Wii Stole it From Microsoft!

Posted by Shabadage Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:58:00 GMT

According to this article, the following statement (Stolen directly from the article in question) is true.

“Nintendo has developed a programming system that will allow small independent developers to make games for Wii download service.

“We cannot confirm at this time in what format the new content will be delivered, but in the future there will be original games available for download through the Wii Shop.”

Is there perhaps an XNA competitor on the horizon from Nintendo? One can only hope so.

(Source: computerandvideogames.com)

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  1. Al3xand3r said about 5 hours later:

    It would be cool to see what unique uses of the wiimote/nunchuck indie devs come up with. Of course, even if Nintendo doesn’t do this, they can always try it on PC… http://www.mod-hq.com/index.php?page=news&article=176

  2. Al3xand3r said about 5 hours later:

    Great no bbcode… Someone fix the above post please… If anyone cares.

  3. SixFootTallMidget said about 6 hours later:

    I’m glad that Nintendo will be doing this. Though the virtual console is a good idea, it would be nice for some other content to be available for download.

  4. ravuya said about 7 hours later:

    Sounds like a lot of fun; hopefully this is true.

    Looking forward to picking apart Nintendo’s stuff to port their tools to OS X.

  5. haowan said about 22 hours later:

    CVG is weaksauce.

    However, this is one rumour I am willing to get sucked into a bit.

    Nintendo have been talking from the start about allowing bedroom coders onto the console. Hopefully it wasn’t all hot air.

  6. Toom said 1 day later:

    Dudes, do you know how much a Wii dev kit costs? Last report I heard was something like $1500 US. That is a piffling sum for a development kit. That is four guys in a garage money. Even without an XNA-alike, I reckon there’s a big future for Wii homebrew.

  7. raigan said 1 day later:

    it may cost $1500, but I’m pretty sure you can’t just order one from Nintendo – you have to be affiliated with an approved publisher, or something along those lines.

  8. Sergio said 1 day later:

    Aquaria Wii FTW!

  9. haowan said 1 day later:

    Yes, becoming a Nintendo dev is much harder than you might think, trust me. Anything that can make that easier is a good thing.

  10. Overzealous said 4 days later:

    I’m going to port the Nintendo Dev Tools to TI-83!!! YEAH!

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