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The Big N has started an unlikely partnership to find new ideas for the Switch. The video game giant is partnering with San Francisco-based Scrum Ventures to find startups "working on new ways to play or use the Japanese company’s hit gaming console, the Switch".

The program, named Nintendo Switch + Tech and managed by Scrum Ventures, seeks to find technologies that could lead to new experiences on Nintendo Switch. The company says that it welcomes applications for all types of technologies that could be leveraged by Nintendo as the company continues to innovate experiences for Nintendo Switch, ranging from hardware to software.

The program page further adds that "opportunities are wide open for startup teams of all stages, research teams at universities, or technology teams from larger corporations worldwide. A selective group of chosen applicants will have the unique opportunity to talk with the engineers behind Nintendo Switch and demo their technology."

Nintendo has a history of bringing innovative ideas to the video game scene, albeit not always successful. However, this is the first time that the company is reaching out to startups for new ideas.

“We are always exploring ways to evolve entertainment,” Ko Shiota, a senior executive officer at Nintendo, said in a statement. “We look forward to discovering unique technologies that add to the Nintendo Switch experiences through the program managed by Scrum Ventures.”

Do you think the program will yield successful additions to the wildly popular Nintendo Switch? What would you like to see?

Nintendo Switch + Tech Program

 

I don't think this is aimed at games per se, I think it's more like the 3DS Louvre' Tour, or things of the like. Either way, there may be some cool things to come out of it. Or nothing worthwhile at all.

 

I have a suggestion: Make games.

You're welcome, Nintendo!

 

You say that like people aren't excited for labo.

 

PAPER, ONLY FOR $1000

 

I'm sure it wasn't meant this way. There's just a significant amount of people accepting the idea that cardboard, some electronics and programming can create a fulfilling experience. Doesn't need the whole world in one train to make it move.

Actually, if the whole population of the earth was stuffed into or onto a train, it'd probably be too heavy to move anywhere... Well, scrap that comparison. I guess you get the point nonetheless.

 

Oh sweet Lord, shut it down before they release a bunch of nonsense nobody wants to buy, but has to in order to play stupid minigames nobody asked for.

 

That's funny, I didn't even remotely hint at everybody? No generalization, just a lack of comprehension.

 

That seems to be the thing these days. Sony and Activision are taking the hint. Even if slowly.

 

I'm with you here. I bought into the Switch expecting the "Nintendo Experience"... And I'm not getting it. Or at least what I had grown to expect. The truly cumbersome route they're going this generation may spell out their doom. I won't lie. I don't mind things like Labo. However, I don't want them to go that route, along with the smartphone/tablet generation and the like. I'm about to jump ship entirely. I love the system, and it's a great console for me and my daughter. However, as you said, the quality games are few and far between. Most of which were last generation titles.