Nintendo shows off loads of great Indies

▶ Indie World Showcase — 20-minutes of upcoming Indie announcements. Plenty to get excited about here I reckon, including Road 96, Never Yield, OlliOlli World, the new Turtles game, anything Annapurna are putting out, Oxenfree 2 and more. Well worth a watch. Oh, and I love that Fez is now on Switch — great game, superb soundtrack.

Nintendo // YouTube

Here's everything announced in Nintendo's Indie World showcase— If you would rather not watch the whole thing linked above here's a written round-up with individual trailers for you to pick and choose from.

Matt Wales // Eurogamer

BOOK REVIEW Ask Iwata: Words of Wisdom from Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's Legendary CEO — I've not got my copy just yet (there seems to have been some sort of delay here in the UK), but I'm very much looking forward to reading this little slice of insight. It sounds like it really does confirm that Iwata was a much admired and respected individual the likes we likely won't see again.

Thomas Whitehead // Nintendo Life

PREVIEW New Pokemon Snap — After 22 years we finally get a new Snap. It arrives later this month, and this preview seems positive saying it "effectively captures the magic of the original" whilst adding welcome new machanics and a new region to traverse.

Brian Shea // Game Informer

Two nature photographers explain the New Pokemon Snap trailer

Stacey Henley // The Gamer

Nintendo quietly shuts down its Labo website — The official North American Labo site got taken down earlier this week, which many took as a suggestion that we won't be seeing any more Labo sets in the future. I think that sounds about right, but if they don't let you use the Labo Camera in the New Pokemon Snap game then they are missing a trick.

Max Fagandini // Game Rant

REVIEW Rain on Your Parade — "more or less delivers on what it promises. It's a clever and charming game that's bound to put a big, dumb smile on your face".

CJ Andriessen // Destructoid

REVIEW Godstrike — This bullet hell game is said to be "rather underwhelming [..] the overall unpolished feel of its design and presentation really drag down the otherwise solid controls".

Mitch Vogel // Nintendo Life

REVIEW Genesis Noir 

Paul Roberts // Vooks

REVIEW Future Aero Racing S Ultra

Joel A. De Witte // Nintendo World Report

Ex-Nintendo designer says F-Zero isn't dead, it's just 'hard to bring back'— He calls GX "the ultimate F-Zero". Esra Krabbe's full interview with Takaya Imamura is excellent, and well worth a read — don't skip it.

Adam Bankhurst // IGN

Switch classic games: How to load your console with over 900 retro titles

Chris Scullion // VGC

The exquisite liminality of Zelda: Skyward Sword 

Kate Gray // Nintendo Life

Wednesday, April 21

• Palindrome Syndrome: Escape Room — 3D sci-fi escape room with logic puzzles to solve.
• Smelter — Strategy, action-platformer inspired by the 16-bit era. (Apr 22 in U.S.)
• World Splitter — A multidimensional 2D puzzle platformer.

Thursday, April 22

• Asdivine Cross — Fantasy RPG adventure with turn-based battles.
• Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey DX — The deluxe edition of this 2016 JPRG, including new features and lots of included DLC.
• Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings DX — Another entry in the 'Atelier/Mysterious' JRPG games.
• Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book DX — Don't forget the books.
• Bamerang — A boomerang fighting multiplayer game - really unique art style.
• BraveMatch — A medieval match 3 / RPG - handheld play only.
• ⭐️ Buildings Have Feelings Too — City management sim, but the building can walk and talk.
• Devil Slayer Raksasi — Top-down action with procedurally generated dungeons, roguelike elements, and soul-like fighting.
• Infinite Adventures — Dungeon crawling RPG.
• MotoGP 21 — Realistic 3D motorcycle racing / sim.
• Mystic Fate — Fantasy 3D Voxel action adventure.
• ⭐️🎮 Picross S6 — More nonogram puzzles from Jupiter.
• Sakura Succubus — Japanese idol romance adventure.
• Skyland Rush - Air Raid Attack — Side-scrolling shooting/rush game. Mobile port.
• The Skylia Prophecy — Pixel art sidescrolling action RPG set in a medieval fantasy world.
• Touhou Hyouibana - Antinomy of Common Flowers — Fighting game with girls who can fly.
• Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion — 2D puzzle adventure. They'll be coming for Yoshi next.
• War of stealth - assassin — Sci-fi stealth action with zombies and shooting.
• World End Economica - Complete — Far future narrative adventure game.

Friday, April 23

• Colorfall — Pattern recognition puzzler. (Already available in U.S.)
• Driving World: Nordic Challenge — Drive a variety of vehicles. (Already available in U.S.)
• Dungeon and Gravestone — Solve mysteries in this dungeon RPG.
• Dungholes — Find diamonds in this pixel arcade top down dungeon puzzler.
• EQI — Trippy first-person arcade game with spatial puzzles and synthwave sounds.
• Little Mouse's Encyclopedia — Quite a charming interactive nature-based encyclopedia.
• Moon Raider — 2D space-themed adventure platformer (with co-op).