What I played last week (#42-25): Pokémoning like it's 1999

October 20, 2025

🌐 This blog entry is part of a series called What I Played

This week Pokémon Legends: Z-A released and damn it, I don't think I could talk about anything else. Baby Steps and Super Mario RPG are put on hold because all my attention right now is centered on Pokémon but I'm planning to go back to them once I am the Pokémon Master.

First timers

• Pokémon Legends: ZA (NS2, 2025): My obsession this week. Over the course of 4 days I've already got 22:30h registered in my journal. This is the first Pokémon game I purchase since Let's Go Eevee back in 2018 and yeez, this is insane. Still going through the main story, but I'm considering trying to complete the Dex once I'm done with it if it's not too much work.

Usual suspects

• Rocket League (PC, 2015): This week it feels like I've only losed MMR and got down to C2 in 2v2, too many unlucky matches even if I'm not playing bad. Currently going for a 365 day streak on my journal (263/365).

• Picross S+ (NS2, 2024): I finished the Doraemon version and went back to this. I played it a few months ago on my Retroid Pocket 5 (gotta make a post about how I played almost all Picross titles this year lol) but this time I got it on Switch 2 and plan to beat it along DLCs without any aids, so it will keep me entertained for a few months more. Easily it will be my second most played game on Backloggd by the end of it¹.

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