(My mental image of Nintendo and the indie devs)

Nintendo showed a lot of games in their Nindies event; SteamWorld Dig 2 looks really nice and War Groove looks to be a nice Advance Wars-esc game.

My question to the residents of Vgchartz is: Do most people (casual consumers) care?
Will people buy these fun, fresh titles?

Can Nintendo slay dragons (I have not seen any Lord of the Rings movies) with a rag tag group of capable, yet smaller titles; or a are the only games that can sell Millions the odd indie and AAA titles.

i have not tried alot of them, will def. pick some of them up. but i'm not what i could call casual

Honestly, I care a lot about indie games. They provide me with decent hours of gameplay while I wait for the more heavy launches to come. They're usually pretty affordable. And, sometimes, I find indie games that I prefer to those high-budget games XD. I don't think it's a big sell point for the mass market. But it's always good to have a healthy and diverse indie catalogue. Maybe with that push that Nintendo is giving to indie developers, some of them could sell pretty well. I hope so!

Playing this list of indie games on the go is quite impressive

Rogue Trooper Redux
The Fall Part 2: Unbound
Treasurenauts
sU and the Quest for meaning
RIME
Zombie Vikings
Mr. Shifty
TowerFall Ascension
Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas
Thumper
Splasher
RIVE
Enter the Gungeon
Cave Story
NBA Playgrounds
1001 Spikes
Redout
Unbox: Newbie's Adventure
Graceful Explosion Machine
Pocket Rumble
SteamWorld Dig 2
Little Inferno
Ultimate Chicken Horse
Runner 3
Neuro Voider
Kingdom Two Crowns
Pankapu
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
The Binding of Issac Afterbirth +
Duck Game
World of Goo
Yooka-Laylee
The Escapists 2
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
Blaster Master Zero
Toe Jam & Earl: Back in the Groove
Space Dave!
Tumbleseed: A Rolly Roguelike
Terraria
Wargroove
Fast RMX
Has Been Heroes
Human Resource Machine
Gonner
Dandara
Flipping Death
Snake Pass
Stardew Valley
Celeste
Perception
Hollow Knight
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
WonderBoy and the Dragon's Trap
Shakedown Hawaii
Overcooked!
The Jack Box Party Pack 3
Hover: Revolt of Gamers
Away: Journey of the Unexpected
Portal Knights
State of Mind
The Next Penelope
Mutant Mudds
Battle Chef Brigade
Ittle Dew 2

And the thing is, most if not all of these games look great.

Will buy:
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
Wonder Boy and the Dragon's Trap
Fast RMX
Yooka-Laylee (kickstart supported)
Blaster Master Zero

Sadly no, look at the Vita (EDIT: or gamers reaction on this site.

Indie/digital titles are just your typical sundae toppings right now.)
But the Switch could change people's perception. Who knows.

I'm only interested in WarGroove and Fast RMX. Unfortunately, two smaller games does not make or break a platform.
I'm still pissed that Shin'en wasn't confident enough to set up a limited print run for their game, too.

Both valid and good points. (made an edit or two inbetween your reply)

Vita's storage solution was an expensive ordeal, but we've heard countless time here that Nintendo's 32GB is going to be filled by the non-existant AAA support the Switch would get. At least it will be packed with Nindies.

People get 'free' indies evey month from PS+, and the crying/ridicule over such 'garbage' has been intense. Seems the only time indies are given a fair shake by the majority of gamers is if they are 3D. Any True Scotsman would gladly sift through indies for their next gaming fix, though.

When talking about a new system, they act as excellent filler between AAA titles. Considering one can usually get them on any platform, they're in no way system sellers.