Julive A Live!

1st
Almost My Floor PSN, XBN
Beasties NS
Birushana: Rising Flower of Genpei NS
F1 22 PS5, PS4, XSX, ONE, PC
JETBOY & the Randomizer of DOOM NSO
Young Souls PS4, NS
Zombie Night Terror NS

2nd
NinCat NSO

5th
Arcadegeddon PSN
Instant Sports All-Stars PS5

7th
Matchpoint Tennis Championships PS5, PS4, Xbox (XGP), PC
Thor: Love and Thunder Cinema
Star Wars Pinball NS (CIB)

8th
AI: The Somnium Files - Nirvana Initiative PS4, NS
Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers PS5, PS4, NS
Crypt of the Serpent King PSN
Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series PS5, PS4, Xbox, NS
LEGO CITY Undercover NS (CIB)
LEGO Harry Potter 1-7 Nintendo Switch UK Case Bundle NS (CIB)
LEGO Jurassic World NS (CIB)
LEGO Marvel Superheroes Nintendo Switch UK Case Bundle NS (CIB)
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 NS (CIB)
LEGO NINJAGO Movie Video Game NS (CIB)
LEGO Worlds NS (CIB)
MADiSON PS5, PS4
Tee Time Golf NS
Yurukill: The Calumniation Games PS5, PS4, NS

12th
The Quest for Excalibur - Puy du Fou PS4

15th
DC League of Super-Pets: The Adventures of Krypto and Ace PS4, Xbox, NS
SUPER UFO FIGHTER NSO
Time on Frog Island PS5, PS4, Xbox, NS
Ultra Age PS4, NS

18th
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 4K, Blu, DVD
The Northman 4K, Blu, DVD

19th
As Dusk Falls XBN (XGP)
Endling - Extinction is Forever PSN, NSO, XBN
Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels XBN
Stray PSN (Plus)
Zorro: The Chronicles  NS

22nd
Aery - Vikings XBN
Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium PSN, NSO
Live A Live NS

29th
Among Us - Impostor Edition PS5, PS4, Xbox, NS
Bibi and Tina: New Adventures with Horses PS5, PS4, NS
Digimon: Survive PS4, ONE, NS
Gaelco Arcade 2 EC
Jaleco Arcade 1 EC
Koumajou Remilia: Scarlet Symphony NSO
Puzzle Bobble 3D: Vacation Odyssey PS5, PS4
Story Of Seasons : Pioneers Of Olive Town PS4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge PS4, ONE (XGP), NS, PC (XGP)
Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship PS4
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 NS
Yuppie Psycho PS4, NS

AI: The Somnium Files - Nirvana Initiative is looking good from the trailers and as I saw the first cheap in GAME (£17), I picked that up and have now seen it even cheaper on the eShop (£9) (also is in Game Pass on Xbox, that I could have played on that) but hey I like physical games. If I like the first, then I may pick up at the second somewhere down the road.

Same day is Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series, which I might just rent it, unsure yet but do want to play it.

19th looks a good day as Dusk Falls looking like something I will like and is in Game Pass, got the first expansion for Forza Horizon 5 that already prebought ages ago however tad disappointed it's hot wheels again, then Stray is launching into the new Plus that I'll sub for a month play Stray and see what else is on the service.

Then why does Nintendo do this on the 22nd is Live A Live (Nintendo are the publisher) then 7 days later is Xenoblade Chronicles 3, I will get both but not everyone can afford to do that and they're similar games like I can get if one was a shooter and the other a JRPG, yet these two are surely the same audience. And if you look at the lists Nintendo (might change after a Direct) haven't got anything between Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes 24th June (MonHan Rise Sunbreak, but that is Capcom) and Live A Live 22nd July, why not have Live A Live out on the 8th July then Xenoblade 3 at the end of the month.

Ohh and on the 29th is Digimon Survive, which I am keen on as it looks like it will be a good Digimon game.

Basically the month is stuff on services and Nintendo games, of course might be some neat indies etc that just come out. Anyway what about you guys?

Nothing for me.

I'd quite like Live a Live, not sure if it'll necessarily age well but I'm intrigued by it. Would also quite like Shredder's Revenge physical so they'll be the two I'm looking to get.

I'll get Stray via Plus so I'll have that to play too, nobody should consider Puzzle Bobble 3D because its arse.

OH YEAH HERE WE GO BOYOS!!!

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is a sudden massive stuff-up or something else blindsiding me away from being my game of 2022 by a distance.  That's a launch day purchase, and the most hyped I've been for a game since... Luigi's Mansion 3 maybe?  Or even Smash Ultimate?

Live A Live is something I'll ask for as a birthday present in August.  Then Digimon Survive will depend on reviews, Klonoa is a maybe but probably only if it smashes it critically, and Time On Frog Island looks interesting perhaps. I'll probably see Love and Thunder at some point too, by some means or other.  Not sure if it'll be next month, but I love a bit of Waititi.

I'm bang up for Digimon Survive. I'll definitely pick up Xenoblade 3 at some point, maybe even on day one, but I probably ought to finally playthrough 2 first.

Was loads of indies shown during Not E3 with frogs in them, I don't know why that is suddenly a thing.

I think frogs are great and adorable and cute but it turns out a surprising number of people find them gross and scary

Those people are wrong, frogs are adorable.

I like that gif, but it's not too difficult to imagine people reacting the same way I would if the frog were a tarantula or something.

XC3 will be bought one day in the far future by me, I presume. Live A Live does pique my interest, but like Smurf, I am wary on how it has aged. A post reviews purchase, maybe.

It would be a very 'me' move to get Live-A-Live as an asked-for birthday gift, them dump it days later because it felt a bit old.

Buskalilly wrote:

I like that gif, but it's not too difficult to imagine people reacting the same way I would if the frog were a tarantula or something.

I think tarantulas are cute too!  Occasionally bitey, but cute.  They're fuzzy!

Not for arachnophobes:

Name ideas for August please for next Sunday, I personally think it's an awful month, but maybe some of you like games from the Embracer group.

Aw, Guess Time For Not Many Games (This Is A Pun On August God Bless)