Nintendo presented a new Nintendo direct today, showcasing game titles that will be released on the Switch this year and into early 2019. Details are below.
- Hyper Light Drifter: Special Edition
- Action-adventure game
- Includes exclusive outfit that locates items
- New weapons
- Release: September 6
- Towerfall
- Action game
- Includes all add-on content and new 6-player mode
- Play as Madeline, the heroine of Celeste
- Release: September 27
- Treasure Stack
- Puzzle platformer game
- Use grappling hook to stack treasure blocks
- Cross-platform play with Xbox One and PC
- Release: Winter 2018
- Zarvot
- Top-down action game
- Play as cubes, Charcoal and Mustard
- Features story mode and versus mode
- Release: October 2018
- Mineko’s Night Market
- Life simulator with several
- 20 hours of story
- Varied gameplay, with activities like sewing and woodworking
- Release: Early 2019, first to Nintendo Switch
- Samurai Gunn 2
- Action platformer
- Sword and gun combat
- Includes adventure mode, as well as classic 4-player versus mode
- Release: Early 2019
- Bullet Age
- Co-op action platformer
- Fight with swords and guns
- Fully upgrade-able weapons, use HD Rumble to find secrets
- Release: November 2018, Switch exclusive
- The World Next Door
- Adventure game with puzzle-battle elements
- Play as June, who is trapped in a parallel world
- Build reputation with characters you encounter
- Release: Early 2019
- Levelhead
- Action platformer, level creator
- Create and share levels online
- Cross-platform compatibility with PC, iOS, and Android
- Release: November 2018
- King of the Hat
- Hat-based party game
- Destroy your friends’ hats to win
- Local and online multiplayer
- Release: Early 2019
- Untitled Goose Game
- Stealth sandbox
- Play as a goose and cause general chaos
- Fulfill missions on a to-do list
- Release: Early 2019
- Into the Breach
- Turn-based strategy game
- Play through a campaign using mech units
- Battle against Vek, giant insects
- Release: Today
- Other upcoming indie titles
- The Messenger: August 30
- Bastion: September 13
- Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut: September 13
- Undertale: September 18
- Light Fingers: September 20
- Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP: October 2018
- Jackbox Party Pack 5: October 2018
- Transistor: November
- Desert Child: December
- Dragon Marked for Death: December 13
- Indie Channel added to Nintendo Switch
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- Available now
