If it’s indies you want, you’re in luck (as long as you’re specifically wanting them on Switch); Nintendo has aired ano…
If it’s indies you want, you’re in luck (as long as you’re specifically wanting them on Switch); Nintendo has aired another instalment of its Indie World showcase, this time bringing news of a canceled Shantae revival, plague-themed turn-based tactics, a launch date for developer Inkle’s gorgeous hiking adventure A Highland Song, news of Outer Wilds’ long-awaited Switch release, and more. If you’re looking to catch up on the excitement, or simply need a reminder, you’ll find a full breakdown of everything featured during the show below.
Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution sees developer WayForward reviving the cancelled Game Boy Advance instalment of its acclaimed platform series nearly two decades on. To progress through its challenges, players will need to take advantage of Shantae’s animal transformation abilities, as well as her newfoud power to rearrange stages by switching the foreground and background, and it’ll also feature a 4-player local battle mode when it launches next year.
Developer Pugstorm’s Core Keeper is a «mining sandbox adventure» for up to eight players that take place in an «endless» procedurally generated cave system. There’s an ancient mystery to be solved, but doing so requires players to hone their survival skills by mining for relics and resources, building bases, growing crops, and hatching pets, as they push further into the subtarrenean world and take on its monsters. This one’s due to release for Switch in summer 2024.
Developer Memorable Games’ «sleuthy story-driven life sim» On Your Tail whisks players away to the sunkissed Italian seaside town of Borgo Marina where — as intrepid protagonist Diana — they’ll need to befriend the locals and scour locations in search of clues ultimately revealing the indemnity of masked menace. There’s a card-based element to investigations, but that’s paired with more tranditional life sim elements like cooking and fishing as players attempt to enjoy their summer at the same time. On Your Tail hits Switch next year and will be a timed console exclusive.
If life sims aren’t your thing, there’s always Howl, a «turn-based tactical folk tale» set in medieval times from developer Mi’pu’mi Games. A sinister plague sweeping across the land, passing from person to person through sound. Enter our deaf protagonist, who’ll need to battle the infected — now turned into feral beats — by predicting enemy actions and planning their attacks up to six steps in advance, utilising the likes of vaulting abilities, piercing shots, and smoke bombs.
