Nintendo’s Nindies Showcase – A Quick Rundown of New Indie Announcements & Trailers

The Nintendo Switch Nindies Showcase video ran earlier today for both North America and Europe, and we’ve got the rundown of announcements and trailers you should take a look at.

Today, February 28th, was the date of the Nintendo Switch-focused Nindies Showcase – where Nintendo would give us the lowdown on confirmed and upcoming titles for their soon-to-be-released hybrid console. Well we’ve definitely been informed, and if you’re looking for the organic route you should probably take a look at the seventeen minute presentation below.


If that’s not for you however, or if you need more than just the showcase, here are the trailers to fifteen games we’ve heard talked about in the video – be it titles shown, or simply titles from the infographic at the end.


Blaster Master ZeroMarch 9th NA/EU

Celeste

Dandara

Fast RMX

Flipping Death

GoNNERTimed Exclusive

Graceful Explosion MachineApril

Mr. ShiftyApril

Rogue Trooper Redux

Runner 3 (Switch Exclusive Launch)

Shakedown HawaiiOut on Switch first this April

Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment

Snake Pass

Steamworld Dig 2Summer

War Groove

Other titles shown in the showcase video or infographic – but not given a new or debut trailer – include (with help from Pocket Console);

  • 1001 Spikes
  • Away: Journey to the Unexpected
  • Battle Chef Brigade
  • Cave Story
  • Duck Game
  • Enter the Gungeon
  • Has-Been Heroes
  • Hollow Knight
  • Hover : Revolt Of Gamers
  • Human Resource Machine
  • Ittle Dew 2
  • Kingdom: Two Crowns
  • Little Inferno
  • Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
  • Mutant Mudds
  • NBA Playgrounds
  • NeuroVoider
  • Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas
  • Overcooked!
  • Pankapu
  • Perception
  • Pocket Rumble (Coming in March, Exclusive)
  • Portal Knight
  • Redout
  • Rime
  • Rive
  • Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
  • Space Dave
  • Splasher
  • Stardew Valley (Coming in Summer)
  • State of Mind
  • sU and the Quest for Meaning
  • Terraria
  • The Binding of Issac: Afterbirth +
  • The Escapists 2
  • The Fall Part 2 Unbound
  • The Jackbox Party Pack 3
  • The Next Penelope
  • Thumper
  • Toe Jam & Earl: Back in the Groove
  • TowerFall Ascension
  • Treasurenauts
  • TumbleSeed – A Rolly Roguelike
  • Ultimate Chicken Horse
  • Unbox: Newbie’s Adventure
  • Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap
  • World of Goo
  • Yooka-Laylee (Coming in 2017)
  • Zombie Vikings


That’s 64(!) indie games shown and confirmed as coming to the Nintendo Switch today, many of which we haven’t heard about being on their way. It looks like our list of Nintendo Switch games is about to get a whole lot bigger, as is the amount of titles we have to keep you updated on – so stay tuned, and keep up… lest you miss something. 😉

So now that you’re in the know too, which of these titles are you planning to pick up?

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