Animal Crossing: New Horizons and
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, it hasn’t turned its eye on indie games coming to the Switch. With the end of the year in sight, Nintendo has given us a peek at what to expect from its indie game lineup heading into 2021, including a mix of indie game favorites alongside some new reveals and surprises.
As revealed earlier in the week, Nintendo officially aired its latest (and likely final) Indie World Showcase for 2020, giving us a closer look at the indie titles making their way to Nintendo Switch in the coming months of 2021. Over the course of the 15-minute Showcase we ended up getting a glimpse of nearly 20 indie games heading to Switch (and elsewhere), and below you’ll find all of the games showcased at the latest Indie World Showcase.
Among Us Arrives on Nintendo Switch Today
Among Us, will arrive on Nintendo Switch later today.
The title is a social deduction game where players take on the role of either a crewmate or imposter. Crewmates must complete tasks on a spaceship before imposters kill or sabotage them. Players can call emergency meetings to discuss who they think are the suspected imposters and kick them off the spaceship into cold space.
While
Among Us originally released in 2018, it received little mainstream attention. However, the game exploded in popularity this year and won several awards last week during the 2020 Game Awards. InnerSloth even revealed a brand new map for
On a semi regular basis, Nintendo hosts its ‘Nintendo Indie World Showcase’, providing a platform to announce new and upcoming indie titles. The console manufacturer has now announced its next showcase, which will take place later today at 5pm UK time, offering “roughly 15 minutes of updates and new announcements.”
Making the announcement on its Twitter, Nintendo told fans to “Ring in the holidays with a new #IndieWorld Showcase on Tuesday, 15/12 at 5pm (UK time)!” where they could “tune in for roughly 15 minutes of updates and new announcements on indie games coming to #NintendoSwitch from our global partners.”
While nothing is currently known regarding what may show up at the showcase, the last Indie Showcase by Nintendo (which took place in August) included announcements for Switch releases of Subnautica, Spiritfarer, and Game of the Year nominee Hades, among other announcements.
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Cyber Shadow brings epic sidescrolling to Switch this January
Out of the shadows
The Nintendo Indie World Showcase announcements have started rolling in: Sci-fi action sidescroller
Cyber Shadow from solo developer Aarne “MekaSkull” Hunziker and publisher Yacht Club Games will launch for Nintendo Switch on Jan. 26, 2021. We’ve been following the development of this epic 8-bit game for quite a while, including interviewing Hunziker himself this past January, and everything we’ve seen sounds great.
You can expect 4-10 hours of gameplay, not including achievement hunting, and uniquely,
Cyber Shadow will enjoy
Shovel Knightamiibo support on Nintendo Switch. If you really dig the game already though, you may want to consider preordering