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What does Nintendo get out of all this? While the Switch is an innovative console - you can play it on your home TV or on the go - it lacks the processing power and graphical fidelity of rival consoles, like Sony’s PlayStation 4 or Microsoft’s Xbox One. “With the Wii, indie games were just, at least as we know them today, just starting to emerge on the scene.” That renaissance came about thanks in part to new development tools, which made it easier for creators to make high-quality games at lower cost.

“This coincided with this sort of indie revolution or renaissance that’s been going on as of late,” Lowrie says. Lowrie says Nintendo’s embrace of indie developers came at exactly the right moment. “They were contacting us, other devs, other pubs, engaging with us at PAX and GDC, making a conscious effort to see what we were up to … and to this day are pretty active in checking in to see what we have coming and working to promote our games side-by-side with their games, which is impressive to see.” “It became very clear when the Switch came out, Nintendo, who have been really fantastic since, had started reaching out aggressively,” says Nigel Lowrie, co-founder of publisher Devolver Digital, which recently released the jazzy and violent beat-em-up Ape Out, available on both Switch and PC. Indie developers like De Vine say Nintendo’s attitude towards them started to change right as the Switch launched in March of 2017. “Prior to the Switch, Nintendo didn’t have much in terms of indie outreach.” “I think historically, Nintendo’s been a ‘first-party first’ company,” says Oli De Vine, co-founder of Ghost Town Games, maker of popular chaotic kitchen sim Overcooked. Still, Nintendo was slow to embrace the indie game development world. Titles like Battle Chef Brigade and Bastion started small, but quickly became major hits. Indie game developers have benefitted mightily from the age of Internet-connected consoles, which offer digital stores that make it easy for gamers to spend a few bucks to download quirky games from small teams.

Best indie games of all time