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Today's Nintendo Switch indie game presentation proved to have a surprising number of announcements for a fairly brief broadcast.

We've rounded up some of the biggest news for you already, and below you'll find a list of the games featured during Nintendo's broadcast along with trailers and descriptions from Nintendo's accompanying press release. Not everything was given a separate breakout trailer, but many of the games without them are featured in the full broadcast, which you can watch here:

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Nintendo today said that more than 60 indie games are slated for release on Switch this year alone. Unfortunately, most of today's games didn't have exact release dates, with the exception of Blaster Master Zero, which arrives for Switch and 3DS on March 9. A handful of others will be out by the end of April.

Read on for a look at the games featured today, with descriptions by Nintendo.

Runner3

Choice Provisions

Runner3 continues the joyous adventures of CommanderVideo from Bit.Trip Runner and Runner2. Players will encounter quests, branching paths, item shops, new Retro Challenges, new character moves, new dance moves and a roster of characters that somehow manages to rival the strangeness of Runner2. The game is scheduled to launch exclusively for Nintendo Switch this fall.

SteamWorld Dig 2

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Image & Form Games

In the sequel to the award-winning original, you must dig deep, gain riches and explore an underworld riddled with danger. The game is scheduled to launch this summer.

Yooka Laylee from Team 17 and Playtonic Games: Explore huge, beautiful worlds, meet an unforgettable cast of characters and horde a vault-load of shiny collectibles as buddy-duo Yooka (the green one) and Laylee (the wisecracking bat with the big nose). The buddy-duo platformer is coming to Nintendo Switch soon, with multiplayer functionality perfect for the system.

Blaster Master Zero

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Inti Creates

The same elements that made the original Blaster Master a hit are back, including side-scrolling vehicular combat, top-down adventuring and a huge sci-fi landscape, in addition to a host of new and improved gameplay systems. The game includes a two-player mode and will have numerous character cameos coming soon. Blaster Master Zero launches exclusively on both Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo 3DS family systems on March 9.

Pocket Rumble

Chucklefish Games and Cardboard Robot Games

This deep 2D fighter makes players want to throw down, anywhere, anytime. The battles get even more intense with the inclusion of HD rumble: When players get hit by a weak attack, it'll feel very different from getting rocked by a strong one. The game is scheduled to launch as a console exclusive for Nintendo Switch in March.

Flipping Death

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Zoink Games

Welcome to Flatwood Peaks, a small whimsical town with a problem--Death is on vacation. Play as Penny and help the ghosts with their peculiar problems on The Otherside. This puzzling adventure game is scheduled to come to Nintendo Switch later this year.

Mr. Shifty

TinyBuild and Team Shifty

Shift through bullets, and master lightning-fast takedowns in a new kind of action game. Mr. Shifty follows a teleportation-fueled heist to break into the world's most secure facility. Shift through walls, through bullets, cover huge distances, and be everywhere at once. One shot kills. Survive on skills. HD rumble allows players to feel every punch, shot and crash. The game is scheduled to launch first on Nintendo Switch this April.

Wargroove

Chucklefish Games

This turn-based strategy game offers local and online matches for one to four players. The game is scheduled to launch later this year.

Stardew Valley

Chucklefish Games and ConcernedApe

Nintendo Switch will be the first console to support the game's new multiplayer feature. The open-ended, country-life RPG is scheduled to launch this summer.

Shakedown Hawaii

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vBlank

This 16-bit spiritual successor to Retro City Rampage aims to be twice as good with twice the bits. From the boardroom to the streets, Shakedown Hawaii parodies big business and the white collar crimes that go alongside. Build your empire, monopolize the markets and collaterally re-zone the island's destructible sandbox. It's scheduled to launch first on Nintendo Switch this April.

Graceful Explosion Machine

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Vertex Pop

Skillfully pilot the advanced Graceful Explosion Machine (GEM) fighter while blasting swarms of crystalline enemies with your ludicrously overpowered quad-weapon array. This side-scrolling arcade shooter features HD rumble support, which means players will really be able to feel those machines explode. The game is scheduled to launch first on Nintendo Switch this April.

Tumbleseed

Aeiowu

A small seed heads up a mountain to save his home in this physics-based game. More than 30 unique upgrades help the seed overcome challenges and enemies. HD rumble means players will feel seeds traversing across the screen. The game is scheduled to launch on Nintendo Switch this spring.

Overcooked: Special Edition

Team 17 and Ghost Town Games

In Overcooked, players must journey through a variety of cruel and unusual kitchens on their quest to become master chefs capable of conquering an ancient edible evil which plagues the land. Play solo or engage in classic, chaotic couch co-op for up to four players in both co-operative and competitive challenge modes. The special edition features the original game, plus all of the DLC. HD rumble integration means they can feel every chop through a tomato and the slosh of soup in a pot. Overcooked: Special Edition is coming later this year.

The Escapists 2

Team 17 and Mouldy Toof

The sequel to the hugely popular prison escape series supports drop-in/drop-out co-op for up to four players (additional accessories are required for multiplayer modes, and are sold separately). Players can tie together knotted sheets and use them to climb down high windows in new multi-level prisons, and find other new ways to make a break for freedom. The Escapists 2 is coming later this year.

Gonner

Raw Fury and Art in Heart

Gonner is a tough-as-hell, score-based, procedurally generated platformer with roguelike elements. Gonner is also a story about friendship between Ikk, Death and a space whale named Sally. You will die. A lot. The console version of the game launches first on Nintendo Switch with additional content tailor-made for the system later this year.

Kingdom: Two Crowns

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Raw Fury and Noio

In Kingdom: Two Crowns, attend to your domain, border to border, or venture into the wild to discover its wonders and threats. First revealed today, two players can come together in co-op mode to rule a kingdom. Their choices bring hope or despair to their subjects. The game is scheduled to launch later this year.

Dandara

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Raw Fury and Long Hat House

Dandara has awoken to reshape the world. In this strange world of quirky characters, nothing is at it seems. In this bizarre, gravity-bending world with hidden beauty, it's up to Dandara, jumping from surface to surface, to restore order and direct a directionless world. The game is scheduled to launch on Nintendo Switch this summer with exclusive features and functionality, including HD rumble support.

Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment

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Yacht Club Games

Rogue Trooper Redux

Rebellion and TickTock Games

Celeste

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Matt Makes Games

Fast RMX

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Shin'en

Snake Pass

Sumo Digital

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Games I could easily play on a 3ds. Why buy a switch again?

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I really want Switch,to succeed but feeling like maybe its gonna tank. No ME Andromeda, No Shadow of War, etc. In other words, Big games that Nintendo touted could have come to Switch, aren't. Sad.

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Eh.....

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I'm stoked about many of these, especially Blaster Master Zero! Switch is a perfect platform for indie titles.

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Shakedown Hawaii looks amazing !

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Oh my god, Blaster Master! I was obsessed with that game as a kid.

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