Sure would be nice if Jonathan Blow would consider releasing The Witness on Switch at some point. Seems like ages since he’s had time to think about it.
Roguelike + TMNT is pretty much purchase-on-sight for me.
I love that it has online co-op! It seems unwise to not include couch co-op …
Stoked for this regardless!
@Fizza I couldn't agree more, the setting and everything looks good, but the movement seems somehow stiff for a metroidvania. Let's see how this turns out
It looks beautiful but I didn't quite get what do you do besides gliding around beautiful scenarios. Like, if they showed things you had to collect or landscapes changing due to something you did, I'd be sold
I loved playing Blue World on the Wii back in the day. It was exciting and fun, considering I live in Florida and can see the real thing, I enjoyed Blue World a lot. I'm definitely getting this when it comes out, the only thing that makes me kinda pause is the playing online with 30 other people. I hope it's a feature you can switch on and off as I'd rather play through it without having 29 other players on the screen. Call me antisocial, but I'd rather explore on my own.
The only other thing I hope they do is bring back that story mode/quest mode like Blue World had. It added progression and gave you a reason to keep diving back in.
The more monochromatic visuals didn't catch my eyes at first, but once the trailer went on, I was sold and even appreciate them a lot now. Very creative and looks fun, I hope it succeeds!
@JohnnyMind I played the beta on Steam a couple years ago before my Windows laptop died and I can't recommend this enough. It's really unique in its story-telling and gameplay loop.😉
As someone who played wario land 4 on the 3DS and really liked it I’m definitely up for this and I’m REALLY hoping that pizza tower gets a console release. Seriously Nintendo, please give us a new wario land game.
I loved this indie direct! I'm very into RPGs and was expecting some of that, but honestly after watching everything I reaaaally don't mind they were missing. Most games look very chill and I've been leaning towards that recently. The art in most of them is beautiful, and even Schim, which didn't impress me at first, is so creative that I'm eager to play it. 10/10
The floating islands, the dormant Nausicaan god warriors, the machinary juxtaposed against lush, serene, wilderness…
yeah, i’m getting heavy Ghibli vibes! I have been a ghibli nut for a long time.
I like gliding in games.
I’m interested in this title!
Nintendo are playing their cards close to their chest. Although, soon I expect after Endless Ocean and Paper Mario release in June we will get what will likely be the last fully focused Switch only direct. It will likely show Luigi's Mansion 2 HD as that will be releasing by that point imminently, plus whatever Nintendo has planned for July to December. We are probably looking at a couple of remasters and a relatively strong third part exclusive to pave out the second half of the year along with what's already announced, perhaps a small price cut too... We will see, I guess.
I’ll play Animal Well on PS+, will see if I like Europa and Antonblast on their demos, and Little Kitty Big City I’ll try out on Gamepass if it reviews well (because that’d require me subbing to GP again).
This was an overall really weak presentation in my opinion. As it stands right now, this is easily the Switch’s weakest year. This was a presentation where I’m not really sure why they did it and who it’s for, other than being a placeholder, as a lot of what was shared we already knew about. Antonblast, Little Kitty, and Steamworld Heist were practically the only relatively “big” announcements.
Yeah in the trailer I was like whoa, those stickers are amazing... Mine were so basic and sad lol
Its worth playing still just because of how unique it is, but better in short bursts.
Yeah it has been a minute hope you've been well! Been elsewhere as of late as well as adopting 2 more platforms to play on so I've been lurking the site/Pure Xbox but not really commenting much haha
I couldn't resist picking up Stitch, that game looks gorgeous, I'm guessing it will be up your street too!
We never get a Nintendo Direct anymore, just these indie ones that keep getting worse and worse. The switch definitely appears to be at the end of its life cycle. When the 3ds was 7 years old as switch is now, it was 2018, and there were practically no games for the 3ds then, and the switch had already been out a year as well. I wonder why Nintendo has basically gone silent now. This isn’t typical Nintendo at all.
Valley Peaks looks like a climbing version of A Short Hike. Which is cool. Europa is everyone's darling and I'm also happy with Steamworld Heist 2. Liked the first one. It got a bit stretched in the last third and I might also have preferred Dig 3 but as someone who loves tactical games like XCom and stuff I might pick that one up.
This was the first Indie World I've been able to watch live in some time. And it...was kind of awful. Is the pacing always this bad? It felt like nearly every trailer was dragging its feet. And essentially everything I found interesting was already announced for Switch beforehand, except for BZZZT. Even SteamWorld Heist II was exactly what I had in mind for the end of the showcase, given Thunderful wasn't exactly shy about saying they had a SteamWorld IP tactical shooter planned for the second half of this year - at least we got a formal reveal? There was a lot that looked solid, but it's not very interesting seeing games already confirmed for Switch in these.
The fact that some of the most compelling announcements or games featured were in the highlight reel, or only present in a certain region, like Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus and Bread and Fred, says a lot. At least they didn't end on that this time.
I gave the showcase as a whole a 4. Usually, I walk away from Indie Worlds having my interest piqued by at least one new announcement. Here? Uh...I guess I didn't know about Valley Peaks, and anything aping A Short Hike's vibe is slightly interesting to me? But everything else that caught my eye, I'd already heard of, and most of the games in question were already confirmed for Switch. It's not even that I didn't see a number of things I was hoping would maybe come up (What the Car?, Pseudoregalia, Mina the Hollower, Crypt Custodian, The Big Catch, Laika: Aged Through Blood, Arranger, The Plucky Squire, Void Stranger, even the pie-in-the-sky Pizza Tower port that doesn't seem like it'll ever materialize) - it's that there was a serious lack of anything truly new and compelling. At least some games I was already interested got wider exposure, but man. That was a rough show, and makes me wonder if there really just isn't much more slated for Switch, even though I really doubt the successor dev kits reportedly out in the wild are in the hands of many indie developers.
Massive recommendation for A Short Hike from me; played it for the very first time around my birthday last year and it ended up being one of my favourite games of the entire year. If you're a fan of DS-era presentation, fun dialogue and overall chill vibes, I can't recommend it enough ^_^
@Teksetter Yeah, if anyone can do Metroidvania, it’s WayForward. As I said, I love the Shantae series. In fact, I am trying to come up with a Shantae animated TV series to pitch to them, I love it that much!
And I’ll admit, I never saw the entire episode of “Yesterday’s Enterprise,” only bits and pieces. I’ll have to watch the whole episode someday.
I thought it was pretty underwhelming honestly. And that’s not really because of silksong, which I don’t care about that much (I didn’t even finish Hollow Knight). I just think there are a lot of other indie games that we know are out there. Nothing really showed up that I was interested in. Anton Blast is maybe the only game in this direct that I will probably buy. But we’ve seen that one before… and several of the other games here too. Most of the games shown had that “twee” vibe that so many indie devs seem to go for and I’m starting to find it downright off putting.
Better than I expected, though Silksong would have been nice, and World of Goo 2, and Plucky Squire, but it’s kind of unfair to judge something on what it doesn’t have rather than what it does, b/c while it didn’t have those 3 games, it also didn’t have a lot of farm sim games either for a change, replacing those with cats and pirates. And despite several games looking like they were made for WiiWare or the DS there was still some variety in the graphics.
I’m impressed w/ Europa, and Cat Quest 3, and AntonBlast looks ok, and TMNT has some potential if it’s couch co-op.
So it wasn’t a total waste of 20 minutes like the last Pokemon Direct was. The bar is very very way down low for all video game presentations for me these days.😩
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Sure would be nice if Jonathan Blow would consider releasing The Witness on Switch at some point. Seems like ages since he’s had time to think about it.
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I looked up the developer. Their previous games are mobile MOBAs. I'm not filled with confidence based on their previous work.
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I'm interested in Stitch. That's basically it at the moment.
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Was hoping to play this when I go on holiday in 2 weeks time😢 apart from that I'm happy for it to have a bit more time in the oven
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They really need to add couch co-op. Lets hope they do add it one day. We should all demand to them for adding couch co-op.
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I love that it has online co-op! It seems unwise to not include couch co-op …
Stoked for this regardless!
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like others have said, my interest largely hinges in couch co-op. 🤞
also someone said permanent upgrades would be tied to an "account," why would that negate playing in couch co op?
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I loved playing Blue World on the Wii back in the day. It was exciting and fun, considering I live in Florida and can see the real thing, I enjoyed Blue World a lot. I'm definitely getting this when it comes out, the only thing that makes me kinda pause is the playing online with 30 other people. I hope it's a feature you can switch on and off as I'd rather play through it without having 29 other players on the screen. Call me antisocial, but I'd rather explore on my own.
The only other thing I hope they do is bring back that story mode/quest mode like Blue World had. It added progression and gave you a reason to keep diving back in.
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The more monochromatic visuals didn't catch my eyes at first, but once the trailer went on, I was sold and even appreciate them a lot now. Very creative and looks fun, I hope it succeeds!
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I loved this indie direct! I'm very into RPGs and was expecting some of that, but honestly after watching everything I reaaaally don't mind they were missing. Most games look very chill and I've been leaning towards that recently. The art in most of them is beautiful, and even Schim, which didn't impress me at first, is so creative that I'm eager to play it. 10/10
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It's Europa for me.
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Premium tears for all of us expecting Silksong
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The floating islands, the dormant Nausicaan god warriors, the machinary juxtaposed against lush, serene, wilderness…
yeah, i’m getting heavy Ghibli vibes! I have been a ghibli nut for a long time.
I like gliding in games.
I’m interested in this title!
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Everyone please play A Short Hike it’s such a lovely little game
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Steamworld Heist 2 is my big hype!
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Nintendo are playing their cards close to their chest. Although, soon I expect after Endless Ocean and Paper Mario release in June we will get what will likely be the last fully focused Switch only direct.
It will likely show Luigi's Mansion 2 HD as that will be releasing by that point imminently, plus whatever Nintendo has planned for July to December.
We are probably looking at a couple of remasters and a relatively strong third part exclusive to pave out the second half of the year along with what's already announced, perhaps a small price cut too... We will see, I guess.
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A lot of timed/console exclusives. I’m excited for the TMNT rogue like and the Yar game by WayForward.
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I’ll play Animal Well on PS+, will see if I like Europa and Antonblast on their demos, and Little Kitty Big City I’ll try out on Gamepass if it reviews well (because that’d require me subbing to GP again).
This was an overall really weak presentation in my opinion. As it stands right now, this is easily the Switch’s weakest year. This was a presentation where I’m not really sure why they did it and who it’s for, other than being a placeholder, as a lot of what was shared we already knew about. Antonblast, Little Kitty, and Steamworld Heist were practically the only relatively “big” announcements.
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I haven't played Pizza Tower yet.... but isn't AntonBlast a ripoff? The gameplay looks similar and the artstyle too!
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From your selection, I have Hollow Knight, A Short Hike and both Ori games, and I can wholeheartedly recommend all four. Top, top tier games for me.
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I'm all sale'd out this month or I'd bite xD
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@OorWullie MY THOUGHT EXACTLY.
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@JohnnyMind
Yeah in the trailer I was like whoa, those stickers are amazing... Mine were so basic and sad lol
Its worth playing still just because of how unique it is, but better in short bursts.
Yeah it has been a minute hope you've been well! Been elsewhere as of late as well as adopting 2 more platforms to play on so I've been lurking the site/Pure Xbox but not really commenting much haha
I couldn't resist picking up Stitch, that game looks gorgeous, I'm guessing it will be up your street too!
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We never get a Nintendo Direct anymore, just these indie ones that keep getting worse and worse. The switch definitely appears to be at the end of its life cycle. When the 3ds was 7 years old as switch is now, it was 2018, and there were practically no games for the 3ds then, and the switch had already been out a year as well. I wonder why Nintendo has basically gone silent now. This isn’t typical Nintendo at all.
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Valley Peaks looks like a climbing version of A Short Hike. Which is cool.
Europa is everyone's darling and I'm also happy with Steamworld Heist 2. Liked the first one. It got a bit stretched in the last third and I might also have preferred Dig 3 but as someone who loves tactical games like XCom and stuff I might pick that one up.
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My craving for more Mina the Hollower info continues...
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Maybe the real Silksong are the friends we made along the way
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Remember when Nintendo ran sales in the States?
Re: Nintendo Indie World Showcase April 2024 - Every Announcement, Game Reveal & Trailer
This was the first Indie World I've been able to watch live in some time. And it...was kind of awful. Is the pacing always this bad? It felt like nearly every trailer was dragging its feet. And essentially everything I found interesting was already announced for Switch beforehand, except for BZZZT. Even SteamWorld Heist II was exactly what I had in mind for the end of the showcase, given Thunderful wasn't exactly shy about saying they had a SteamWorld IP tactical shooter planned for the second half of this year - at least we got a formal reveal? There was a lot that looked solid, but it's not very interesting seeing games already confirmed for Switch in these.
The fact that some of the most compelling announcements or games featured were in the highlight reel, or only present in a certain region, like Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus and Bread and Fred, says a lot. At least they didn't end on that this time.
I gave the showcase as a whole a 4. Usually, I walk away from Indie Worlds having my interest piqued by at least one new announcement. Here? Uh...I guess I didn't know about Valley Peaks, and anything aping A Short Hike's vibe is slightly interesting to me? But everything else that caught my eye, I'd already heard of, and most of the games in question were already confirmed for Switch. It's not even that I didn't see a number of things I was hoping would maybe come up (What the Car?, Pseudoregalia, Mina the Hollower, Crypt Custodian, The Big Catch, Laika: Aged Through Blood, Arranger, The Plucky Squire, Void Stranger, even the pie-in-the-sky Pizza Tower port that doesn't seem like it'll ever materialize) - it's that there was a serious lack of anything truly new and compelling. At least some games I was already interested got wider exposure, but man. That was a rough show, and makes me wonder if there really just isn't much more slated for Switch, even though I really doubt the successor dev kits reportedly out in the wild are in the hands of many indie developers.
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Preferred the more spacey theme of the first game but this still looks cool.
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Massive recommendation for A Short Hike from me; played it for the very first time around my birthday last year and it ended up being one of my favourite games of the entire year. If you're a fan of DS-era presentation, fun dialogue and overall chill vibes, I can't recommend it enough ^_^
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@Teksetter Yeah, if anyone can do Metroidvania, it’s WayForward. As I said, I love the Shantae series. In fact, I am trying to come up with a Shantae animated TV series to pitch to them, I love it that much!
And I’ll admit, I never saw the entire episode of “Yesterday’s Enterprise,” only bits and pieces. I’ll have to watch the whole episode someday.
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I thought it was pretty underwhelming honestly. And that’s not really because of silksong, which I don’t care about that much (I didn’t even finish Hollow Knight). I just think there are a lot of other indie games that we know are out there. Nothing really showed up that I was interested in. Anton Blast is maybe the only game in this direct that I will probably buy. But we’ve seen that one before… and several of the other games here too. Most of the games shown had that “twee” vibe that so many indie devs seem to go for and I’m starting to find it downright off putting.
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Better than I expected, though Silksong would have been nice, and World of Goo 2, and Plucky Squire, but it’s kind of unfair to judge something on what it doesn’t have rather than what it does, b/c while it didn’t have those 3 games, it also didn’t have a lot of farm sim games either for a change, replacing those with cats and pirates. And despite several games looking like they were made for WiiWare or the DS there was still some variety in the graphics.
I’m impressed w/ Europa, and Cat Quest 3, and AntonBlast looks ok, and TMNT has some potential if it’s couch co-op.
So it wasn’t a total waste of 20 minutes like the last Pokemon Direct was. The bar is very very way down low for all video game presentations for me these days.😩