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Nintendo of Europe’s business development manager Ed Valiente delivered a presentation at the Indie Games Collective “How 2” workshops event earlier today. Valiente’s talk was all about the eShop – how there are few barriers when it comes to indie titles, ideals and functionality that Nintendo promotes, and more. We also received confirmation that Miiverse is coming to the 3DS “soon” and dedicated Miiverse smartphone apps are on the way.

A summary of what was shared during Nintendo’s event can be found below.

– No paid featured slots in the eShop
– It has always been possible to self-publish
– No concept approval
– Not required to use Nintendo features
– Doesn’t have to be an exclusive game
– Set and control your own prices on the eShop
– eShop doesn’t have a sales threshold
– Once again, you also don’t need an office to be a developer on Nintendo platforms
– Nintendo gives out free promo codes and 3DS QR codes before launch
– Nintendo’ Be a licensed dev. Get dev kit. Request game code. Make game. Lotcheck. Set price/rel date. Launch’ simple to self pub
– Devs can get ‘verified’ Miis to be able to interact with their game’s community in Miiverse on Wii U and soon on 3DS
– “We want to surprise people & put smiles on their faces so if your game can do that then bring it to us”
– Smartphone apps will be available for Miiverse
– Nintendo on 4P-games: “For us social gaming is not about people spamming on social networks but playing together in the same room.”
– No indie ghetto: “make a platformer, you’ll appear alongside Mario; an RPG alongside Zelda” on the eShop
– Free-to-play games allowed
– Nintendo curates based on quality
– Change a game’s price whenever you want
– Industry standard revenue share
– Easily update games

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Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams hasn’t been out too long on Wii U. It’s only been around a couple of weeks on the European eShop, and just launched in North America yesterday. Still, thus far, developer Black Forest Games managing director Adrian Goersch says sales are “at the same level as on the other consoles.”

He added:

“Nintendo sales always have been strong around X-mas so it will be very interesting for us to compare these figures in January.”

Twisted Dreams may very well see downloadable content in the future. According to Goersch, there’s a “high chance” of that happening, though how the game is received will be a factor.

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Not long ago we told you about Assault Android Cactus, an action shooter from Australian developer Witch Beam that’s targeting a Q1 2014 release on the Wii U eShop. With a top-down perspective and plenty of twin-stick mayhem potentially on offer, it looks like it could be a stylish slice of fun.

Witch Beam co-founder Sanatana Mishra told Nintendo Life:

“For starters we will definitely be supporting off-screen play and also the use of practically any controller configuration, Wii Remote + Nunchuck as a replacement for Keyboard/Mouse and the twin stick pads. Gamepad specific elements are still a bit TBD as we need to be careful to avoid gimmicky tacked-on gameplay, so I imagine we won’t be talking about them until much closer to the Wii U version’s release.”

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Toki Tori 2 developer Two Tribes has teased “something cool coming for Wii U owners next week”. The studio teased the news on Twitter, writing:

So, what could Two Tribes be teasing here? The arrival of Toki Tori 2+ on Wii U? A new title?

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Ping 2 is primed for a Wii U release, creator Christopher Arnold has announced.

Arnold took to Twitter and also revealed that he is now an official Wii U developer.

He wrote:

Ping 2’s premise is simple. It’s very much a Pong-like game, with a classic-looking style. The original Ping was created for Android devices.

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Shantae: Half-Genie Hero will include alternate costumes if the game’s Kickstarter reaches $700,000.

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The Wii U and 3DS weren’t a part of the Pro Pinball: Timeshock! Kickstarter campaign, but the game’s developer was still hoping to make versions for both platforms. Now that the project has officially secured funding, Nintendo releases should be much more possible. The Kickstarter reached the £40,000 goal earlier today with eight days remaining.

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Shantae: Half-Genie Hero will allow players to customize the game’s belly-dancing protagonist in a number of ways, including the use of costumes. One such outfit was revealed today: Patricia Wagon’s officer garb from Mighty Switch Force.

WayForward’s Matt Bozon shared a first image of Shantae in the new costume today:

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1001 Spikes will feature a tie-in from another indie series. On Twitter, the official Bit.Trip account confirmed that CommanderVideo will be playable in the upcoming title.

The message in full reads:

You can find multiplayer footage of 1001 Spikes above, including a look at CommanderVideo.

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