Categories: Switch

Nintendo Shares Fourth Round Of Festive Indie Game Announcements And Shadow Drops

As reported earlier this week, Nintendo has launched a weeklong “House of Indies” event – where it reveals game updates, announcements, and more from Indie developers each day leading up to Christmas. Following the second set of announcements yesterday, here is the fourth batch of indie treats!

Today, Nintendo revealed the shadow drop of two more games today on the Switch eShop – the first being Melatonin and the second being Hyper Gunsport. Along with this, Nintendo also showed off Afterimage and Smile For Me, which are headed for Nintendo Switch in the future!

Check it out below, along with additional details via Nintendo:

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Melatonin from Half Asleep

Harmonize through a variety of dreamy levels containing surprising challenges, hand-drawn art, and vibrant music in Melatonin. Hand-drawn in a colorful and detailed visual style, with music produced to flow hand-in-hand with the gameplay and visuals, you will piece together elements about the main character’s life as you dive deeper and deeper into their dreams at night.

Hyper Gunsport from Necrosoft Games

Hyper Gunsport is futuristic arcade action with simple rules: Shoot the ball into the opposing team’s goals to score points. Each team’s unique special weapons and each stage’s unique gimmicks add a wrench to the works, as new rulesets change up the gameplay even further. Play single player or co-op through the story circuit, and go head to head 2v2 or 1v1 in multiplayer matches across 7 teams and stages. With quirky characters, fast action, and unlockable secrets, Hyper Gunsport is Future Millennium Sporting Action!

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Afterimage from Aurogon Shanghai & Modus Games

Explore a gripping storyline set in the ruins of a fantasy world, in a hand-drawn 2D action adventure that emphasizes fast-paced combat with diversified character builds, and non-linear levels. Years after the cataclysm called “the Razing” nearly brought an end to the human civilization, an amnesiac girl named Renee embarks on a journey to recover her lost memories. Determine the fate of the new world when Afterimage launches April 25, 2023.

Smile for Me from Serenity Forge & LimboLane

A heartbroken clown, wayward souls, and juicy mechanical lips. As the “Big Event” draws near, help the troubled residents of the Habitat and de-mask the mysterious Doctor Habit, before it’s too late. Smile For Me is an unusual Point-and-Click Adventure Game about making people happy. Nod and Shake your head to chat with new friends, and solve their problems to cheer them up! The People are bizarre, the Puzzles are wack, and the world hides a sinister secret… Smile For Me arrives on Switch in Spring 2023.