- Nintendo feels that last generation they broadened their customer base and the spread of demographics, and now they'd like to do a similar thing for their developer base
- eShop interactions through mobile devices still coming, but not official date yet
- no paid featured slots on the eShop, with everything being selected by the editorial staff
- permanent indie feature slot on the store
- IAP and freemium / f2p are all fine
- eShop works on the agency model
- no minimum threshold before developers get paid
- no exclusivity requirement, and no requirement to use specific bits of hardware
- as much as Nintendo is willing to make things financially easy with the Wii U dev kit price, that interaction represents a reciprocal serious commitment on the behalf of the developer
- Sign up to their dev program, get a devkit, get an internal game code / id number for your game
- after QA and Price Setting, you deal with localization
- Nintendo is interested in indies that use Miiverse and off-TV gaming
- Nintendo is also interested in local multiplayer
- Nintendo says they most want to see games that "Surprise people and put a smile on their face."