Nintendo has introduced the primary Indie World Showcase for 2024. The digital showcase airs tomorrow, April 17, at 7am PT / 10am ET.
(*20*)New #IndieWorld Showcase incoming! 💡
Tune in tomorrow, 4/17 at 7am PT for roughly 20 minutes of bulletins and updates on indie video games headed to #NintendoSwitch in 2024.
Watch reside right here: https://t.co/jGiccyBhME pic.twitter.com/V31Dfuxs0N
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) April 16, 2024
As with earlier Indie World Showcases, the occasion might be roughly 20 minutes and can function information and updates targeted on indie video games heading to the Nintendo Switch. The final Nintendo Indie World Showcase was held in November; some of the bulletins from that occasion included a Switch port of Outer Wilds, Shantae Advance: Dangerous Revolution, and On Your Tail.
Although Nintendo didn’t tease or specify which indie video games would seem this time round, many followers hope that Group Cherry will lastly unveil a launch date for Hole Knight: Silksong. Silksong, the extremely anticipated sequel to the 2017 sport Hole Knight, was introduced again in 2019, however within the years since, Group Cherry has offered minimal updates on when followers can anticipate the mission to launch.
The announcement additionally comes roughly a day after it was introduced that Nintendo wouldn’t attend Gamescom this 12 months after the corporate attended the occasion final 12 months. Although Nintendo has not offered particulars as to why it’s skipping Gamescom this 12 months, there was hypothesis that it might be due to the corporate’s mild launch schedule in 2024.
Final 12 months, Nintendo had a presence at Gamescom, the place the corporate reportedly revealed and demoed a successor to the Nintendo Switch behind closed doorways. Although Nintendo has but to announce a successor to the Switch, rumors counsel the brand new {hardware} has been delayed till subsequent 12 months.
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