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[Uncle Moe]

Mina the Hollower has a release date already guys, October 31

Surely you wouldn't deny a man his right to sound the hype horn?

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Fingers crossed for Dustborn and Mythwrecked.

 

[Hookshot]

I bet there will be farming and cats, maybe even cats farming.

 

[Kataploom]

No, it's 75% cozy games filled with 100% charm and 0% gameplay.

TBF, cozy games fandom is hugh on Nintendo, those are some of the gaming communities that we tend to not care about here but they're very dedicated

 

[Little Mac]

3 mins.

 

[diffusionx]

TBF, cozy games fandom is hugh on Nintendo, those are some of the gaming communities that we tend to not care about here but they're very dedicated

I know that people often cant play the same game forever but what are these "cozy games" doing that Stardew Valley didn't? Feel like that game made the genre (spare me the "but akshully harvest moon") and nothing else has come close.

 

[Little Mac]

Mina the Hollower is a Day 1.

 

[Punished Miku]

Mina the Hollower is a Day 1.

Can't watch until a bit later

 

[Little Mac]

Can't watch until a bit later

It's over. You really didn't miss much imo. Mina the Hollower and a new metroidvania called Well Dweller looked kinda interesting. There were a lot of cozy games announced if that's your thing.

Sadly no Silksong.

 

[Dacvak]

I literally just bought UFO 50 on PC despite wanting it for Switch, so I'm sure they'll shadow drop it this week just to spite me.

My sacrifice is your gain.

FUCK.

You're welcome everyone.

 

[analog_future]

wow that was terrible lol

 

[DeafTourette]

That was kinda ho hum. A couple looked really interesting tho.

 

[Hookshot]

A few games might be interesting. I was grinding DKB so I wasn't fully paying attention but the ball pit game and the bird metroidvania stuck out.

Also Mina.

 

[diffusionx]

Caves of Chud coming to Switch is great.

FUCK.

You're welcome everyone.

thank you

 

[Willbuster]

Mina the Hollower was really the only one to catch my attention.

 

[Cattlyst]

Two somewhat disappointing Directs in quick succession…surely the next one will have some bangers…right?

 

[Rran]

Mina is looking good.

How is UFO 50?

 

[LordCBH]

wow that was terrible lol

 

[sigmaZ]

Wow that was bad. Switch is dead. Nintendo done fucked it up.

 

[nbkicker]

Nintendo need to hurry up with there first party direct , cause at min I've spent £500 just to play donkey kong, with nothing much else for rest of yr looking like a purchase , even cancelled two switch 2 games I had preordered as realised there key game cards and digital download and then ordered the ps5 version instead on disc

 

[Dacvak]

For only being 15 minutes I didn't think it was that bad. I'm definitely gonna get a few of those games. The partner direct was worse than this.

 

[analog_future]

Wow that was bad. Switch is dead. Nintendo done fucked it up.

We will look back on this showcase as the moment the masses abandoned Nintendo

 

[Chukhopops]

Mina is looking good.

How is UFO 50?

It's really good, although the quality varies greatly from game to game.

IMO the best ones (the submarine game, the Maniac Mansion lookalike, the sidescroller minigolf and the party management) would be worth the price of the game on their own.

 

[Banjo64]

I've had anal fissures more pleasurable than that showcase.

 

[DragoonKain]

Two more directs and still no MP4 or Silksong release dates. My goodness gracious.

 

[Cattlyst]

Nintendo need to hurry up with there first party direct , cause at min I've spent £500 just to play donkey kong, with nothing much else for rest of yr looking like a purchase , even cancelled two switch 2 games I had preordered as realised there key game cards and digital download and then ordered the ps5 version instead on disc

Same. But with Mario Kart World. Theres literally nothing announced so far that interests me. Starting to mildly regret the purchase at this point.

 

[Punished Miku]

Sounds like I'm just going to be waiting to hear if UFO 50 is coming to everything.

 

[touchfuzzy]

I thought it was pretty good, people always have weird expectations for these Indie World's.

These looked excellent:

Mina the Hollower
Well Dweller
Ball X Pit (I played the demo on Steam, it's a banger)
Neverway
Glaciered
UFO 50 shadow drop

 

[Dacvak]

I thought it was pretty good, people always have weird expectations for these Indie World's.

These looked excellent:

Mina the Hollower
Well Dweller
Ball X Pit (I played the demo on Steam, it's a banger)
Neverway
Glaciered
UFO 50 shadow drop

Ball X Pit looked super fun.

 

[TintoConCasera]

UFO 50 shadow drop

Damn that's nice. Played it on release and it's great, had a lot of fun and still got many games to try.

My favorite of the bunch was Valbrace, a mix of a dungeon crawler with Punch-Out combat.

I recommend it a lot.

 

[touchfuzzy]

Two more directs and still no MP4 or Silksong release dates. My goodness gracious.

Why would you be expecting a release date for a major first party game to be announced in a third party partner direct or Indie world (which isn't even a 'Direct')

 

[DragoonKain]

Why would you be expecting a release date for a major first party game to be announced in a third party partner direct or Indie world (which isn't even a 'Direct')

I didn't expect it. I was not remotely surprised they weren't announced.

 

[John Bilbo]

UFO 50 would have deserved it's own spot on the direct in my opinion.

 

[Punished Miku]

• Mina the Hollower looks great. Best trailer yet. 10/31 with a demo today.
• Well Dweller, next game from the creator of Crypt Custodian Roberts . 2026 release.
• Neverway looks super dark. At least seems to have some potential. 2026.
• Herdling Aug 21st. Already had my eye on that one. Gamepass day 1 game.
• Ball x Pitt we already knew about from E3 Devolver show. Looks like it has potential. Oct 15th. Probably will get lost in the flood of October games.
• Glaciered, and Is This Seat Taken both look pretty meh.
• Winter Burrow has nice art. GP game. Winter 2025.
• Caves of Qud looks very interesting. Super weird looking. I'm definitely keeping an eye on this one. Never seen anything like it.
• UFO 50 out today is a great drop.

I thought it was a decent direct actually, though a lot of these have been shown off at previous shows. C+

 

[John Bilbo]

Caves of Qud looks very interesting. Super weird looking. I'm definitely keeping an eye on this one. Never seen anything like it.

I think it is a classic roguelike. If I'm correct it took years to develop.

Edit: I checked and it took nine years to develop!

 

[Deerock71]

Ball Pit.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Caves of Qud looks very interesting

Sandbox roguelikes likes this one might be hard to get into, but they are very fun once you manage to do so.

 

[The_hunter]

Mina the hollower is the only interesting game to me.

 

[Punished Miku]

Sandbox roguelikes likes this one might be hard to get into, but they are very fun once you manage to do so.

I believe it. Looks like Oregon Trail and Daggerfall had a baby.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

This Direct was boring

 

[Little Mac]

My favorite of the bunch was Valbrace, a mix of a dungeon crawler with Punch-Out combat.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Got reminded of you while writting that post lmao. Bet you are going to like that one for sure!

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

This Direct was boring

not a Direct. These are usually highly variable based on personal taste. They do a good job of managing expectations on Indie Worlds, and yet still many people find a way to be disappointed. Obviously an impossible battle. I think the trick with Indie Worlds is to not watch them live, just view the highlights of what looks interesting to you.

 

[near]

Buy UFO 50, you won't regret it.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Surprisingly good. Most of the games shown look more fun than a lot of today's AAA slop.

 

[LordOcidax]

It was a lot better than the partner showcase at least.

 

[The_hunter]

Apparently Mina the hollower supports 120fps.

 

[Punished Miku]

Mina demo is only going to be up for 2 weeks.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Well Dweller was the only interesting thing. Looked really good. Like really really ridiculously good looking good.

 

[blacktout]

FUCK.

You're welcome everyone.

Thank you for your sacrifice.

Two more directs and still no MP4 or Silksong release dates. My goodness gracious.

Why would the Metroid Prime 4 release date be announced in a Partner Showcase or an Indie World?

I didn't expect it. I was not remotely surprised they weren't announced.

Ah, so you were just drive-by shitposting. Got it.

Anyway, maybe my expectations were just in the fucking basement after that Partner Showcase, but I thought this was pretty good? I immediately wishlisted UFO 50 and Herdling after the show and many of the other games could be potential sale pickups if they review well. There was a lot more genre variety than usual too. Cozy games and metroidvanias were only like a quarter of the titles shown instead of being the whole fucking show. It also didn't have much filler. Solid B for me.