Nintendo just had its Indie World video showcase go out, featuring a host of indie titles new and old heading to the Nintendo Switch in the coming months. There was delightful new stuff like dungeon puzzler The Touryst, adorable and spooky Skellboy, and dragon-filled platformer Earth Night, as well as established titles like Risk of Rain 2, (you can view all those here) but the most interesting announcements were definitely those concerning the Switch debuts of a some of indie classics, and a modern Xbox gem.
First up then, the super cool gun-fu puzzler SUPERHOT is available on Switch from today, and the Hotline Miami Collection, featuring both of the stylish and hyper-violent top-down shooters in one package, joins it.
Hotline Miami and its sequel were pretty great fun in handheld form when they hit the PS Vita a few years back, so they are definitely a good fit for the Switch. SUPERHOT’s pace should also be comfortable on the system.
The other news is that the beautiful Xbox One and PC puzzle platformer Ori & the Blind Forest will be heading to Switch on September 27 with a Definitive Edition. This marks the second collaboration between Microsoft and Nintendo following Cuphead‘s release on the Switch earlier this year.
A nice, gentle start to Gamescom 2019 then. Microsoft and Google will have showcases later today ahead of the Cologne-based show, and after that is a two hour Gamescom Opening Night Live show with Death Stranding among the established games getting a fresh showing, as well as some juicy new reveals. Hopefully we’ll get some big horror game news in there.