Damon Baker, who heads up Nintendo of AmericaÔÇÖs third-party relations and indie development, has told Polygon that the company is ÔÇ£certainly exploring options and capabilitiesÔÇØ regarding an early access program.
He said:

Cita:ÔÇ£We donÔÇÖt have anything to announce, but I can say that weÔÇÖre certainly exploring options and capabilities. So anything is possible. I guess the important part of it is weÔÇÖre very conscious of it and definitely looking at it.ÔÇØ

In terms of the benefits of what an early access program would program, Baker noted that it could act as a beta program of sorts.

Cita:ÔÇ£Working out some of the kinks, the server loads or what matching those expectations so that itÔÇÖs a prime experience when it does, when the full version actually launches. So there could be some benefits there, but I think itÔÇÖs a very sensitive topic, because you wouldnÔÇÖt ever want to ask for money for something that doesnÔÇÖt become fully-realized.ÔÇØ

Lastly, Baker also commented on the Nindies@Home initiative that was held during E3 week.

Cita:ÔÇ£We had to change policies over this, guidelines. I mean we basically created almost an early access-type of situation because some of this content isnÔÇÖt even coming out until towards the end of the year. So to be able to give such early visibility to some of the developers and these builds, there was a lot of work that went into it.ÔÇØ

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