Introduction
Nintendo introduced the Nintendo Web Framework or NWF in the 2013 Game Developers Conference. You can view the announcement on the GDC Vault: GDC Vault - Nintendo Wii U Application Development with HTML and JavaScript
What better way to describe the new WiiU HTML5 development environment than the official Nintendo Website :
The Nintendo Web Framework is a development environment that makes building Wii U applications simple. Founded on WebKit technologies and harnessing common programs - including HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS - it allows development to span across the Wii U GamePad, Wii Remote controllers, and more.
Implementation
The NWF is based on webkit with a bunch of libraries that allow javascript to get input from the WiiU gamepads .
Mario vs Donkey Tipping Stars in NWF
An official Nintendo game built using HTML5?!! Yup..
GDC 2013 demo of Mario vs Donkey Kong built using the Nintendo Web Framework: (212) Mario vs. Donkey Kong Wii U - GDC Web Framework Demo - YouTube
The game is completely written in Javascript and the source code seems to be available if you extract the wiiU app files!
List of eShop titles using NWF
- 3Souls
- A Drawing’s Journey
- A.C.E.
- Absolutely Unstoppable MineRun
- Aenigma Os
- Alice in Wonderland
- Armored ACORNs Action Squirrel Squad
- BLOC
- BLOK DROP U
- BLOK DROP X TWISTED FUSION
- Citadale
- Citadale The Legends Trilogy
- Collateral Thinking
- COLOR BOMBS
- Crunchyroll
- Defense Dome
- Drop It Block Paradise!
- GAIABREAKER
- GolT Stadium
- Gravity+
- Guac’ a Mole
- Hot Rod Racer
- JACKPOT 777
- Job the Leprechaun
- Laser Blaster
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong Tipping Stars
- Midnight 2
- Mini Mario & Friends amiibo Challenge
- Mortar Melon
- Napster
- Olympia Rising
- PANDA LOVE
- PENTAPUZZLE
- Pic-a-Pix Colour
- PictoParty
- PIXEL SLIME U
- Plenty of Fishies
- Red Riding Hood
- Rorrim
- Scribble
- SD2 Go Duck Yourself
- SDK Paint
- SDK Spriter
- Shadow Archer
- Shadow Archery
- SHOOTY SPACE
- Space Hunted
- Spellcaster’s Assistant
- SPLASHY DUCK
- Star Sky
- Star Sky 2
- Sudoku Party
- SUPER ROBO MOUSE
- Super Ultra Star Shooter
- TABLETOP GALLERY
- TAP TAP ARCADE
- TAP TAP ARCADE 2
- Test Your Mind
- Tested with robots
- The Stonecutter
- TITANS TOWER
- Toon Tanks
- TOUCH SELECTIONS
- Twisted Fusion
- Word Logic
- Word Party
- Word Puzzles by POWGI
- Word Search by POWGI
- XType Plus
- Y.A.S.G
- ZaciSa Defense of the Crayon Dimension!
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