A Range Of Nindie Games Will Soon Be Offered At Brick-And-Mortar Stores In Europe

I got really excited to see this list, thinking it was a list of games getting retail editions, but it’s just download codes. Ugh.

It said at the end of the Direct that they have more news coming real soon,is this it?

@OorWullie Damon Baker just tweeted that there is more to come (with a winky face) so it looks like NOA have something up their sleeve later.

That title feels a little like click bait. I got excited, but then I was disappointed when I found out they're just physical download codes...

@ryancraddock Is it possible to add ''download codes'' somewhere in the headline?

I'm getting physical release of Hollow Knight and Dead Cells even tho I already have Hollow Knight digitally. THOSE GAMES ARE JUST SOOOOO GOOD. God forbid something ever happen to my Switch and some games are lost or something. Some games are so good these deserve a space on your shelf anyway. As a collector and fan.

@Octane No game carts? WELL nevermind... was hoping for physical release.

They should have added games like Enter the Gungeon, Minit, Crawl, Furi, and Dandara

Well, it's got to be good for exposure. In an ideal world, a member of staff could actually offer recommendations (however, normally whenever I go to Game to buy something, I feel more like some staff mock Switch owners. Idiots)

@thesilverbrick lol "physical" dlc codes and when they said brick and motor stores the first place i thought was the £1 shop 😂

@RupeeClock yeah it's the same thing pretty much, they should really release these things a budget titles for a £5, some of these indie games i've seen for £20 and they are not worth that much, i can get a retail game for the same price.

It feels like someone in the power of deciding about these things thought "oh, people want physical games? Well, we shall give them physical games!" and didn't realize it's the actual games we want physically on cartridges, not just the cases.

Meh, Still not physical games so not interested. I'll just wait for Limited Run Games and Super Rare Games to release the games in real physical editions.

The GAME near me has been doing this a while with titles like Enter the Gungeon, Night in the Woods, Snake Pass, Overcooked etc. Some really top titles, glad to see these ones joining them.
People here might think it's dumb but it's really not. There is the whole exposure side of course but also they make for great gifts.

Just give me complete Shovel Knight physically on cart already.

Id like Celeste, Hollow Knight, Shovel Knight, Golf Story and Stardew Valley.

Unsure if I just want an empty case but. Golf Story has been confirmed to be getting a release on Limited Run Games at the very least so I may wait for that one. The Hollow Knight and Shovel Knight teams have also both hinted at physical releases. I wonder if this is what they meant or if they have something else in the works with an actual cart.

Stardew valley is finally...oh wait. Gosh darnit.

I REALLY hope these devolopers/companies dont offer this and then say that people wanting physical can just get this.

@RupeeClock and what's more, if you ask them nicely they will allow you to keep the box - that's how I got the BOTW dlc box and FM 2018. Or at least they do in my local

I have codes for a handful of eShop titles, but unfortunately I don’t have access to my Switch right now. So when I saw the link provided in this article, I thought 'great' and tried redeeming them there. However, while it does confirm which games my codes are for, when selecting the final redeem button, I’m getting this error message:

Error Code 9001-0026
In order to continue, please access Nintendo eShop on the Nintendo Switch console linked to this Nintendo Account.

Is there any other way of redeeming my codes? As it could be another two or three months yet, I’m worried they may expire before I get my Switch back and have direct access to the eShop.

Any advice would be very much appreciated, folks!

Physical download code, disgusting!

This “physical” release is just a digital in disguise, heh.

Celeste will come physical eventually, and Hollow Knight was already announced without a date.

I suppose this also means that eShop games can be more easily gifted for those parents/grandparents/others who do not want to just get eShop credit for whatever reason.

at least it's not a box and inside the box is not a game cart, but the code lol, but seriously I like Nindies as physical idea, but paying switch tax of an extra 10 bucks generally on them is not where i want to spend the extra bucks on my indies.

But why? There is no use for these in any way. Ridiculous.

many young players don't have access to a credit card and download codes are handy also in developing countries

I'm still waiting Night in the Woods in physical format tho

By the way guys, Skybound Games are publishing the physical version of Hollow Knight next Spring!

Physical or not, I would still recommend Celeste to everyone. That game is absolutely amazing. <3

@GrailUK To be fair, with the odd exception, people who work in Game stores aren't exactly known for being intelligent... or actually know anything about games. If they were either of those things, they sure as Hell wouldn't be working in a Game store

@thesilverbrick I'm not even located in Europe, but I got excited about importing some of these as well for a moment...

@FragRed Well, that is certainly one way to look at it

@Kiz3000
This is important for young people who do not yet have internationally accepted payment methods.

Secondary bonuses include better visibility with certain audiences, and the ability to more easily give the games as gifts, when the gift giver does not themselves have a Switch, or a desire for creating a Nintendo eShop account.

And there I was, excited for a physical cart of Stardew... what a disappointment. Oh and by the by, GAME in the UK have been doing these 'physical' download cards for, well, ever!

@FragRed Mightily agree with you, and I'm an ex-assistant manager of GAME! That said, I transferred from the aeons better Gamestation before we were absorbed by the evil empire!! Most of the staff I worked with during my tenure at GAME thought retro meant... PS2!!!

@roadrunner343 Same! Especially Hollow Knight.

While I agree with the consensus that physical games would be much better, this is still good news for everyone involved. It will give those worthy games a much higher degree of visibility and boost the Switch share of display space. The selection of games is pretty good, too, although somewhat confusing as Darkest Dungeon Ancestral Edition and Dead Cells both already have actual physical editions.

@electrolite77 I'd say 99% of the people clamoring for physical releases mean actual physical carts, not physical cases containing a download code. Though, to be fair, I do agree with your point about impulse gift purchases. That makes sense for an item like this. Otherwise, for an individual purchasing something for themselves, I'm not sure why you would buy a physical download code vs. simply going to the eShop to purchase. That said, I'm with you - it's not like this is a "disgusting" practice, it's just not at all what I was hoping for.

EDIT: And of course, some folks may not want to give Nintendo their financial info, so this is a way around that. Still, a bit niche.

@thesilverbrick Yup, pretty damn click baity

@Smigit Celeste physical would be instant collector's item

Physical download codes 😏

Much as I do prefer physical releases, I am not interested in double dipping games on the same system just for that.

Though had Golf Story, Night in the Woods and Stardew Valley been physical from day 1, I'd have certainly gone that route.

Or rather, I would have, if they had been physical games, not codes in a box.

Lol, at first I thought they where Retail-versions...but they seem to be just boxes with download-code.

I personally bought Sonic Mania Retail-version, because of the booklet and box. But most downloads I want will be downloads, simply since that's often a bit cheaper. For example: I could have gone for the expensive Monster boy retail-version, but I went for the discounted download version.

My point: With soooo many cool downloads at huge prices, its insane to buy them all at retail at even huger prices. Besides some games are so small that they not really warrant a Switch-card. Besides, I don't have room for all those games anyway. My goal is to only buy a few downloads this year (the very best), all at discounts. We'll see what happens...