Nintendo To Allow HTML5 Games on Wii U and 3DS

I remember them saying they were planning on allowing HTML5 stuff, and just the other day IGN reported they dropped the "must have an office" requirement. They also dropped their thresholds of units shipped/sold before getting paid--you get paid from sale #1 now. I hope it doesn't turn out to be a pipe dream, but Wii U support with C2 would be unbelievable.

BTW, if they do it, we need to make teams here to crank some stuff out.

NotionGames

well let us know when you have your devkit and license. While I know there are a lot in the NDA. I'm sure letting us know if their Nintendo Web Framework is a wrapper like technology or a custom browser will be ok :)

jayderyu I'll be sure to keep everyone informed as much as i can without trouble.

Also... waiting for the updates on todays conference

nintendoworldreport.com/news/33655

NotionGames thanks for the link, this is awesome news. Now it seems the only mysteries are the state of performance and whether html5 games will enjoy the same exposure as the rest.

Alright guys, news just coming in from GDC. Here is a snapshot from the Framework. Apparently Canvas games will be supported, this is very exciting! https://twitter.com/DaveVoyles/status/317024893193564160/photo/1

Animate Please tell me there's webgl. PLEASE!

sqiddster Have not been able to confirm it yet.

Animate ok let me know if you get any info. Nintendo, please don't pull a microsoft on us!

There doesn't look to be any sign of WebGL. It looks like it's going to be just Canvas. I'm sure if OpenGL or WebGL was there on list it would have been.

However, it looks like based on the presentation somekind of wrapper based tech.

This is pretty awesome for Nintendo. Nintendo is all about isolated developement. This is a huge redirection for the company.

With or without webGL effects, this is a big announcement, and we're crossing our fingers for a response from Scirra as well. I know I am!

Hopefully they make their platform indie friendly. From rumors of other indie game devs that have made games for the wii, the SDK is expensive and the royalty isn't very good.

Im hoping they change it.

I don't see how they can expect good performance with just Canvas. Maybe if their wrapper is good enough...

Low qaulity hardware and no WebGL, lol.

How is memory management supposed to work without webgl?

Hey, I'm here at gdc. No webgl unfortunately. Performance does however look to be very good. Over 800 onscreen sprites running at 60fps. Also tested a physics demo which was running at 60fps and looked to be very complex. It's running on webkit.

Google have also hinted at native html app support on Android and Ludei have a great demo showing webgl running - estimated six weeks until we get our hands on it.