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For the first time in the series, SEED

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Dan Adelman, the head of Nintendo’s indie initiative, was not allowed to speak with us. This is the sort of corporate policy that perpetuates the stereotype that Nintendo doesn’t work well with third parties, and is an emblem of Nintendo’s reluctance to change and become more open as markets shift. As an indie developer, this is very troubling to me.

I’ve received word from a reliable source that Adelman is no longer allowed access to Twitter. You’ll notice his last post was in October of last year. Apparently he wrote something along the lines of “I travel a lot, so I feel your pain,” in response to someone saying they didn’t like the region locking of the 3DS. This was viewed as unacceptable in Nintendo’s eyes, so there you go. All they had was that Twitter account, to talk to indie devs. There are no blogs, no casual podcasts, only corporate-created messaging from Nintendo Direct. No more public voice for indie development from within Nintendo. That’s it. It’s gone.

Blacklightning

Apr 27 2014, 04:53 AM

For what good that's worth - a lot of indies are pledging support for it but actually relatively little is coming out for it. It's no surprise most of them probably grew up with their own aspirations of developing for Nintendo platforms but it feels to me like they jumped at the opportunity before any guarantee that they could actually ensure a finished game.

EDIT: Nevermind, turns out it was already posted.