And this is just from the European and Australian Indie developers

Last week we got word that Wii U owners should expect20-30 new indie gamesby the holidays. The hefty load could help sell a console that is still struggling to land desirable retail games, but how conceivable is it? Well, this recent Wii U indies trailer features 18 titles, and that’s purely from European and Australian developers. Guess they weren’t kidding.

Not everything on display is entirely new; there is aDirector’s Cutversion ofQ.U.B.E, for instance. There’s also the basically-The-Legend-of-Zelda Ittle Dew, which might be too cute to chastise for unoriginality. There is even a game calledMonkey Pirates, which had me at “monkey pirates.”

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Good things all around. Is there anything here you’re particularly excited for?

John and Molly sitting on the park bench

Close up shot of Marissa Marcel starring in Ambrosio

Kukrushka sitting in a meadow

Lightkeeper pointing his firearm overlapped against the lighthouse background

Overseer looking over the balcony in opening cutscene of Funeralopolis

Edited image of Super Imposter looking through window in No I’m not a Human demo cutscene with thin man and FEMA inside the house

Indie game collage of Blue Prince, KARMA, and The Midnight Walk

Close up shot of Jackie in the Box

Silhouette of a man getting shot as Mick Carter stands behind cover