Coming from an indie dev over at NeoGAF, in response to Avalanche's comments about Nintendo being hard to get in touch with.
We are a tiny indie developer and NEVER had issues to get in contact with Nintendo. They invited us to a conference in Madrid and are constantly checking what we are doing.
So my impression of Nintendo and their relations to indie is completely different. As a matter of fact they are going out of their way to pamper us. Nintendo is doing a lot to work with indies. Also, I find it funny that people keep forgetting that Nintendo were the first ones to strike a deal with Unity to drop all license cost to publish on their console.
Two sides of the same coin, I guess. Maybe Avalanche did have trouble reaching out. Maybe they didn't really try. I think we all know that Nintendo is pushing hard for indies right now. Perhaps Nintendo feels the majority of traditional third parties are a loss. Thanks to Emily for the heads up!
UPDATE - WayForward chimed in to echo these statements...
@emi1yrogers Tis true. Twas also the basis for their @ideame_ event with a number of indie devs happy with Nintendo support for the eshop.
— Austin Ivansmith (@IvanDashSmith) May 10, 2013
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=57313224&postcount=1206
