It isn’t under NDA but it is very easy for you to find out. I can probably say that your number is high.
I too hope the EShop is better.
Yeah, seems like my source was wrong. It’s more like 2k - 3k according to most other sources I found.
I can’t look it up for the Switch yet, my Nintendo Developer registration is still pending. It seems to take a couple of days. Also it’s not sure if they listed it there yet.
But everything you see in the Nintendo Portal is under NDA, unfortunately.
Anyway, back to topic - thanks again that you ask the devs, looking forward to what they say 
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Yup adding an agenda item to our weekly meeting.
It would be great to support it. I just don’t know how realistic it is.
Yes the dev portal is under NDA and I can probably give an option of I think indie devs will wait longer than those that belong to Wario World.
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Supporting Switch would be great. Although there are still so many unknowns:
- price to get a dev license (is it going to be $100 per year, or $10.000?)
- is it going to be an open store ? (like google play or app store). Or is it going to be curated and only the super-polished games are going to be approved?
Because, depending on that, it might be suitable for cocos2d-x users, or not. As @slackmoehrle said, he is going to get in touch with Nintendo… let’s hope their platform will be “indie developer friendly”
I e-mailed folks at Nintendo to start conversations.
They have Wario World, which is geared towards studios, they can use c++ or whatever they choose. They have their Developer Portal which is their indie portal. They currently push Unity or NWF for indie devs.
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Good news! The Nintendo Switch is reportedly supporting OpenGL 4.5, OpenGL ES, and Vulcan.
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This is fantastic news. We are currently working with Nintendo to become an authorized tools developer.
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Awesome! So much looking forward to it!
Same, I’d love to see this happen. I’d really like to develop a game for the switch and I don’t want to use Unreal or Unity for 2D.
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I believe this task is on hold for now. Without a US office the relationship is on hold pending Nintendo Japan being willing to work with a Chinese company. Nintendo America cannot work with a Chinese company due to government restrictions.
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Damn! That’s bad news 
porting 2d (Cocos2dx) Projects to Unity is sooo damn hard :-/
UPDATE: in the last week, my Nintendo developer account was gotten authored, and accessed to all Nintendo Switch docs. Nintendo America is shipping a development kit device to our US office. We’re evaluating the possibility and workload to port cocos2d-x onto Switch.
It’s being evaluated, I don’t guarantee it will be done, or will come out very sooner. C++11, OpenGL ES 3.0, network, audio, JavaScript binding and Lua binding, there’re many things to research on NX.
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Hey gang, I partnered up with Panic Button to bring Astro Duel to the Switch. Yesterday we released it!
I think this is the first cocos2d-x based game to launch on the Switch? Really happy with how this version turned out.
Check it out here: http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/astro-duel-deluxe-switch
Or if you have a Switch, check it out on the eShop!
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Can you share the deets? Like, which version of cocos2d-x did you use, how hard was it to get up and running, etc …
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We started with a project similar to this blog post. Used Cocos2d-x version 3.13.1. I focused on expanding the design of the game while Panic Button worked on getting it running on the hardware. There is a press release with some more info too.
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Thanks for the info!
So cool, it is really great to know it.
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