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Exterminieren · Mar 26, 2013

Courtesy of a Nintendo employee present...

At the GDC Unity session about Wii U support! If you didn't know yet, it is free for all developers #wiiu #eshop

It is based on Unity 4 Pro and will be updated with all 4.x updates. Did I mention it is FREE??? #wiiu #eshop

Unity for Wii U will take care of some of the develompent guidelines. Open beta starts today!!! #wiiu

Shimada-san from Nintendo Japan is starting his speech as part of the GDC Unity Wii U session. Come here now if you aren't yet! #GDC13

He is talking about sales performance of Gunman Clive for Nintendo 3DS - outselling iOS and Android versions #GDC13 #3DS #eShop

Nintendo is inviting all developers to try and make your current game available running on Wii U GamePad only, for starters #GDC13 #unity3d

Tomorrow at 3.30pm there will be a Miiverse session, incl future developments of the service #GDC13 #eShop

Business Policy update for Wii U from the Unity session: 1. No concept approval, 2. Price and date set by the developer #GDC13 #WiiUeShop

3. Freemium is support, 4. Royalty share is industry standard #GDC13 #WiiUeShop

Nintendo and Unity booth are right next to each other! http://Gdc2013.nintendo.com for more info! Or find me... #GDC13

Tomorrow 2pm there will be a new developments framework announced! It supports web tech such as html and javascript. Come see this session!

Session is over! Hope you find Wii U attractive due to its accessibility tech wise and flex business police #wiiu #eShop #GDC13

I am liking the indie policies Nintendo's putting forward.

Flying Toaster · Mar 26, 2013

That have to get games on the system somehow.

Oddduck · Mar 26, 2013

Exterminieren said:
Courtesy of a journo present...

He's a Nintendo employee.

Dead Prince · Mar 26, 2013

i guess this is what they were talking about.

Meelow · Mar 26, 2013

Nintendo + Sony = The indie kings!

Thoraxes · Mar 26, 2013

This all sounds like really good stuff.

Both Nintendo and Sony really have the right approach for this new generation.

Also, nice Gunman Clive shoutout

Exterminieren · Mar 26, 2013

Oddduck said:
He's a Nintendo employee.

Duly noted.

-Horizon- · Mar 26, 2013

Nintendo taking the right steps in their indie approach.

AranhaHunter · Mar 26, 2013

Free for everybody? So if I sign up as a dev I can get it for free? Hmmm tempting.

NateDrake · Mar 26, 2013

Business Policy update for Wii U from the Unity session: 1. No concept approval, 2. Price and date set by the developer #GDC13 #WiiUeShop

This is good, right?

dwu8991 · Mar 26, 2013

Wii Unity Bring It !

axisofweevils · Mar 26, 2013

All good stuff.

NotLiquid · Mar 26, 2013

The tech leap might not have been big but in terms of publishing policy and indie support, the Wii to Wii U leap has been massive.

Props to both Nintendo and Sony for absolutely killing it in terms of dev support.

VanWinkle · Mar 26, 2013

Sounds great to me. I hope we get some great eShop games, but even more importantly, I hope we get a proper account system so I don't have to worry about making purchases on it.

InsaneZero · Mar 26, 2013

NateDrake said:
This is good, right?

Yes. It means less restrictions from a dev to get a game up on the service.

GhostTrick · Mar 26, 2013

Too bad 3DS isn't getting the same treatment.

Orayn · Mar 26, 2013

Dropping concept approval like Sony? Hell yeah! Great move.

Free, modern, capable, dev-friendly middleware for all? Also excellent.

BlastProcessing · Mar 26, 2013

Looks like I jumped on the Unity train at a good time.

NotLiquid · Mar 26, 2013

NateDrake said:
This is good, right?

Binding of Isaac confirmed

Jawmuncher · Mar 26, 2013

VanWinkle said:
Sounds great to me. I hope we get some great eShop games, but even more importantly, I hope we get a proper account system so I don't have to worry about making purchases on it.

Only thing holding me back from diving into the WiiU and 3DS online games and the like

Dascu · Mar 26, 2013

He is talking about sales performance of Gunman Clive for Nintendo 3DS - outselling iOS and Android versions #GDC13 #3DS #eShop

Yay Beril!

Great to hear how Nintendo and Sony are opening up their digital stores to small developers.

Dead Prince · Mar 26, 2013

NotLiquid said:
Binding of Isaac confirmed

i'm sure nintendo will find a way to remove the game after it's on the store lulz.

ExigentContact · Mar 26, 2013

AranhaHunter said:
Free for everybody? So if I sign up as a dev I can get it for free? Hmmm tempting.

So long as you've got the cash to put down on a devkit, you're pretty much good to go.

disco · Mar 26, 2013

Flying Toaster said:
That have to get games on the system somehow.

What an objective analysis.

Personally I'm really excited by what this might bring to the table. Those Gunman Clive sales really demonstrate what dedicated video game systems can still achieve in this day and age.

Meelow · Mar 27, 2013

NotLiquid said:
The tech leap might not have been big but in terms of publishing policy and indie support, the Wii to Wii U leap has been massive.

Props to both Nintendo and Sony for absolutely killing it in terms of dev support.

The tech leap between Wii and Wii U is also massive.

cosmicblizzard · Mar 27, 2013

Wow, free? Is this unprecedented for Nintendo? They're really treating indies much better. Hope people jump on board.

beast786 · Mar 27, 2013

Great for indies, and we all win

Roo · Mar 27, 2013

NateDrake said:
This is good, right?

Well...depends on how you look at it
It'll be easier for developers to bring their games to the eShop and there would be a nice amount of titles available.
On the other hand, no concept approval means anyone can bring their shit to the eShop and go nuts with the price and still get away with it, pretty much a iTunes/Google Play escenario.

Bony Manifesto · Mar 27, 2013

Maybe I'm missing something, but what exactly is the process to becoming a registered developer for Nintendo platforms? The WarioWorld site still has the (presumably) old information about needing to be an established company to apply.

Glass Rebel · Mar 27, 2013

GhostTrick said:
Too bad 3DS isn't getting the same treatment.

Heh, thought the same thing. It pales in comparison to Sony's indie efforts on Vita.

Tiktaalik · Mar 27, 2013

Nintendo is positioning themselves to at least be equal to Sony in developers' eyes, which is great, but for consumers, if they have the choice of choosing between Wii U and PS3/4/Vita, the unified account system of PSN makes opting to go with Sony a no brainer.

Nintendo has got to make their account system behave the same as all of their competitors.

Oddduck · Mar 27, 2013

Bony Manifesto said:
Maybe I'm missing something, but what exactly is the process to becoming a registered developer for Nintendo platforms? The WarioLand site still has the (presumably) old information about needing to be an established company to apply.

You need to be incorporated (registered as a business).

You need previous professional game development experience.

That's about it (other than buying a dev kit).

AranhaHunter · Mar 27, 2013

ExigentContact said:
So long as you've got the cash to put down on a devkit, you're pretty much good to go.

How much is a dev kit?

boiled goose · Mar 27, 2013

VanWinkle said:
Sounds great to me. I hope we get some great eShop games, but even more importantly, I hope we get a proper account system so I don't have to worry about making purchases on it.

YUP.
No proper unified account. No wiiu and no 3ds for me.

Phazon · Mar 27, 2013

cosmicblizzard said:
Wow, free? Is this unprecedented for Nintendo? They're really treating indies much better. Hope people jump on board.

The fact that Unity would be free was announced a couple of months ago: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=492169.

But now they confirmed that devs can use the beta from now on.

Orayn · Mar 27, 2013

Bony Manifesto said:
Maybe I'm missing something, but what exactly is the process to becoming a registered developer for Nintendo platforms? The WarioWorld site still has the (presumably) old information about needing to be an established company to apply.

You still do, but an individual can still qualify easily enough. No need for an office, multiple employees, etc., just paperwork and formalities.

TheGreatMightyPoo · Mar 27, 2013

Phil Fish still thinks this news sucks dick.

Jaded Alyx · Mar 27, 2013

AranhaHunter said:
How much is a dev kit?

"About the cost of a high-end PC" I believe it was described.

StreetsAhead · Mar 27, 2013

Bony Manifesto said:
Maybe I'm missing something, but what exactly is the process to becoming a registered developer for Nintendo platforms? The WarioWorld site still has the (presumably) old information about needing to be an established company to apply.

You still need to be a company, you just don't have to have an office address, iirc.

Striek · Mar 27, 2013

Sounds great, well done Nintendo.

Alistair Roo said:
Well...depends on how you look at it
It'll be easier for developers to bring their games to the eShop and there would be a nice amount of titles available.
On the other hand, no concept approval means anyone can bring their shit to the eShop and go nuts with the price and still get away with it, pretty much a iTunes/Google Play escenario.

Nothing wrong with that. iTunes and Google Play are home to hundreds of really great gems, consumers can sort the wheat from the chaff via word of mouth, exactly how it should be.

DashReindeer · Mar 27, 2013

NotLiquid said:
The tech leap might not have been big but in terms of publishing policy and indie support, the Wii to Wii U leap has been massive.

Props to both Nintendo and Sony for absolutely killing it in terms of dev support.

Yup. No one likes to give Nintendo credit for anything good that it does, but the steps the company is taking with regards to Unity support and seemingly HTML and Javascript development is great in terms of opening up the platform for way more people to develop games.

The biggest takeaway for me though is that this allows for F2P games to come out through the eShop. This could end up being a huge coup for Nintendo, although I'd honestly want to see them dive into the F2P space first on a Nintendo platform before other companies start doing it.

radioheadrule83 · Mar 27, 2013

VanWinkle said:
Sounds great to me. I hope we get some great eShop games, but even more importantly, I hope we get a proper account system so I don't have to worry about making purchases on it.

You don't have to 'worry' anyway. There are very few scenarios in which Nintendo wouldn't just transfer your licenses, providing you made the right noises. I can see everything I've ever bought via club Nintendo and the nnid sign-in for the digital promotion service... If you have reasonable reason to log in with an NNID on a new system I believe they actually change a flag on your account that allows you to do so. They certainly send repaired systems and refurbs back to people with that ability. The account system is bizarrely flawed in that you have to call Nintendo -- god knows they could probably save a fortune on paying CSRs if they just adopted Microsoft's model-- but personally I'm not worried about losing purchases. There's just no way I'd let Nintendo do yhat to me.

NateDrake · Mar 27, 2013

Alistair Roo said:
Well...depends on how you look at it
It'll be easier for developers to bring their games to the eShop and there would be a nice amount of titles available.
On the other hand, no concept approval means anyone can bring their shit to the eShop and go nuts with the price and still get away with it, pretty much a iTunes/Google Play escenario.

So it is the same as Sony with PS4 in scrapping the approval process and allowing more freedom to developers. People were excited about this yesterday in regards to PS4, so this is good for Wii U.

dwu8991 · Mar 27, 2013

Unity for Gamepad right now bitches !

frankie_baby · Mar 27, 2013

DashReindeer said:
Yup. No one likes to give Nintendo credit for anything good that it does, but the steps the company is taking with regards to Unity support and seemingly HTML and Javascript development is great in terms of opening up the platform for way more people to develop games.

The biggest takeaway for me though is that this allows for F2P games to come out through the eShop. This could end up being a huge coup for Nintendo, although I'd honestly want to see them dive into the F2P space first on a Nintendo platform before other companies start doing it.

well there sort of is already a f2p game on wii u, tank tank tank

Bony Manifesto · Mar 27, 2013

Oddduck said:
You need to be incorporated (registered as a business).

You need previous professional game development experience.

That's about it (other than buying a dev kit).

Orayn said:
You still do, but an individual can still qualify easily enough. No need for an office, multiple employees, etc., just paperwork and formalities.

StreetsAhead said:
You still need to be a company, you just don't have to have an office address, iirc.

Ah I see. Thanks for the responses.

VanWinkle · Mar 27, 2013

radioheadrule83 said:
You don't have to 'worry' anyway. There are very few scenarios in which Nintendo wouldn't just transfer your licenses, providing you made the right noises. I can see everything I've ever bought via club Nintendo and the nnid sign-in for the digital promotion service... If you have reasonable reason to log in with an NNID on a new system I believe they actually change a flag on your account that allows you to do so. They certainly send repaired systems and refurbs back to people with that ability. Thre account system is bizarrely flawed in thayt you have to call Nintendo -- god knows they could probably save a fortune on paying CSRs if they just adopted Microsoft's model-- but personally I'm not worried about losing purchases. There's just no way I'd let Nintendo do yhat to me.

Yeah, but I don't want to jump through hoops to get my content back that I bought. I shouldn't have to call Nintendo, and I DEFINITELY shouldn't have to file a police report. Maybe I'm spoiled by how great it is on Sony's platforms, but when I got my second Wii U (two days after my first one, which was a Basic, when the store got more Deluxe models in which is what i wanted) and realized I couldn't even log into to the Nintendo Network account I created on my first system with the NNID I wanted, I am since very weary of anything Nintendo online related. They clearly are severely behind the times. Digital content should be tied to the account, not in unison with the hardware.

twinturbo2 · Mar 27, 2013

TheGreatMightyPoo said:
Phil Fish still thinks this news sucks dick.

Phil Fish and Edmund McMillian in a steel cage death match. Two men enter, one man leaves. Who wins?

stanley1993 · Mar 27, 2013

so wait will we see any presentations tomorrow about the engine on Wii U? Hoping for something like Nintendo direct soon

Chie Satonaka · Mar 27, 2013

So, does this mean that we'll finally see bob's game?

I couldn't resist.

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