Nindies Showcase Summer 2018 summary

Want a comprehensive recap of the recent Nindies showcase? Here’s the full run down.

Described as a ‘Part 2’ to follow the announcements from Gamescom, this Nindies showcase ran down 22 games heading to the Nintendo Switch in the coming months. Ranging from this week to early next year, here’s a full list of what’s to come ascending by release date with any new trailers:

• The Messenger
  August 30th
• Hyper Light Drifter
  September 6th (with exclusive content)
• Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut
  September 13th
• Bastion
  September 13th
• Undertale
  September 18th
• Light Fingers
  September 20th
• TowerFall
  Sept 27th
• Zarvot
  October 2018 (exclusive mode + timed exclusive)
• Jackbox Party Pack 5
  October 2018
• Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
  October 2018
• Bullet Age
  November 2018 (supports HD rumble + console exclusive)
• Levelhead
  November 2018
• Transistor
  November 2018
• Dragon: Marked for Death
  December 13
• Desert Child
  December 2018
• Treasure Stack
  Winter 2018 (supporting cross platform play)
• Minekos Night Market
  Early 2019 (timed exclusive)
• Samurai Gunn 2
  Early 2019 (supports touch screen controls)
• The World Next Door
  Early 2019
• King of the Hat
  Early 2019
• Untitled Goose Game
  Early 2019

After a short reel of quick announcements, a channel for the Switch’s News app – simply called the Indie Channel – was announced. A similar channel (Indie World) already exists for Japan, so it’s great to see a Western version.

‘We have one more announcement before we go’ is the phrase that whet the appetites of many Smash fans watching live towards the end of the showcase. But in fact, popular indie title Into the Breach was announced for the Switch, with the exciting twist being that it launched right after the showcase ended.

You can watch the showcase in full right here!