We can't quite believe that 2019 is flying by as quickly as it is, but here we are, firmly in March. The good news is that this gives us a chance to look back at all of the excellent games which arrived on Switch throughout February for our eShop Selects awards.
These awards aim to celebrate the best of Nintendo's digital store, giving some love and attention to the games that could so easily be missed in the Switch's ever-growing library.
So, let's get started! Here are the best Switch eShop games of February 2019!
Honourable Mentions:
While these titles didn't quite make our top three this month, they're still certainly worth checking out.
- Ape Out | Review: 9/10
- Devil Engine | Review: 8/10
- Final Fantasy IX | Review: 8/10
- Q.U.B.E. 2 | Review: 8/10
- Iron Crypticle | Review: 8/10
- OlliOlli: Switch Stance | Review: 8/10
- Observer | Review: 8/10
- The King's Bird | Review: 7/10
3. City of Brass (Switch eShop)
Taking third spot this month is City of Brass, a procedurally-generated action title which secured an incredibly healthy 9/10 from us in our review. We said that "while some of its procedural generation can sometimes make for an unnecessarily challenging experience, City of Brass more than makes up for it with the sheer creativity you can have exploring its Arabian Nights-themed map", calling it "one of the most entertaining roguelikes" on Switch. If you're into that kind of thing, this is well worth checking out.
2. Wargroove (Switch eShop)
Next up is the wonderful Wargroove. Just sneaking into this month's awards with a 1st February release date, Wargroove is a strategy title that we think even Intelligent Systems (Fire Emblem, Advance Wars, need we say more) would be proud of. Aside from praising it as being one of the best strategy titles available on the console in our review, we fell in love with this one thanks to its "deep and diverse strategy gameplay, ridiculous amounts of replayability, and charming presentation". Seriously, go and play it.
1. Tetris 99 (Switch eShop)
Comfortably taking top spot this month, though, is Nintendo Switch Online's first exclusive newbie, Tetris 99. No members of the team - or indeed anyone in the world, we imagine - would ever have expected this, but wow are we glad it has arrived on Switch. Another title to secure a 9/10 review from us, Tetris 99 has had practically every member of staff hooked thanks to its new battle royale twist. We're pretty pleased we've managed to even put this article together, to be honest.
If you haven't tried this one yet and have a Switch Online subscription, we promise it'll be worth your time.
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What was your favourite eShop game last month? (233 votes)
- Tetris 99
- Wargroove
- City of Brass0%
- Ape Out
- Devil Engine
- Final Fantasy IX
- Q.U.B.E. 2
- Iron Crypticle
- OlliOlli: Switch Stance0%
- Observer
- The King's Bird0%
- Something else (comment below)
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How we decide our eShop Selects top three: As we reach the end of every month, the Nintendo Life staff vote on their favourite titles from a list of games selected by the editorial team. To qualify for this list, these games must have been released primarily as a digital Nintendo Switch eShop title in that particular month, and must have been reviewed on Nintendo Life; we select the qualifying games based on their review scores.
Staff are then asked to vote for three games that they think deserve to sit right at the very top of that list; first choice gets 3 points, second choice gets 2 points, and third choice gets 1 point. These votes are then tallied to create a top three list, with the overall winner taking that month's top prize.
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not.. Deltarune?
Tetris 99 is the only battle royale that's actually managed to keep my attention.
@SMUG- They're probably waiting for the complete product.
Just Tetris for me this month. I haven't bought any Switch game since December and I only have a little over $20 on the eshop that I left there just in case some kind of tempting discount appeared. And actually, Sega Genesis Collection and Starlink, games that have been sitting on top of my wishlist, are both discounted in Europe. Since they are so different games, I can't really decide which one to pick up and knowing myself, I am just going to keep deciding until the offer ends.
Voted something else as I loved Tokyo School Life the most from last month. Really enjoyed this visual novel a lot more than expected, and loved all three girls' routes, it outcome of the story made me pretty happy. Really was a nice treat on Valentine's day.
Can't stop playing smash
Definitely Wargroove out of these. Tetris is usually a top choice for me but I really don't like the online massive battle format they took with Tetris 99. I tried it, hated it, and deleted it. Heard they are going to update it with added modes so if they do that I will definitely check it out again.
Finished final fantasy this morning. Played one game of Tetris (never been a big fan of the game to start with)
@AlternateButtons It has a total of 15 chapters from start to finish. Chapters 1-10 starts the story, and you get to know the characters and choose choices that affect the story.
If the answers you choose has the main character ending up with either Aoi, Sakura, or Karin, then there are five more chapters dedicated to that specific character.
@Balta666 Congratulations! I've never played a main Final Fantasy game (although I own copies of 1 and 6)
@ALinkttPresent lol thanks. Even though I never played anything past 9 (8 before) I love JRPG (my favourite type of games and FF VII is my favourite game of all time) so not really a big accomplish for me hehe
Easily Wargroove for me. 65 hours deep already 🤣
Anyone try out anodyne or reverie? If so how were they?
Was kind of surprised Ape out didn’t make it, but then I realized. Tetris was this month.
FFIX aside (one of my favourite FFs, but long finished elsewhere), my February favourite is decidedly The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince. But of course you won't find it in NL charts because a massive fantasy predator doesn't move like Bayonetta.
Wargroove hands down for me. Cannot see myself putting it down for a long, long time.
@nhSnork Actually this list was only for eShop-exclusives, and the Liar Princess was also available at retail
@ALinkttPresent oh, right, I could have read the title more attentively. Open mouth, insert foot.
Tetris99 is cool but it's getting WAY more hype than it deserves
Final Fantasy IX is one of my most favourite games of all time. Playing it for the 3rd time now.
Was initially liking Wargroove but have paused it for now, waiting for the update.
Tetris 99 is great.
My favourite was the yoshi demo
Wargroove for me. (Well out of this list).
X Morph Defense for me.
@nintendobynature I was interested in reverie but waiting for a good discount.
@LordVal Same here. X-Morph Defense for me
@bolt05 looks like good fun. Reminds me alot of ittle dew 2. I May pick it up down the road on a discount as well
Wow, people are loving Tetris 99 and I just don’t get it at all.
@AlternateButtons You're welcome. If you really want to make it longer, you could try all three routes. Not at the same time, but you can save right before choosing a route to check out another one after playing too.
Deltarune is my choice, but Wargroove if I have to pick from one of these.
Wargroove by FAR.
Seriously people, this game is worth the buy. Not only is it the best Advance Wars style game since Advance Wars itself, it has a great campaign, arcade modes, and puzzles. And that’s leaving out the very in depth editor that lets you make your own maps, entire campaigns with cutscenes, and basically additional modes. Examples of things accomplished with the editor include chess, football with dogs, a dating sim game, a betting game where you fight with the units you win, tower defense maps, and cooperative maps. And people are continually coming up with new ideas. The more people have this, the more creativity that will be poured into the user content, and at this point it’s near endless content. Plus it’s getting upcoming free updates. It’s awesome!
I've had my eye on Wargroove since it was announced, but I abstained from voting since I haven't actually played it or any of the recent e-shop releases yet. There are too many games! Right now I'm juggling Tales of Vesperia, Pokemon LG Eevee, Civ 6, Smash Ultimate, Horizon Chase Turbo, R-Type Dimensions and Katamari Damacy. I've got to finish at least a couple of them before I buy anything else.
So happy to see City of Brass in the top 3. Fantastic game.
Just bought ROAD REDEMPTION does any else have issues with it crashing constantly?
Wargroove was the one for me. I'm a little surprised by the response to Tetris 99, but if people are having fun with it, that's cool.
Cool. I'll be playing through Yume Nikki -Dream Diary- and RemiLore then.
@ShadJV couldn't agree more. Just buy Wargroove!
Final Fantasy IX is one of my favorite games, but I picked wargroove since I didn't buy ffix again ( at $28 CAD.....more than what I paid for my steam version and ps4 version) I will definitively l pick up ffix once it goes on sale.
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