Homebrew About the 3ds/Wii u SDKs

[Mizuguti]

So, I just applied for the nintendo developer program, what I want to know is: am I allowed to release my games/ports as homebrew? Or will nintendo ninjas come after me and take my money?

 

[Shadow#1]

So, I just applied for the nintendo developer program, what I want to know is: am I allowed to release my games/ports as homebrew? Or will nintendo ninjas come after me and take my money?

What does the NDA say and go over it with your lawyer

 

[Mizuguti]

What does the NDA say and go over it with your lawyer

It doesnt really say anything, maybe beacause they dont expect you not to release what you develop on eshop, but they dont explicitly prohibit neither. And I dont have a lawyer...

 

[zoogie]

So, I just applied for the nintendo developer program, what I want to know is: am I allowed to release my games/ports as homebrew? Or will nintendo ninjas come after me and take my money?

You'd be breaking your NDA by releasing homebrew cia's from the SDK. As far as whether they'd go after you is another story - the 3ds isn't a big priority for them now. They don't even sell 3ds dev hardware anymore.

One thing is for certain though, you won't make a red cent selling your homebrew that way. The 3ds is not a viable commercial platform anymore, even if you somehow sell legit. It's 10 years old.

 

[Mizuguti]

You'd be breaking your NDA by releasing homebrew cia's from the SDK. As far as whether they'd go after you is another story - the 3ds isn't a big priority for them now. They don't even sell 3ds dev hardware anymore.

One thing is for certain though, you won't make a red cent selling your homebrew that way. The 3ds is not a viable commercial platform anymore, even if you somehow sell legit. It's 10 years old.

I dont intend on selling anything, I just want to do copies of games that I enjoy and play them on other platforms. Like, making a fnf clone just so I can play that on my 3ds, and releasing that to the community. I've seen other projects like the Five Nights at Freddy's port for 3ds/vita that use the nintendo/sony SDK, but there always is someone talking about the legality of them. And Im really afraid of doing something wrong