Nindies Showcase From Nintendo Shows Plenty for Switch

<p>A Nindies Nintendo Direct came out this morning and Nintendo revealed a number of exclusives coming to the Nintendo Switch&comma; as well as some titles making the jump to the system&period; The Direct runs for just under 20 minutes&comma; but shows a great deal of promise for fans of indie titles&period; From retro inspired platformers and shooters to endless runners and full on 3d adventure games&comma; there is a little something for everyone&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"p-mFODSa2VM" title&equals;"Nintendo Switch Nindies Showcase"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;p-mFODSa2VM"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;p-mFODSa2VM&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Nintendo Switch Nindies Showcase"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One of the biggest announcements to come out of the Direct was that <em>Yooka-Laylee<&sol;em> would indeed be coming to the Switch&period; While it was previously coming to the Wii U&comma; the move to the Switch has been shrouded in a bit of mystery&period; Now&comma; Playtonic confirmed with Nintendo that the game would be coming to the Switch&comma; meaning the Rare-inspired platformer would be playable anywhere&comma; and with multiplayer intact&period; Easily one of the most talked about indie games coming out this year&comma; having <em>Yooka-Laylee<&sol;em> on the Switch should help occupy players until <em>Mario Odyssey<&sol;em> comes out&period; The game releases for PC&comma; PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on April 11&comma; but no word on when it releases on the Switch other than this year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;120446" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-120446" style&equals;"width&colon; 960px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-120446" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;02&sol;28181151&sol;SQ5qN3eozLsPUWEcSfWCYh3-1024x548&period;png" alt&equals;"Wargroove&comma; Chucklefish Games" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"514" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-120446" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Wargroove&comma; Chucklefish Games<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-large wp-image-120442" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;02&sol;327725465&period;jpg" alt&equals;"327725465" width&equals;"1" height&equals;"1" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some other standout titles that were included were <em>Steamworld Dig 2<&sol;em>&comma; the sequel to the great side-scrolling adventure&comma; mining game&comma; and <em>Flipping Death<&sol;em>&comma; the new game from the team behind <em>Stick it to the Man<&sol;em>&period; One of the bigger indies to support Nintendo is Chucklefish&comma; with a handful of titles&period; <em>Pocket Rumble<&sol;em>&comma; which will be console exclusive to the Switch&comma; is a 2d fighter&comma; with what seems to be a fairly robust but simple combat system as well as online ranked matches&period; <em>Wargroove<&sol;em> really stands out&comma; as basically an <em>Advance Wars<&sol;em> game that isn&&num;8217&semi;t made by Intelligent Systems&period; While Intelligent Systems continues to be busy with Fire Emblem&comma; sadly they haven&&num;8217&semi;t released an Advance Wars game in some time&period; This looks very similar&comma; with a wide range of unit types&comma; massive maps&comma; and even customizable maps&period; Lastly&comma; <em>Stardew Valley<&sol;em> was announced to be coming to the Switch&comma; and will include multiplayer for the first time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Nindies Direct has plenty to sink your teeth into&comma; this was just a number of the standouts&period; Feel free to watch and comment on what titles pop out to you&comma; and what you&&num;8217&semi;re excited to play&period; Only a few more days until the Switch is in our hands&comma; and it looks like a large micro SD card may already be necessary for all of these indie titles on the way&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Via <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;p-mFODSa2VM">Nintendo Direct<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;