{"id":91653,"date":"2019-04-08T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/04\/feature_egx_rezzed_proved_nintendo_is_winning_the_indie_war"},"modified":"2019-04-08T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T14:30:00","slug":"feature-egx-rezzed-proved-nintendo-is-winning-the-indie-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/04\/08\/feature-egx-rezzed-proved-nintendo-is-winning-the-indie-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Feature: EGX Rezzed Proved Nintendo Is Winning The Indie War"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last week, EGX Rezzed<\/a> \u2013 an indie-flavoured off-shoot of Gamer Network’s EGX show<\/a> \u2013 took place in London. The event’s aim has always been to celebrate small-scale games and give indie developers a chance to get their titles in front of a receptive audience, and this year’s show certainly did that. Established names such as Cuphead<\/a><\/strong>, The Messenger<\/a><\/strong>, Inmost<\/a><\/strong> and Untitled Goose Game<\/a><\/strong> rubbed shoulders with more left-field releases, a great many of which are coming to Switch in the fullness of time.<\/p>\n

We know this because, during our time at the show, we feel we may have annoyed a few of the developers present by starting each chat with “Is it coming to Switch?”<\/em> The difference this year is that the answer was mostly positive, which shows just how effectively Nintendo has charmed the indie sector with its latest console.<\/p>\n

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If you’ve not attended one of the recent EGX Rezzed shows, it’s probably worth explaining the venue. Unlike most shows of this type, which traditionally take place in massive, featureless exhibition halls, Rezzed’s home is a Grade I listed warehouse in Wapping, East London known as Tobacco Dock<\/a>. Constructed in 1811 to store \u2013 you guessed it<\/em> \u2013 tobacco, it’s a totally unique setting for a games show. Set across two floors and crammed into cosy brick-vaulted rooms, EGX Rezzed is a lot more intimate than your typical game show.<\/p>\n

The fact that Tobacco Dock is sub-divided into so many different rooms allows the organisers to create focused areas for each platform holder or developer. For example, Microsoft’s successful [email protected]<\/a> indie brand had a sizeable room boasting titles such as Game Freak’s Giga Wrecker Alt.<\/a><\/strong>, Dead Mage’s Children of Morta<\/a><\/strong> and Pathea Games’ My Time at Portia<\/a><\/strong>, all of which are also (haha!) Switch-bound. Sony had a smaller room, but devoted the majority of the space to Dreams<\/a><\/strong>, Media Molecule’s upcoming spiritual successor to LittleBigPlanet<\/strong>. While it’s not an indie title, this game-building tool was almost terrifying in its scope and potential; we imagine it will create a whole new generation of indie game makers, so we’ll let it slide.<\/p>\n

But we weren’t at EGX Rezzed to look at things that aren’t<\/em> coming to Switch \u2013 we were there to pester developers about games that are<\/em>. Bloodstained<\/a><\/strong> was playable, and the massive indie room was packed with titles that proudly had Switch listed as one of their target platforms. The mech-based strategy title Warborn<\/a><\/strong> caught our eye, as did the utterly adorable Cat Quest II<\/a><\/strong>. In Devolver Digital’s room, Katana Zero<\/a><\/strong> certainly impressed, as did the delightfully silly My Friend Pedro<\/a><\/strong>. However, it was Nintendo’s stand which predictably drew us in for the longest amount of time.<\/p>\n