peanutbutterlatte
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Teenage Pokemon is terrible. This is a good strategy for Nintendo, certainly panic mode...
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Nintendo giving Devs free Wii U kits?
- Thread starter IceDoesntHelp
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☑ Learn to code
☑ Get the help of a graphical designer
☑ Come up with a game
☑ Make the game (in progress)
☑ Get a secure space for the devkit
☑ Get a devkit (hopefully get it for free!)
☐ Have previous professional game dev experience
join the club. i've been working for a year on a game targeting wii u and it'll probably never get on it because of that bottom bit.
it's doing very average, people just get sensational around here over excitement for the PS4. i really think it's going to blow up this holiday.
Why do people keep saying this. Nintendo can survive(and even be successful) just selling a console where only their games sell. See:Gamecube, Wii, N64
Schnozberry
Member
Wii U needs mo gaemz so they better be giving away free devkits bought my deluxe day 1 and its been wasting away in a plastic bag. Im contemplating trading it towards a PS4. Nintendo hasnt been too busy trying to assure consumers that the product is worth owning. i was in doubt before but come next gen the Wii u will be shit surrounded by flies.
metalslimer
Member
Another quality LFoD post.
The remote on the gamepad does that fine for me on multiple TVs.
I would make a rts or tbs for the system if I had a dev kit. I hope we get another Battalion Wars or something like it because the gamepad could really make it a lot better.
You need games to build demand, as Sony and MS both know. If you don't have the games, people won't buy it. Simple as that. And sometimes even with games people won't. Nintendo will have the games eventually, but this move ensures they are trying at least to get more games and fill in the holes of their schedules.
J
Jotamide
Unconfirmed Member
Despite that being true, I think the censorship ninjas would get them. Unless Mewgenics is rated E.
Wiz
Member
You could probably put your games on Wii U thru the Nintendo Web Framework thing.
Then you should be worried for Sony too...
Na man, Nintendo's going back to running a taxi company and love hotels.
Why will it take a year to see what outunderthestars thinks about the Wii U? Just ask him now.
Games help create the demand for the hardware. It's all about the games. It's always been.
Zoramon089
Banned
Send a tweet/email to Emily Rogers. She's been known to help out some indie devs
Guess Nintendo should just pack up their bags, toss the remaining systems in a landfill and quit the gaming business, right? Games drive interest in a system. Devs create games. Free dev kits make this process easier. I don't know why people are finding this idea so hard to understand
ExigentContact
Member
Needs more Ultra Hands and love testers. And maybe Ultra Love Hands, too. That'd save Nintendo.
Schnozberry
Member
Yea, I applied and I'm hoping for the best but it still had a semi-requirement on it for past completed projects. I'm hoping they don't just ignore those who had nothing to put in. If they really open this console up, I'd be so thrilled. The GamePad has so many easily accessible, incredibly cool concepts to work on.
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll definitely try out once I have a demo ready.
Why don't you contact Nintendo? https://gdc2013.nintendo.com/ They have that contact form there for you
Edit: Nevermind, I see you applied.
JaseMath
Member
Oh my God.
The dev kit is usually not just hardware, but also access to the libraries, support and licensing. If that's what's been given out here, that's not insignificant.
phosphor112
Banned
Doomed Nintendo is best Nintendo.
There's always another scenario. You can talk to Wii U licensed developers and see if any of them are interested in porting your game/app.
The Bookerman
Member
I remember the time when a PS2 dev kit cost 10k...
Why don't you contact Nintendo? https://gdc2013.nintendo.com/ They have that contact form there for you
Edit: Nevermind, I see you applied.
Indeed. After having applied to this web form I will like to find a Wii U devkit in my mail soon enought
maverick40
Junior Member
NO CONSUMER WANTS THE WII U! Does nintendo not realise this??
ExigentContact
Member
IIRC the Wii's cost $2500 at launch and that was seen as a big deal for its affordability. Still funny to think about either the PS2's devkit being worth 10k or the Wii's being worth 2.5k.
Guessing the Wii U's is closer to the Wii's, if they can hand 'em out for free without taking too much of a hit.
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
I wouldn't say that, if no consumer wanted the Wii U, it wouldn't be sitting at 3m+ sales.
ExigentContact
Member
It is perhaps more apt to say "Most consumers don't want the Wii U at its current price and with its current game library."
More dev kits out there = more possible games = more system sales.
This post seems objective and measured.
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
Gonzo The Great
Banned
BECAUSE THERE ARE NO GAMES! WHICH IS WHY NINTENDO IS TRYING TO APPEASE THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY! Do you not realize this?
Getting lots of indie developers on their platform is Nintendo's greatest chance for survival in this highly competitive market. Just imagine what the Wii would've been like if Unity was easily accessible on it with Motion technology. Indie developers would've done some fantastic things that Nintendo had no time themselves for, giving individuals the option to break new ground and make a name for themselves outside of churning out 2D platformers and retro Zelda clones. I really think that this long-term investment is the best strategy possible for Nintendo. Yea, they'll lose money in the short-term but they could secure a position for themselves in the future.
That's definitely a good idea as well. Thanks.
Metallix87
Member
Well, there it is, guys! Nintendo should just pack it up! The game is over! Time to close up shop, clearly. </sarcasm>
ExigentContact
Member
The Wii U is still treading in some areas, primarily due to burned bridges from the WiiWare/DSiWare days. Team Meat still couldn't put The Binding of Isaac on the 3DS eShop, either, due to its content. Provided Nintendo can rebuild relations and bring those hurt before back on board, the Wii U and 3DS eShops should easily be able to stand with Vita's particularly strong support of indies. Everything else Nintendo has been doing has shown they are certainly making a great effort in this area, so it shouldn't be too long before the Wii U can claim equal, if not greater status (free Unity is a big dealbreaker in Nintendo's favor, I'd wager) than other indie scenes.
mentalfloss
Banned
This thread... This thread.
Beer Monkey
Member
They should also give them hats full of money.
Seriously.
Seriously.
ExigentContact
Member
Can they be Luigi hats?
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
Who cares.
It's incredibly naive to think that software is the only issue with the Wii U.
Twenty7KVN
Member
You should submit your resume to Nintendo surely you can fix them.
I think i just stepped in some troll shit.
Forsaken82
Member
Not having experience shouldn't be preventing you from releasing a game...
You might not be able to get it published on the eShop or PSN or XBLA (at least initially), but there are other ways of getting a first attempt out there. You gotta start somewhere.
blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
That's the stupidest thing I've read on gaf today.
lol wat
SolarPowered
Member
An amazing first page. Some of the responses in here are completely bonkers lol.