{"id":4188,"date":"2025-08-07T14:07:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T14:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/?p=4188"},"modified":"2025-08-11T10:11:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T10:11:58","slug":"the-nintendo-direct-indie-world-was-another-dud-except-for-the-last-30-seconds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/07\/the-nintendo-direct-indie-world-was-another-dud-except-for-the-last-30-seconds\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nintendo Direct Indie World was another dud \u2013 except for the last 30 seconds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two of the best games of 2024 are coming to Switch<\/a>, and one of them is out today, but the latest Nintendo<\/a> Direct barely mentioned them.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Mario Kart World<\/a> and Donkey Kong Bananza<\/a>, the Nintendo Switch 2<\/a> now has two of the highest rated video games of the year under its belt. But its future, both immediate and long term, remains unclear. Not necessarily in the sense that there\u2019s anything to worry about, but purely because Nintendo is saying so little about what comes next.<\/p>\n

We still don\u2019t have firm release dates for Metroid Prime 4<\/a>, Kirby Air Riders, or Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Imprisonment, and no clue at all as to what\u2019s out next year. On top of that, the third party focused Nintendo Direct from last month<\/a> was a surprisingly uninspiring affair, with rumours suggesting several games were cut from its line-up<\/a> at the last minute.<\/p>\n

Only a week later and today had another new Nintendo Direct, this one an Indie World variant focusing on, you guessed it, indie games. Sadly, it was only 15 minutes long and seemed to have even less reason for existing than last week\u2019s, except for two exciting announcements buried in a brief montage at the end.<\/p>\n

Since it is so short, we advise watching the whole thing, as we\u2019re sure some, if not most, of these games will turn out very well.<\/p>\n

Mina The Hollower<\/strong> by the makers of Shovel Knight will almost certainly be worth the long wait for it to appear, although there\u2019s not long to go now as its release date was announced as October 31. The game\u2019s a top-down action adventure that looks like a long lost Game Boy Color game, if a Game Boy Color Pro was a thing that actually existed.<\/p>\n

Animal herding game Herdling<\/strong> had some impressive 3D visuals and while Neverway<\/strong>\u2019s near monochromatic graphics may put off more people than it attracts the idea of battling to become an immortal herald for a Lovecraftian god is certainly an unusual set-up.<\/p>\n

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