Tomorrow Corporation is Bringing Its Back Catalogue to Nintendo Switch at Launch

Even if it's "back catalogue", the fact that the eshop won't be empty on day one is great news.

Aside from 1-2 switch does the console have any exclusive games?

I have to assume these would be played almost exclusively with touch controls, right?

Yay, old games!

Awesome, it's great to see more launch titles.. even if they are older, eShop games. Actually wanted to play Little Inferno after seeing the Yogscast do a playthrough.

@RedeadLink Depends what you mean, at launch it doesn't seem to have any none-Nintendo exclusives (arguably you could call MK8D exclusive). It has a good few in the works for later in the year/next year though. Edit: Isn't Bomberman R exclusive?

Good news. I've played World of Goo and Little Inferno, so I'm most tempted to go for Human Resource Machine, though, it has been ages since I've touched World of Goo.

I feel the soundtrack mode will work the best for World of Goo only since that game had the best (and most involved) soundtrack of the three games.

@Ignatius Certainly. I feel as if that would actually make games like World of Goo easier to play, since you don't have to use a Wii Remote any more.

More like Yesterday Corporation!

@Ignatius Probably the option of using either pointer or touch controls (same as Little Inferno on Wii U)

Nice, and interesting that they're packing all 3 together into one download/purchase, hopefully makes the price easier to swallow for those of us who already owned one or more of these on Wii/WiiU

This is great! I've wanted to play World of Goo for ages but never got around to it! Also I somehow managed to put about 50 hours into burning stuff in Little Inferno!
Also nice to know that the eShop will have stuff day 1

Only got Little Inferno but that is great. I use to play through it every X-mas. Burn stuff!

@RedeadLink Every first-party title besides BotW, Fire Emblem Warriors and MK8D, for starters.

@DanteSolablood It is.

Still looking better! Things keep picking up a bit.

This makes me happy. True, these games are not new or exclusive, but I think this is a testament to how easy this system is to develop for. This could shape up to be the best way to play indie titles on the go.

Eshop is going to have a pretty good launch.

Especially considering the 3DS eshop didn't even exist at launch and...don't even remember Wii U eshop at launch but I am sure it was underwhelming.

Good news! I may have to check HRM and World of Goo out! (I already own Little Inferno on Steam.)

@RedeadLink The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild, Super Bomberman-R, the ones named in the article will in the E-SHOP, that's just a few.

Not particularly excited about these games, but it might be telling about how easy it is to port games over, which in turn be great for indie releases in general.

@ThomasBW84 And hopefully they'll have at least a few VC titles ready to go on Day 1. Just need to wait for the announcement

@UNSOLUTEDSALT This could shape up to be the best way to play indie titles on the go.
Definitely. The Switch is powerful enough to run all these games, it's portable and has physical control inputs on top of a touchscreen. It's going to be indie dreamland.

These games are excellent. World of Goo is amazing!

I have World of Goo, I always hoped it'd come to the Wii U eShop, I'd imagine not now, pity.

@ThomasBW84 Btw, Thomas, Team Cherry seems to have canned the Wii U version of Hollow Knight. A Switch version is in the works. Not sure if it's important enough for you guys to put out an article about it, but that's what's happening.

I've never played any of them... If my eShop funds transfer over from my 3DS, I might try them out.

All 3 are worth a rebuy

They need other E-shop games like Axiom Verge and Art of Balance on the switch

I love all three! Glad to have them back and always with me!

I expect Super Mario Run to be a free download day-one for the Switch for anyone's who's purchased it on mobile, but with enhanced physical controls.

@SuperWeird Why would they provide physical controls - that game was purpose built for touch.

So that's why Little Inferno wasn't in the Christmas sale when it's been on sale numerous times before. If you already own them, can they be transferred over from Wii U to Switch? And while they're good, the Switch needs new games, not old games that we've already played.

Little Inferno is Legit one of my favourite Eshop memories. Found it completely at random during one of the Wii U's fabled game droughts and it took me completely by surprise with its charm. Will definitely check out the other 2 games and hey, may even download Little Inferno again. Oh wait, I won't have to pay right Nintendo, as I already own it.....

This is to all those people who complained about the Switch's launch line-up. MORE GAMES COMING BABYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@gcunit So you can play it on your TV. All Nintendo mobile games will be playable on the Switch with physical controls. Will be an added bonus to encourage mobile users to make the switch.

Black joy-cons confirmed!

Good news, great games.

World of Goo is really really good. Definite rebuy for me and I'd highly recommend to those who haven't played with the Goo

Well, the launch list is getting longer but it's basically all indie games and/or eShop-worthy titles other than Breath of the Wild. It's not exactly mind blowing stuff.

Christ, even if Nintendo had just launched with a few more of the currently announced first party games like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Splatoon 2 and Snipperclips, still alongside Breath of the Wild of course, it would have been far more exciting. And it really should have had all those games ready for launch day imo. Super Mario Odyssey would have been truly awesome bundled at launch too, but it seems a bit too far out to think it could have been ready for launch day (although it really should have been imo).

Still, the launch list is at least getting a little bit longer, and that's a good thing.

Oh yeah, just today I dreamt about being able to take my Little Inferno Entertainment Fireplace with me. I'm so going to get that thing one more time. Also, the soundtrack is amazing - now we just need that bluetooth headset support, Nintendo!

Never got around to getting any of these actually so I definitely go for this.

Not bad....makes the Switch launch a wee bit better. More news please!! A big one!!

This is pretty cool. World of Goo will be something I pick up. I already have little inferno on wii u. If I can get at least a discounted price that would be cool.

Always wanted to play World of Goo on Nintendo.

I'm tempted by World of Goo and Human Resource Machine they both sound fun, but I've NEVER understood the appeal of little inferno. I even watched some footage on YouTube to try and understand the appeal, but it just doesn't do anything for me.

Why are people complaining that these are games that are old? They're eshop releases and at least give you something to play.... and on the go!! There's gonna be a lot of digital content on day one. This is a pretty great thing. If these games are priced well people will want to download them to Switch so they can take them on the go.

World of Goo was a fascinating game. That would be a day one download for me - hopefully they don't still want $15 for it.

@neufel lol how is that great news? Have Nintendo stooped so low that its fans are now excited to simply not have an empty Digital Store?

It'll be nice if Nintendo has Snipper Clips and some VC in the shop at launch too!!!

@gatorboi352 Breath of the Wild Man!!! That's what I'm planning on buying in the eShop day 1!!!

@bofis As cool as that would be, each game is a separate purchase that comes bundled with the respective soundtrack. They confirmed this in the comment section of their blog post.

While these are older games, I'm fine with it. These surely aren't meant to be system sellers, but just to give early buyers a little variety. No harm with more options.

Lol it's still a crappy launch. Adding a bunch of ports to a lineup is trying to cover up that there's basically nothing worthwile. The fanboys are defending it of course.

We're not really counting old games are we now, let's not pretend this is anything else but to cover up the 5 games at launch headline

As a programmer and teacher of programming, I love Human Resource Machine. I love to use it in my lessons. But let me warn you, it's meant as a fun and very elegant way to teach the concept of programming and algorithmic thinking. But it can be very boring if you get into it looking for a normal game.

@gatorboi352 Let me rephrase that : "I'm sure relieved the eshop won't be empty at launch ! That would have been awkward".

@SuperWeird And by physical controls for Mario Run you mean just pressing A instead of touching the screen, right? Anything more complicated than that and it's a completely new game...

World of goo is an excellent title , the best of the three in my opinion., I would love and I stress love to see the Wii art style titles return those were great titles especially Rotozoa that game is AMAZING and if Nintendo would add online leaderboards and play it would be a dream come true if your listening Nintendo hint, hint - those games were some gems .

I haven't played any of these, so I might pick them up. I would quite like to invest more time into indie eshop games

@ThomasBW84
Chill and be patient? I will do no such thing!!!

I will squeak the wheel until I get ALL the grease! haha. Keep bringing on the games! Make me a believer! NintenDO what NintenHASN'T for a while... or something.

Neat! I got HRM in a humble bundle last year, but of course, good luck to me playing or even launching it there. World of Goo is also interesting.

I can see myself getting World of Goo, I never picked it up on the Wii.

Don't fancy buying these three again unless there is a really good crossbuy discount. All three are good indie games but can't see them being vastly different on Switch.

@gatorboi352
Short answer: yes with an if
Long answer: no with a but

Great news. You day 1 switch owners will be spoilt for choice

@leo13 Little Inferno is a Riddle Game. If you don't like solving riddles, then it won't appeal to you. My daughter and I, though, enjoyed it quite a bit.

It must be a sign I was just thinking of world of goo yesterday. HA! probably have to buy that one again.

@SanderEvers Every time I see someone demand not to pay again I want to ask them if they expected free DVDs of VHS movies they owned, or free Blu-rays of the DVDs they own.

This was always the case. The knee jerk '5 games' reactions from the gaming press was premature when we had no idea what digital content was available.

World of Goo is an absolute gem!

Not interested in any of the specific games, but hopefully this means transferring games over is relatively easy...

@PanurgeJr But if you purchase all three of these games on Google play you can download them on your tablet, your phone and android box without having to pay again and when you upgrade any of these devices you can repurchase for free.

Also I buy Blu-rays and DVDs with digital copies so I can use on other devices without paying again

For all the people bemoaning too many ports and saying fanboys are just defending a lack of new content, look at it this way: what if Nintendo are going with more of an 'app store' approach this time around? There were no games on the eshop at Wii U launch and the eshop wasn't even available on 3DS. buy these digital games, don't buy them, but they're there for those who want them and a library of games is steadily being built.

Oooh I like this.

But I suppose it answers the question as to whether I can transfer my Wii U eshop games to Switch.

Only ever played Little Inferno, my kids would love this triple pack.

@JamesR as it's a triple pack I would think not, just like with Halo MCC.

@ottospooky This is true, I've enjoyed them but don't think I will buy them again but there are still potential customers on the switch that either haven't had a platform they could buy it on or it hasn't been on their radar before.

@Pikachupwnage Wii U had Little Inferno (weird), Nano Assault Neo, and Trine 2. Plus whatever I'm forgetting, and retail releases that were on there. I didn't have a U at launch but it seemed like a pretty good selection of above-average games

@ateijelo
Hey did not know that! Thanks for the tip. I'm always looking for fun ways to sharpen my programming skills.
Much appreciated! 🙂

Was just thinking of Little Inferno this morning. I'll gladly double dip!

@buildz Human Resource Machine becomes somewhat math heavy further into the game.
If math was your least favorite subject in school like me, you'll need a guide.

I guess this also means digital games won't be crossing over from the Wii/WiiU eShop. Oh well, hopefully the Virtual Console is supported.

This is looking more and more like a catch up phase. We'll probably get all the games that were on wii u, plus some of the little gems that skipped that console. Then when all is in the right place we will start getting the new games. That's fine by me since I didn't owned a wii u.

@ThomasBW84 I don't see though where it says all 3 will be sold as a bundle as someone mentioned here....if they're gonna do a bundle fine but the option should exist for individual purchase. Anything concrete on this? Thx

@Stargazer and that multiplayer game with the birds flying around can't remember title.

@drich255 a riddle game? Really? The YouTube steam I watched did it the dude said all this game is is you order stuff from a catalog and throw it into the fire and watch it burn and there's literally nothing else to it.
Was I really just misinformed? What do you mean by riddle game?

...o boy, My Nintendo discount games for the Switch..or games to play on their paid online service..

It's a win. And a smart move on their part, they'll get some sales for sure.

If, big if, Nintendo had Super Mario Sunshine or Luigis Mansion day 1 as GameCube VC, even though they are 10 years old, it would still excite people.

@Moon your same wallet $$ should exist via your Nintendo ID. I use the same funds for 3DS and Wii U. I'd imagine Switch can be added to your existing account? (It had better!)

World of Goo may be the finest indie game I've ever played.

@leo13 I had the same experience with the game burned everything! Great if your a pyromaniac but boring after a while. Good for 20 minute stints

enjoyed world of Goo (especially the soundtrack) and adored Little inferno, will absolutely buy all 3

I'm sure some indie developers took a look at the scant launch day lineup and thought to themselves, we can peddle our wares on the eShop for very little effort and a decent chance of a return. They only need look at Super Bomberman R, its laziness and high price tag and know that they can do better than that.

With all these games coming out of nowhere to make launch day makes me question if the Switch is that easy to port over and develop for or if they will be sorry ports. I hope it is that easy to develop for.

The more the merrier...this Switch needs a big library to succeed. Oldies are still goodies!

@buildz @TossedLlama @PsylockeRules World of Goo was amazing and Little Inferno was fun and challenging. However, Human Resources Machine became a very frustrating experience after only a handful of levels.

Starts extremely easy in a tutorial sort of way, but then it goes from easy to extremely hard in 2.5 puzzles. The game demands you solve the puzzles with one specific answer; which it wouldn't be a big deal if it wasn't for the fact that a lot of the puzzles, if not all, can be solved with multiple answers. The game recognizes your effort but demands the puzzle to be solved in one specific way.

Even worse, if you try to use an online guide or playthrough, that won't work either because, apparently, the game generates a different answer to each person. So if I solved the puzzle with answer X, you might need to solve it with Y regardless of how many times you try.

I don't own any of these games so this is good news for me! Why play these on a system that can only be enjoyed at home when I could have the option to take them with me on trips!

More reasons I dont need a Switch. Already got these games lol

This makes me wonder if there are more indie ports in the wings. Maybe not at launch but in the first few months.

The big question is whether Nintendo had provided a method to even confirm if these games have been purchased on a previous console. I'm fine if it was left up to the individual publishers/developers to decide whether to use that information, but it sure would be nice if Nintendo made it possible to offer discounts or other incentives for people who bought games for the Wii U that are arriving on the Switch.

I'd expect that in an upcoming Direct and for it to be largely hush hush for now if it was coming... but honestly? If it wasn't for Reggie publicly admitting that they know VC carrying over is an issue fans care about I wouldn't have much hope for it. Now, I think it's possible even if not likely.

I wonder what other games will end up becoming a Day One Switch title...not that it matters for me since I won't be buying a Switch on Day One.

@impurekind I don't think waiting until the end of this year would have been a good idea though. Right? I mean it sounds like that's your scenario.

Mario Kart is a launch title as far as I'm concerned as it comes out less than 2 months after release day. And even though it's not exclusive, Zelda will be in front of a ton more eyes than it would have been if it was Wii U only just because people will show it on the Switch on a whim anywhere. You don't have to visit someone's home to see it.

Meanwhile, even though Bomberman R is "eShop worthy" as is SnipperClips they do take good advantage of the local-multiplayer-anywhere benefit of the Switch.

Any way it's sliced I think the target for the bulk of sales is going to be end of 2017. Months of seeing this thing in early adopter's possession and the growing library could really ramp up demand. I do hope Nintendo gets Mario out in time, but I swear I heard Kimishima say something to suggest it might not.

@leo13 There was those messages in game and if i remember right you had to burn multiple right things at same time to move forward in story. Last time i played Little Inferno was first christmas after Wii U's release and i really enjoyed completing that game.

Goo and Inferno will be fun and look great on that touch screen.

I dig Tomorrow Corp a lot... wish they had more output, though the last Human Resource thing did not appeal to me I may buy it now since I am sticking with Wii U for at least a long while.

Tomorrow Corporation and Two Tribes are my favorite indies.

I have never seen hrm or little inferno, but world of goo I have seen, and if the price is right, would be something I snag. These three games aren't necessarily "huge" games, but the more indies switched over the better

Derailing the convo a little bit but does anyone think that Xenoblade Chronicles 2 will actually get a western release this year. My money is on no, especially considering that it took about 8 months for X to get a western release I HIGHLY doubt that it's coming out of Japan before 2018

I already own all the amazing three games on Wii and Wii U. I wonder do I get those for free on cross platform purchase on Switch or for a small nominal upgrade fee at least?

They need to detail all that also. It really utterly sucks if loyal fans and buyers would need to pay the full amount again.

I bought Little Inferno on the Wii U, so it had better be tied to my account and I can download it for free.

@jswhitfield8 Zelda.

Just yesterday I thought about replaying little inferno. Just it's charm makes it the best out of the three.

These are all highly praised games, but... they are still old news. I really wish we were getting Puyo Puyo Tetris and ARMS were launch titles to bolster the amount of fresh content at least a little bit.

This is GREAT news. Fantastic games and I'm glad to see them again. Now if only we could get some NEW games too...

I've been wanting to play World Of Goo again! Best WiiWare game I ever played.

@Miss_Dark Access to the eShop isn't restricted to the paid online service.

@Jessica286 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is coming to the Wii U later in the year. So it's more of a timed exclusive for the switch.

why doesnt Nintendo ever launch anything when its actually up together and ready and working. more games is great but old games not so much. i think they would of been better off delaying the release, having new games ready on the eshop and the online function working from day one.

@Dpishere If you want to play them on the go right now, you can purchase them on the Android store not sure about the apple store, but for about £10 you could purchase all 3 and play them wherever you are. I imagine because the hardware is Tegra based, as is my android box and tablet that these ports will be closer to those on the store rather than the wiiU versions.

It's hard to get excited about content that we already have access to. =

Wow three more games I don't want!

Still sh*tty games for the switch, world of goo srsly, little inferno wtf? Does nintendno really think that people want games like that on the switch? These games are crap nowadays, nobody wants to spend money on stupid games...

This is great news! World of Goo was great and Little Inferno was one of my favourite indie games on Wii U so I'll have to pick them up again and try the 3rd too!

I've yet to play The Human Resouce Machine, so this is splendid.

The other two are absolutely recommended.

I'd be glad to buy World of Goo or Little Inferno again for my fancy new tablet — and maybe even Human Resource Machine — after I play Zelda ;P

@Oat Not sure about a Western release, but I can see it making it in Japan. It's been in development for a while now, and it's not like they're starting the game from scratch like they were with XCX.

@SanderEvers Digital games tied to online accounts are not relatable to real world consumables.

The idea of a game tied to an account should be that it belongs to the account, not the hardware. E.g. my Android apps are tied to my Google Play Store account, and I can redownload them from my other Android devices.

I love how people are demanding cross-buy, a feature rarely used anywhere except PC

@TheLZdragon Maybe if we haven't had crossbuy promotions between wiiU and 3DS then we wouldnt have expected it with the switch. Best thing about crossbuy between wiiU and 3DS was that ALL 3DS's that were linked to the wiiU also got the free game or dscount depending on what the offer was.

Tomorrow corporation does what tomorrow corporation does best: they sold me three old games in the future, again, about pollution, overconsumption, and life being considered a robotic, corporate resource for profit.

I'll be in the corner thinking about my life choices.

Yes, three indie titles (admittedly pretty good ones) that are basically eShop-worthy and are the kind of stuff already on all the digital stores of every other console in abundance and have been for a long time.

It's great that Switch is getting these particular indie games but I hardly think stuff you're gonna find on the likes of the eShop, or that definitely should generally be $20 eShop titles as opposed to sold as full price retail releases, is the kind of stuff people are talking about when they say the Switch launch lineup is lacking in major AAA third party support and/or new games and it's worrying.

I actually expect there to be tens and maybe even hundreds of games across the eShop and Virtual Console at launch—why the hell not at this point—and I really don't expect those to be the games I see specifically listed on a console's launch lineup unless they are literally the most critically acclaimed indie tiles of the last ten years (which I guess is the case with some of the games from 2D Boy/Tomorrow Corporation to be fair to them) or total classics like Mother 3 (the official English translation, finally) and the like.

So, yeah, it's cool to see a few more [old] indie games at launch, but that's not what the Switch desperately needs—or, more precisely, this is not what the people who are slightly-very worried about Switch's launch are talking about when they express concerns, frustration, and disappointment with what's been shown thus far—as appreciated as it is to get all the indie games humanly possible too.

I get the sense Nintendo is possibly jumping through hoops behind the scenes right now, trying to desperately reorganise the eShop release schedule and rush out these small indie titles as padding for the main Switch launch lineup to misdirect people from clearly seeing the majorly lacking major AAA third party support on the system. But, I'll tell you this: I'll take a hundred of these smaller indie/eShop games, right now on day one, if that's all Nintendo can do for now—better than giving us only six launch games, most of which are still indies anyway, and pretending that's anywhere near good enough for a major Nintendo console launch in 2017.

So, MOOOOORE of this, Nintendo—A LOT MORE—if that's all you've got. . . .

Where's the new games?

@aaronsullivan I definitely don't think waiting to the end of the year would have been a good thing. I think having a few more AAA and genuinely new games at launch (on launch day and going forward), both first party and third party, would have been a good thing.

These games are old now, but there's alot people still yet to play them. So it's ideal to bundle them together, sell them on the Switch, and hopefullr y put the money into making a new game.
Also, trying to get the OCD scores on World of Goo was hard as heck in the a later stages.

Love those guys. I have yet to play Human Resources. Maybe I'll get it when i get the Switch sometime this year.

The most interesting thing about this is seeing how the controls for these games, which previously used the Wii Remote pointer and/or multi-touch, will translate to the Switch.

Also I think I already own all the OSTs but I'm still a sucker for a good soundtrack mode.

Oh man, this will be played so much! World of Goo finally in HD! This was one of the five games on WiiWare I gave a 10/10. (The others were Hydroventure/Fluidity, MotoHeroz, La-Mulana and FFCC: My Life as a King). I think these 5 games still stand the test of time. Once a 10/10, forever a 10/10.

Little Inferno is an addicting piece of art that is super fun to play. Me and my friends also burned 50 hours with that game. And Human Resource Machine, as odd as it sounds, makes the player think and work like a computer, reverse meta programming style.

All three are highly creative games I totally recommend. They last around 10 hours each, for one playthrough.

And if I ever find the SWITCH cartridge I wouldn't leave without it.

Sure, I already have Little Inferno and Human Resource Machine on Wii U, and World of Goo on Wii, but having a HD remake of World of Goo, and the amazing soundtrack (+ the other 2 great games) all on one cartridge is enough for me to make me wanna buy and replay them.

@RedeadLink all of them as they can only be played in handheld version on switch. Good enough?

@leo13 In Lititle Inferno you are given cryptic titles as acheviements. You need to find which combo of items you need to burn in order to earn that achievement. It is usually solved with visual or audio cues - or clues given in the items descriptions. One example of the combo goals is 'Movie Night'. So you need to figure out which items together make the 'Movie Night' combo. You are solving these combo riddles to unlock more catelogs, more achievements, and to advance the story.

Already own world of goo on the wii and little inferno on the wiiu so this news is kind of meh.

Who am i kidding take my money i will certainly be taking the plunge once again.

@electrolite77 @BinaryFragger My mistake.

Holy cow, YESSS!!!