INDIE WORLD: April 17 - 20 minutes of indie games

[Nester the Lark]

[Nester the Lark]

Pretty typical Indie World Showcase. The only thing that I was interested in was Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution. (Although, I still haven't played the previous Shantae game.)

[Nester the Lark]

[Nester the Lark]

Here it is:



After all the leaks, there were still some interesting surprises. But perhaps the biggest surprise was what wasn't shown: the one game everyone assumed was basically guaranteed.

I'll post more detailed impressions a little later.

[Nester the Lark]

OK, impressions.

So, yeah, no Hi-Fi Rush for Switch. Xbox later confirmed it for PS5 (along with Sea of Thieves). Switch is getting Grounded and Pentiment. To be honest, I'm not interested in any of these games.

Monster Hunter Stories and Epic Mickey: Rebrushed were surprises. Monster Hunter Stories 2 was a game that seemed to come and go, and I don't see it talked about at all now. I played the demo, but never finished it. I'm not normally into monster-collecting RPGs, but I'm still a little curious about this particular series.

I enjoyed Epic Mickey on the Wii, but I have no desire to play it again.

All the Rare games added to NSO was a nice surprise, but I guess I should've expected it. I suppose we can expect to see more in the future.

I never played either of the Endless Ocean games on Wii, but I'm a little curious about the series. I'll keep my eye on it.

The two games I'm most interested in are Unicorn Overlord and Contra: Operation Galuga, both of which have demos. I've already played the demo for Contra. I enjoyed it, but it feels quite janky. I hope they smooth it out either before launch or shortly after.

Unicorn Overlord looks gorgeous, and seems to be like Ogre Battle with some Fire Emblem mixed in. I don't expect to get it (or Contra, for that matter) at launch. Waiting for sales is something I'm trying to get back into the habit of.

Overall, it was a decent direct.

EDIT: Oh yeah, and Japan got Mother 3 on NSO.

[Da Robot]

I didn't bother watching it live because of the time, but still paid attentions to the leaks before hand. I can't tell if this makes things better or worse at this point.


I know the rumors said we were going to get Endless Ocean, but I was surprised to see it be a new game with random generation. Was expecting a remaster/remake of the first 2 games. In a a console swan song time period where it feels like "cheaper" remakes would be the norm instead of new games.

Rareware games were unexpected, hopefully we get more and now with Microsoft being more open to their games on other platforms a game like Diddy Kong Racing (and it's character rights issues) might be even easier to get released on NSO. Imagine have a direct where Banjo-Tooie, Conker's Bad Fur Day and then the game they both cameo in, DKR gets revealed as well.

Good to see more older games getting remasters.

World of Goo 2 being console exclusive, I highly recommend the original if you still haven't played it after all these years.

Probably a coincidence but did it seem like a lot of the games announced have online multiplayer with large amounts of players? Who expected 30 player online in Endless Ocean of all things? I know we already have the "99" series of games but those mostly 2D looking not things like 64 person 3d multiplayer of SW Battlefront. Nintendo is even including a 7 day trail for NSO with purchases of EO:L



Pokemon Day is having it's presentation next week, after last years disappointment, I'm not watching that live again.

[Evie ❤✿]

I'm curious about the new Endless Ocean game too, Nester. ^^ A long time ago I played the first game on Wii, but my memory about it is faint. I haven't gone back to the Wii, I'm not sure why because I still play old consoles; but the Wii Remote's need for batteries and charger decks breaking can be a pain. I want to get it when it comes out and the new features sound nice.

I like how Nintendo have been bringing back things like this and Another Code, Famicom Detective Club, Advance Wars etc. Perhaps we'll continue to see new revivals soon.

[Nester the Lark]

My prediction is that Little Kitty, Big City is going to be shadow dropped.

[Nester the Lark]

www.youtube.com/live/lTjjKC9gHPM?si=DAcMirmhqpb4q4SS

Well, Little Kitty, Big City didn't get shadow dropped, but it did get a release date: May 9.