# Readers invited to share their weekend Nintendo game plans

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-15th-august/
- Published: 2026-08-15T12:32:24+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-15T18:47:14+00:00
- Original publisher: Nintendo Life
- Original article: https://www.nintendolife.com/features/talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-15th-august
- Topics: Entertainment, Gaming

## Key points

- Nintendo Life asks readers about their weekend games.
- Splatoon Raiders leads the community poll.
- Pokémon Bank will close in 2027.

## Summary

Nintendo Life’s weekly community post invites readers to share the Nintendo games they plan to play over the weekend of 15–16 August. It also recaps the week’s main Nintendo news: Super Mario Sunshine joining Switch Online, an apparent leak of Zelda-themed Switch 2 hardware for the series’ 40th anniversary, and Pokémon Bank’s planned closure in 2027.

The site’s staff are playing titles including Ace Attorney, Super Mario Sunshine, Oblivion Remastered, Pokémon Pokopia, Splatoon Raiders and Death Stranding 2, with several praising Pokopia’s Bubbly Basin DLC. In the reader poll, which had 441 votes, Splatoon Raiders led with 41 selections, followed by Super Mario Sunshine with 17 and Pokémon Pokopia with 15.

## Coverage

- [Nintendo Life: Readers invited to share their weekend Nintendo game plans](https://www.nintendolife.com/features/talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-15th-august)
- [Push Square: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 646](https://www.pushsquare.com/features/talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-issue-646)

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