A staggering 64 Indie titles are heading to the Nintendo Switch this year.
Nintendo hosted a Nintendo Direct broadcast earlier this week dedicated to future independently produced titles for the Nintendo Switch. Dubbed the “Nindies” Nintendo Direct, the video featured the likes of Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment, the debut of Runner3, and a new trailer confirming Yooka-Laylee‘s 2017 Switch release following the cancellation of the Wii U version.
Though release dates and windows were not announced for each individual title, the closing frames of the Nindies Direct confirmed a whopping 64 Indie titles are scheduled to release this year for the Switch: Yooka-Laylee is also joined by crowdfunded games Battle Chef Brigade, ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove and Hover: Revolt of Gamers; fan-favorites Cave Story, Terraria, Stardew Valley, Overcooked: Special Edition and The Binding of Issac: Afterbirth+ will also make their way to Nintendo’s console/handheld hybrid in 2017. The complete list of confirmed Indie games is as follows:
- 1001 Spikes
- Away: Journey to the Unexpected
- Battle Chef Brigade
- The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+
- Blaster Master Zero
- Cave Story
- Celeste
- Dandara
- Duck Game
- Enter the Gungeon
- The Escapists 2
- The Fall Part 2: Unbound
- Fast RMX
- Flipping Death
- Gonner
- Graceful Explosion Machine
- Has-Been Heroes
- Hollow Knight
- Hover: Revolt of Gamers
- Human Resource Machine
- Ittle Dew 2
- The Jackbox Party Pack 3
- Kingdom: Two Crowns
- Little Inferno
- Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
- Mr. Shifty
- Mutant Mudds
- NBA Playgrounds
- Neuro Voider
- The Next Penelope
- Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas
- Overcooked: Special Edition
- Pankapu
- Perception
- Pocket Rumble
- Portal Knights
- Redout
- Rime
- Rive
- Rogue Trooper Redux
- Runner3
- Shakedown: Hawaii
- Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
- Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
- Snake Pass
- Space Dave!
- Splasher
- Stardew Valley
- State of Mind
- SteamWorld Dig 2
- Su and the Quest for Meaning
- Terraria
- Thumper
- Toejam & Earl: Back in the Groove
- Towerfall: Ascension
- Treasurenauts
- Tumbleseed: A Rolly Roguelike
- Ultimate Chicken Horse
- Unbox: Newbie’s Adventure
- Wargroove
- Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap
- World of Goo
- Yooka-Laylee
- Zombie Vikings
The Nintendo Switch officially release tomorrow alongside one of 2017’s most anticipated and already critically-acclaimed titles, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Source: Nintendo
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