Nintendo Showcases Prolific “Nindies” and New Games at IndieCade

When Nintendo heads to IndieCade in Culver City, California, Oct. 10-12, the company will not only highlight 15 playable independent games for the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS systems, but also many of the creative visionaries behind the games themselves. These “Nindies,” or Nintendo independent developers, will be there in person to demonstrate their inspiring and artistic video game visions and share their development experiences with festival attendees.

“Nintendo has always supported creativity and innovation in video games,” said Steve Singer, Nintendo of America’s vice president of Licensing. “These Nindie developers are currently making some of the most exciting and imaginative games out there, and Nintendo is pleased to offer them multiple platforms to bring their creative ideas to life.”

Visitors to the Nintendo booth will be able to get their hands on the following Wii U and Nintendo 3DS digital games, many of them playable for the first time:

Wii U

• Affordable Space Adventures from KnapNok Games: A 2D side-scrolling spaceship simulator. Players use the Wii U GamePad controller as a “Heads-Down Display” in the spaceship cockpit. Play it alone, or fly as a crew of two or three players.Exclusively on Wii U.
• The Fall from Over the Moon Games: The Fall is a unique blend of adventure-game puzzle solving and side-scrolling action. Players take on the role of ARID, the artificial intelligence onboard a high-tech combat suit.
• Costume Quest 2 from Midnight City: Pick a fight with demented dental soldiers in Costume Quest 2, the sequel to the hit original RPG, Costume Quest. Includes a range of new features and game-play improvements.
• Stealth Inc. 2 from Curve Digital: Players step into the role of a clone escaping a sinister and high-tech testing facility in this puzzle-platformer. The game tests brainpower and reflexes in more than 60 levels linked together by a detailed world. Exclusively on Wii U.
• Swords & Soldiers II from Ronimo Games BV: Like its predecessor, Swords & Soldiers II is a side-scrolling strategy game that allows players to buy units, cast spells and build structures to overwhelm their enemies on a 2D battleground. Exclusively on Wii U.
• Runbow from 13AM Games: Runbow is a party action game for up to nine players. Platforms and obstacles appear and disappear as the background color changes, so players have to think fast, stay alive and make it to victory in Run, King of the Hill and Arena modes. Exclusively on Wii U.
• Sportsball from TOO DX: Up to four players take the reins of exotic birds that flap, tackle and dunk balls into the net for points and glory, leaving their opponents as feathery tarred balls of shame. Exclusively on Wii U.
• Chariot from Frima: Chariot is a physics-based co-op platformer in which a brave princess and her suitor carry a funeral wagon through ancient caves to bury the King’s remains in a gold-filled tomb.
• Beatbuddy from THREAKS: The action-adventure Beatbuddy combines puzzle solving and enemy vanquishing with exploration, set to an original soundtrack.

Nintendo 3DS

• Woah Dave! from Choice Provisions: In Woah Dave!, players gun for digital glory by slaughtering aliens, stealing their loose change and racking up the highest score possible.
• Xeodrifter from Renegade Kid LLC: A story of an interstellar drifter traveling the stars on a simple mission of exploration, Xeodrifteroffers classic 2D platforming, shooting and exploration game play that will test players’ skills. Exclusively on Nintendo 3DS.

Wii U and Nintendo 3DS

• Shovel Knight from Yacht Club Games: A sweeping classic action-adventure game with intense platforming, memorable characters and an 8-bit retro aesthetic. Play as the eponymous Shovel Knight, a small knight with a huge quest!
• Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse from WayForward: Set sail for adventure with Shantae, the belly-dancing, hair-whipping half-genie. When Shantae loses her genie magic, she must team up with her arch nemesis Risky Boots and become a pirate in order to save Sequin Land from an evil curse. Exclusively on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS.

Additionally, Nintendo Licensing will host a Nindie developer panel at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 11, with the subject “Nintendo Do’s and Don’ts: A Developer-Focused Conversation,” featuring Dajana Dimovska of KnapNok Games, Sean Velasco of Yacht Club Games and John Warner of Over the Moon Games. This panel, moderated by Damon Baker, Nintendo of America’s senior marketing manager of Licensing, will feature stories and experiences about bringing fantastic games to Nintendo platforms from the creators themselves.

And in an event not to be missed, Nintendo is participating in IndieCade Night Games this year with gigantic multiplayer tournaments for Sportsball and Runbow on Wii U. Attendees can test their bird-flying and color-jumping skills for prizes and giveaways during the event, while supplies last.

Not able to attend IndieCade in person this year? Keep track of updates and announcements via #Nindies through Nintendo social media feeds.

IndieCade is a festival dedicated to the discovery, development and recognition of independent artists and developers from around the world. The Nintendo booth is located in the IndieCade village and will be open to attendees between the hours of 12-5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 10, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 11, and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 12.