Independent developer gets cold shoulder from Nintendo, starts 100 day protest

Five years in the making, independent game developer Bob Pelloni's DS RPG "Bob's Game" might not see the light of day.

Bob Pelloni has spent the last five years of his life creating "Bob's Game," a DS RPG that may never reach gamer's hands. The game appears to take elements of top-down RPGs like The Legend of Zelda and Earthbound which can be seen in videos he's posted on his site.

Due to the fact that he's been waiting for an SDK (a toolkit developers use to create games on specific consoles) from Nintendo of America and has yet to hear back, Pelloni has decided to "protest" against NOA by locking himself up in his apartment for 100 days while he awaits a call back (and continues to code Bob's Game). His site has a live feed from his room, and also a message to gamers to contact Nintendo if they really wish to play his game.


Independent developer gets cold shoulder from Nintendo, starts 100 day protest

Will Bob's Game ever see the light of day?

THE VERDICT by Andy Burt Andy Burt's Avatar

Games like this need to come out, and judging from the amount of work Pelloni has put into it (check his site for more details), Bob's Game looks like it could be a breath of fresh air from the same-old, same-old in the saturated gaming market of cookie-cutter titles.

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snipes1183

Maybe the game is gonna suck, but Nintendo doesn't have the heart to tell them.

snipes1183

Let's be honost. How fun does "touch-screen-cardboard-box-exploration" really sound?

TribeMindMD

The problem is that as innovative as Nintendo is trying to be, they are reluctant to take risks on stuff like this. I was curious about the SDK for the Wii and found there was no way you'd ever even start a project without an established company first.

GeForceX

This is funny has anyone gone to the website and checked this out yet I mean really read what it says on the bottom of the site. This is pretty interesting.

dufawn

i love it! i am going 2 lock myself in my moms basement until 50cent signs me 2 g-unit! if he dont sign me he's a wanksta!!

mattchew86

i checked the site out and watched the videos on there. i dont have a ds, but if i did i would buy this. it seems like a pretty cool game, and with all the work hes put into it it seems like a shame to just throw it away.

war02orc

This is absolutely ridiculous. Nintendo has nothing to lose by sending him a dev kit, especially since he's already shown such dedication to completing this project. Worst case scenario they don't approve the game. Seriously Nintendo, get your act together and send the guy a dev kit already! The game looks like I might actually try it out.

Druegon

its stories like this that inspired developers to think for themselves.
Gamepro if you have a way to get ahold of bob plz send it to me in a PM......phone number/email i want to help him and support his cause.

EBURKULOSIS

Who the hell is Bob and who cares. Your game sucks and you deserve to be shafted. Quit acting like someone cares that you are locking yourself in your room like a little baby and get out in the real world and be a man.

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