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Nintendo introduces 20 more Switch-bound 'Nindie' indie games

Nintendo consoles haven’t always been the most indie-friendly platforms on the market, but the company is hard at work to make the Nintendo Switch a strong home for indie games and developers alike.

Alissa McAloon, Publisher

August 30, 2017

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Nintendo consoles haven’t always been the most indie-friendly platforms on the market, but the company is hard at work to make the Nintendo Switch a strong home for indie games and developers alike.

In its second major Nindies Showcase since the Switch’s announcement, Nintendo highlighted a slew of both new and familiar indie games that are headed to the Switch in the near future or early next year.

The full showcase, embedded above this post, offers a look at twenty Switch-bound indie games headed to the console, including some surprises and a few Switch exclusives like Grasshopper Manufacture's indie dev collaboration, Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes.

The full list of indies featured in the Nindies Summer Showcase can be found just below, while full descriptions of each can be found on Nintendo's website.

  • Super Meat Boy Forever (Team Meat)

  • Shovel Knight: King of Cards (Yacht Club)

  • Mom Hid My Game (KEMCO)

  • Golf Story (Sidebar Games)

  • Floor Kids (MERJ)

  • Wulverblade  (Fully Illustrated, Darkwind Media)

  • Poly Bridge (Dry Cactus)

  • Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition (Cardboard Computer, Annapurna Interactive)

  • Earth Atlantis  (Pixel Perfex, Headup Games)

  • Next Up Hero (Digital Continue, Aspyr Media)

  • SteamWorld Dig 2 (Image & Form Games)

  • Mulaka (Lienzo)

  • Yono and the Celestial Elephants (Neckbold Games, Plug In Digital)

  • Dragon Marked For Death (IntiCreates)

  • Battle Chef Brigade (Trinket Games, Adult Swim)

  • Morphies Law (Cosmoscope)

  • Sausage Sports Club (Luckshot Games)

  • Light Fingers (Numizmatic)

  • Nine Parchments (Frozenbyte)

  • Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes (Suda51, Grasshopper Manufacture)

About the Author

Alissa McAloon

Publisher, GameDeveloper.com

As the Publisher of Game Developer, Alissa McAloon brings a decade of experience in the video game industry and media. When not working in the world of B2B game journalism, Alissa enjoys spending her time in the worlds of immersive sandbox games or dabbling in the occasional TTRPG.

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