Indie development studio, Ripstone has revealed Nintendo to be allowing Wii U and 3DS developers to apply cross-platform multiplayer with other gaming platforms.

Speaking with Eurogamer, Phil Gaskell, co-founder of the company, revealed Nintendo’s recent agreement to the studio’s request to incorporate cross-play for upcoming Wii U and 3DS title, Pure Chess, a game which previously released on the PS3 and Vita.

Phil Gaskell: “We’re launching Pure Chess and Knytt Underground later this year, and on Pure Chess we asked whether we could do cross-platform multiplayer, expecting it to be the typical closed console platform I’ve been used to working with for 20 years.” “Within a couple of days they said, ‘yep, no problem. You can have other console players playing against Wii U players. You can have smartphone players play against them. No problem.’”

Satisfied with Nintendo’s current handling on supporting indies, Gaskell mentioned the companies efforts to get more indie games published on their platforms specifically noting that \”they’re changing their policies on the technical side a lot swifter.\”

Confident that there won\’t be any issues, the indie developer disclaimed Sony’s need to confirm such a connectivity before anything ensued.

“We’re still talking to Sony about them relaxing their policies, but we don’t think they’ll have any issue with it. So when we launch Pure Chess you’ll be able to play against Wii U, 3DS, iOS and Android players. And when we patch PlayStation those consoles will be added into the mix as well.”

During our Pure Chess interview with the development studio, VooFoo expressed their satisfaction with Nintendo’s level of communication and their keen interest to continue bringing their games to the Nintendo platform.

Kudos to Nintendo for stepping up to the plate.