Good news: Release dates for long-hyoed game. Bad news: At least one dev is hiding AI coding use.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/77927/other-items-from-the-october-28-indie-world
In addition to the games with demos, the Indie World presentation highlighted xx games:
- Bao Bao's Cozy Cleaning Services (Switch) was the sole shadowdrop of the worldwide presentation, a 4 player online co-op cleaning simulator.
- Sword of the Sea (Switch 2, Thursday) is the first game to offer a hoverSWORD as the player has to ride through a desert in order to restore the oceans.
- Lost and Found Co. (S2/S, November 10) involves finding lost objects and learning the secrets of the world, with the Switch 2 version offering mouse controls and 4 player local co-op play via GameShare.
- Tanuki: Pon's Summer (S2/S, November 10) is a life sim that takes place over a single summer as the title character has to rebuild a tanuki statue.
- Spirit Crossing (S2/S, November 16) from the team behind Cozy Grove is an online-only life sim: the developer has come under fire for not disclosing the use of the Claude generative AI coding system for the game's PC release.
- Everything is Crab (S2/S, January 26) is a monster-raising RPG with a heavy amount of carcinisation: the Switch 2 version will add mouse controls and will be a free upgrade for Switch purchasers.
- Witchbrook (S2/S, January 28) opened the presentation and confirmed a release date for the Chucklefish-published RPG.
- Slime Rancher 2 (S2, January 2027) sees the farm sim make its debut on Nintendo platforms.
- My Arms Are Longer Now (S2/S, March 11) has the player controlling an increasingly long arm to plan and perform heists, with voice acting provided by Australian comedians.
- Super Battle Golf (S2, March 25) tees up 8-player golf with a side of combat, as items and weapons can be used to prevent other players from reaching the holes: the online play will be cross-platform with an extant PC version and PS5/Xbox Series releases the same day.
- Dumpster Gang (S2, March 2027) sees you control a raccooon in a co-op dumpster diving sandbox game, with support for GameShare (local) and GameChat (online) in the co-op.
- Hyperyuki: Snowboard Syndicate (S2, "early 2027") from Jeff Jarrett's Acclaim is a snowboarding game in the vein of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and other extreme sports games of the turn of the century.
- Finding Polka (S, spring 2027) is not a rhythm game, but a hand-drawn adventure game involving finding a creature that resembles the player character's pet named Polka.
- Floor Plan: Slap Out Of It! (S2/S, spring 2027) crosses the arts of escape rooms and duel initiation by exploring an office building in which the primary mode of interaction is slapping.
- Kitsune: The Journey of Adashino (S2/S, spring 2027) is a Japanese folklore inspired 3D adventure about a fox girl travelling with a pet frog who has to evade demons.
- Threads of Time (S2/S, summer 2027) is a turm-based RPG which involves travelling through time to foil an all-eras wide conspiracy.
- City of None (S2/S, 2027) is a new adventure platformer with mild RPG elements which claims a developer of Celeste among its development team.
- R.E.P.O (S2, 2027) is an online co-op game with proceduraly generated levels in which the team must control a tool (with realistic physics) to extract different items.
- Tenjutsu (S2, 2027), published by Devolver Digital, is a top-down brawler with roguelike elements where crime syndicates need to be destroyed with a combination of weapons and martial arts.
The Japanese show, in addition to including late localizations for the region, revealed a pair of games out worldwide now in One Turn Kill (S2/S, single player card battler where the cards have limited uses) and a Switch 2 Edition release for Urban Myth Dissolution Center, as well as confirming a December launch for acclaimed one-button rhythm game Rhythm Doctor.
