Wozniak, who works as a developer and publisher with
Wolfgame and
Poppy Works, has grappled with problems of his own while trying to bring games over to the system. Wozniak regularly collaborates with indie developers to publish their games, such as porting Sukeban Games'
VA-11 Hall-A over to PlayStation Vita. But while working to get his partners' games published, he faced multiple rejections for Switch games from Nintendo of America.
Of particular note, one title was shot down after he introduced a game that deals with mature themes.
"It's a short and sweet game where two people have a conversation," Wozniak explained to The OP. "It's an adult situation, but there is no what you would call 'adult content' in it. Specifically, this was mentioned as being exactly what they were looking for, but too mature."
Wozniak feels Nintendo of America makes exceptions for major publishers that deal with adult themes while rejecting indie games willing to take the same risks. From his perspective, this is somewhat hypocritical, as the company is more than happy to publish games like Skyrim, DOOM, and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus for Switch users when Bethesda is behind the wheel. In comparison, he believes Nintendo of Europe and Nintendo's Japanese headquarters are much more flexible about accepting indie game pitches.
"You will likely notice that most of the indie games on Switch are from one of those regions, have a big publisher behind them, or have experienced great success previously on Steam," Wozniak said. "If your work does not fall into one of those three categories, then it seems like Nintendo of America is not interested."
