Nintendo Download for 3/17/2017: More Nindies!
The Nintendo Switch is a promising new platform with not a whole lot of games right now. Thankfully the Nintendo Download is coming to the rescue with a host of new indie titles, which Nintendo still affectionately refers to as "Nindies."
Switch is getting The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+, Human Resource Machine, Little Inferno and World of Goo. Meanwhile, the poor neglected Wii U Virtual Console is getting Picross 3D, while the stalwart 3DS is still chugging along with Double Breakout and Sudoku Party.
A good lineup to be sure, but hopefully soon the Switch will play host to some indies that people haven't already been playing on Steam or Wii U for years now. You can see the full details after the break.
Nintendo Download: More Great Nindies Come to Nintendo Switch!
REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:
The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ is a dungeon-crawling shoot-'em-up that's a different game each and every time you play it. (Photo: Business Wire)
- Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch
- The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ – The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ is a dungeon-crawling shoot-’em-up that’s a different game each and every time you play it. The randomly generated maps are built with more than 11,000 unique room configurations, each populated with a nearly endless variety of enemies, items, challenges and secrets.
- Human Resource Machine - Human Resource Machine is a puzzle game for nerds. In each level, your boss gives you a job. Automate it by programming your little office worker. If you succeed, you'll be promoted up to the next level for another year of work in the vast office building.
- Little Inferno - Multiple nominee in the Independent Games Festival for the Grand Prize, Nuovo Award, and Technical Excellence, with honorable mentions in Best Design and Best Audio. Little Inferno is an adventure game that takes place almost entirely in front of a fireplace – about looking up up up out of the chimney, and the cold world just on the other side of the wall.
- World of Goo - World of Goo is a physics-based puzzle/construction game. The millions of Goo Balls who live in the beautiful World of Goo don't know that they are in a game, or that they are extremely delicious.
- Virtual Console on Wii U
- Picross 3D – Track the numbers to uncover the hidden shape in this beloved Nintendo DS classic. Tap a chisel to eliminate blocks you think don’t belong or use a paintbrush to mark ones you think should stay. Beginners and Picross series veterans alike will love this puzzle game that’s easy to pick up, but hard to put down.
Nintendo eShop sales:
- Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
- All Monster Hunter games on Nintendo 3DS and Wii U are now up to 66 percent off until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 22. Join the hunt today! Check out the full list of deals on Nintendo 3DS and Wii U available this week at http://www.nintendo.com/games/
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- All Monster Hunter games on Nintendo 3DS and Wii U are now up to 66 percent off until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 22. Join the hunt today! Check out the full list of deals on Nintendo 3DS and Wii U available this week at http://www.nintendo.com/games/
Also new this week:
- ACA NEOGEO THE KING OF FIGHTERS ’94 (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch)
- Double Breakout (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
- Sudoku Party (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
- Fairune2 – Demo Version (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
- Double Breakout II (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
- ACE – Alien Cleanup Elite (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
- VROG (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
- Sky Force Anniversary (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
- Sudoku Party (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
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