Update: In response to many comments and a surge of votes, we will be reviewing Balatro for the Switch! Thanks to all of those who shared their thoughts with us on the game!
It's back! We're almost at the end of February already — yes, even with the extra day in this fine Leap Year.
Our monthly Nintendo Life eShop Selects will be landing this coming weekend for February, but for 2024, we also want you lovely readers to pick your favourite eShop game from that we've missed out on at NL Towers.
This February has been surprisingly packed, and that's even without the Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase. In terms of stuff we haven't reviewed, the month kicked off with Project Downfall, Torn Away, CLeM, and Shanghai Summer, while Gunvolt Records: Cychronicle (which, due to an age rating issue, you can't currently pick up on the eShop — oops!), Balatro, and Tenderfoot Tactics provided some mid-to-late-February surprises.
You can check out our latest reviews here.
Need a refresher on the rules? Well, here you go...
- In the monthly poll, you can vote only for Switch eShop games that weren't reviewed by Nintendo Life.
- You can only vote for one game, so choose wisely!
- The poll will be open until the nearest Friday — so, for instance, today's poll is open until Friday 1st March 2024 at 6pm GMT / 1pm ET.
- We'll count the votes and the game with the most nominations will be highlighted in our next Nintendo eShop Selects post, which will go up over the following weekend.
We've got a review of Penny's Big Breakaway, coming very soon, so until the verdict is in, you can currently vote for those. Plus, you can get a full list of the February 2024 Switch eShop releases here.
Then make sure you pop back at the weekend to find out the results of the Reader's Choice!
What's the best Switch eShop game we missed in February 2024? (43 votes)
- Balatro (Switch eShop)
- Penny's Big Breakaway (Switch eShop)
- Golfinite (Switch eShop)
- Froggie - A Retro Platformer (Switch eShop)
- Pentiment (Switch eShop)
- Japan Train Models - JR Kyushu Edition (Switch eShop)
- CLeM (Switch eShop)
- Twilight Survivors (Switch eShop)
- Dreamland Solitaire (Switch eShop)
- Lords of Exile (Switch eShop)
- Pixel Game Maker Series CAT AND CASTLE (Switch eShop)
- Of the Red, the Light, and the Ayakashi Tsuzuri (Switch eShop)
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I was so busy with UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II [Sys:Celes], and other (mostly fighting) games, so... I don't remember anything special released in
the February. The only one game added to my wishlist in this year was Clustertruck. I remember how popular this game was on YouTube some years ago... And I didn't knew that it was available on Switch! Oh... The same thing was with Sally Face... Anyway, I'm happy for those who found out something interesting/special for them. Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On!, for example?...
@StevenH Yeah, the same thing can be said about the list of games released in the February.
I choose the frog game. It's pretty fun (as long as you turn off the music), and it's pretty cheap.
@StevenH
That would be nice.
Here are all Switch Eshop reviews from nintendolife for 2024:
https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews?system=switch-eshop&year=2024
Doesn't seem to be any way to sort by month, but they are sorted by date and dates are shown in the list, so one see what is the first February game and the last January game.
At the time of writing - there are 13 eshop reviews from February.
Bolataro and Promenade
@StevenH
I made a list:
Nintendolifes eshop reviews for February 2024:
Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On!
Piczle Cross: Story Of Seasons
Splatoon 3: Side Order
Bandle Tale: A League Of Legends Story
Promenade
qomp 2
Inkulinati
PlateUp!
Arzette: The Jewel Of Faramore
Tomb Raider I-III Remastered
Eastward: Octopia
Alisa Developer's Cut
GRIME Definitive Edition
I voted for Dreamland Solitaire. The game's just brilliant for what it is (could easily be mistaken for being shovelware but it isn't).
Penny’s Big Breakaway, Balatro and Pentiment for sure.
Balatro is such a gem
Probably worthy of a mini review but curious NLs thoughts on Golfinite on switch. Always down for a (good) old school mario golf-like game. Edit - I haven't played this so maybe was wrong article to comment on
@nintendolife You haven't reviewed Balatro yet.
Balatro and Pentiment are the main ones.
Also highlights from Feb include:
Grime
Clem
Alisa
Spirit Hunter: Death Mark 2
Anomaly Agent
Arcade Tycoon
Actually a few of those were end of Jan releases, my bad! Either way, highlights of the past 30 days.
Edit - oh and Cattails: Wild Story. Really curious about this one as the original got an 8/10. (I need to get back to it and finish it)
I'm sure it's due to the recent surprise release, but we haven't yet seen a review for Penny's Big Breakaway.
Take your time. It's a game you have to come to grips with to fully appreciate it.
I only bought one February released game and it is Pixel Game Maker Series CAT AND CASTLES so it wins by default. 😝 It's actually a really adorable platformer where you are... basically just a picture of a real cat. And there are paintings of cats on the walls which give you guidance. Each level has food you eat and then you choose which upgrades to buy (wall jump, sprint, double jump, etc) and the upgrades reset next level. It's actually kind of clever because the order you buy upgrades is important and you may get stuck or lose out on collectables if you choose unwisely. Very simple game but kind of hilarious and fairly fun.
Note that Penny's will likely be my top February game eventually but I'm waiting for the review, by which time it won't count as unreviewed for this article. 🤔
@StevenH If you click on any review and hit the 'reviews' tag at the top, you get to a list of all reviews in order:https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews I agree having a direct link to this page in this article would be handy.
@Vyacheslav333 There have been around 181 new eShop games this month (edit: 196 now) ... not sure having that huge list would make this article easier to use. 😆 Although I guess there is a link to the full list of almost 200 near the bottom of the article if you do want to browse.
@LEGEND_MARIOID I'm excited to buy Promenade some day soon. I really liked the demo
Balatro for sure. Been pretty addicted to it since launch.
Penny’s Big Breakaway needs a review on NLife stat.
And Balatro is potentially a 10/10. Every time I play it, no matter how poorly I do, I have a hard time stopping. It’s already my most played game for the year… and I say this as someone that’s completed multiple games already this year.
I'm way late, but I would've liked to have seen Prison City get a shout (or maybe it has?). That game screams Power Blade to me.
I know it was published way earlier, but I would like you to review The Settlers new Allies.
On other sites, the reviews are harsh on this game and I love it. I am curious what you think about it.
@Gryffin Actually, NL have reviewed it somwhere. My mistake. Decent game
Balatro is very, very good. Incredibly addictive too.
@StevenH As FishyS mentioned, if you click the 'Reviews' tab at the top of the page, you'll see that list. I'll add a link to the article.
In terms of listing all February releases in the article, if you bought a new game in the last four weeks that's so great that you can't even remember it... it's probably not much of a gem.
@StevenH
https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews
The top of the screen menu has a reviews link
Haven't played any of these yet, but excluding those with upcoming reviews I'd say Balatro is the most notable game not reviewed by Nintendo Life considering all the praise I've heard of it by comments on this very site.
I still can't believe you guys have been consistently ignoring the Fuga: Melodies of Steel games. They're by the dot Hack devs and from a long-running series
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