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Image & Form discuss their work on Switch, ease of use, power & more

by rawmeatcowboy
16 November 2016
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The following info comes from the Image & Form video interview that we shared eariler today.

- Nintendo actually approached Image & Form to ask if they wanted to develop games on Switch, and then gave them a devkit.
- the NDA was very tight and Image & Form "absolutely couldn't talk about it"
- they have a special room where devs allowed to work on the kit can access it
- they are working on a project they don't want to talk about
- this is because they feel like they announced Steamworld Heist too early
- the team doesn't feel like making sequels and would rather work on something new each time
- Image & Form's CEO was worried about how Nintendo would sell the Switch concept in the reveal trailer
- he ended up relieved as he really liked the video
- the Switch was mentioned as a straightforward platform to develop for, opposed problems they had on Wii U with Unity
- right now the most exciting thing about the Switch is how "they haven't really mentioned everything"
- the weaker power of the 3DS meant Image & Form had to develop for that platform first and then scale up for others
- the dev team is relieved Switch is a more powerful platform

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