The problem here is that anyone can get on with development for iPhone, whereas Nintendo has a difficult process of allowing developers to develop for the DS. You have to have an office building, and a development kit costs from 2 000$ up to 10 000$.
I think we won't see at all as many apps for the DSi because of this. The only good thing about it is that the overall quality will be higher. But personally I don't mind having "bad" stuff on DSi, I will just skip buying it.
@ Drake: Just wanted to notice that this is ported by the studio Nicalis www.Nicalis.com. Pixel's (Daisuke Amaya) role in the project is not clear yet. Nifflas, famous maker of the free indie game Knytt Stories, works at Nicalis.
A crappy game will now seem less special, and therefore sell less. Which of course is good. And we don't need more pro-alcohol messages, so this is good news I believe.
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Blueberry commented on Review: Mario Party 9 (Wii):
@warioswoods Well Hudson is gone now :ยด(
Konami owns the "Hudson" trademark but the Hudson studio is shut down.
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Blueberry commented on DSiWare to Become Nintendo's App Store?:
The problem here is that anyone can get on with development for iPhone, whereas Nintendo has a difficult process of allowing developers to develop for the DS. You have to have an office building, and a development kit costs from 2 000$ up to 10 000$.
I think we won't see at all as many apps for the DSi because of this. The only good thing about it is that the overall quality will be higher. But personally I don't mind having "bad" stuff on DSi, I will just skip buying it.
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Blueberry commented on Why You Should Be Excited About Cave Story:
@ Drake: Just wanted to notice that this is ported by the studio Nicalis www.Nicalis.com. Pixel's (Daisuke Amaya) role in the project is not clear yet.
Nifflas, famous maker of the free indie game Knytt Stories, works at Nicalis.
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Blueberry commented on Shin'en Interview - Fun! Fun! Minigolf:
The actual game looks nice. The characters however look plainly awful, very stereotypically "casual game". They should have used miis.
I would like to get Nanostray 2, but I don't have a DS.
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Blueberry commented on Beer Pong Goes Alcohol Free:
A crappy game will now seem less special, and therefore sell less. Which of course is good.
And we don't need more pro-alcohol messages, so this is good news I believe.
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Blueberry commented on Oxygen Games Interview - Pirates: The Key of D...:
I loved "Overboard". I don't think this is going to be at all as good, though.