Nintendo are rumoured to be giving Wii U dev kit’s to third parties free of charge.
Jonathan Holmes of Destructoid has revealed to the Twitterverse than Nintendo may be handing our more than one Wii U dev kit free of charge.
The Nintendo Switch is potentially nearing its lifespan, and several Wii U games haven't found their way over as ports yet.
I think it's better to leave games like AC: Amiibo Festival and Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash forgotten on the Wii U. Best case, they are mediocre games; worse case, they are very bad. It was a dark time for the Wii U, and the first only exists to sell Amiibo cards, whereas the second was put together in a couple of months with a shoestring budget, and it shows.
The rest of the list does have some really cool games, though. I would love to see a remake of Star Fox Zero with decent controls, and Xenoblade X doesn't require that much modification to work.
Same as Paper Mario color splash. One of the best wiiu games and getting even better with dual screen. Same reason why i prefer Splatoon 1
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I personally found the cover system really fun in that one compared to at the time most fps games completely lacking one.
They should remake Starfox to the switch 2. Very beautiful game during gamecube days.
Kirby is always ignored or forgotten by people, so good to see it mentioned here.
Play Kirby Canvas Curse on DS, and then play Rainbow Curse on Wii U, they're really fun and unique 'platformers' without any actual jumping.
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This could be an effective tactic, especially for encouraging smaller developers to bring third-party multiplats to the Wii U.
Good move if true, Nintendo.
If they've never done this before it tells you how things are going on the development side.
I think there is a lot of pressure from PC these days. Anyone can make a game on PC and not have to pay any fees depending on what tool set they use.
Even a lot of the larger tool sets are free if you aren't expecting to make more than a certain amount of profit. And you can always make your own.
And with Steam Greenlight where you basically only have to pay 100$ to list and then publish on Steam or even Desura it's not surprising the consoles would move in this direction.
Really, indy is the best thing to happen to gaming, hopefully it will continue to put pressure on the larger gaming institutions.
The correct term in all instances is "loan". Even the devs Holmes was referring to were offered loaner Wii U dev kits. Nintendo isn't just "giving" them away for "free". There are still conditions, i.e. the developer still needs to make and publish a game with the thing and then either return or buy the development kits when development ends.
When people phrase it like "Nintendo is giving away free dev kits", it makes it sound like they've got free candy at booth 418. They still have stringent quality standards, and that's why only a handful of devs with stellar projects in the pipeline are receiving these "free dev kits" on loan.
IMO it's a smart move. I always felt like this should happen.
If I am looking to make a game and have no money I would love a free kit that way I could make a game make money and make more games. Therefore I make money and make companies money.