German studio HandyGames - famous for its Townsmen series of strategy titles - has confirmed a raft of games for the Nintendo Switch.
We already know about Aces of the Luftwaffe – Squadron and Townsmen coming to Nintendo's console, but HandyGames has also revealed that Clouds & Sheep 2 and Dynamite Fishing are launching in the second quarter of 2018. After that, we'll be getting top-down tank battle game Panzer Panic, which features four-player action in both co-op and competitive modes.

Strategy titles 1943 Deadly Desert and 1944 Burning Bridges are also confirmed for release on the console, and there are two secret projects in development which will be announced soon.
Trailers for some of these games (they're all based on mobile releases) are included below.
Do any of these titles take your fancy? Share your thoughts below.
[source gamasutra.com]
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Meh...
Most mobile games should stay on mobile phones...
Aces of luftwaffe Squadron is not a bad game. It is a proper console game and not a bad shmup. I’m also interested in those turn based WW2 games.
Booo....
None of them are interesting.
Maybe the turn based ones if they're good but no more...
Unfortunately, several average games do not equal one good game. Most of these, perhaps even all, are a pass for me.
These games will be free right? Looks like they should be.
Announcing that many middle-range games at the same time seems like a move to impress shareholder and potential investors more so than the players.
That said, Panzer Panic looks pretty cute.
I wish I was more interested in these games since they’re so cheap. But they just look boring to me.
i will not be defending the "fatherland" thanks jerry
The turn based military games look alright, if the price is right I might take a look at one or two of these on sale.
Well the German word for a mobile is Handy, so therefore these are mobile phone games.
NINTENDO! STOP THIS SHOVELWARE!!!
Wow these all 'look' like an awful rush to capitalise on the switch's popularity, but what actually makes it bad is that these were previously mobile games! Reminds me why i have bought a mobile game in years!
These titles..... What's next, Cold Winter and Chasing Waterfalls...?
Bunch of shovelware garbage from this developer.
strategy games, at least. Its not like we have any at all yet
Maybe HandyGames should keep their hands to themselves.
Hi guys, I am the CEO of HandyGames and just had to comment here. who of you checked out Aces of the Luftwaffe Squadron already? Its a unique exclusive game for switch with coop multiplayer. Did you see Townsmen Video of the Switch yet? How many building up strategy games do you have? I miss them and we will bring them over and we are gamers as well. How many turn based strategy games do you have? We did not announced pure ports. We invest good money to bring great games over. as we are also an indie Studio we have no Investor to impress. Its my own money I invest. Check out Aces of the Luftwaffe and if you dont like it or think its a port of an existing game then yes say something like that above. We love the Switch and thats why we invest in it.
@Axlroselm
The thing is, Aces of the Luftwaffe Squadron might have been an interesting addition to the library of a system with a serious lack of shoot'em ups like the N64, GC, DS or 3DS.
However, on the Switch it looks pretty pointless considering there are superior shmup options available right now (Strikers 1945, Blazing Star, Aero Fighters 2...) and coming soon (Zero Gunner 2, Danmaku Unlimited 3, RXN Raijin, Dimension Drive, Gunbird, Sky Force Reloaded...).
@HG-Chris Very admirable statement. What players perhaps fear is that the eShop will be riddled with mobile phone game experiences making the software library a mess of console games and mobile ported games. In part I can truly understand that notion. Gear.Club turned me off a lot as it has all the mobile phone tropes still in the UI. It's like they only tweaked the graphics a little and removed the F2P elements. It simply doesn't have a "console feel" and totally feels like a mobile phone game. Even with the F2P mechanics no longer in place. Aces of the Luftwaffe Squadron is a good example of which direction the focus needs to be if you're truly passionate about the system. But I am not writing off your other porting efforts as of yet. I'll be interested to see how your other games translate over to the Switch. The best of luck and game on!
HandyGames are Charlie Rose's favorite type of games.
I don't want to be a part of the Negative Nancy clan, but besides the commendable effort of the developers in bringing so many games to the Switch, this isn't the kind of third party support that Nintendo needs. The Wii and Wii U already had a decent indie support, and it didn't really add too much to the roster of those consoles, other than a handful of exceptions that were true gems, but those could be counted on the fingers of your two hands.
Out of the games shown here, two are more or less the exact same turn-based game, but with a slightly different story, the Dynamite Fishing and Clouds & Sheep game look like VERY cheap mobile games, and nothing like something that should be anywhere near a console, Aces of the Luftwaffe looks like a flash game and the Panzer Panic game also looks WAY too simple in gameplay and graphics to be on the Switch.
I'm sorry to say this, but those kind of graphics could have been done on the Wii, and similar games have already been done many years ago (albeit with a different perspective), just look at Kannonwagens and Think Tanks on PC:
And Kannonwagens is completely unrestricted freeware with online play done by students of DigiPen Institute, so these aren't even professional programmers.
And even on mobile, considerably better looking efforts have been done, such as War Machines:

Townsmen looks okayish, and from all of the games perhaps even the best fit for the Switch, but once again looks quite simple and rather lacking in graphics and animation, even if you compare it to much older games, such as Settlers 4 or even Settlers 3.
Either way, the sad conclusion that I have to make is that this current bundle of games doesn't really fill me with great confidence that I'll be impressed by those two surprises that they have planned.
Well I, for one, am looking forward to some of these. My kids loved dynamite fishing on the phone, so I'll probably pick that up for them. And Panzer Panic was fun for me on the phone, so if the price is good on that I'll likely double-dip. I understand some folks aren't excited about these, but this isn't a company that does, in my opinion, just garbage games, so I think their offerings will add to the appeal of the Switch for some folks.
my blind grandmother can make better looking games than this
Well instead of making six cheap games they should've concentrated their efforts into making one decent game.
The sad thing is: even without looking it up, heck, even without watching the videos, it was evident that these are mobile games.
This annoying trend has to stop! Why isn't Nintendo curating the eshop anymore?
while they are obviously phone games they are of reasonable quality. unlike RCMADIAX etc on wiiU. And for a good price these could be good fun. This is not a publisher ninty fans have to worry about. And for what its worth the Luftwaffe shmup is not a mobile game, its not even the turkey the PSN got. It looks to be a very decent multiplayer shootemup, with good production values and a proper campaign
Not for me, but fans of the phone games may want improved versions on a real system. If that is the route their going.
Bad games will not sell on what ever platform. There is a market for midprice games and our games are for sure not horrible. And if your blind grandma can do better games just do it. Sry again check out Aces of the Luftwaffe Squadron and tell me if this is horrible or just a mobile game. Pew I understand that also bad games are coming in but dont blame us for it.
This just doesn't look like a good time at all #Stayonmobile
Funny thing someone link to our mobile game videos and most of you say meh those are mobile games. yes those link to the trailers of our mobile versions as we dont released Videos of our switch versions yet. Be cool sooner or later we will announce switch Version videos and perhaps then you understand that we are not evil and that several game we will release will make a lot of fun. Did not know that this is just such a religions war again specific genres or devs. If you only like Zelda or AAA why not just buy them but it seems trolling and hating is a new "okish" these days. Stay cool have fun and enjoy what ever games you want
Cannot say anything about the other games but I have to admit that I am really, really digging Aces of the Luftwaffe which is out at least on the German eShop already. It's a very solid Shmup with a nice visual polish and a fun coop mode
@Sebo thanks finally some that does play the game before judge it.
All IN! like Justice League. Man I love that movie.
Are any of these games good?
@JJ286 try out our first which is Aces of the Luftwaffe Squadron on the switch
@HG-Chris So why don't you publish demo versions of your games on the Nintendo eShop?
If you really think your games are good and the people just have to give them a try... so where are the demo versions then? It is not the customer who has to convince her- / himself to buy something. It is your job to convince the customer to take action and buy the game (keyword "AIDA model").
If customers don't like what you produced and you think they just have to give it a try then it is unfair that they should first pay for a product they possibly won't like only that you can live with their opinion. This would lead to a situation where at the end of the day you are the winner - because you made more money with games people didn't like from the beginning.
So don't ask them to pay for products they possibly won't like. Give them demo versions and if you are right then people are going to buy your games. If you are wrong people played your games and still didn't like them... then you have to live with it or change the way you lead your company (that is needless to say totally your decision).
@Garage thats why we have trailers, thats why you have reviews like the one here from the site https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/switch-eshop/aces_of_the_luftwaffe_-_squadron its a 8/10 btw with a fair review. We also have a lot of videos uploaded that you can watch the title in more detail. Demos are not good and we saw that in the past several times on other platforms. I wish I would also get a Demo of Whiskys all the time. If they dont like the game they dont have to buy it at all. But why do guys flame on games they dont know? Thats why I mentioned it here. Its the same thing if I flame in the moment about a movie not released yet... not watched the trailers and ignore the info around.
@JJ286 https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/switch-eshop/aces_of_the_luftwaffe_-_squadron seems Nintendo Life likes it with a 8/10
Hurrah, cheap mobile games...made expensive!
@HG-Chris hey thanks man, will give it a look.
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