Borrowing games from friends

In the age of subscriptions and digital stores, physical media has lost traction, and I feel like it still has many advantages, like being able to play the games your friends own!

I donโ€™t think Iโ€™ve made a post specifically about my Nintendo Switch, I should probably make a review about it here. But today I wanted to talk about the way Iโ€™ve been playing games and having a lot of fun on it. A review shall come later.

I have two friends who already own a Switch, and guess what? they have a lot of games! Iโ€™ve been playing Breath of The Wild for the first time, and having a total blast playing it at my own pace, this is because one of my friends who owned it had completed it years ago, and has a few games of his own that heโ€™s focusing on instead, giving me plenty of time to play without worry. He also lended me his copy of Metroid Dread, which is what Iโ€™m currently focusing on, since it is a much shorter game.

Physical media is awesome like that. My other friend let me borrow Super Smash Bros Ultimate, Linkโ€™s Awakening, Animal Crossing and even his copy of Super Marioโ€™s 25th anniversary trilogy, featuring Super Mario 64, Sunshine and Galaxy!

What can I say? I have great friends, and a huge backlog of stuff to play now, without paying one peso. Now I also acquired my first physical game in the form of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and we all have had great moments racing and trying out the new battle modes too! I am not the best, but I managed to beat them a couple times, and enjoy some awesome local multiplayer gaming, which is getting not as common nowadays.

Smash Bros screen featuring a 6 player battle
Smash Bros screen featuring a 6 player battle

Regardless, I donโ€™t want to write too much this time around, I want to catch up on this challenge! this is day 57 of #100DaysToOffload

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