#24518 - hakanyuksel - Wed Aug 04, 2004 11:00 pm
Does anyone know the price of the legal GBA development kit and how to get it?
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#24519 - poslundc - Wed Aug 04, 2004 11:17 pm
Unfortunately, Nintendo is very restrictive on whom they grant publishing licenses to. Unless you are an established games publisher with a proven track record it is unlikely you will be considered. Check out http://www.warioworld.com/ if you want to know more.
Dan.
#24527 - Wyldcard - Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:19 am
I checked that out recently, and could not find the prices. There is a mandatory order limit, and a nice little lag time before they will deliver your product. I also saw a nice form about getting credit from Nintendo.
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#24531 - tepples - Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:05 am
So in other words, does one need a best-selling commercial title for Palm or Pocket PC before one can get one's hands on the official handheld development kits?
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#24532 - sajiimori - Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:14 am
Palm and Pocket PCs sell at a profit.
#24533 - rapso - Thu Aug 05, 2004 7:41 am
| Wyldcard wrote: |
| I checked that out recently, and could not find the prices. |
"Software Development Kits: Approximate development costs range from $10,000 to $20,000. Financial stability is expected approved developers in order to purchase the necessary development equipment for your project"
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rapso
#24540 - poslundc - Thu Aug 05, 2004 1:42 pm
| tepples wrote: |
| So in other words, does one need a best-selling commercial title for Palm or Pocket PC before one can get one's hands on the official handheld development kits? |
I don't know. Maybe Mike can enlighten us as to what kind of criteria Nintendo uses. All I have is anecdotal information.
Dan.
#24543 - gadget - Thu Aug 05, 2004 3:17 pm
Nintendo doesn't require that you purchase any dev hardware from them directly. Once you're a licensed developer you are free to either purchase the hardware from them or sn systems. I've seen the Nintendo kits and wasn't very impressed. The kit from Sn systems is $5000 and is a dream to work with. SN systems will let you demo a kit (hardware and software) from them for 30 days without charge but you have to be on the Nintendo developer list.
I believe Nintendo details the licensing agreement and criteria on the warioworld website. Last I heard they weren't licensing new developers unless you already were working with a licensed publisher.
#24556 - Miked0801 - Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:56 pm
Which is more than I ever needed to know. We've been licensed for so long that it hasn't even been a concern for me (we did a bunch of SNES and DMG games oh so long ago.) I have no idea what the licensing requirements are - sorry!
Mike
#24617 - hakanyuksel - Sat Aug 07, 2004 11:33 pm
http://www.warioworld.com/
ok. this page has all the information. Thnk you all for information.
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#24628 - sgeos - Sun Aug 08, 2004 5:04 am
| Miked0801 wrote: |
| we did a bunch of SNES and DMG games oh so long ago. |
What SNES games did you do? (That was my favorite system.)
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