Round Up: Every Switch Highlight At The Future Games Show - Summer Showcase 2024

Only Nikoderiko that I have interest about.

They really need to make bad pop songs in game trailers illegal

@Zeldinion Yeah Nikoderiko gameplay looks rad af, but the thumbnail was a little worrisome. Or should I say "furrisome," if you catch my drift. Then the music. Ooof. Especially then touting David Wise in the little PR blurb, lol.

Antonblast, Nikoderiko, and Dredge looking pretty incredible.

"So many games" = 6 games; one of them is just a DLC, and one of them has already been covered extensively. And then we have Donkey Kong Country wannabe #35, Stardew Valley wannabe #598, and a couple other genericos. The future!

Dredge "2" & Antonblast. Reviews needed for others.

@N64-ROX I think it more Crash Bandicoot wannabe than DK

Nikoderiko is high in colour and seems heavily inspired by DK and Crash, but... that horrible song, is this what we'll have to listen to the whole game long. 😰 is this what David Wise is up to now? Good for him I guess, but my poor ears.

Hell of an Office on the other hand brings back Ghostrunner vibes, but kind of looks unfinished ... I mean ... no enemies? Curious, so will wait and see.

Thanks for this roundup!

Excluding Antonblast because I already been gunning for it for a long time now, only Nikoderiko has caught my interest. Platformer with DKC Returns and Crash Bandicoot-like gameplay, and David Wise as the composer? It has my attention.

@Yalloo: I agree the god-awful pop song is trash, but in fairness Wise himself didn't make it (its a 2019 song by John Coggins, Devin Moore and Steve Kofsky), and I doubt he had any say on it being used for the trailer. I would wait to assume the worst until we hear some actual in-game music.

@Coolmusic I will keep all of my fingers crossed and hope for the best indeed. Thanks for looking it up, really glad it's not of his making, and hopefully just a poor poor trailer song choice that doesn't reflect the OST of this otherwise promising videogame.

@Yalloo : You are welcome.^^ I'm keeping my fingers crossed as well.

Nikoderiko looks fun but ruined by that awful music playing, id rather hear the actual game music lol

SCHiM sticks out in a positive way.

Both the concept and visual style are original, simple, elegant and appealing.

Just hope it is as plesant and fun to play as it looks.

Oops - am I the only one who kinda enjoyed the light, poppy accompaniment to Nikoderiko?

It was more the main character designs that put me off a bit. Game looked decent but hella derivative, so it needs distinctive characters to draw me in.

Anyone else notice the Nikoderiko trailer featured the Nintendo logo rather than the Switch logo...?

Anyone else notice that Nikoderiko used the Nintendo logo rather than the Switch one? Might not mean anything, though we are at the weird point where devs have to start planning for the next generation while either not knowing or being unable to say anything about it.

@Anachronism Probably come out on both

Schim looks extremely clever.

Nikoderiko makes me want to play that Yooka Laylee 2d game or Tropical Freeze instead.

Dredge already had my attention even though I haven't bought it yet.

And I'm already sold on Antonblast anyway.

@gcunit yes, just wanted to write, suggests it’s for Switch 2.

Nikoderiko looks good

Honestly nikoderiko looks pretty fun. And I can definitely see the DKC and crash inspired gameplay. Also can we please stop with the whole “it’s ripping off crash /DKC therefore it’s bad” thing?
Yokai watch is a great series yet people refused to give it a chance because collecting cute creatures apparently makes it a Pokémon ripoff.
@gcunit nope! Your not the only one that likes the song.

SCHiM looks like my kind of thing. :v

"Mom, can we get Crash 4?"
"We have Crash at home."
Crash at home: "PARTY DON'T STOP, PARTY DON'T STOP, NEVER EVER!"

in all honesty, I'm more interested in Nikoderiko and Antonblast than anything else in this list so far. Once Penny's big breakaway goes on sale, and once these two do as well, I'll have the perfect quad set of colorful indie platformers that aren't Wario/Sonic/Crash bandicoot.

@Dakotastomp Crash 4 exists and is on Switch

@Ogbert hypothetically what if a parent doesn't want to buy Crash 4? Even still, the game looks like it could be the start a cool new mascot platformer franchise all its own. Been wanting more games inspired by Crash for a while.

Accidentally dodged a bullet by watching the Nikoderiko trailer with the volume left super low.

Trying to catch up on all these game showcases, and nothing seems to be grabbing me so far 🥱 Will just have to wait for Nintendo's June Direct I suppose!

Nikoderiko will get physical release on PS5, Switch and XBOX according to play-asia.
I will get the PS5 version. 😃

@Anachronism It also oddly said "PC" instead of Steam. (I didn't realize there was a wordmark for something as general use as PC.) It's coming out in 2024 and is from a no-name studio, so I wouldn't read into it.

@Thomystic At least with PC, there's alternatives like the GOG or Epic stores. Same goes for Xbox with Series X/S. But yeah, I certainly don't expect these guys to have any deep insider knowledge. I was just curious whether or not they intentionally chose the Nintendo logo over the Switch one in anticipation of a console announcement.

@Dakotastomp I was just being pedantic.

I think these characters will resonate really hard with a very specific audience, and not at all or perhaps even drive away others not part of that specific audience.

@Ogbert That specific audience being...?
Retro 90's gamers?
Or
Internet furries?

@Dakotastomp I think the gameplay very much the former, the character designs very much the latter.

And hey, no shame to anyone who is into the latter.

@Ogbert Imma be real, when I look at Niko or Luna, I don't see "Muh furry MC I use in fanfics"(Grimbald probably leans into that camp of the writer's barely disguised fetish) I just think of Crash and all the Scrimblo bimblo mascot characters that tried to be Crash, and burned. But idk, I was pleasantly surprised by Kao the Kangaroo's return and Kaze and the wild masks was a short but sweet DKC inspired ride, so Nikoderiko might be something to keep an eye out for, for me at least. Maybe the actual music will be better.

@Dakotastomp fair enough, to me this could only be more furry if it were a wolf. It’s too human in silhouette and proportions, whilst 90s mascots tended to lean more to the animal’s characteristics, just often on hind legs.