of this before on Wii U, but hardly remembered any of it. I think I'd unlocked Young Link in that version, but am not even 100% sure about that. I'll see what happens, though! Playing this again was fun.

I played some Love Colors to try to get to sleep, too, but got too sleepy to keep playing without actually being able to sleep. Oh, well.