Indie Developers Open Up To Their Favourite Switch Features

Dangerous Kitchen’s artist, Shaun Roopra also chipped in on the Switch’s controls,

For Shaun Roopra, The Dangerous Kitchen’s artist, writer and games designer, Nintendo’s success isn’t hard to figure out. “It’s simply a good console with killer games, but it’s also new and interesting,” he tells Red Bull Games. “We’ve all seen a box that plugs into the TV countless times so it’s great to see something different. I once played Zelda in bed by placing the Switch console vertically on a table and lay in bed sideways with a Joy-Con in each hand. It wasn’t the most comfortable way to play but the fact that I could even attempt this wacky manoeuvre – what other console gives you the opportunity to experiment?”

Fully Illustrated’s Michael Heald who worked on Wulverblade explained that the Switch’s ability to make local multiplayer portable was a huge plus for their development team.

“In short and simple terms, portability and local two player are what attracted me to the Switch from a developer’s perspective,” says Fully Illustrated’s Michael Heald, who released the old-school brawler Wulverblade  on the console recently.

Manfred Trenz from Shin’en, which produced Fast RMX akso liked the console’s portability and was very much attracted to the Switch’s possibility as a gamer at first.

“We first got attracted from a gamer’s perspective when we were invited by Nintendo to see the Switch for the first time. We wanted to play it ourselves! The console and mobile combination was simply a perfect fit.”

We could go all day quoting what developers have to say and frankly, they are quite impressed. The full article from Red Bull also contained multiple quotes from developers about their impression of Nintendo being more open in recent years. You can read the full article here.