What do cats, frogs, birds, witches, and snow-white Finnish teddy-bear-things all have in common? That's right! They're all wholesome, a sort-of game genre that has blossomed over the past few years. Wholesome games are all about prioritising fun, friendship, and relaxation — and they'll all be in the next Wholesome Direct.
The Wholesome Direct is a showcase much like a Nintendo Direct, but with a focus on these wholesome games — past Wholesome Directs have included games like Garden Story, Bear & Breakfast, and Hoa, so there's a wide range of what genre the games can be.
The team at Wholesome Games have just announced that their next Direct is on Saturday, June 11th at 9:30am PT (12:30am ET, 5:30pm BST, 6:30pm CEST), and will include a massive selection of almost 100 indie games, including:
- Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley
- PuffPals: Island Skies
- Coffee Talk Episode 2
- Terra Nil
- SCHiM
- Mail Time
...and apparently, "tons of fun surprises", too. Hopefully that includes them all coming to Switch!
What do you hope to see at the Wholesome Direct? Let us know in the comments!
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Aw man, I hope they announce the next Smash character!
Oh poor @KateGray! The last one nearly broke her. Wholesome overload incoming!!
@GrailUK 100 games, they said. ONE HUNDRED. The sizzle reel is going to be an hour long
Snufkin! Really excited about that Moomin Valley game
So I'm guessing no eroge?
I'm a fan of wholesome games, but I feel like most of the ones that use wholesomeness as a selling point end up as a pile of sickly sweet mush without the personality needed to make them actually endearing.
@GrailUK So "wholesome" is used in the darkly cynical, or Orwellian sense, then... as I suspected.
@CANOEberry Well too much of anything is a bad thing (by definition)
Coffee Talk 2nd Cup, please yes please.
Moomins are made out of mozzarella
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