Nintendo Goes Big On Download Games at IndieCade East

I'll be there Saturday, guys! Tweet me @leemeyer26 if you're around

Swords & Soldiers II = @rjejr

So maybe its release is not that far away. The one that I want is Affordable.

I really wish that Nintendo would make a serious effort at bringing the indie Unity developers to the platform. They need to get games like Twin Souls, Before, Space Hulk, Republique.

Most of the indie games that Nintendo get's for the wii u is total crap, with very little good indie games to choose from. They either need to get some great 3rd party games or do like Hyrule Warriors and let third partys make some great games for the Wii u with nintendo ip's. Because most of the indies just seem like ios and shovelware games.

@mowerdude Allow me to disagree. This last year was INSANE when it came to quality indie titles on Wii U, from exclusives like Shovel Knight, Shantae, and Stealth Inc 2 to multiplatform releases such as Guacamelee STCE, Teslagrad, and Costume Quest 2. There are even promising ones I haven't be able to get to yet, such as Stick it to the Man and Pier Solar.

Yeah, there were duds as well, but that doesn't really bother me when there's so much quality at the other end of the spectrum.

That said, more indies are always welcome, and I hope the number keeps on getting bigger.

@ricklongo I agree with you 100%.

@ricklongo
I agree, except that I find there to be an overabundance of platformers. It's fine since it's my favorite genre but it seems developers on the eshop are playing it too safe. Many of them are only making platformers and other types of side-scrollers and I'd love to see some more games with 3D movement.

In other words they need more like Costume Quest. Where are the Bastions and Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons kinda games? Where's Transistor or Outlast? I really don't need another game "inspired" by Metroid no matter how great it may be.

Personally hoping that devs can use Unity3d on n3ds. It could lead to a further 'fragmentation of blah blah blah' but an investing of time in making n3ds compatible with Unity3d could be a sign of a longer lifetime for the n3wds!

@mowerdude

This is exactly the kind of consumer burning I was worried about with all the shovelware indies like Rcmadiax, Treefall, and Ninja Pig cluttering the eShop with no-quality nonsense.

@sinalefa - You know me so well It's actually the only 1 on the list I want. One other indie game I am really looking forward to is Rainbow Skies, another game that was supposed to be out in 2014 but should be out relatively soon on PS3 and Vita.

There are so many good indie games out there that it boggles my mind that the eShop is so barren. I wish that Nintendo would have just served as publisher for the games if nothing else to get them. Sadly, they probably did but offered terms similar to what they did for the Famicom Disk Drive system.

@Darknyht

We self-publish in the eShop, and at best, what Nintendo probably offered these guys was marketing materials or help in that regard. Some kind of deal on a dev kit or something for those that are new to the Wii U.

Nintendo does not actively seek out much in the way of support from indies or major 3rd party studios, but they clearly put a little more effort into their support of the indies for some reason. Probably because working on a Nintendo console is a more interesting concept for indies than AAA studios, due to the historically dismal support the core Nintendo fans have given the AAA 3rd parties.

@ricklongo True that, and the fact that there are in fact so many great indie games for Wii U has made it my go-to console for indies.

How bout indie games we don't know about yet??

Cool, Affordable Space Adventures is the most desired indie game of this year for me.

Hopefully Moon Chronicles will come to Europe some day during this year.