Ten Trendiest Switch Games (Feb 21-27)

It’s that time once again! The fun never ends with the Nintendo Switch, and this week’s newest titles are offering up a whole smorgasbord of games that are sure to catch your eye! Whether you’ve been looking forward to the highly-anticipated arcade-style shooter from PlatinumGames, SOL CRESTA, are a fan of Pokemon-style monster-tamers with a retro flair or looking for a fun, or adventurous twists to the tower defense genre, this week’s list of the ten trendiest Switch games is sure to impress!

If you like lists like this and want to check out some other games released last month, be sure to check out our last list and see what you can find! And if you want to get them for different regions, we’ll show you how to do just that in a way that’s safe, easy, and cheap.

Without further ado, let’s count down this week’s list of the ten trendiest Switch games!

Sol Cresta – $39.99/£35.99 (Feb 22)

It’s the return of the arcade shooting era, now on the Nintendo Switch! PlatinumGames’ NEO-CLASSIC ARCADE series carries on the spirit and fun of classic gaming using modern technology, and the high-anticipated SOL CRESTA is the first step in this move! SOL CRESTA takes the docking and formation strategies of the iconic shooting games, Moon Cresta and Terra Cresta, and elevates them with the “free-form docking” system.

Dock, split, and form up, piloting 3 fighters on a mission to take back the sun from the clutches of evil! Hop aboard the flagship Yamato, manned by the brave fighters Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susano, and utilize various attacks depending on the ship’s alignment to defeat the invading armies of Mega Zofer!

Experience a classic era of gaming reborn like you’ve never seen before when SOL CRESTA finally arrives on the Nintendo Switch on February 22!

Monster Crown – $29.99/£26.99 (Feb 22)

Dive into a dark and mysterious world where monsters rule, separate from humanity. However, an evil young woman seeking nothing but power threatens the delicate balance between man and nature, and the only way to fight back is to work together!

Make pacts with a variety of different monsters scattered throughout the world, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, and build your alliance to take stand up to the forces of evil! Hunt, battle, tame and breed monsters to create your own legacy, and together with your monsters, restore the balance to Crown Island once and for all.

Get ready for an all-new, monstrous adventure when Monster Crown arrives on the Nintendo switch on February 22!

Antarctica 88 – $5.99/£5.99 (Feb 24)

In this horrific action-adventure set in the icy depths of Antarctica, immerse yourself in a world of terrible monsters and weapons straight out of science fiction!

Are you prepared to face and escape from the horrible monsters that Antarctica is hiding? Can you save yourself and humanity from pure evil? In this survival thriller taking place at the corp station “Antarctica 1”, you must survive a six-month expedition to the Arctic to discover the truth of your father, Vladimir Efimov’s, disappearance, and in the process uncover something that may have been better left untouched.

Survive when Antarctica 88 arrives on Nintendo Switch on February 24!

Autobahn Police Simulator 2 – Nintendo Switch Edition – $39.99/£35.99 (Feb 24)

Drive headfirst into an all-new, even more exciting career as a law enforcer on Europe’s fastest road in the successor to the popular simulation racer, Autobahn Police Simulator! Your adventure begins right in the police station where your colleagues await your advance to the next mission. Over the course of the game, you’ll further develop the station and gain access to new opportunities and missions, and step by step, unlock new upgrades, vehicles, and equipment, and update your skills with the tech tree for greater mission success!

Take on various randomly selected missions in this free-to-play, open world police simulated with randomly selected missions, including high-speed car chases, careful escorts, accident securing, traffic checks, and more! Experience an elaborate, spectacular story consisting of 20 missions broken up by cut scenes, all extensively voiced to convey a realistic and thrilling experience!

Don’t miss your chance to own Autobahn Police Simulator 2 when it finally zooms onto Nintendo Switch on Feb 24!

Never Alone: Arctic Collection – $14.99/£13.49 (Feb 24)

Experience the epic journey of Nuna and Fox as they search for the source of an eternal blizzard in Never Alone: Arctic Collection. In this atmospheric puzzle platformer developed in collaboration with the Iñupiat, an Alaska Native people, Never Alone recounts a traditional story shared across the generations.

Guide both characters in single-player mode or play cooperatively with a friend as you trek through frozen tundra, leap across treacherous ice floes, swim through underwater caverns and face off against enemies both strange and familiar. Explore awe-inspiring environments, perform heroic deeds and meet legendary characters from Iñupiaq stories, and experience a story only once told in legends – and now, brought to life.

Never Alone: Arctic Collection arrives on Nintendo Switch on February 24!

Who Is Zombie – $8.99/£7.19 (Feb 24)

The year is 2033, and the nation has been swept by a large-scale zombie outbreak.

As the government’s mass care shelters reach full capacity, people begin to seek help at nearby civilian shelters instead, only for riots by the rejected and the infected lead to heavy casualties, causing the government to dispatch special inspectors to these shelters. You are one of these inspectors.

Interview the surviving refugees, screen out the infected, and protect your shelter in this zombie apocalypse simulation game! Inspect every visitor you come across and keep watch for signs of trouble, as you never know who might be infected next. Lead your shelter down the right path by making critical decisions to ensure your survival. What happens in the ned all comes down to your choices, and with 9 different endings, you’ll have to make each one count.

Who Is Zombie? Time to weed them out when this title launches on Nintendo Switch on February 24!

Ammo Pigs: Cocked and Loaded – $4.99/£4.49 (Feb 25)

The age is 2049 AD. All life forms have gone extinct — except for the pigs for some reason. And the hostile AI machines that probably exterminated most of humanity. And chickens. The robots should be destroyed, though, if any life is to thrive in this world, so it’s good these pigs are locked, loaded, and ready to kick some metal butt!

Ammo Pigs: Cocked and Loaded is an action-packed run-n-gun game with a heavy emphasis on jumping and shooting that brings the feeling of 80’s and 90’s 2D action games! There’s plenty of fun, shoot ’em up actions, a hefty sprinkling of explosions, and bacon — in case you’re not good enough to save those poor chickens from deadly chicken-hating machines, that is. but if you’re up for the challenge, give it a spin and see how far you can go!

Ammo Pigs: Cocked and Loaded blasts onto Nintendo Switch on February 25!

Dark Thrones and Witch Hunter Double Pack – $14.99 (Feb 25)

Enjoy countless hours of running and adventure from the comfort of your couch with this awesome double pack containing the Dark Thrones and Witch Hunter games all in one place!

Dark Thrones is a 2D endless runner, where you play as ‘Dark’, an assassin on his last run to redeem himself and protect those he loves against legions of the undead! He must scale and jump over and slide under various obstacles to escape, showing no mercy against every last enemy standing in his way! Boost your score while collecting coins to upgrade power-ups strewn all across the wall.

Witch Hunter is also an endless runner, where you play as ‘Wolf’, a famous monster slayer on his last adventure to become the most famous of his kind against hordes of creatures from dark forests!

Experience both of these action-packed fantasy adventures when the Dark Thrones/Witch Double Pack is made available for Nintendo Switch on February 25!

One Gun Guy – $4.99/£4.49 (Feb 25)

One Gun Guy is a straightforward no-nonsense action platformer: one giant level, one challenging adventure! Littered with upgrades, hazards to tackle, enemies, and a deadly boss, this game will prove to be unbending in its scope and difficulty as you go further and further into the level!

Unlock hidden areas to discover the secrets this world holds, reach checkpoints to save your progress, andf dive into ta retro-style platforming marvel that will challenge old and new school payers alike! And after conquering the base difficulty, so how much you can fair in Hard Mode – in your underwear! You’ll find you miss the armor – unless you’re up to the challenge.

See how far you can make it when One Gun Guy blasts onto Nintendo Switch on February 25!

Plunderer’s Adventures – $4.99/£4.49 (Feb 25)

The aspiring lady pirate Riley has finally acquired a ship to call her own, and planted the seeds of a lovely, dastardly crew! Take on the role of captain as you embark on an adventure to claim the turbulent seas, loot your rival’s ships, recruit new allies, learn powerful combat skills, and protect your booty from waves of enemy raiders!

Plunderer’s Adventures is a pixel art tower defense action game where you use your trusty flintlock pistol to take down your opponents! Blast them across the screen towards your crew to take them down quickly and efficiently, and your crew will support you in turn with extra lives, loot multipliers, and more! However, fail to protect them from the onslaught, and they’ll be carried off by malicious marauders! By clearing enemy waves, you’ll unlock new stages, skills, crew members, gallery images, and more, all in a charming, pixelated world full of life, color, and unforgettable characters!

Are you ready, Captain? Dive into a tale of adventure and battle when Plunderer’s Adventures sails onto Nintendo Switch on February 25!

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And those were our picks for this week’s ten trendiest Switch games! Thank you for stopping by Nintendo Link for all of your Switch release news and updates. What do you think of this week’s offerings? Will you be picking anything up? Let us know in the comments below!