Feature: Which Games Do You Want To See In Today's Nindies Showcase?

I’m hoping to be surprised!

Hotline Miami, Spelunky and Hyper Light Drifter come to mind. I would say Rivals of Aether but it is far too early considering they are now looking into a port

Dream Daddy coming x

From Devolver digital I want to see Broforce and Hotline Miami 2. I don't want to see Genital Jousting.

I would be ecstatic to see Observer from Bloober Team,the developers of the incredible Layers of Fear: Legacy. Can't believe that's the same devs who put out the terrible Basement Crawl.

Guacamelee 2 would also be nice.

Meme Run 2.

Treasurenauts, from Atooi

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But I lost all my hopes.

Would love to see Everspace running on the Switch but it is probably still too early for that. I would really (REALLY!) go crazy if River City Ransom Underground gets announced, it is one of my 2017 GOTY and it belongs on the Switch.

I wanted a date for Hollow Knight. Sadly I just learned this morning via the developers HK won't be making an appearance in any way shape or form.

i wonder if will see Undertale.

I'd love the following:-

1. HUNTDOWN - we need a release date, this game looks amazing!
2. INSIDE - another amazing game already announced without a release date
3. SHAKEDOWN HAWAII - release date please!
4. LIMBO - from the same developer as Inside, would be great to see this announced
5. DON'T STARVE - just ordered a physical copy of Flame in the flood, I'd love to try this one
6. CUPHEAD - as Krull said
7. FIREWATCH - I'd love to see this on the switch
8. Some new exclusives

Shakedown: Hawaii needs a release date and wtf happened to Pocket Rumble?
Give me a release date for the StardewValley update and I want Hyper Light Drifter.

Would love release dates for Dead Cells, Hollow Knight, Inside, Kero Blaster and Towerfall Ascension.

As for new announcements, I’d be over the moon if Downwell, Guacamelee! STCE, Hyper Light Drifter, Nuclear Throne or Spelunky were to come to Switch. I know that one of my favourite ever indies, Machinarium, is coming to Switch at some stage, so to see it appear on a sizzle reel today would be amazing.

Other than that little lot, I also have over 50 indies on my #switchwishlist over on Twitter that anyone is free to take a look at.

Have a great Nindies Direct everyone! 🙂

@Pazuzu666 They said earlier today that the release date will be announced later this week. Someone on here said a couple of weeks ago that it will release sometime this month.

I'll just clarify that I don't expect to see Cuphead - but just imagine! Apart from that, give us Into the Breach, Hollow Knight (though already ruled out for today, apparently), King of Cards and... some surprises. New games, with only a sprinkling of blockbuster ports, is what we want!

Spelunky 2

Don't Starve Together would be an awesome one to see! Also, I would really like to get a release date for King of Cards.

Terraria? Hello? Is anybody there?

Dont starve would be a nice surprise

Don't Starve and pretty much every other game made by Klei Entertainment.

Terraria and Starbound would be nice too

I would love to see another SCUMM inspired point and click game, ala Thimbleweed Park! I don’t know why, but I can never get enough of that genre!

Surprise me. Celeste came out of nowhere (for me, at least; I realize other people had been looking forward to it for a long time) and ended up being the best game of this year so far.

I’d love to see Salt and Sanctuary on Switch.

Release date for Battle Chasers Nightwar please.

I think it'd be hilarious if at the end of the showcase a reveal trailer of Wolfenstein II popped up... Completely surprise and confuse fans for it being totally non indie.

But in the case of indies themselves. I'd like Costume Quest.

I want to see :
1. Re:Legend
2. My Time at Portia
3. Confirmation about Physical release of Earthlock.
4. Yonder the Cloud Catcher Chronicles (Officially announced on playasia in USA & PAL version)
5. Surprise me with something cute and adorable !

Wargroove is one of my most hyped games for the year. Only second to Smash.

Announcements of Hyper Light Drifter, CrossCode and Tom Happ's second game
Release dates for Indivisible, Dragon: Marked for Death, Hollow Knight and King of Cards

@Perryg92 Great shout! I loved Costume Quest 2

Would love an all-in-one compendium of RCMADIAX games. Hopefully the title would be in all caps too.

Pocket. Rumble.

Hollow Knight, Nidhogg 2, WarGroove, Hyper light Drifter, Cuphead (unlikely I know), Treasurenauts, Morphy's Law, Kingdoms and Castles, Guacalmelee 2 and maybe a character/stage update for Brawl Out.

Plus a couple surprises of course.

I would love to see new announcements of Broforce, Rain World, Nidhogg 2 and Ori and the Blind Forest. And I would like release dates or at least updates on Hollow Knight, Towerfall Ascension, Morphies Law, Pocket Rumble, Yoku's Island Express, Wizard of Legend, The Adventure Pals, Dead Cells and especially Rivals of Aether (that game looks so fun!).

Wait, this Nindies Showcase is on at 4pm in the U.K.? I thought it was late evening. Thanks for the heads-up. I would have missed it ☺️

@Pazuzu666 That's sad. Hoping to see InvinsiGun Heroes. That game fell flat on its face on PC, but seems perfect for the Switch due to the ease of local multiplayer. It really deserves a second chance.

Oooh what if we get a proper reveal of that game "Little Dragons Cafe" by the makers of Harvest Moon!?!?
Sounds totally adorable.

Dead cells, Spelunky, 20XX, FTL & Into the Breach, Downwell, Armaello, Cosmic Star Heroine, Field Dungeon Rescue, Broforce, Sundered, Nidhogg 2, and Strafe for my wishlist.

Edit: Dear Lord give me Invisible Inc. portable. I dont ask for much...

Xeodrifter 2!!!

I really hope we get an steamworld heist 2 announcement and a king of cards release date!

I'm hoping something gets shadow dropped today!

@Shiryu Wow, that RIVER CITY RANSOM game looks terrific. Reminds me a bit of the aesthetic of SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD which came out on PSN a number of years back. Did this 'Underground' game come to a Nintendo platform? 3DS?

@Anti-Matter you forgot to add “i will Gleefully Eliminate my PS4 machine and All my PS4 games, since i still have some negativity against Sony.”

@hippoeater Yep, I love when that happens. Fingers crossed!

I'd love to know what Snipperclips creators SFB Games are up to !

@Lroy One of the new ones did. I cant remember which. Great games tho.

Broforce, Into the Breach, Towerfall Ascension.

@Perryg92 Another thumbs up for COSTUME QUEST. Loved both 1 and 2. Would love a collection on Switch.

Hyper Light Drifter - please please please!

That weird black and white PUNCHOUT style adventure game. Can't remember what it's called

Besiege, Oxygen Not Included (yeah, I know it's early access), Roundabout, Assault Android Cactus (since it bypassed the WiiU)...

But what would REALLY blow my mind is if Blue Revolver got a Switch port. It's probably the most CAVE and Raizing/8ing inspired shmup I've seen! A perfect candidate for the NintendoLife Weekly arcade challenge

And the boss music is so freakin'...well, BOSS!

@Shiryu @Lroy I emailed the devs of RCR Underground asking if a Switch port was planned. They said no other console ports are planned at the moment but maybe in future.

1. Ori and the blind forest (is this an Indy?).
2. The Last Night.

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I finally want a release date for that 8-bit style fighting game that has SMASH BROS. like controls... (can't remember the name), I want a release date for HUNTDOWN, and I want to know if TREASURENAUTS will ever be more than a handful of videos and screenshots.

Why did they show off Undertale on the main Direct when they were planning a Nindies Showcase only a couple of weeks later. Wouldn't be surprised if we didn't see anything of Undertale.

@WhiteTrashGuy Pocket Rumble!!!!

I think it will mostly be new announcements, not games we know about. That’s usually the way these Directs roll.

That thumbnail is amazeballs

...but here’s my wishlist:
Ghost Song
Riptale
Picontier
Chasm
Dead Cells
Moonlighter
Hazelnut Bastille

But honestly... I’ll be happy just to see some of these new games!

@1UP_MARIO
Hoooo....
Right.
It still the 1st part (Elimination of PS4 indies)
I had "Eliminated" the PS4 version of Portal Knights, Overcooked Gourmet Edition and just now, Yonder the Cloud Catcher Chronicles had been Eliminated (Switch version in both USA & Europe version, Yesss !!). Earthlock PS4 version will be Eliminated right after i got confirmation about Physical release of Switch version.

The 2nd part is Major PS4 Games.
( The Sims 4, FF XII The Zodiac Age, FF X/X-2 HD, World of Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 HD)
I will wait until E3 2018 to see if my wish and prediction will come true (and then i can "eliminate my PS4 machine completely if all according to my wishes).

Sounds "evil", eh ?

I'd to see Starbound, just like Terraia, only set in space.

And Rust would be great to see on console.

Pioneers as well

All personal preferences, but all unlikely.

Moonlighter
and some racing please

Why do you all want old games coming to the Switch? How about some new stuff I haven't already played?

I'm hoping for some release dates on games from the last showcase (I'm especially looking forward to Flipping Death. I was interested from the start, but after playing Stick it to the Man recently I'm even more excited).

What I find weird is that Nintendo of Europe doesn't advertise this Nindies Showcase at all. I hope we don't see just a bunch of US exclusives.

@Scottwood101

Thanks!

@masterLEON That Blue Revolver looks superb. I'll add that to the games I hope to see today.

C'mon wargroove. Tiny metal didn't quite scratch that AW itch.

Shovel knight physical release and the triple Amiibo pack please!

Can't think of much I want that isn't already announced or already available on the Vita. Guacamelee 2 would be great, but it's too soon for that to come to other platforms, it seems. Rogue Legacy would be great to own on Switch too, but the devs have said they have other priorities.

Also, what's with calling Travis Strikes Again a "Nindie"? I was under the impression it's more similar in scope to something like Killer7 or the NMH games, not to Liberation Maiden and the like. Was it formally revealed on a Nindies Presentation and I'm just misremembering things?

@Pazuzu666 This was genuinely the only thing I was hoping for from this Nindies..
Ah well now I won't be disappointed in the no show later. Thanks for the heads up and I now look forward to some surprises

Would love to see The Witness, Firewatch, Ori and the Blind Forest and Inside all come to Switch. Know some are a bit of a long shot but Crash Bandicoot happened.

Undertale is available on PS3 and Vita which I own so I'm not too bothered about it coming to Switch.

I'd love to hear a release date for Flipping Death

@Anti-Matter Portia won't be coming to Switch until October, according to the last info about it from the devs. Really hoping for a release date for Yonder, they said "soon" just about a week ago.

@Grandpa_Pixel Spelunky, Spelunky, Spelunky! Greatest Indie game ever made.

I'd love to see Chicken Wiggle happen so can everyone please head over to Kickstarter and back it.. thanks

We need Ori too

Kentuckey route zero

@DizziParadise
Psst....
According from playasia, Yonder the Cloud Catcher Chronicles will be released on late May 2018 (29 May 2018 if i remembered).

USA version
https://www.play-asia.com/yonder-the-cloud-catcher-chronicles/13/70bymj

Europe version
https://www.play-asia.com/yonder-the-cloud-catcher-chronicles/13/70byh1

What would be really cool (though infinitely unlikely) would be if Nintendo surprised long time fans by resurrecting Star Tropics as a Nindie! As a fan of the first two, I would love to see a sequel!

King of Cards is the thing I am most actively excited for.

I really wanna see Death Road to Canada and Ultimate Chicken Horse.

Hollow Knight (now gone)
King of cards
Inside
Momodora
Salt&Sanctuary

Personally, I would like to see, the king of cards, undertale and minecraft bedrock edition

@BARSAMAN @wazlon @brunojenso it is an indie, but Microsoft has the rights. Ori is not coming.

@eltomo Starbound is very likely to get a switch port since stardew valley.

Bloodstained would be nice, apart from that there is nothing specific I want to see.

Also, calling it now, there might be a new Smash character from an indie game announced. (Possibly Shovel Knight, since he even has a Amiibo already)

Divinity Original Sin~

@Krull Cuphead was funded by Microsoft, so you have as much chance of seeing on the Switch as you do Uncharted or Halo.

@wazlon The Ori games were funded by Microsoft. They'll be exclusive forever.

@Saego
M$ owns Ori?? Nooo! That is very bad..

All my hopes for The Last Night then. That game looks so promising.

(Thanks for the reply)

I just want Fez.

I don't have a wish list. Surprise me Nintendo

Dragon Marked by Death, Momodora 3+4, and Kero Blaster, Hover Revolt of Gamers, Rain World, Hyperlight Drifter, Gang Beasts, Rivals of Aether, Skullgirls, and Indivisble.

@moroboshi To be fair, I would have said the same thing about Crash Bandicoot showing up on a Nintendo console. If Microsoft has no immediate plans of entering the portable/handheld system market, I could see them testing the waters with some of their smaller titles, like Ori. It still believe it is unlikely, but Ori seems like a great fit for the system. I would buy it again.

@Anti-Matter I would also like to see more of My Life at Portia.

@roadrunner343 Sony doesn't own Crash, though, and there were already GBA games and such.

I would like to see:
Hyperlight drifter, Moonlighter, Shovel knight, hope to have in a couple of weeks news on Hollow knight, Chariot, Runbow, Re:Legend, Limbo/Inside, Dont starve, Trine trilogy, Affordable space adventures, Guacamelee, Bit.Trip Runner trilogy, The Swindle, Race the sun, Scram kitty and his buddy on rails, Freedom planet, Stealth inc 3, Jotun, The Swapper, Brawlhalla, Indivisible prototype, Unravel, Slender-The arrival, Amnesia collection, Journey, Firewatch, Abzû, The Witcher..

Dungeon Defenders 2, A hat in time (smell the roses team), firewatch, any other indie i can't name on the top of my head. Here's to be suprised.

Big names, new games, no shames.

Top game I want dated: Hollow Knight. Strike that, make it a surprise release right after the direct.

Completely inappropriate, but I'd like to see Nintendo start a Nindie "label" of it's own franchises either farmed out to smaller studios or just given to small young internal teams. Start with a 2D Metroid or 2D Kid Icarus maybe... maybe even a totally fresh take on Super Mario Bros. or Donkey Kong, or Mario Bros. That would rock my world, I think.

@ballistic90 Yeah, not the perfect example, just the first that came to mind. Honestly though, I didn't realize Sony had nothing to do with the more recent games. I guess I just thought that since it was originally Sony/Naught Dog, that they still had their hands in it somewhere along the line. Doesn't seem to be the case though.

King of Cards! Because I love Shovel Knight and it’ll cost me nothing.

Yacht Club Games tweeted that they'll be showcasing KoC at PAX East, so either we'll get a release date today, or early next month.

HYPER LIGHT DRIFTER!

@Lroy Steam and GOG only. I had tons of videos on my channel but I had to make them private because i was one of the many victims of Alex Mauer.

@Shiryu Ouch, man, sorry to hear that.

Iconoclasts

One game only: WARGROOVE. Anything else is extra to me.

How about some “Away: Journey to the Unknown”!

Would it not be cool if they show after King of Cards a cut to Shovel Knight in Smash Brothers. Like they did with Splatoon.
I would also like to see more about the new minecraft update and Steve for smash

@moroboshi So you're saying there's a chance? Halo titles are on mobile, Cuphead is on PC. Doesn't take a quantum leap to see Microsoft titles come to Switch. I mean, very, very unlikely - but more hope than for Sony.

@masterLEON Can you believe it? If she add made 2 more fraudulent claims on my channel because of those videos, she would have shutdown nearly 12 years of my life. I hope she gets the help she needs and at least she clearly demonstrated how simple it is to abuse the copyright claim takedown system.

I hope for a release date of moonlighter and indivisible(it is kinda about time for Moonlighter specially, we already reaching the end of March) and some others to know if will come for switch like A Place for the Unwilling, Forgotton Anne, Eitr, just to name a few

@aaronsullivan top idea about an official 'Nindies brand'

@Krull Halo spinoffs are on phones, and the PC is a Microsoft platform. Hence why all for party MS games are now on both Xbox and Windows 10.

You'll never see Cuphead on the Switch. Just buy it on Xbox or Win. It's a work of art.

Not read all the comments - but does anyone think we'll get a surprise release today? The direct is being done on a traditional release day/time for the eshop update.

I'm gonna take a punt on "Hotline Miami" surprise dropping.

Can't see why they'd highlight Undertale since they already did but who knows I guess.

I'd love to see that The Long Dark is coming to Switch - love that game!

I'd like to see Bloodstained, Inside, Shovel Knight, Guacamelee 2 and Spelunky 2.

Wait, when does this start?...I'm Eastern...

Wargroove!

I'm just gonna wait and see for a surprise! I guess.

@MarioBrickLayer Sorry, Cuphead's impossible, Microsoft exclusivity.

90's Super GP

@Krull My mind's gonna blow up if MDHR, Nintendo and Microsoft somehow announce it.

@Kirbster1992 Well, maybe anyway.

Dragon: Marked For Death.

@OorWullie I heard the same myself. Cutting it a bit fine for this month? Unless, delayed...😭

@OdnetninAges Yeah, what is going on with that game?

@Anti-Matter Shame, I was hoping to be playing it over Easter break. Ah well, I haven't finished DQ Builders yet, or Portal Knights (or a bunch of other games, my backlog is... substantial).

Read Dead Redemption.
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Just kidding.

@giantenemycrab RCMADIAX should get together with a company that makes crappy plug-n-plays and put all his games on one.

@moroboshi Shame Ori is exclusive forever, really liked the look of it and I can't find much of a reason to buy an XBox One.

I found myself only interested in about 3 games - Bomb Chicken, The Messenger and Bad North. I've never played a Banner Saga game, are those any fun?