Nintendo Indie World round-up – Shantae Advance, A Highland Song, Outer Wilds & more
Nintendo’s latest Indie World showcase has been and gone, featuring a healthy selection of 11 games, from Shantae Advance, through A Highland Song and on to a Switch release on Outer Wilds. Let’s run through it.
Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution – 2024
A Switch remaster of a Game Boy Advance classic, Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution has everything you’d want from the series, with Shantae’s hair whipping attack and transformations, world-altering puzzles, and more. This version also has a first 4 player local multiplayer battle mode for the series!
Core Keeper – Summer 2024
Adventure underground and build up a subterranean settlement, battling monsters both big and small. You’ll customise your character, set roles and skills as you look to collaborate.
On Your Tail – 2024
Mixing slice of life gaming in the coastal town of Borgo Marina, it won’t take long before Diana is brought into a sleuthing investigation around town.
Howl – Out now on Switch & PC!
A turn-based tactical adventure with a wonderful water colour art style. A mysterious howling plague has been transforming all those who hear it into wolf-like beasts, but you, a deaf heroine, are immune. In each battle you can plan up to six steps in advance to outmaneuver the wolfish creatures.
The Star Named EOS – Spring 2024
A lovely-looking narrative adventure in which you use photography to explore the scenery around you, discovering the stories behind items in the world, and solving environmental puzzles as you step back in time to the moment the pictures were taken.
Backpack Hero – Out today for Switch and PC!
Are you good at packing bags? Well in this roguelike you’ll put your inventory management skills to the test as you head down into a dungeon, claim loot and
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