Poll: So, How Would You Rate That Nintendo Indie World Showcase?

I thought it was great. Outer Wilds and Braid are great to finally get on the system, and Blade Chimera looks absolutely fantastic. Definitely the most invested I've been in an Indie showcase in a long time.

Truth be told, it was horrible.

At least we are still getting Braid

Kinda bummed there wasn’t an update on Freedom Planet 2 (which is still Winter 2023 apparently???) or Laika. But it did have On Your Tail which looks pretty interesting, and Chimera Blade too.

Probably gonna pick up Backpack Hero when that comes later today.

Nothing announced that grabbed my attention, nice for braid to be announced but I will be playing that on one of the bigger consoles.

Death Trick: Double Blind looked interesting (and there's a demo up later today it seems), so it exceeded my expectations. I would say good.

Have no interest in indie games anymore.
But give me a - retro showcase or a partner showcase and I’m there!

I admit it's pretty rare for Indie showcases to have anything that really grabs my attention. Same goes for this one. I dunno if it would be fair for me to judge these presentations since I feel it's more of a me problem.

Worst. Indie Direct. Ever.

Braid? King of the indies?! Interesting take.

I think we’ve come to the point with indies where everything looks like something else that came before it- both in graphics and gameplay. There are so many games now, and probably only 1 in a 1000 stands out now. Even now I couldn’t tell you anything that happened in the direct that I remembered.

Everyone lost the Silksong raffle. Better luck in the next event

It seems like the most interesting indie studios have their own showcases nowadays or are in more mainstream showcases. They've graduated from Indie World so to speak. So what's left ends up being something of a cozy showcase or mostly indie debuts.

Was okay. Sizzle reel was better than main event and for goodness sake why do we need to be patronised like that by Amber and Andrew?
Really was embarrassing and please do not let them do another one!

We are not all 3!

It had Outer Wilds in it, therefore it was good.

Really good games shown today. I was especially intrigued by Howl and A Highland Song. But the ending of the direct was awful. No closer announcement or one more thing despite the tease.

I didn't expect it today and I know it's a meme to say it but I'm still slightly sad we didn't hear any news on Silksong.

It was ok, there were a few games that looked interesting to me but I wouldn't say there were any major wow moments.

I liked the look of A Highland Song. Have to keep an eye out on that one.

I thought it was good. indies are still filling in spots that the big devs have left behind. added a few new items to my wish list. (in my head because my eshop one is full....sigh)

Not great outside of the Shantae section, and we already knew that was coming.

Not bad. Outer Wilds physical release in 2024 was the tops for me.

I dont care much for the indie games but a few had my attention. I gave it a 6

I struggle to rate these. They are indie content drops and every time it drops content from indies. So mission accomplished?

its not like a direct that's selling us on the next _____ months of Switch, where the "fate" of Nintendo's immediate future is decided.

It's a collection of games that some will like, and some won't.

I get some people wanted Silksong but ig some peolle are right when they say Silksong is too big for an indie direct. Guess the same applies to Hades 2.

I'd say this one was pretty good overall. There were no games I'm dying to play, but more than half of them were at least things I'd like to try if I ever find the time.

I didn't watch it but would appreciate a roundup on one page to summarize!

I thought it was abysmal, other than Shantae and the Outer Wilds. But the rest of it was a big bore. So many detective games, and just visually bland games overall.

I found myself getting less irritated by this one than some of the recent others (probably due to the absence of that Little to the Left 'game' ), and there seemed to be quite a few that looked interesting or better, topped off by Outer Wilds. So I went 8/10 as an impulse vote.

6/10. IMO, it started with the best game which didn’t leave the showcase any room to build momentum. (Also my opinion, but A&A didn’t seem genuine together - it hindered more than it helped the presentation.)

Nothing really blew me away. There's usually at least a couple games that really grab my attention. Backpack Hero looks neat. But that's about it.

I'm usually not one to give extreme scores, but this was a straight 1 for me. Literally nothing even remotely cought my eye.

Nothing very interesting to me. I will probably get Backpack Hero if the price is right. A lot of these were not 'games' as I'd class them.

I only partially watched it, wasn't really paying attention...indie games just doesn't do it for me in most cases.

It was great, I'll be waiting for A Highland Song, looks really amazing! The music is absolutely spot on, reminds me of Hilda

Braid is not even a rook of indies, more like a pawn. It's okayish but there are hundreds of better games

Shantae was a great start, the rest was a wash for me.

Very underwhelming overall. 2/10. Most of them I wouldn't play even if they were free.

10/10 because outer wilds

It's too bad more people have to play Braid. Miserable game by an awful person.

I just looked at a list of what was announced and I'm glad I didn't watch it, nothing interesting for me

Awful. Besides the Team Ladybug game, nothing interesting enough or remotely different from the usual indies that came out in the past 2 years. Truly embarrassing "showcase".

@Grandiajet What consider a game then?

I am psyched for 3 of these games (especially Braid) so I was a rare 10/10. Normally I don't really care about these Indie showcases. I think I have the lowest bar possible though.

I thought it was pretty good, a few games in there have caught my interest.

Pretty booooring for me. The Team Ladybug game was the only standout. I am glad some folks got enjoyment out of it though.

Can’t wait for Braid and wish the great creator would make another great game.

It had Shantae. Auto-win.

Howl kinda intrigued me. Probably not enough for me to drop everything I'm currently playing too give a go but we'll see.

The game hiking in Scotland had some vibe to it but I'd need to see more/get a demo.
Maybe the green blade thing could be something, I think it's somewhere next year.
Nothing overly exciting in any ways.

I think it's really good they're hosting those indies showcases, but you'd think the guys would make an effort, like in presentation, or at least give a smile or pretend like you care. Shocking!

Aside from that, pixel art and sims are not my thing so content wise I rated it 4.
Still appreciate the effort and keep watching them.

As long as I get Silksong first half of next year, I don't think I'll need any more new games coming out. Well, I also don't mind building a backlog, but no big names just yet and the year is a month and a half away.

Nothing personal to the hard working devs, but I have zero interest inany of those very niche and shovelware looking titles.

Pretty good show, I'd say it's a solid 8/10.

Braid, Shantae, Moonstone island, Blade Chimera, Outer Wilds etc.

No massive wins but lots of detective/mystery games which made the whole thing appealing for me. Outer Wilds looks surprisingly rough from the footage though...

Howl looks great and it’s nice to see a lost Shantae get a release.

Braid is a good indie from way back, but I’ve no rush to get it again. Great for those who missed it first time around.

On Your Tail looked like a good detective game but the characters and the fan service of them was off-putting to me. (Nothing against that being your jam though).

Outer Wilds on Switch is impressive but I have the option to play it without the visual compromise elsewhere so it wasn’t personally so exciting to see.

I dunno, all in all there was a decent variety of genre and styles but it felt a bit flat to me. Most of what was shown looked like it needed polish or felt like something I’d seen in the last dozen indie directs.

@Lord A retro showcase actually sounds like a cool idea!

Blade Chimera looked really cool, and the “new” Shantae game finally being released after so many years in Metroid Dread-esque limbo was super nice to see… but nothing else caught my interest other than those two. I’m happy for Outer Wilds fans though. I give this a 6.

I'll definitely get Shantae, and probably A Highland Song. So those make it a solid "good"; 7/10. Nothing else for me. Most "indie" games look and play like each other these days. I've got enough games, and they have to be pretty special to stand out now.

It wasnt shown very much, but I liked Gecko Gods.

Lot of stuff in there that tickled my fancy, but I'm bummed to see that Astral Ascent, which came out TODAY, didn't make it in. ^^

6/10 however quite a few really interesting games coming out! Shantae is 100% on!!!! LET'S GO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Some really interesting games: On Your Tail, Howl, Highland Song, Moonstone Island, The Gecko Gods, Urban Myth Dissolution and I was sure we'd never hear of Outer Wilds again.

It's unlikely I'll end up playing most of the games I found interesting but it's nice to get an update on the indie scene.

My biggest take away was that the Switch is definitely getting replaced sooner than later.

A Highland Song times a million!

But I usually skip the Indie Showcases as they usually show off a bunch of games that are derivative of stuff that's been done better elsewhere.

I think they showed mostly high quality games, so the standard was higher than usual BUT not much for my personal taste .

@ZimmerRemmiz
I wonder how you come to that conclusion after that Indie direct?

Pretty pants for me personally