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    Steve Watts posted a new article, Trine 2 dev lauds Nintendo's approach to Wii U indies.

    Trine 2 developer Frozenbyte has complimented Nintendo's new guidelines for developers, including the ability to set prices, no cost for basic updates or downloadable content, the ability to put games on sale.
    Nov 19, 2012 12:49pm PST
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    Steve Watts posted a new article, Trine 2 dev lauds Nintendo's approach to Wii U indies.

    Trine 2 developer Frozenbyte has complimented Nintendo's new guidelines for developers, including the ability to set prices, no cost for basic updates or downloadable content, the ability to put games on sale. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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    • MS please take note and fix your shit for the next system! We need more cool indie games on the next sys... : GwyndionThis person is cool!
    • Nice. : capt trippsThis person is cool!
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      Nintendo went from being the idiot cousin in the online services to being a player with the stuff on Wii ... : Rauol DukeThis person is cool!
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        The friend system is still kind of clunky though and they REALLY need to fix how slow the whole OS is whe... : Evil Benius
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          The interface in general, just going from menu to menu seemed very, very slow on the Giant Bomb quick loo... : GwyndionThis person is cool!
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            Yeah it is laughably bad how slow the system is. Functionality wise it is a step up from the Wii, but it ... : Evil Benius
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              At least the UI stuff can be fixed with a patch. : Frozen Pixel
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                Not having a system, I can only guess they made it slow on purpose. AKA, it's a "Feature". : capt trippsThis person is cool!
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                  Nah, it really feels like a ver 1.0 software thing. It's otherwise pretty snappy. : ConanThis person is cool!
                  • Agreed, it'll get snappier after a few firmware updates. I remember the Wii being a lot slower to switch ... : snubble100
    • well that's pretty surprising. it'd be rad to have lots of cool indie games taking advantage of the wii u... : Mr.SEX
    • Yeah.. when it isn't responding so slowly.. :) : kartooner
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      Wow I was ignoring this because I was bitter about the Wii, but I love indie games so things just got int... : stratedgeThis person is cool!
      • Yeah, I was super stoked about Frozenbyte working so closely with Nintendo, especially with the prominent... : EnhancedInterrogator
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      God, I hope Super Meat Boy finally sees a release on a Nintendo. : Cihte
      • Never thought about this. I bet Team Meat is already on it. : EnhancedInterrogator
    • Making the Wii U the ultimate indie game console platform would be very cool. And give Nintendo a big ... : Ertai