Our picks for the best Switch eShop games in February!
February has, somehow, already been and gone. It feels like we barely got acquainted, right?
It was a busy month though, primarily due to the presence of the “traditional” February Nintendo Direct showcase, paving the way for the mighty Metroid Prime Remastered to finally show its face on the Switch.
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Welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl!
For the past two weeks, we have been focused on games from the world of the GBA. After judging the box art of Metroid Fusion, last time we took a look at the differences between the North American/European and the Japanese box art for Golden Sun and the results were expectedly distanced. The Japanese cover took home a respectable 30% of the vote, but NA/EU was the clear winner with a 70% victory.
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A script writer has also reportedly been secured.
Last month, a Legendary Entertainment rep mentioned how a sequel to the Detective Pikachu movie was still in “active development”. If this wasn’t convincing enough, we’ve now got another development.
According to a Deadline report, Portlandia co-creator Jonathan Krisel is currently in negotiations to direct the live-action sequel starring Pikachu. Along with this, Chris Galetta (The Kings of Summer) is apparently taking on the script-writing duties.
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Like A Dragon: Ishin rewinds the Yakuza/Like A Dragon series, both by returning to real-time brawling and by being set in Edo period Japan. It’s great for it – and now a little better, since patch 1.03 fixed some PC-specific bugs.
PowerWash Simulator is as smart and engrossing as people say. That’s why I don’t play it, lest my actual home fall into a state of muck-slick neglect.If you’re braver than me, you now have new venues to clean: the free Final Fantasy VII crossover is out now, and it lets you clean up Midgar like Cloud never could.
The OG good boy Growlithe could be on the way.
Squishmallows might be all the rage at the moment, but don’t forget about the adorable Build-A-Bear plush line. There’s been a growing Pokémon collection in this do-it-yourself series for some time now, and the next one might have just been leaked.
According to a post on the ‘buildabear’ subreddit, the original good boy Growlithe has seemingly been spotted on the Build-A-Bear app/website and it is apparently scheduled to release at some point this month.
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VALORANT Episode 6 Act III features a new Agent entering the fray. Hailing from Los Angeles, Gekko and his adorable creature friends will be joining the roster. Here’s what you need to know about the latest VALORANT Agent.
Gekko’s Abilities
Gekko’s kit is fairly unique with the way his abilities are named after each of his creature buddies. He’s able to retrieve most of his abilities as well after deploying them and collecting their orbs where his abilities expired.
VALORANT Episode 6 Act II begins on March 7, 2023 and with the announcement with Gekko, Riot Games announced that Gekko’s hometown of Los Angeles will host the global final 2023 VALORANT Champions. The venues where VALORANT Champions will take place are the Shrine Auditorium and finals at the KIA Forum.
Early next week we’ll have a video breakdown of Gekko and how his abilities translate in game so be sure to follow up here at IGN for all the latest VALORANT updates.
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“We aimed to evolve the formula rather than change it”.
It has been five long years since the release of Square Enix’s fantastic, multi-pronged RPG Octopath Traveler on Switch. Starting as a console exclusive on Switch before branching out onto other platforms, the game gave us eight different storylines to dive into, a range of protagonists to fall in love with, and even kicked off the HD-2D art wave that we have since seen in titles such as Triangle Strategy and Live A Live.
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Five decades of seminal software on Switch.
Nintendo’s Switch is now entering its seventh year, and while it’s obvious that the company will be carefully planning the reveal of its next generation of hardware in the next year or two, Switch remains in uncommonly rude health for a console of its age.
Since 2017, the system has attracted an enviable and enormous software lineup comprised of totally new, bespoke experiences alongside impressive third-party ports and re-releases of beloved classics from earlier eras. There seems to be a new boom in retro collections, in fact, and we’re 100% here for it. Video games are still a comparatively young medium, but Spacewar! turned 60 in 2022. Pong turned 50. And we turned into dusty husks muttering “wha—,” “b-b-ut how?” and other nonsensical half-phrases as we tried to comprehend Mother Time’s ways by counting decades on our withered fingers.
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Welcome, one and all!
It’s been another reasonably busy week here at Nintendo LIfe. We started off with a Pokémon Presents showcase which, according to you fine people, wasn’t all that good. The biggest highlight was undoubtedly the announcement of the Scarlet and Violet DLC, which will come in two parts and is officially called ‘The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero’.
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