Having received the call from America (Just waiting on a call back now, who knows how long!) I can say the programme is still running. Whether or not you are good enough to bear fruit is a different matter.
Now Playing: Mario & Luigi Brothership, Sonic x Shadow Generations
Now Streaming: The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
Keep in mind, even if the Wii U is replaced with the NX. It won't be till at least Nov/Dec of 2016. So that is 1 and half years from now. If not 2017. That is plenty of time, Wii U isn't going away. Let's face it. People aren't going to go "I might as well wait for NX instead", since Wii U barely gets any sales.. A big drop off of new Wii U owners per month might sound like a lot, assuming that happens, but the actual numbers are already pretty low, so that won't really mean much. (being honest).
Unless you are aiming for a possible 2017+ or even a late 2016 game, I don't think anyone here has to worry much right now. A big drop off of new users could be an issue if your a big publisher aiming for 500k+ in sales. But as a small indie, something like 10k in total sold would be a dream, and there are plenty of Wii U users left.
As of right now, Wii U eShop still does pretty well. I also really recommend on aiming for making games that aren't budget games. So don't try to make a $2 game. This isn't really the best marketplace for those games, esp with how crowded the eShop is nowadays. There are plenty of $2 games, and from experience (both mine and others), gamers tend to look at the $5+ games. etc. Nintendo also tends to focus and promote/feature those bigger games as well. Don't get me wrong, feel free to make any kind of game you want. But aiming big for a bigger game ($4+ bigger essentially) will likely do you better.
As mentioned before, add Miiverse posting if you can! It can greatly increase your Miiverse page activity. My own game recently got a new content patch that included that, and now Miiverse is VERY active.
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Created Wii U Game: ZaciSa's Last Stand (Tower Defense)
@JamesCoote: Remember that NDA you signed? You've just broken it. I suggest you edit your post before Nintendo give you the boot. I suggest you re-read what you signed for future reference.
@JamesCoote: Remember that NDA you signed? You've just broken it. I suggest you edit your post before Nintendo give you the boot. I suggest you re-read what you signed for future reference.
Thanks for the free legal advice! However, everything I've said has already been released into the public domain via official Nintendo sources. Otherwise I obviously wouldn't say it!
I would really love it if Nintendo considers putting Game Maker Studio on their devkits.
Game Maker personally is the most accessible....sure, Unity does somethings that Game Maker can't like 3D but for 2D development, Game Maker is just better at it.
@Socar I think if you make a Game Maker game that can be made into a HTML 5 game, then you can use Nintendo's Web framework stuff to make it work on Wii U... not 100% sure about that
People keep saying the Xbox One doesn't have Backwards Compatibility.
I don't think they know what Backwards Compatibility means...
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