In a new interview with Polygon, Nintendo’s manager of business development licensing, Dan Adelman, as well senior manager of licensing marketing, Damon Baker, discuss the company’s policies for finding and cultivating independent developers for Nintendo consoles. Adelman admits that certain policies from the WiiWare days, like the requirement to work out of an office rather than from home, stifled Nintendo’s ability to entice indies to bring games to Nintendo. Despite the company’s struggles on this front, he goes on to reveal that those old policies have been eradicated, and that being one of Nintendo’s indie developers now comes with “…a really low cost of entry and a really smooth process.”
One highlight of the interview is when Adelman discusses the fact that Nintendo’s restrictions blocked The Blinding of Isaac from release on Nintendo platforms, saying “…it kills me a little bit, because I love the game.”
Baker, who is responsible for the presence of Nintendo’s eShop titles at major gaming events, had this to say: “We need to be more proactive with … having presence at all the digital developer events, spreading the good word of Nintendo eShop and how to develop on our platforms.” He also revealed that Nintendo’s strong showcase at PAX Prime will be followed by an exhibit at Indiecade, the L.A.-based indie festival taking place next month.
The indie-focused interview comes shortly after Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime made some strong comments in support of indie developers. In addition to Nintendo’s business and marketing improvements on the indie front, the company has been making technological strides with its new web framework. As a slew of indie titles are scheduled to arrive for its low-selling Wii U console in late 2013/early 2014, Nintendo’s new indie focus leaves them poised to capitalize on this market in lieu of the current dearth of strong first-party material.
Meow…
Indies…
More devs the merrier!
thats good nintendo………………now where is minecraft?
You don’t NEED to have Minecraft on Wii U. Anyone who wants to play it has the game on PC or Xbox. Buy it on the platform you already have; don’t wait until it comes out for a console that might not even get it.
I’m disappointed that GTAV isn’t getting a Wii U release, but I have an Xbox 360 as well so I’m not losing out.
I’ll get GTA V on my 360 in a year’s time if it doesn’t get a Wii U announcement… Until then, I’ve got more than enough games to entertain me (including Watch_Dogs, and I got Saints Row 2 earlier today).
well its a start for wii u or at least getting the wii u on its feet (the stands)
Is all good, but it’s the HARDCORE games that are the MOST important! Lack of hardcore games is why the Wii U is failing.
If you mean games like CoD, Drivethru and so on then those are not “Hardcore”…
i think he meant ‘dating’ simulation games
Haha yes those are pretty hardcore indeed…
“Japanese tentacle dating” simulation games.
No. I’m talking about GOOD games (like Pikmin 3 etc.), and not just casual rubbish.
Hardcore enough for 8 year olds :l
They just left the pampers stage of course it is hardcore for them…
playing any cod online Is like being right beside an ice cream truck… To much crying and to much kids… – .-
We welcome all Indie Tribes to our Empire so that in the future, some of these will evolve to their own empire and out conquer the current Third Class Forces like the Electron Army and so fully support us instead…
Id really like indiegames for sure but they must put more effort into online play if its the big ones like cod or if they make one themselves like the “metroid blast”
Make metroblast a online multiplayer with level upgrades and weapons (like in cod) and I never play anything else.
How cool wouldn’t it be playing 5vs5 online CTF with 4 ppl on the ground and 1 controlling the airship.
That would be a blast. Wow how fun that would be.
a metroid game with online with the same support like halo 4 would be priceless.
A Spin off game sure but not the main series…
Galactic Federation/Space Pirate Wars. Think about how amazing this game would be. Throw in a third entity for the hell of it maybe.
Yes but as a Spin-Off without having Samus as a playable character…
Maybe some Sylux backstory game to show how it went to hating both the GF and Samus…
yes please this is what i want, nintendo needs a flag ship shooter with a proper fully fleshed out multi player, metroid would fit this perfectly!
having to rank up with xp and unlock new visors,boost ball, new arm cannon attachments, grapple hook, spin attack the possibilities are endless, seriously a proper online metroid competitive game mode in the next metroid prime or metroid dredd would be EPIC!
And yes while fps games are not every ones cup of tea, their is no denying that fps games sell, and while metroid is not a fps per se, its more a fpa (first person adventure) still it would translate so well to a competitive online shooter but done the nintendo way and even more awesome and unique!
Seriously customising your suit with colours and add ons would be great!
Nintendo needs a game to show everyone that wii u can do direct x 10 graphics and do them well, direct x 10 has pretty much the same features as dx11, and wii u supports tessellation which is one of dx11 main features! a metroid prime in hd at 60fps with a fully fleshed out multi player would go a long way and make the core gamers more interested in wii u!
indie games r good but not shifting consoles..reason indie games sell well on mobiles it’s precisely because they are not dedicated game consoles
Nintendo has the best console for indies. Who needs every AAA game anyway.
Nintendo should have done something themselves, instead of relying on other developers to do all the work.
It is too late to save Wii U now and Nintendo only have themselves to blame.
They learned NOTHING from Gamecube & Wii.
Hell yeah indie *-*
It won’t make the console sell but at least we’ll have some pearls to play to.
^^ Agree
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Gaymes hahaha.
Booo *trows rotten melon*
indiene jonas lol.
Well at least Sony and Nintendo care about the indie games, unlike Microcock… opps I mean MicroSoft
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