Nintendo is now accepting applications for its annual Game Seminar in Japan, its ten-month development program taking up to 40 participants through courses on game programming, direction, design, and sound. The students are eventually split into four teams to develop original and small DS games, which are typically released a year later in Japan for a limited time through DS Station kiosks and most recently through Wii's Nintendo Channel.

Some of the previous titles that've come out of the program include Nekosogi Tornado, a Katamari-esque shoot’em up in which players grab pieces from the scrolling stage and fling them at top-screen enemies; and Kiki Master (Crisis Master), a reflex-based game that has players building confidence in a boy so he can complete different challenges, like talking to a girl.

Unfortunately, to join the seminar, one must be in a college or trade school in the Tokyo area, according to a translation of the announcement by Andria Sang. Submissions will be accepted until May 6th, and the program will run from June 2009 to March 2010.