This month’s EDGE review scores are as follows:
Monster Hunter World – 9
Yakuza 6 – 8
Dragon Ball FighterZ – 7
Fe – 7
Dissidia Final Fantasy NT – 5
Full Metal Furies – 5
The Inpatient – 4
Dandara – 5
Sonic the Hedgehog was originally envisioned as a very different character. Naoto Ohshima, who designed the Blue Blur, told John Szczepaniak in the latest entry of his Untold History of Japanese Game Developers series that Sonic was originally going to be a human boy.
Ohshima said:
A listing on the European eShop shows that Air Hockey is due out on Switch this week. It’s currently listed for February 28.
Here’s a brief overview and a few screenshots:
With stunning 3D graphics, you’ll be transported straight back to the arcades of your youth.
Air Hockey takes full advantage of HD giving you stunning crisp graphics.
Play against another player in two-player mode or against the smart artificial intelligence (AI) player so winning won’t come easy.
Air Hockey doesn’t have a release date for North America yet, but it should be out around the same time (if not the same day).
Source: Switch eShop
Koei Tecmo published a new Attack on Titan 2 gameplay video featuring Yui Ishikawa and Marina Inoue, the voices of Mikasa Ackerman and Armin Arlelt respectively. You can view it below.
Nintendo currently has a pre-order offer going for Detective Pikachu that can net you a new 3DS theme. For a look at the actual theme, check out the video below.
Nintendo has three separate maintenance periods planned for tonight, including a newly-added session specifically for Wii U and 3DS. We have the full rundown of the different maintenance periods below.
A new type of party game is planned for Switch. Bingo, coming from Starsign, will be available via the eShop on March 15. It’s planned for North America, Europe, and Japan on the same day.
Bingo for Switch includes four types of Bingo. Also included is a “Lay flat Mode” where you’re able to face an opponent locally and play.
Here’s an overview and trailer for Bingo:
Over the last year, we’ve reported repeatedly on the Switch’s sales success in France, most recently last month when Nintendo of France General Manager Philippe Lavoué revealed that the Switch had sold over 900,000 units in France in 2017. He also said that he expected that number to rise to one million by the end of February.
It turns out that his expectations were right on the money – Lavoué recently spoke with French newspaper Le Figaro and revealed that the Switch has indeed broken through the one million barrier in France alone as of last week.
