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>Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has set out the various ways the Kyoto-based company will invest in order to bolster the company in video game development, non-game entertainment such as movies, and expanding relationships with customers. One of the ways they are looking to increase and strengthen game development is purchasing video game companies in order to make them subsidiaries. Here’s the outline:
>First is strengthening game development. We will work to strengthen the internal game development organization within the Nintendo group. This includes initiatives such as acquiring development companies to make them subsidiaries and augmenting our development facilities, and the construction of Corporate Headquarters Development Center, Building No. 2 (tentative name).
>Second is building software assets in non-game entertainment. Taking into account the success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie , we will allocate funds to more actively pursue business opportunities that have an affinity with our game business, including but not limited to movies.
>Third is the foundation for maintaining and expanding our relationships with consumers. We will utilize funds to maintain and expand our touchpoints with consumers, centered on the Nintendo Account system.

https://mynintendonews.com/2025/11/05/nintendo-is-currently-considering-acquiring-video-game-companies

People online are overreacting to this
No they won't "save" Rare or buy Rayman or whatever
They're likely gonna go for cheap support studios ala 1-Up or something more utility like how Shiver was bought to do third party port work
That said, if they really want to guarantee 2D Metroid having a reliable future they could go for the rest of Mercury Steam given they bought up Retro because the management there was also terrible and they wanted more Prime games

I hope they buy Palworld

>>725074367
Why would Microsoft sell the sea of thieves company anyway

>>725074140 (OP)
I think that acquiring fairly new studios with lots of potential is the way to go. Does anyone remember David Soliani, the guy that directed Mario + Rabbids? Well his new studio Day4Night is something Nintendo could potentially invest in.

>>725074367
Playtonic would be a better investment.

>>725074140 (OP)
Weird. Their usual approach of just poaching developers seems cheaper and and more effective.

>>725074412
sony already works with pocketpair.
nintendo lost

>>725074140 (OP)
[Good News] Kurisu Makise will become a First-Party Nintendo character as a result of Nintendo acquiring Mages to establish Famicom Detective Club (and SciADV to be released during drought months in general) as a mainstay for the Switch 2.

Platinum
Level 5
Grezzo
Mercury Steam

Most obvious targets for Nintendo to buy. Platinum and Mercury Steam probably will die soon if no one buys them. This would fit into Nintendo's acquisition philosophy of buying low and selling high.

>>725075186
Grezzo and maybe Platinum but the others I don't see.
>Mercury Steam got acquired not too long ago and Nintendo just allowed it to happen
>Hino has been proven to be quite unreliable with all the delays on top of breaking promises which resulted in Nintendo backing out of publishing Fantasy Life after he decided that he would also be releasing the game on PS5, Steam, and Xbox when the original plan was to make the game Switch exclusive.
>Platinum kinda fits with Level-5 too. I think they were going to get acquired but they fucked up the development of Bayo 3, then all the head honchos left so Nintendo would be buying a company with none of the great developers that made them partner with PG in the first place.

>>725074541
Sea of Thieves is declining and how much money did Microsoft spend on Activision again?

>>725074647
Nintendo would choose to closely work with them first as an independent studio before any decision to buy any stake in them
NLG was only bought out after over a decade of working with Nintendo, Luigi's Mansion 3 selling millions, and the owners looking to sell period

>>725075458
>Mercury Steam got acquired not too long ago
Only a minority stake was bought

>>725074140 (OP)
Nintendo will buy Ubisoft.

>>725075716
1. The Chinese are already looking at them
2. Nintendo doesn't buy companies for IP. They believe people are more important and Ubisoft's a sinking ship as is with all the important people already leaving.
Ubisoft as a whole is still too expensive for Nintendo to make an acquisition and even if the company is being gutted and auctioned out piece by piece ala THQ, the only IP that would hold value to Nintendo is Rayman and Rabbids but not for reasons you may think.
It's because buying those IPs means Nintendo can re-release Mario + Rabbids games without negotiation but it's honestly cheaper for them to negotiate with whatever plausible post-Ubisoft studio that'd acquire those IPs if Nintendo wanted to re-release those games to begin with

>can't develop games that aren't targeted towards manchildren
lmao

>>725074810
Wake me up when Greg joins them

>>725075123
>MFW a new SciADV closes the 2029 June Direct due to Nintendo having a barren year after the new Zelda was delayed by a year for polish

>>725074541
They wouldn't anytime soon but if Microsoft were to decide to sell off everything that isn't Activision Blizzard, Minecraft, Bethesda, and MAYBE Halo and Gears, they'd probably look to Nintendo as a potential buyer for Rare's IPs because those IPs objectively hold more value to Nintendo and thus are more likely to actually pay (though it's still more likely Nintendo would just choose to try and work with whoever else buys the IPs).
Not because Nintendo would just make a new Banjo-Kazooie or anything like that but because of Rare's history as a second party developer means any potential failure of negotiation for renewal means NSO's Nintendo Classics (and its Expansion Pack) loses a decent percentage of its catalog and value if those games were removed.
This also extends to titles like DK64 and Diddy Kong Racing because Rare owns parts of those games (Jetpac being in DK64 and Diddy Kong Racing's cast that isn't a Kong or Kremling being Rare property) that have cockblocked re-releases in the past

>>725075186
>Mercury Steam probably will die soon if no one buys them
Pretty sure they were already bought by someone a few years ago.

>>725076541
Only 40%
I've seen some comments saying Nordisk might be looking to sell since apparently vidya isn't working well for them

>>725075937
>Nintendo doesn't buy companies for IP.
with nu-tendo who knows

>>725075937
>They believe people are more important
And they're right. It's hilarious to see companies buy a studio for an IP and then everyone that made said what it is to just leave sooner or later. It always happens without fail.

>>725074367
yeah this
this is their usual operation
also I believe this isn't the first time they mentioned acquiring stuff before in a quarterly report

>>725076634
unless you live in the rock, they've been doing the same thing for decades

>>725076634
That's as hypothetical as them developing weaponry or doing crypto
Historically they've never bought studios JUST for IP before and this speech doesn't even bring up stuff like expanding IP catalog which companies like SEGA, Microsoft, and Embracer bring up when they do buyouts
Nintendo didn't buy Shiver to own Beasts vs Bots
If Nintendo bought Rayman who do they get to continue the series if their own resources are all too busy as is?

>>725075458
>they fucked up the development of Bayo 3, then all the head honchos left so Nintendo would be buying a company with none of the great developers that made them partner with PG in the first place.
huh, no wonder it felt so lame

>>725076884
>they've been making movies and theme parks for decades bro
>>725076896
>If Nintendo bought Rayman who do they get to continue the series if their own resources are all too busy as is?
the same way they continue mario. they put him in the theme park and give him a movie

>>725077181
>the same way they continue mario. they put him in the theme park and give him a movie
Isn't that cannibalizing?

>>725077181
They're not making movies or theme parks

>>725077181
You don't get it man
Mario has dedicated teams within EPD for 2D and 3D games
Everything runs on clockwork but it's also stressed that EPD doesn't have infinite manpower
Even with expansions to secure a new pipeline for 3D DK games, Nintendo isn't gonna have resources to spare for a dedicated Rayman team within their home offices and also, do you think Japan would *get* Rayman?
Rayman's fucking unpopular in Japan even among westaboos

>>725074367
I see them potentially buying Grezzo and Feel-Good who have worked on Nintendo IPs.

>>725077587
It'd likely come down to a NLG situation where it only happens if they're looking to be bought out to begin with
Even Shiver was already looking to be sold by Embracer when Nintendo bought them

>>725077181
>they've been making movies and theme parks for decades bro
ahh yes, the nintendo land built by nintendo and not universal and the mario movie made by nintendo and not universal

>>725075716
For what?
Studios they've never worked with?
Even more IPs they can't support?

>725077181
Why are you pretending to be a long time Nintendo fan if you've never heard of The Wizard or Super Mario Bros?

Also Nintendo hasn't acquired an IP from others as far as I can tell.

>>725078073
They own astral chain now technically speaking. It was a trade for W101 to be transferred by back to platinum in full

>>725074140 (OP)
>non-game entertainment
>expanding relationships with customers
Wake me up when we get proper, non-electronic, minifigure sets. Nintendo is apparently a non-poors only commodity and is more than aware of their primarily adult fanbase as shown by the existence of Kirby Air Riders and the fact that 20-30 something year-olds are always appearing in their directs so the usual "grown men complaining about children's products" deflection wont' cut it.

>>725078194
>Wake me up when we get proper, non-electronic, minifigure sets
Wasn't no-minifigures a Shiggy idea?

If Nintendo bought Square Enix would it save them? It's actually the best chance we have at Square and Monolith working together again and we have a sliver of a chance getting a Xenogears remake because of it

>>725078187
technically speaking both were co-owned, it's just that the deal made it so that PG gets to full own 101 while Nintendo gets to fully own AC
>>725078194
why should they? they can always rely on bandai or takara-tomy.
oh if you mean lego, they already have adult sets which are generally great. I'm glad they don't have minifig cancer.

>>725078194
Zelda and Animal Crossing have minifigs
It's only Mario that doesn't

>>725078187
Nintendo technically already owned Astral Chain, at least half of it but I get what you mean

>>725078194
Explain this to me like I'm 5

>Sony acquiring studios bad
>Microsoft acquiring studios VERY bad
>NINTENDO BUY THIS DEV
I fucking hate brand sycophancy

>>725078467
anon complains that mario sets have no minifigs, only the "play" toys
except mario already has thriving adult sets, the bowser one for instance is unmatched

>>725078475
if you actually pay attention to what is posted, people are correcting others that Nintendo doesn't generally do that

>>725074367
tri-Crescendo seems like a good fit. They did Smash Ultimate with Bandai and Sora Ltd. Then helped with Bananza and Air Riders. Only 30 employees too.

If Nintendo bought Platinum would Wonderful 101 leave Steam or if they bought Rare's IPs would Killer Instinct also be delisted?

>>725078614
I was referring to twitter and other website reactions
/v/ and a few other places are actually being voices of reason here

>>725078475
Shut the fuck up outrage queen

I'm just here hoping they would re-release their animes like Kirby and F-Zero uncensored + new dubs but of course that won't be very likely even what the president said.

>>725078347
Square Enix is more likely to be bought out by Sony.

>>725074140 (OP)
Release 1 exclusive per month Nintendo lets go

>>725074140 (OP)
I don't buy games to fund movies.
And i don't want Nintendo to make exclusive game company's for their console either.

>>725078717
Post above you mate

>>725078738
In 2014 maybe your post would ring true. But considering Square Enix is making most of their money with Nintendo games these days I don't think so. I don't care either way, I got the SMRPG remake and got to play Geno again so I dont care if they fuck off now

>>725078738
Could Sony even afford them?
Could Sony afford them without risking a massive gaping hole like what Activision did for Microsoft?

>>725078194
>Wake me up when we get proper, non-electronic, minifigure sets.
LEGO Animal Crossing is exactly this though.

>>725078358
>why should they? they can always rely on bandai or takara-tomy.
Minifigs are an iconic part of Lego's appeal and are popular. The only party that should feel an obligation to explain why that isn't good enough is either Nintendo or Lego and the fact that someone in either camp is too scared to come forward and attach their name to the decision is all the more evidence that they have no confidence that their reasoning can stand up the slightest scrutiny.
>oh if you mean lego, they already have adult sets which are generally great. I'm glad they don't have minifig cancer.
Sure. You would have totally been afflicted with NDS at the sight of minifigs and wouldn't be bouncing off the walls to the point where your wife's boyfriend yelled at you to keep it down up there, shut the fuck up.

>>725078719
It's still surreal to me that F-zero ever got an anime at all

>>725074140 (OP)
>Nintendo buys Sony
That would be so fucking funny

>>725079046
They really wanted to push F-Zero between GX, AX, the anime, and merchandise
Considering they mostly underperformed, I don't blame Shiggy for being surprised when people wanted more F-Zero

>>725078852
>>725078890
I suppose not now. But there was a time where Square Enix was going all in on Playstation before going multi-plat. Square Enix also owns manga and book publishing as well.

>>725078347
Square has a lot of stakes in non-vydea venues like anime, manga publishing, their own toy and figure making, etc. It realistically would be a real hassle to buy such a company.

Oh right....Camelot
I've seen some speculation that the owners are gonna retire soon since they're hitting that age and it's a small studio

>>725078475
>>Microsoft acquiring studios VERY bad
true

>>725074140 (OP)
I could see Nintendo picking up Mercury Steam, aren't they having financial troubles?

Nintendo could swoop in and nab them for future Metroid projects.

>>725079432
Only if Nordisk is looking to sell their share and the rest of Mercury Steam wants to be bought out as well
Alpha Dream had financial troubles but Nintendo didn't buy them because when you buy a company with debt you inherit the debt as well

>>725079313
I want Camelot to make an original RPG for Switch.

>>725079023
nigga, the only good minifigs are the ones that try to stand out from the mold and not conform to the same shape and template
it's like funko pop

>>725079489
Fun fact, they STILL call themselves JRPG developers and have Isaac on their website but let's be real they can add all the RPG mechanics as possible, Mario Sports games are still sports games

>>725079046
it was mostly based on the GBA game I think

>>725074140 (OP)
And they still won't continue Star Fox

>>725079589
The anime came first
The GBA game was adapting it
Think of it like a Pokemon Yellow situation except far more explicit

>>725079635
Because (assuming nobody isn't already working on one), there's nobody out there who's available and competent to make a new Star Fox

>>725079153
Because those retards don't want a proper new fzero, they want some smash fanfiction bullshit.

>>725074140 (OP)
is there a single studio with a hit ip that still has even 10% of the staff that made the game?

Nintendo is going to buy Capcom and they will make Classic Zelda games while Aonuma can fuck off with the mainline making open world slop

>>725077181
>>they've been making movies and theme parks for decades bro
They've been doing movies and adaptations on and off for years for just about all of their IPs
The original Mario movie
The OVA
The Mario Cartoons
The kirby anime
The animal crossing movie
The DKC Cartoon
The Zelda cartoon
The f-zero anime
The FE OVA

>>725079763
They're already working Grezzo for 2D Zelda

>>725079785
but MAaaaaRRrrsss

>>725079785
the nintendo we fell in love with. cd-i mario.

>>725079698
When you're talking about a new Star Fox, you don't mean a 10th reboot, right?

>>725074367
This, the only reason people want Nintendo to buy other companies, the bigger ones is strictly for a certain crossover and the idea that buying said companies means they can include their characters easier being under one umbrella. I wish they would just admit they only want Nintendo to buy X company for their IP's to be included in Smash.

They don't get what made 90's Rare great or they would have kept them, they especially do not get Rayman and they won't get or understand any other franchise that other companies aren't getting. I don't want a bunch of buyouts, most of the time nothing good comes from them. Microsoft buying Rare not only harmed Rare, but it also hurt Donkey Kong for two whole decades and you don't always get the key people behind the studios either.

>>725079763
>buy capcom
>MH exclusive to Nintendo
>resi exclusive to nintendo
>street fighter exclusive to Nintendo.
Imagine the absolute tears that would result from that. It's not going to happen but it would be hilarious.

>>725074140 (OP)
They need to buy Sega so they can own Sonic.

>>725074140 (OP)
GET RARE, GIVE ME PERFECT DARK TWO

>>725080001
>Microsoft buying Rare not only harmed Rare
Honestly the changing landscape in vidya as an industry did more damage to Rare than Microsoft directly unless you're going by how hands-off they were

may they can finally buy out game freak and fire all those decrepit fucks and smack the rest of them into shape to make a halfway decent game

>>725080001
MS didn't kill Rare. Rare killed Rare, ironically. It's BECAUSE ms was so hands off with Rare that Rare stopped giving a fuck about anything. They shit out nuts and bolts out of spite, they shifted to kintet garbage because they felt like it. and they only bother with Sea of thieves since it's the only thing they want to do now and it makes enough money for MS not to just axe them

>>725080065
1. Microsoft isn't gonna sell Rare as long as Sea of Thieves is still profitable
2. The most skilled people who could develop FPS' at Rare left the company to form Free Radical
3. They didn't want to continue Perfect Dark either, why do you think the Initiative got to choose Perfect Dark for their one game that never came out?
4. If Nintendo bought Rare (the actual studio) they'd likely just have them make a live-service game because that's the thing they're best at in recent memory

>>725080094
Having to relearn a piece of hardware they only made two games for didn't help them either, and Ghoulies did not have much of an audience for the Xbox. Microsoft wrangling Rare would have probably been good for them, but they knew jackshit about video games, so Rare was DOA from the start.

>>725079506
There's really no large margin of error if Nintendo/Lego weren't being cheap and actually cared about making a cool product
>Every bootleg human minifig looks fine and looks great with a faithful head mold
>Toy Story's Bo Peep minifig shows that the princess can work as well
>All Yoshi needs are two studs to the shell for a character to sit on, a neck piece, and a long tongue piece that can be put on and taken off with a hole on the tip to attach to studs from other characters/things
>Bootleg Bowser big figs look fine and DK would make for a nice one too
>Not to mention the many recent Mario set pieces that can be built that the "playable level" courses can't replicate like the Odyssey, Yoshi's, Robo-DK, and the Comet Observatory.

>>725080232
>they shifted to kintet garbage because they felt like it.
Kinect Sports unironically saved them and if you look into Rare's history them being interested in this weird, new at the time piece of tech checks out

>>725074367
NetEase is looking to unload their international studios as they wrap up projects. They already shuttered Okura at the end of last year, divested T-Minus in September and Pixel Castle two days ago. There's potential for Nintendo to pick up a studio for cheap ala Shiver during the Embracer implosion.

>>725078475
When Nintendo or Valve acquires studios, they know how to properly use them, when Sony or Microsoft acquire studios, they gut what was good about them, destroy their game flow, make them shit out slop, turn them into a support studio, or just outright kill them and take their IPs. Sony and Microsoft are the worst.

>>725080353
>hurr nintendo cheap
>i'll conveniently ignore all those really good larger sets
>especially the fucking gameboy of all things
I'm looking at a regular minifig mario and already dread it being so uncanny much like the dreadful sonic minifig

>>725080475
>hey gut what was good about them, destroy their game flow, make them shit out slop, turn them into a support studio, or just outright kill them and take their IPs.
Nintendo does that too see: Camelot

>Nintendo buys Rare (or their IP) from Microsoft who are looking to sell to make up for the lost cash from Activision or the AI bubble pops or both
>People hype up a new Banjo game
>Rare Replay leaves Game Pass and Xbox
>Killer Instinct 2013 leaves Steam and Xbox
>Rare fan projects get cancelled left and right
>People rightfully get pissed but Nintendo diehards just say it'll all be worth it
>A year later nothing
>Another year later nothing
>5 years later nothing
>10 years later nothing
>Banjo's still the only non-DK/SF Rare rep in Smash even after all this

>>725080554
Nintendo doesn't own Camelot
Camelot chooses to work on Mario games because it keeps their lights on
There's Brownie Brown though which did become a support studio after most of their original games didn't do well

>>725080554
>camelot hates getting rich
what did he mean by this

>>725075458
>I think they were going to get acquired but they fucked up the development of Bayo 3
There's that one interview where Kamiya and Inaba talk about being acquired and are kind of salty that a big, cash flush Japanese publishers doesn't buy more studios. Reading between the lines, I think they pitched a sale to Nintendo and got told no

>>725076502
>Nintendo as a potential buyer for Rare's IPs
Imagine a banjo kazooie game made by nintendo's development team

>>725080404
Never thought of it that way.

>>725081076
Gameplay would be solid and I love seeing how the Kremling Krew were portrayed in Bananza but I don't think they would nail the humor (Grunty doesn't rhyme in Japan) unless they got a very strong localization team
There's also the logistics of EPD even having resources to spare for Banjo

>>725081206
Yeah you could get a small glimpse of what their future with Nintendo would've been like with Diddy Kong Racing DS where they just crammed as many of the DS' gimmicks as possible which only made the game worse
Not trying to say it would've all been inherently bad just that Rare's keen on experimenting with hardware if it means making more games unlike any other made yet

>>725081076
It wouldn't work. They wouldn't nail the writing, atmosphere and humor that 90's Rare only understood. You'll get Donkey Kong-lite and at best maybe someone at NoA half-assedly trying to replicate that formula (NoA, not NoE, the closest branch that might understand Rare's flavor). You'll get a good game but everything else will miss the mark.

>>725080554
Nintendo never owned them

>>725081076
Anon I think you misunderstood the point of the post

>>725081359
Yeah that's probably true about the humor. bananza being nintendo's take on a donkey kong 3d platformer shows the gameplay would be good but it wouldn't be the same. Also, do you think that's why they made dk goofy? Because rare established a humor in dk64? They just couldn't do humor as well if that's the case.

Also, if they also bought playtonic that would probably get a lot of hype if they put them to work on a banjo kazooie game.

>>725081359
This. I don't think nintendo or even NoE would be able to get the cheeky 90s british humor 90s rare had in everything

>>725081705
Not him but it's the tongue
Him sticking his tongue out like a dog kind of goes too far
I think Japanese DK was always more silly though

Vanillaware

>>725081705
>Also, do you think that's why they made dk goofy?
...that is a good point. I wouldn't put it past them if the few face faults Rare's DK had inspired the new DK to do all those goofy faces. A misinterpretation if you would. I can fully get down with that explanation. It's 'cartoony' without being cartoony.
>Playtonic working on a Banjo-Kazooie game
This could expose them greatly. YL is one thing, BK is another. They can half-ass the clone, but half-assing the genuine article won't cut it. They would need either all the key people from the first two games or make sure they get it right inch-by-inch.

Nintendo had opportunity to buy ton of companies, including sega itself, but ignored in favor of expansion.

I guess that at this point vidya is not enough for them, so IPs seems be more valuable.

>>725074140 (OP)
Too bad they missed out on Spike Chunsoft, so Pokemon Mystery Dungeon is dead forever.

>>725079739
>don't want a proper new fzero, they want some smash fanfiction
What do you mean?

>>725080475
Because those studios usually assist EAD while making something on the side. Mostly shovelware or smaller projects. Is likely Acquire and Grezzo will joining Nintendo soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDEmU4qVR7k
I found out about Mr. Pants recently
He's kind of the embodiment of Rare's British humor and is apparently a fan favorite among diehard Rare fans
I don't think Nintendo would get the appeal

>>725079489
I didn't think the golden sun ds game was too great so I wouldn't know how good that would go

>ctrl F Mercury Steam
>too many results
No.
Nintendo need to get Ubisoft Montpellier (the Prince of Persia Lost Crown and Rayman guys), Ubisoft is already ready to throw them away anyway. Of course, don't bring the character designer.

>>725079871
What and who?

>>725080769
While I don't remember it being Kamiya who said that (Pretty sure it was the CEO himself), I do believe that Nintendo saw something that they didn't like with Bayo 3's development and that Kamiya, Taura and the others leaving sealed the deal on them not acquiring Platinum.

Besides Greezo and Good-Feel, ArtePiazza could be another small dev to buy out. They did the Super Mario RPG remake which was pretty good. They can work on RPG games with Nintendo IP's since they history in making JRPG's with DQ.

>>725082618
Aren't they Ubisoft's heart?
Like I know Ubisoft owns a crap ton of studios they call Ubisoft *Insert Location* but isn't Montpellier THE heart of the company from a game development stand point?

>>725082679
Isn't good feel making the new yoshi story game?

>>725082618
Owning the studio doesn't necessarily mean owning the IP
Even if Ubisoft sacrifices their own last ounce of sentimental worth from their birth, that doesn't mean they're selling away Rayman, Rabbids, Beyond Good & Evil, etc as well

When has buying studios ever worked?

>>725082908
Retro Studios
Nintendo helped fund their creation but didn't outright own them until after Metroid Prime came out and AFTER they saw just how abysmal their working conditions and morale was

>>725082998
Also Monolith

>>725082661
To expand on that, Platinum's biggest problem is that they were a really cool studio that owned none of the games that made them household names
As the talent left the were left with a bunch of meaningless IP (like what? sol Cresta? Lmao) that don't even entice potential buyers to bother
If you're not buying studios for the people you're buying them for the IPs

>>725082832
Everyone knows that, it's just that those guys at Montpellier are actually good devs.
They could do the next Metroid or Wario Ware

>>725082749
The focus probably changed to some canadian studio, Montpellier has 400 workers while Montreal Canada at 4000.
Ubi Paris is the "heart"

>>725083249
Unless they decided to leave before or after the buyout
But I guess with Ubisoft being a sinking ship they'd prefer their new Japanese overlords
>everyone knows that
You'd be surprised

>>725082661
You might be right about the interview, but I think Taura, Kamoya, etc. jumped ship after it was clear Nintendo wouldn't buy them.

I kind of think the same thing happened with Grasshopper and NMH3. They had already spun-off from GungHo and went to do TSA for Switch, which Nintendo backed fully. They saw the demand for a new mainline entry, picked up distribution for TSA and GhM got started on 3 before sales even came in. fast forward to 2021, NMH3 was kind of a disappointment and right after it released, it was announced they sold out NetEase

>>725083197
Pretty sure they don't even own Sol Cresta, they licensed it from Hamster. They have that one not-Okami Apple Arcade game and W101

>>725083317
>You'd be surprised
Head of the Xbox division during Rare buyout bro, not like this, where's Donkey Kong

>>725083353
>Pretty sure they don't even own Sol Cresta, they licensed it from Hamster. They have that one not-Okami Apple Arcade game and W101
Wait really?
Rip bozos

>>725083396
>Head of the Xbox division during Rare buyout bro, not like this, where's Donkey Kong
That's a myth
It was one guy who walked into Rare's office, saw the Donkey Kong stuff, and got confused
Seavor himself has stressed Microsoft didn't actually buy Rare for Donkey Kong

>>725082801
Undoubtedly given they’ve been working the yoshi brand ever since nintendo stopped

>>725079914
I would, unironically, buy a CD-i collection as long as they fixed the frame rates and added some historical extras a la Atari 50 Collection

Buy Tose

If Nintendo bought any major third party they're undoubtedly gonna remove their games from any avenue that isn't their own (including games that logically would run like crap on Nintendo hardware)
The backlash would be insane

>Nintendo buys Sega
>finally Nintendo does

>>725074140 (OP)
All this talk about nintendo potentially acquiring devs but one thing people aren’t factoring is the new building nintendo’s doing for new devs. They already seem geared to hire a bunch of new guys so even more manpower outside may not be that necessary. They even state that the new building is to bring more series closer to home

>>725076502
Nintendo should buy Halo.

>>725083410
>© PlatinumGames Inc. / ©HAMSTER Co.
Yeah, it's a shared copyright since they made it official spin-off of Moon and Terra Cresta from the 80's

>>725074140 (OP)
any company nintendo purchases is dead to me and i'll go out of my way to avoid it FUCK NINTENDO.

>>725083754
2D Metroid?

>>725083789
And....do they get to make it?

>>725083869
Maybe?
EPD DOES co-develop with MercurySteam (though the Spanish still did the heavy lifting) and one of Nintendo's guys co-directed Dread and another co-directed Samus Returns

>>725082505
I doubt japs would get it. Their idea of humor is an anime girl screaming EEEHHHHHHH?!

>>725083754
Nintendo got like 3 buildings full of new poeple.

Monolith and Pictures are hiring atm. Shit is downright crazy given that ton of publishers and devs are disappearing currently.

I'm from the future
They buy CAProduction, Eighting, ILCA, and Tose

>>725083754
>They even state that the new building is to bring more series closer to home
So series that are normally handled by 3rd parties, like Star Fox (if they even do make another one) might go back to being made fully in-house again?

>>725084247
What's the future like?

>>725083141
Buying Monolith was one of their smartest choices. Those guys have some real technical know-how and are often put onto support work for top-line games like Zelda.

>>725082505
>cringe humor
No thanks

>>725083353
>not-Okami Apple Arcade game
wth I never heard of this. does it play like okami or is it just the art style?

>>725083754
I feel like they've been talking about that building for like 5 years and it's still gonna be 3 more until it's done.

>>725084751
COVID delayed it

>>725083621
>including games that logically would run like crap on Nintendo hardware
That's a non issue really since they wouldn't be aiming for multiple systems, if anything the quality of performance would go up.

>>725083705
underrated post

>>725084762
>COVID delayed it

Nope, they decided to build more floors.

>>725075937
>>725074367
>>725074140 (OP)
That's the thing. NuNintendo under the current businessman president is a new era.

Iwata would buy a small dev for the people, because the people are responsible for the IP or game. He funded Dragon Quest XI, funded DQ publishing in the west, he funded Devils Third for based Itagaki (rip oatmeal cookie), he funded Level 5, he kept Tecmo afloat because of Koei fuckery (nonstop Musou shit) so we got more Fatal Frame, we got Team Ninja doing Metroid Other M, he funded Platinum for fucks sake. There would be no Bayonetta or Wonderful 101 or Star Fox Zero (stfu, it's good) without his support.

Meanwhile Microsoft buys studios for the IP hoarding. Sony (used to) buys studios for the exclusivity control. Also Microsoft and Sony would dump tons of money so third parties give them the best version or timed exclusivity. And this is without supporting the dev or publisher with publishing (maybe not since Sony paying for Squaresoft multi disc game CD pressings).

With new businessman I dunno. It says they're building a new building, and I'm sure it will be in Japan. So they're probably going to hire out any jap dev who is fucking tired of working for Capcom or Konami or Bamco.

>>725075716
>Nintendo will buy bloat
lol lmao
Nintendo will only buy smaller devs that they already have a good working relationship with

>>725080475
Valve track record is spotty,

>>725078323
No, it was unironically somebody at Lego who was told over and over that his designs were shit and anti-lego (digital instructions or you get a little paper in the box with a QR code, parts that are hard to use with other regular bricks like City, Bluetooth connected figure).

This designer must have been in a high position and probably got promoted (Lego Mario is a failure btw, the non electronic sets sell more than the actual electronic figure sets, and they've went back to paper manuals.) because they're going to sell a new version of the Lego Mario but for their minifigs and other licensed figs.

>>725084907
>iwata at nintendo funded dq XI
lol wut

>>725084907
Sony didn't boughted Naughty Dog for exclusive IP, they bought them because of talent. Same with Insomniac and Housemsrque. They also though they were getting talent with Bungie, but made a painful mistake there.

>>725074810
Why would they when they when they have 3D Mario and 3D DK?

>>725085508
to force them to do grunt work on their 3d mario and 3d dk
they'll obviously toss yookalaylee in the garbage

>>725085606
they have NST for that

>>725085508
>>725085606
Yeah Playtonic might not be good at them but they have experience in making 3D platformers, so they can speed up development by just following instructions of Nintendo veterans

>>725085324
He meant IX, and Iwata was pushing for Dragon Quest back in 2008 or so. It's why IX got a huge push by NoA and also why you see some games without the Sword T in Dragon Quest's logo. If you see pic related, Square published it. Any DQ games without the sword T, it was Nintendo that published it. Bad call to remove the sword in my opinion, but sometimes they kept it (Joker 2).

>>725086179
interdasting

This shitty company will never stop to make games for retarded adults with the brains of 5 years olds and actually 5 years olds, so no one sane of mind cares about them.

>>725080554
Why are you so stupid?

>>725086754
Are you admitting to being a Nintendo fan, by your own description?

>>725080554
Nintendo doesn't own Camelot, retardbro.

>>725086941
Bye felisha

>Tendies still mad at a troll post
Too easy

>>725087058
>I was only pretending to be retarded

>>725087058
GOOD MORNING SAAR

>>725084247
Not even going to lie, Eighting being bought out so they can co-develop new Pikmin games while also having the ability to make a possible Nintendo vs. Capcom makes me extremely erect.

>>725087260
How the hell did a studio that as far as I know basically only did fighting games wind up as a developer for Pikmin of all things?

>12 hours ago
>Nintendo is declining and dying!
>Now
>Please, Nintendo, save my beloved, dying IP!

Will Nintendo become worse over time just like Disney?

ah he's awake, is he ready for the weekly whomping

>>725078627
>tri-Crescendo
NINTENDO MAKE A RESONANCE OF FATE SEQUEL AND MY LIFE IS YOURS

>>725088181
No

>>725088238
>No
Yes, Edge of Eternity is in my shortlist for best RPGs.
>But that's a tri-ace game
They should buy tri-ace too

>>725074140 (OP)
Reminder.

>>725088402
The reality side is retarded. Game Freak and Creatures are contractually unacquirable. As is TPC, and Arzest... What? Hal, IS and GoodFeel are the only actual possibilities there.

>>725088402
How does buying studios they share IP with and have already healthy relationships gonna bolster development?

>>725081076
I can it's called Mario Odyssey

>>725085454
>talent
Where

>>725088402
This image is a (you) problem Timmy.

>>725088589
The ones who made Crash Bandicoot

>>725088703
They probably all left by the time Sony acquired ND

>>725074140 (OP)
Honest question: What are the chances Nintendo acquires SE? Among the big publishers, this is probably the one makes more sense for Nintendo to acquire since SE has gotten rid of most of their "Multiplat AAA studios", like Crystal Dynamics and Luminous Productions, and they also have businesses on other entertainment sectors, like animated movies, or mobile games, which Nintendo is starting to jump to, not to speak that most IPs from SE perfectly fits with them, like DQ, KH, or BD, so in a way sounds plausible.

>>725088987
>acquires
Slim. Square Enix is quite large, quite diversified and very much moves in different fields, MMOs, light novel and manga publishing, some anime, acquisition is probably low on the list.
I could see a joint studio or strategic partnership happening however.

>>725088505
Game Freak is almost nothing but Pokémon.
Creatures is 99% Pokémon.
Nintendo owns stock in TPC and can buy out Game Freak and Creatures' shares without issue.
Arzest is almost nothing but Nintendo work baring a few mobile games, Balan in Wonderworld and Sonic Superstars.
>>725088529
Thats the plain, buyout companies you already have a very deep relationship for years rather then buying companies for their IPs like what Microsoft does.

>>725088070
Based

>>725088987
very little, and even if it would happen SE would definitely make nintendo sign some contract or condition that lets them do what they when it comes to publishing so they solely be constrained to nintendo products

>>725088402
God imagine if they actually bought GameFreak and then fired everyone

>>725089183
>owns stock in TPC
Jesus Christ, not how it works. Do I have to explain this again?
TPC is a private joint venture consisting of 33% company ownership between Game Freak, Nintendo and Creatures (the latter of which was created to manage external merchandising). Any attempt to acquire or otherwise shift the balance of TPC ownership would be seen as an attempt at hostile corporate takeover.

>>725089293
They don't do mass firings because it'd cause low morale

>>725089274
*won't

>>725089335
Game freak needs it. Maybe it would make them actually try again.

>>725088757
They didn't
They help make Jak and some even did Uncharted

>>725089293
>>725089365
Game Freak is a creatively competent studio, they just can't develop games for shit. If (not gonna happen, literally can't happen) Nintendo ever gets say in how the games are developed they'll just attack a development support studio or a Monolith branch to actually put the ideas on code together.

>>725089293
They're in the same building as EPD8 (the 3D Mario team), they're not getting fired, but they will get shapened up.
>>725089310
That got revoked once Iwata died, with Furukawa they can take over everything The Pokémon Company related and it will only help it in the long run, as well as turning The Pokémon Company into Nintendo Licensing Group, just like what happened to Warpstar where Nintendo bought out Hal's shares in the company and renamed Warpstar into Nintendo Stars so they would be able to deal with other Nintendo IPs besides Kirby.

>>725074140 (OP)
Its going to be Hal Laboratory isn't it?

>>725089589
Them, Intelligent Systems, Game Freak and Creatures (as well as TPC) yes.

>>725089580
>That got revoked once Iwata died
It didn't.

>>725089632
It did, alot of stuff changed for Nintendo once Iwata died.

>>725089624
Why hasn't Nintendo bought out Hal, Game Freak I understand considering they can other games for other platforms that isn't just Nintendo. But all Hal seems to make these days is Kirby which is a money maker for Nintendo. Not to mention Kirby is a pop culture icon in their country

nitendo should buy bungee off Sony then microsoft sgoukd buy bungee off nintendo and then sony should buy bungee off micorsoft again for even more money

>>725089769
They're in the prosses of doing that.

>>725089769
>Why hasn't Nintendo bought out Hal
No need I suppose. Nintendo tends to maintain good relationships with partner studios and only does buyouts as necessary, unlike some people.

>>725089769
Because it's unnecessary
They already have a strong relationship while respecting Hal's independence and freedom to do other stuff like that UFO game
Buying them outright is a waste of money because they both co-own Kirby and HAL needs Kirby more than Nintendo

>>725089810
Sony paid 3.6 billion to Bungie's shareholders to buy them outright
Even if Bungie's value declined it's still likely too high to acquire

>>725089896
>>725089913
If that were the case then Nintendo wouldn't be announcing these buyouts.

>>725089974
I've heard enough. Give another 3.6 billion dollars to Bungie for Marathon development.

>>725090007
>announcing these buyouts.
Are they though?

>>725089974
Not enough. I will not rest until billions more are wasted on bungee making no games

>>725090097
Yes, they already moved both Hal and Game Freak to the EPD8 building.

>>725090249
Source?

>>725077181
>the same way they continue mario. they put him in the theme park and give him a movie
Why are you being such a disengenuous nigger you just complete ignore wonder both exists and is getting a switch2 update, plus the mario tennis game.
The games aren't vanishing you triple nigger.

>>725090249
>EPD-8 building
Anon... HAL and GF have been in the Kanda Square building since their founding...

>>725090275
https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/HAL_Laboratory
https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/huim21/game_freak_moved_to_same_build_at_nintendo_toyko/

>In July 2020, HAL Laboratory moved offices to move into Kanda Square. This is the same building as Nintendo's Tokyo teams and Game Freak.

>>725090327
Both Hal and Game Freak were in different buildings before 2020, read >>725090363

>>725084907
>businessman president
So just like Yamauchi?

>NuNintendo
shill post disregarded

>>725089769
Pretty sure GameFreak doesn't want to be acquired.

>>725082679
I'd fucking kill ten anons for a Kirby RPG as solid as Super Mario RPG.
It'd be a good buy.

>>725090584
They do.

>>725083141
Nintendo obtaining Monolith is a funny story and namco old heads have to be pissed over the loss.
lmao.

>>725084247
aren't ILCa the dogshit retards that fucked up the diamond and pearl remakes?

>>725082679
I've seen people suggest them doing Earthbound remakes
I see the vision but I don't want anything Mother related that Itoi isn't heavily involved in nor do I want him to be forced out of retirement to do it

>>725090975
HAL has experience in RPGs so an ideal Kirby RPG would be a collaboration

>>725089335
>he doesn't know
gamefreak already has low morale anon.
They are one of the worst reviewed businesses by employees in Japan.
Most people there would be happy the incompetent retard managers are shit canned if anything.

>>725080437
Shiver was acquired to do port jobs first, and MAYBE actual original games second
Any potential purchases they can get from NetEase?

>>725089678
can you post source on the TPC changes?
First time I'm hearing this.

>>725089769
As stated.
It'd be a pointless formality wasting several million yen.
There isn't a damned soul who'd threaten to buy up Hal, and in the extremely rare case it occurs they'd just fully sell to Nintendo then.

>>725091195
yes but they number in the hundreds
they'll be useful as grunts to just follow orders and not do any thinking

>>725091129
Nintendo buying Monolith is what caused the OTHER Monolith to go out of business (C&D order).
>>725091414
Thats part of why Nintendo wants to buy them out, it fix their shit.
>>725091421
Yes, as in Nintendo produced titles, either the remaining Wii U ports to Switch 2 or Switch 2 editions of Switch 1 games.

>>725091421
grasshopper is on the chopping block because they barely scrape by
i don't think nintendo wants them since nmh isn't popular

>>725090363
And?
They moved to be closer to the main HQ to make development easier.
hell after this move gamefreak is still doing that faggotry of beast of revival.
So it's just to make development of Nintendo publidhed games easier.
Hal could make up a new IP tomorrow and throw it on everything and Nintendo wouldn't care.

>>725091421
Grasshopper Manufacturer and Nagoshi studios, but the former seems more likely and actually makes sense to be under Nintendo considering how much they pushed NMH and had Suda51 at the original Switch Presentation back in 2017.

>>725091564
Anon, Shiver did the WWE port for the Switch 2

>>725091535
ILCa is that large?
Grim but I see.

>>725091564
No I get why Nintendo would want to buy Gamefreak fully. It'd just be a real pain in the ass.
Also which is the other Monolith exactly?

>>725090363
Intelligent systems has worked in the same building with Nintendo before, yet they never bought them. There are some studios that have become so close to nintendo they have no need to buy them. HAL and Intelligent Systems are like that. Game Freak not quite so much, so I guess that's interesting?

>>725091564
>>725091720
The Nintendo killed the other Monolith shit was some retarded rumor some faggot Anon tried to push

>>725091720
Monolith Productions
They weren't shut down due to a C&D, they were shut down because they were owned by post-Zaslav Warner Bros
They predate Monolith Soft and if the name was a problem they could've just renamed

>>725084247
Most of that makes no sense, Tose makes the least sense all they do is development support, Nintendo's new Game Dev Cube is being put together specifically to eliminate using companies like Tose at least for Nintendo's EPD teams, it's unknown whether Nintendo will increase their EPD teams with the new office, but another 4-6 would be nice, it's not like they are lacking the staff to head these extra departments.

>>725091902
I was sorta figuring it was the WB dev guys, but him saying Nintendo killed them made no damn sense, so assumed their was a third lesser known one.
Schizos need their meds.

>>725084247
Damn, I didn't realize TOSE was STILL working with Nintendo after all these years of shadow developing for them back on the nes

>>725074412
what exactly would nintendo get out of acquiring pocket pair;
the business savvy of bucky, the community manager and the creative genius of "the guy who played ark"?

and I guess the IP rights to an inferior Pokemon, although that's kinda spotty with all the dumb-ass deals pocket pair's been singing

>>725091601
They were plaining for a buyout for years but waited until the 2 companies were willing to sell.
>beast of revival.
That is set for release before the buyout happens.
>>725091657
That was shelved and was done before the buyout since the Switch 2 was meant for a 2021 release.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pr_V8rtzrE
>>725091720
Nintendo wants Game Freak so they have full control over Pokémon.
>>725091823
>>725091902
Nintendo wanted to kill off Monolith Productions years earlier but because Nintendo didn't own Monolith Soft 100%'ly they couldn't kill off Monolith Productions, once they bought Monolith Soft Monolith Productions was killed off instantly.

In short.
>Either shut down Monolith Productions or we're not going to give you a Switch 2 dev kit.

>>725092172
>Nintendo wanted to kill off Monolith Productions years earlier but because Nintendo didn't own Monolith Soft 100%'ly they couldn't kill off Monolith Productions, once they bought Monolith Soft Monolith Productions was killed off instantly.
You have no source you retarded idiot

>>725091987
They did kill them off, read >>725092172

>>725092217
Your source is coming straight out of your ass
Monolith Productions weren't even the only WB studios that died that day
Player First and WB Games San Diego were also shut down because David Zaslav is evil

>>725092196
There is a source.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQUp533-BmA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qywq_1GVIGI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrAhVra4Efg

>The Monolith West schizo is here
GFDI

>>725092297
NONE of those links actually mention Nintendo
If Nintendo was actually responsible for the shut down of another publisher's studio over something as trivial as a name, it'd be a massive scandal
It'd be something we'd still be talking about actively
Stop pushing your retarded fanfic you mouth breathing moron

>>725092270
Read >>725092297
David Zaslav had nothing to do with the other Monolith closing down, that was strictly Nintendo and a C&D order they sent to WB once Nintendo took full control over Monolith Soft.

>>725092363
>Read
You posted videos that don't mention Nintendo at all
Give me an article or piss off

>>725092297
>Confusing Monolith (WB) for Monolithsoft

>>725080437
Nintendo historically doesn't buy studios, remember that Nintendo was at the time Hudson's largest publishing partner and chose to not acquire them even though they could have been purchased for pocket change and were already working on the Mario Party series of games.
Nintendo could have also purchased Atlus for a tiny amount when Atlus were not only pumping out 3ds games annually but Nintendo were the only external company currently publishing an Atlus title, but they didn't even bother, they could have easily have outbid Sega at the time.
Shiver is just a mystery, because they primarily ported Warner Interactive titles to Nintendo hardware, as an acquisition they make zero sense since they haven't shown any technical ability (that MK 1 port was fucking atrocious) or creative talent.
Nintendo will definitely not be acquiring any Netease developers, I doubt we will see any acquisitions over the next few years, acquisitions are not a Nintendo thing, in spite of the large amount over the previous few years.

>>725092424
>Shiver is just a mystery, because they primarily ported Warner Interactive titles to Nintendo hardware, as an acquisition they make zero sense since they haven't shown any technical ability (that MK 1 port was fucking atrocious) or creative talent.
Apparently the owner was friends with Iwata and the MK1 port DID get better through updates
Honestly I've seen people defend the MK1 port not because it's good but because it actually runs on Switch's hardware like how people port Mario 64 DS on the GBA

>>725092309
That was a fan group over at ResetEra, that was never going to be a dev team.
>>725092354
Yes, they do, all they did was talk about Nintendo and their legal department.
Nintendo did have everything to do with the shut down of another publisher's studio over it's name, they have that type of power, they are un touchable and you DO NOT FUCK WITH NINTENDO since they're the Disney of the video game industry.
It's not a fan fic.

>>725092297
Wasn't Monolith Productions shut down because that Wonder Woman game was a disaster?

I've seen some speculate over Tantalus or Forever
I really do not want Nintendo to own Forever
I know Nintendo gave them a lot of money to fund them but my goodness we don't need more artistically illiterate people on Nintendo to handle remasters after the botch job DKCR got
Tantalus isn't perfect but at least they're not Forever

>>725075186
Platinum and mercury steam would become dead weight immediately after being bought. Level 5 seems like a good fit for their kid oriented target market

>>725092393
Yes, they do.
>>725092412
The videos did say Nintendo forced WB to shutdown Monolith Productions because of Monolith Soft.

>>725092491
>Yes, they do, all they did was talk about Nintendo and their legal department.
Time stamp you fucking troglodyte

>>725092412
He's been doing this for over a year
https://arch.b4k.dev/_/search/text/"Monolith%20Productions"%20Nintendo%20soft

>>725092424
I believe Nintendo did try to buy Atlus but was outbid by Sega. Just because they have the cash to burn on Atlus doesn't mean they can just spend whatever it takes.

>>725092516
No, C&D order from Nintendo because they took over all of Monolith Soft and were infringing on their property.

Monolith Productions came first you stupid fucking idiot
You don't even deserve a (You)

>>725092618
>because they took over all of Monolith Soft
What the fuck are you talking about? What do the FEAR and Shadow of Mordor people have to do with Baten Kaitos and Xenoblade devs?
>But same (similar) name!
You can't be that dense.

>>725092583
https://arch.b4k.dev/_/search/text/"Monolith%20Productions"%20Nintendo%20soft
100% unrelated.
>>725092532
DKCRHD was based on the 3DS version of the game.
>>725092617
Atlus rejected Nintendo offer because they wanted to still produce PlayStation titles, thats why Sega bought them out.

>>725092107
You're looking at it through the wrong lens. Nintendo could buy Pocketpair and more specifically acquire the Palworld IP to pull a Microsoft on it: realize that instead of going through a lengthy and costly lawsuit process that might not even end in their favor, it's cheaper and easier to just gain control of the competing IP to pull the plug on it entirely.

>>725075123
>>725076313
>It ends up being that Steins;Gate sequel they've been working on since like 2016

>>725074140 (OP)
Nintendo scaling up like this is a bad sign, they have the cancer infinite growth mentality which is going to make them inflexible and hesitant to take risks with their hardware

>>725092652
Didn't matter, you don't fuck with Nintendo.
>>725092694
>You can't be that dense.
This is Nintendo we're talking about, they took down a bunch of shit for petty reasons.

>>725092694
Even Avalanche Software and Avalanche Studios co-exist yet this twit still pushes his fanfic and pretends random videos are "evidence" despite again, if Nintendo were responsible it'd be a scandal like no other

>>725092753
>Didn't matter, you don't fuck with Nintendo.
Unless you're Pocket Pair :^)

>>725092747
I don't mind nintendo getting bigger if it just means the teams are spread out and they publish more games. Their output has slowed down ever since they stopped having a handheld/home console split.

>>725092784
And they're going to get bought out by them anyway.
>>725092758
Not a fanfic, it's real because otherwise Monolith Productions will still be in business.

>>725092740
this lawsuit is peanuts compared to the headache an acquisition would be, and I'm pretty sure most of nintendo's lawyers are on a payroll anyway

>>725092542
>would become dead weight immediately after being bought.
Mercury Steam is more wishful thinking because if their boss screws up horribly (apparently he's very infamous amongst Spanish devs for being well, a total colossal asshole) Nintendo buying the studio would mean 2D Metroid isn't dead for another decade unless the EPD expansion means it happens fully in-house again
Finding the right studio is more hard than you think

>>725075123
Cristina in Smash!

>>725092532
Why the fuck would Nintendo buy the worst remake/port studio in the industry? They could hire a bunch of retarded kids straight out of a Japanese school and they would do a better job.

>>725092882
Port of a 3DS port of a Wii game.

>>725090439
no because Yamauchi actually fostered some kind of creativity in video games. Current era is mass merchandise to the point of Theme Parks blockbuster films. Not to say they didn't have merch in the 80s/90s and morning cartoon shows, but back merchandise wasn't the selling point. They lent out the IPs to whoever was willing to pay for them do whatever the fuck. The characters didn't even need to look accurate at all.

>>725074367
I'm surprised they didn't make Mercury Steam an effective branch of Nintendo, they did incredible work with Metroid Dread

>>725092835
>Not a fanfic, it's real because otherwise Monolith Productions will still be in business.
Occam's Razor
On one side you got a stupid conspiracy perpetuated and discussed only by only you where Nintendo somehow got a studio shut down over a name when the studio could've just renamed even though they were called Monolith first.
An action that'd be so controversial it'd be brought up all the time if it was real.
OR
They got shut down because Zaslav is evil
Gee I wonder which one's more believable

>>725092852
Would the devs there want to be part of Nintendo and work on Metroid for the rest of their lives? Most of them would just quit

>>725092917
Because Mercury Steam wasn't look to sell to Nintendo and Nintendo takes a lot of convincing to make an acquisition.
They worked with Mercury Steam on two games and all the talent could easily bail the second an acquisition happens.

>>725074140 (OP)
Has Nintendo EVER bought a studio with notable IP? It seem like they only ever buy companies that focus on developing games

>>725092895
>They lent out the IPs to whoever was willing to pay for them do whatever the fuck. The characters didn't even need to look accurate at all.

Then they declined in popularity every single generation until they stopped doing that in the mid 2000s, genius.

>>725092952
Pretty much
Nintendo would nowhere near be as bad as the guy who currently owns the company (unless they get the guy who screwed the pooch with NST) but like you said, people could just leave if they don't want to be shackled to a single IP.
Metroid Dread is the studios' best selling game apparently but it was something done by the B-Team

>>725092927
The first one, because Nintendo doesn't work like everyone else.

It's not a conspiracy, it's a fact, plus shutting down Monolith Productions was the only way WB Games can get Switch 2 dev kits because otherwise there would've been huge court battles about it.

>>725092747
Nintendo literally has to outsource for every EAD game that isn't 2D Mario. They can use more manpower. If Nintendo buys anyone it'll be nobodies they can turn into support teams. 1-up studio used to be Brownie Brown they rebranded to a more Nintendo sounding name.

>>725092852
I think the only reason dread is somewhat high effort is mercury steam is trying to impress Nintendo to get a recurring client. The minute that pressure is off that studio is churning out dog shit. Dred itself is only middling and metroidvania talent in the industry is abundant, I don't think Nintendo needs mercury steam at all, especially since all their other projects are major flops.

Nintendo does need someone to fill the hole that atlus and capcom used to fill with thier exclusive games.

>>725092704
>>725092617
I can't find any sources that can confirm Nintendo made any attempt, at best it's a rumour, but that would be hilarious, Atlus would have been significantly better off under Nintendo, but Sega is at least the joke that keeps on giving.

>>725093040
Yes Anon
You of all people know about it and nobody else
You of all people on the whole wide internet knows that Nintendo tried to kill Monolith Productions without any credible source whatsoever
This incredibly damaging information on Nintendo's character is spoken only by you on this Vietnamese paper folding website
Get the fuck out, nobody believes you

>>725092894
I know you're a myopic tendie but I'm not talking about donkey Kong, forever has genuinely ruined every remake they have touched, the panzer dragoon, hotd and front mission remakes are complete vomit.

>>725093132
It's a lying liar Anon
Don't believe his shit
He has no sources, no credibility, nothing

>>725093116
Metroidvania is prominent among indies but indie devs are different because they don't worry about deadlines (for the most part)

>>725092845
The key point isn't the cost, it's that Nintendo might not win the case outright, even more so now that they have patents close to the ones they're suing Pocketpair for get rejected or reexamined. Yes, they're not the ones directly cited in the lawsuit, but it can scare Nintendo enough to prepare a contingency in case patent offices go after those patents next and the lawsuit goes tits up for them.

>>725092882
For some reason they gave them a lot of cash to support the Switch

>>725093142
Only you think WB did the shut down on their own, WB WANTED to keep Monolith Productions running but Nintendo forced them to shut them down.

Watch the videos, all they did was talk about Nintendo.

>>725093287
Timestamp
Now
None of the comments bring up Nintendo which is weird because you'd think it'd be something they'd discuss if it were the case

They'll probably just buy one support studio in the next 10 years and that will be it. They'll be busy filling their new fuckhuge development building.
They won't buy an established dev with IPs. They already have so many of their own IPs they can't make games for all of them

>>725093206
There is a source.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABRX3NvAb5U

>>725093249
God, fucking retarded boomer suits. Forever needs to die, they are fucking up classic Japanese games non stop, all their output is low effort and lazy.

>>725088562
Well no wonder I liked odyssey then

>>725093347
Timestamp it faggot

>>725093313
The comments do bring up Nintendo, alot.

>>725093348
They recently resorted to generative AI
I REALLY hope Nintendo doesn't buy them or if their partnership with Bloober lands them Eternal Darkness

>>725093184
Yes, you were.

As for the rest... DEBUNKED!!!!

>>725093385
Don't see it
Post a screencap of what you see in the comments if you are so confident in what you believe in

ho the fucking shit is this monolith schizo?
The absolute God damned fuck.

>>725093287
>Nin-fucking-tendo forced Warner Bros to close a studio just for the name
That's how insane you sound right now.

>>725093206
Indie Devs are now consistently being employed to make games with large IP and they do fine. I would argue they have less issues hitting deadlines than most of western AAA who have hired all the wrong people and triggered non stop brain drains

>>725093495
Not schizo, it's facts.

>>725093116
>dread
>middling
It was better than the overwhelming majority of games in it's genre, it's core issues were that it's in the Metroid family and continued to move away from staples like sequence breaking, visually it's excellent and it is packed full of minor details and a lot of it's narrative sits in the background, as in literally within it's own scenery and figuratively with the reading between the lines on your ships dialogue.

>>725093206
From what we know Nintendo doesn't really set deadlines either, It's already been 4 years since Metroid Dread which launched 4 years after Samus Returns, but more importantly the visual leap would have been significantly larger between titles, and then there was covid lockdowns and then there is the engine being reusable.

>>725093504
They done this before, more then once really.

>>725093513
Yeah but the large established IP indies do are usually dormant ones that aren't exactly AAA (not being derogatory here)
I know Metroid (especially 2D) isn't gonna demand very cutting edge graphics with fingernail dirt levels of detail but I don't think Nintendo would want a new entry of one of their franchises to comparable to an indie game in presentation/scope

>>725079754
Metroid Dread technically doesn't have most of the original staff for 2D Metroid

>>725093401
If they do buy them it's a sign Nintendo really does think their audience is stupid children, the whole of Nintendo learning from gamefreak would be undeniable.
>>725093420
malfunctioning bot, don't talk to me.

>>725093717
Not a bot.

>>725091351
I get that anon, but I also would like for the Mother Series to not remain just history, I would love an Earthbound game in the style of the Zelda games like Link's Awakening and Echoes, this is the kind of style that fits an Earthbound remake

>>725093717
DKCR HD solid 1.27 million by March 2025
I really hope Forever only got the job because Tantalus was unavailable
Hell, I'd take Shiver handling remaster work over Forever

>>725093517
Visually dread is completely mediocre, in a genre known for having interesting visuals even in the indie space. They are in the worst middle ground of cheap looking 3d that is more expensive to make than an indie game but looks worse, it's the same place the last strider game sits in. Mechanically they are also mediocre, nobody besides tendies rates mercury steams work that highly.

>>725074140 (OP)
Nintendo is being even more Nortubel tier

>>725091195
Anon, IlCA didn't fuck up the DP remakes, the DP remakes weren't meant to exist to begin with. They made that shit in a few months because GF got sudden cold feet over Legends Arceus. I've been playing those games recently and I actually find them real fun, even if not innovative. Anyway IlCA has always been providing support to different games including Nier Automata for example. They are also working on Pokemon Champions right now and they have done the whole Pokemon HOME infrastructure, supposedly also helping with Pokopia

>>725093287
>Nintendo forced them to shut them down
You haven't provided a single source.

>>725094078
I did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABRX3NvAb5U

>>725093854
I feel you
Mother 1+2 HD sounds very good on paper but the pessimist in me is just very cautious after being let down so many times and becoming more of a stickler regarding finer details.
I wouldn't it be offended if it existed on principal (unless Itoi wasn't involved and even if that happened, heaven forbid, they should at most still go through every document to get an understanding of every deliberate decision possible assuming said documents exist) and while I do have preferences on how it could be handled (not a fan of an HD-2D direction), at the bare minimum it shouldn't come across as artistically illiterate

>>725093287
>failed incompetent devs that can't finish a projects are just as schizoid as eric so it must be true.

>>725094142
Liar liar pants on fire
https://tactiq.io/tools/run/youtube_transcript?yt=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DABRX3NvAb5U

>>725094218
Shopped from a unrelated video.
>>725094212
Not the case.

>>725090990
Source?

>>725094173
I don't like HD-2D at least the way Square does it, I just think the clayish art style reminds me a lot of the old 3D models from the Nintendo magazines, and especially the Earthbound ones comes to mind when I see it
I think with a few color adjustments it could look great, now the battle screen interface is what I would be worried with

>>725094323
You can follow the link and see it's the same video and see the bald grifter and his cow of a wife didn't mention Nintendo once

>>725093871
The panzer dragoon remake also sold well and now we're getting zwei which is somehow even uglier. These suits should recognise the games are selling based on pent up demand for the brand and by releasing these shitty demakes they are weakening the IP.

>>725093978
Visually it's excellent, not just architectural motifs but the sheer range as well as the detail within background scenes, there's a set progression for many of the background scenes which change over the game, with it even being possible to use glitches to skip these transitions. Visually the games backdrops not only tell a story but they tell player about the gameplay, small elements like the disconnected ceiling that trapped that retard who worked on god of war leading players to break hidden tiles teaching them about that system, to just background elements warning players about environmental effects, to the Emmi zones creating a sterile environment designed to put players on alert.
On so many levels are you dead wrong about everything.
Nintendo did core design, Mercury Steam are primarily for filling out and grunt work.

>>725094142
mother fucker I watched the video. He never mentions nintendo. The comments mentioning nintendo don't ever talk about monoligh productions being shut down because of nintendo. And let's also be clear: even if he did mention nintendo (which he didn't) your source is some fuckin youtuber? You're all kinds of insane.

this is probably the weirdest schizophrenic angle I've ever seen

>>725094379
I know Switch versions of Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 wasn't Metroid Prime Remastered levels of polish but thank fucking goodness they were done in-house and not by the Poles

>>725084907
Furukawa is the one who started the "only buying companies that are close to us" trend. Did you think he was just put in charge of Nintendo? NLG was him, SDR was him, Shiver was him, and Dynamo picture was him. Iwata was Monolith, which is the weirdest purchase out of all of them if you think about it for more than 2 minutes. Furukawa has been president for almost 10 years, acting like we don't know his opinions on such things is ignorant at best.

>>725094447
>Nintendo did core design, Mercury Steam are primarily for filling out and grunt work.
Someone at EPD co-developed but Mercury Steam did most of the work
Sakamoto himself went to Mercury Steam because
A. He found out they were interested in Metroid
B. EPD didn't have a team that could do Metroid
Now hypothetically that could change
The expansion can take place, they move Metroid in-house if MercurySteam implodes from its owner's incompetence, and this new team uses what they learn from working with the Spanish to carry on Metroid but that's still a hypothetical
Unless we get footage of Enric beating a woman and kicking a puppy, Nintendo's still gonna work with them even if allegations from former devs call the place a hellhole

>>725094374
There was no grifter in that video, that woman is not a cow and all they talked about was Nintendo.

You lost, good night.
>>725094379
Debunked.
>>725094463
Yes, he did, you're delulu, seek help.
>>725094470
Theres none of that here.

Here I am waiting for an anime of Xenoblade, Fire Emblem or whatever... I think I'll die of old age before then.

>>725094532
>NLG was him
NLG went to Nintendo to be bought out
If they refused they could've ended up like Rare and this was after they sold a game that more than made up for Federation Force bombing
>Shiver was him
Shiver wasn't close to Nintendo at all aside from the founder knowing Iwata personally (and even then I doubt he was at his funeral)

>>725094602
Well Dynamo makes it a possibility.

>>725094583
>that woman is not a cow
Moo

>>725094602
You get a animated movie from Illumination and like it.

>>725094602
Fire Emblem already got an anime but nobody talks about it

>>725094583
Schizo please

>>725094643
Thats not the woman we're talking about, in fact thats a unrelated woman that you stole her picture from her Face Book page.

>>725094696
You're the Schizo here.

Assuming they didn't get the studio because it closes, how much would Nintendo have to pay to own Rare's entire catalog if Microsoft was willing to sell?

>>725088987
Zero. SE is an internal mess fueled by ego. I don't see Nintendo willingly absorbing such a toxic workforce into itself. Especially since they are too big to tard wrangle with contaminating Nintendo's corporate culture itself. Nintendo is probably content with poaching the actual talents that leave that company after being buried under a mountain of shit by SE management. As a recent example, did you know that the Bananza director used to be the poor sod SE put in charge of turning the FFXV dumpsterfire into a releasable product after the old guard fucked it up? I wonder why he left SE and ended up at Nintendo after that?

>>725075186
Platinum seem to be very particular about not being bought by anyone.

>>725094567
There's literally an interview where they talk about the level design being managed by their level design guru, EPD does core design with Mercury Steam filling out the gaps and actually putting the game together, at least based on that interview, It was after Metroid Samus Returns so yes you can blame that lackluster level design on EPD Sakamoto.
Considering the existing gap and Mercury Steams last game as well as their company wide insistence to keep making games for other hardware, on top of them being owned by another company I'm expecting them to be mid implosion. I could see Mercury Steam staff bailing and forming a new studio to work on Metroid but only if we see that happen with Davide Soliani first, I just expect he would be given more priority on a Mario tactics game than ex Mercury Steam on a Metroid game.

>>725094779
50 yen

>>725094846
>Considering the existing gap
I still think their b-team is on Metroid right now unless I'm mistaken

>>725080094
It does seem like Rare were mainly a company of tech guys, and having Nintendo there to make suggestions on what they should actually be doing with their games, was an incredible benefit to them.

Nintendo would do a great job partnering with a company like Remedy, because those guys can make great looking games with great cinematics and stuff, and are just barely competent when it comes to actual gameplay.
They do need that person there to jab an elbow in their ribs and say "no, stupid. Make it ***fun***"

>>725094379
The problem is, who do they have to handle these games in-house or who else can they talk to make remakes for them?
Like yeah take that shit away from Forever but they're doing the barest of minimums for a product
The big companies they license from like SEGA and Square Enix don't see money from sales, they get money from Forever paying for the license upfront and handle all the marketing, development, etc themselves

>>725093246
Sony will buy Pocket Pair for pennies just to keep Nintendo from buying them.

>>725094447
I feel like I'm listening to a wine connesur ramble on about dollar store wine that was mistakenly labeled. I don't recognise any of the things you're highlighting as strengths of the games visuals. They are incredibly low effort, low detail and repetitive. My issue with the environments is precisely because they don't tell a story, they tell you nothing. Even within Nintendo the 2d donkey Kong games are full of little details and context for what the platforms are meant to be, every stage has a novel concept that has a new explanation of why there are the same floating platforms and it's a stupid platformer with no story, dread just has generic shapes that you run on.

The entire game is either the same sterile lab environment, some rocks and the odd overgrown section. You enter rooms and have no idea what the function of that space is, it just exists for the sake of filling space. Retro should be given 2d metroid, they are better 2d game devs and they already have an intimate understanding of the IP

>>725087841
Genre doesn't matter all that much for gamedevs. Thats more of an outsider fan perception.

>>725095049
Stuff like Conker, Perfect Dark, etc were solely on Rare though
Nintendo were mostly hands-off aside from quality inspection
IIRC Ken Lobb was the one who had to convince Nintendo to have four player ports on the N64 for Goldeneye

>>725089183
You know nintendo doesn't just do everything you want right?

>>725080001
>Microsoft buying Rare not only harmed Rare, but it also hurt Donkey Kong for two whole decades

LMAO

Do you seriously believe this? DK64 was utter dogshit

>>725095146
That's because you're retarded. literally every point you made is completely wrong.
Yes they do tell a story, the labs, the degrading environment, the way that x parasite changes a bunch of things it even makes previously docile monsters aggressive.
>low effort, low detail and repetitive
Every single area has multiple sub areas with distinct visual elements
>you enter rooms where you have no idea what the function of that space is
If you can't figure out what is happening in a room that's a you problem.
Yes, functionally retarded, are you using an ai to interpret your retarded grunts and farts into a discernable language?
Fucking hell.

>>725095107
They should be handling their own IP internally, not offloading it to a bunch of polish retards who don't understand or give a shit about the source. If the remake is going to sell over a million copies they don't need to be using the cheapest wankers in the industry. It is incredibly easy to make a port or remake teams, even with new graduates trained by existing staff, it's the lowest level grunt work imaginable

>>725074140 (OP)
>We will utilize funds to maintain and expand our touchpoints with consumers
There has never been uttered a more soulless corporate line than this one

>>725094608
>NLG went to Nintendo to be bought out
How does this invalidate the fact that Furukawa chose to accept their conditions? He could have just let them go the way of Rare, but he didn't.
>Shiver wasn't close to Nintendo at all aside from the founder knowing Iwata personally
Nintendo bought Shiver 9 years after the death of Iwata. Furukawa had been president for 6 years by that point. How is this not a decision made Furukawa?

>>725095367
Regarding Shiver, I meant that they weren't close to Nintendo when the acquisition happened which is why it was so surprising

>>725095354
>We want more connection and interaction with customers
Pretty bog standard. I think you're just dumb.

>>725095016
They probably are on paper but I just see them as collapsing internally after their last game flopped.

>>725095341
Nintendo doesn't have the staff to do everything internally, if anything at least find a competent/passionate studio, Forever Entertainment should have never worked on another game after they butchered Panzer Dragoon.

>>725095549
That never happened, you just hate it because it's not the same game you had when you were a kid.

>>725095325
What's the story then? Oh my god the lab is abandoned? Where's the masterful storytelling? This is bare minimum viable product territory, the potential for intricate environments in a AAA 2d metroid game is immense and they do absolutely nothing with it. Yes I'm sure you can tell me what each individual space within these lab enrionments was for, what each room was dedicated to, every room being completely unique and serving a different function instead of a giant thematic "lab" blob that all melts together in a contextless lump.

I can't stand this endless wanking over IP rather than what is actually in the game. As long as someone puts the metroid name on the box you're going to jerk It off like it's a masterpiece.

>>725095549
Not him but again, optimistically speaking they just couldn't get Tantalus on the job and they just really wanted a remaster of DKCR to tie in with the theme park and as one last DK game before the redesign so they settled with Tantalus to rush it out in a year tops.
Optimistically and given Mario Galaxy 1+2 was done in-house, that'd be it
That'd be the end of working with Forever but the fact that in 2021 they outright gave them money makes me concerned that this isn't the end

>>725095615
*settled with Forever

>>725095549
The worst part is they pick niche IP that have incredibly passionate fanbases. I'm sure there are Devs at other studios who would love to remake panzer dragoon or front mission and would actually put an ounce of effort into it.

>>725095465
>leave the billion dollar company alone
Do they pay you 1 nintendollar per post, or do you just do it for free?

>>725095718
Debunked.

>>725095607
The envrionments reiterate the back story that the game gives you with elements that are up to interpetation, but I don't want to spend hours of my life going full Dark souls autism on what each scene could mean.
>it all melts together in a contextless lump
That's you're shitty interpretation of it, and it's wrong.
>As long as someone puts the metroid name on the box you're going to jerk It off like it's a masterpiece.
This is my last reply, If that were true people here would give a fuck about Metroid Other M, but it's universally panned, there's also Metroid Federation Force.
Go fuck yourself, you have shit tier opinions.

>Forever is a competent developer
>Nintendo shut down another publisher's studio for the dumbest reason
I'm starting to think the schizo is from bizarro world and is posted from another timeline

>>725095597
That could maybe have been the case if I had played Panzer Dragoon the original at any point ever, but it's evident when just comparing gameplay how different each scene feels between the games. Incompetence or sabotage, your choice.

>>725095718
There was a theory a while back that the company Bloober and Forever founded in 2021 is working on an Eternal Darkness remake
Considering Nightdive have consistently been interested in a remaster and have tried getting Nintendo to greenlight it, I'd be pissed even if I sort of get Nintendo's logic

>>725095763
Why are you spamming this thread with responses that are so retarded and nonsensical they dont even meet the level of bait? You're a brain damaged retard shitting his pants in the middle of a room, are you a toddler? Do you have debilitating autism?

>>725095810
Not the case, Forever is nor Micronics and Nintendo did shut down Monolith Productions.
>>725095858
Nothing you said is true.
>>725095923
Not spam.

>>725095879
Dear god, please no, I love that game but there are literally only 2 choices, either have a team like Tantalus just ai upscale and make minor QoL improvements to the game, or go get Denis Dyack give him a bunch of money and a very tight leash to actually do it justice, don't let him ever touch any of the money or game engine decisions, just allow him to work on overseeing the story, visual design and gameplay.

>>725095781
Yes yes, very memorable and unique, so unique you can't remember any of it and your only defence is it was full of masterful storytelling like the lab being old.. meanwhile I only played tropical freeze once like a decade ago and I still remember shit like the grape juice factory because they put actual effort into the environments beyond
>Forest theme
>Ice theme
>Lab theme
Shit eaters have already killed Nintendo I don't know why I bother arguing with you retards.

>>725095979
>you are wrong and you actually did play the original sega saturn release of panzer dragoon

>>725096065
No, my defence was that I don't want to have to replay the game and go over every single scene to tell you what at that moment the scene is, are you just fucking retarded or did you not get the central aspect of experimenting on creatures to make them more powerful, even though there are labs, controlled living spaces for these creatures, and a bunch of the bosses are the results of these experiments, did you not notice the part where they have a huge containment zone over the x parasite area which can be seen from multiple game zones.
No more fucking replies you fucking retard.

>>725096020
>but there are literally only 2 choices, either have a team like Tantalus just ai upscale and make minor QoL improvements to the game,
Just let Nightdive do it like they've said
Tantalus is good (certainly better than Forever) but Nightdive is far more competent when it comes to remasters for older games
That said, Nintendo wouldn't want a remaster
They'd want a remake at bare minimum

>>725088402
Arzest is garbage. Nintendo hasn't worked with them in 6 years and for good reason. Grezzo and Good-Feel would make sense since Nintendo has a good relationship with them.

>>725078695
>gets angry at twitter post
>runs here to cry about it
99% of posts on /v/

>>725095879
Modern Nintendo would absolutely go with the shittier dev if they don't need to pay anything. I seriously think the execs at Nintendo are studying gamefreak and are observing how Pokémon has durable, increasing levels of profit despite putting out the shittiest lowest effort products imaginable, their dream is for Nintendo to be as uncompetetive yet profitable as gamefreak.

>>725095879
Honestly, the game is very messy from a gameplay perspective. What's cool about it is the atmosphere and the ideas, which they would probably ruin in a remake.

No point. Make a sequel. Stick with the basic idea of Lovecraftian horror, and playing as different characters throughout history, and go off on a whole other tangent.
The original is going to be on Nintendo Online within a year or two anyway, because it's a well remembered cult classic for the GC.

>>725096209
They're doing another Yoshi game for them right now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YluJneE1bMo

>>725092927
>They got shut down because Zaslav is evil
He's a hatchet man, for sure, but MonoProd were working on Blunder Woman since 2017 at the very least and clearly had nothing viable to show for all the time and money they spent.

>>725096356
Not the case.

>>725096185
Nightdive are scum, and so is the guy who runs it, he broke ties with another company nightdive had a long relationship was because the guy was a conservative and asked for a cooling down of political violence, but even if you want more political violence they are shit.
>completely fucked up the colour palette and a bunch of other visual aspects of the system shock 2 remaster
>decided to just make a second blood remaster because yolo fuck it pay me again
Fuck Nightdive.
>That said, Nintendo wouldn't want a remaster
Nah, Nintendo have shown that they are fine with remasters, a remake has the opportunity to be censored out the ass.
>no implied incest scene
>that girl from the jungle now in a burkha
>alexandra roivas further covered up because why not
Probably a bunch of other stuff I don't remember since I day 1 bought the game.

>>725074140 (OP)
Nintendo buying studios means those games become Switch exclusives. It would be objectively a worse case than Microsoft or Sony acquiring a studio. Who the fuck clamours for this?

>>725096283
schizo

>>725096372
I don't care what you think, Mr. 'Nintendo totally had MonoProd shut down!'

>>725096283
>>725096379
See, in the case of Eternal Darkness it's more that a crappy remake is preferable over an excellent remaster of the original to in the eyes of Nintendo
Look at the games Tantalus and Forever handled to make remasters of
>Twilight Princess
>Skyward Sword
>Luigi's Mansion 2
>Donkey Kong Country Returns
Now look at the games that got outright remakes handled by outside devs
>Return of Samus
>Advance Wars 1+2
>Another Code
>Famicom Detective Club
Notice a pattern?
Nintendo will only resort to external developers to handle low budget remasters if the series they're remastering is already active or has a readily available developer
If Nintendo wanted to bring back Eternal Darkness they don't just want a remaster, they want a new developer to inherit the series outright.
De Blob from THQ got remasters sure and IIRC they did well but those remasters don't mean a comeback for the series because the people behind said remasters don't make original games period.

>>725096424
already seething I see

>>725096424
The other trade off is significantly better games and that they will actually come to Switch 2 instead of coming to everything but the Switch 2, it's a worthwhile tradeoff.

>>725096157
I'm not the one claiming their environments were masterfully crafted and full of amazing storytelling that you can't even remember.

The point is if they did their job you wouldn't need to replay the game and scrape the bottom of the barrell to come up with a single environment that is memorable besides having a generic theme for a bunch of random shapes you run across. An abandoned lab where they experiment on creatures is the bare minimum, laziest theming for a metroid environment you could imagine, it's not interesting in any way and it never goes deeper than that. I already explained how retro puts more effort into constructing 2d environments, you're blind to this kind of shit because you don't care about anything besides the name on the box.

>>725096379
>>no implied incest scene
Wait, when was that again?

>>725091632
At that point they might as well buy Platinum for an action dev team. Ninja Gaiden 4 and Bayo Origins (mostly same team) show that they still got it. They can keep Platinum around to make more Bayo, Astral Chain sequels and co-develop games like they did with Star Fox 0. Maybe work on a Metroid Other M type game but actually good this time.

>>725096487
yeah? This would make sure I don't buy certain games anymore. Of course I am mad over this anti-consumer practice.

>>725096548
good, get fucked

>>725096608
why do you support anti-consumer practices? Are you jewish?

>>725096503
>scrape the bottom of the barrell to come up with a single environment that is memorable besides having a generic theme for a bunch of random shapes you run across
But that's where you're wrong, you're demanding a complete scene by scene breakdown in order to imply that there are zero distinct scenes and environments which I already described, you're setting a standard that would require significant work in order to claim that the whole is a failure.
You're whole method of argumentation is wrong, I'm what up like 5 or 6 against your nothing at this point.

>you're blind to this kind of shit because you don't care about anything besides the name on the box
Yet another point I completely dismantled, why are you walking around with all these Ls.
The only thing I've been wrong about is the replies, because you are so wrong, and stupid on every level that I just can't help myself but reply to your sheer retardation.

>>725096627
because you’re a retarded gay nigger

>>725096479
The idea that Nintendo gave wayforward the advance wars demake with the intent to hand them control of the series is spine chilling.

>>725096707
By all accounts it seems to have been an NoA driven decision since Japan gives no fucks about Advance Wars (despite them having Nintendo Wars longer than us) and it was never mentioned in Japanese Directs

>>725092542
Platinum would work on Nintendo's IP's and also co-develop games action designs.

>>725096682
why would I be one if I'm the one refusing to buy nintendo's shitboxes? They are an evil company that seeks to destroy gaming with their practices.

>>725096802
based fuck gaming

>>725096834
If you hate gaming why are you here? Is your life so miserable you're spending every pathetic minute of it trying to destroy it?

>>725096646
No, I'm demanding you back up your claim that the environments were expertly crafted and full of little details and storytelling. This is a bullshit, shit eater claim that you can't backup, the environments are nondescript and generic.

Kek you're keeping this imaginary score while rage quitting this argument for the third time yet you're so bothered by it you keep coming back. You completely failed to argue your point.

>>725096479
I don't think Nintendo have any interest in Eternal Darkness as a continuing IP, I think it will at best get the remaster treatment, in spite of your noticing of patterns.
Is there anything to indicate that there will even be more Another Code, or whatever the series is called?
Nintendo would be fucking retarded to give Wayforward any IP to continue, unless they wanted to kill the existing fanbase with pure cringe. the Advance Wars remakes were already enough, give it somebody competent please.

>>725096861
because I love winning the game and you are losing the game

>>725096759
There has to be people at intelligent systems who still care about AW

>>725096887
what game are you winning bro? Cuz you're not playing one

>>725096876
>I don't think Nintendo have any interest in Eternal Darkness as a continuing IP, I think it will at best get the remaster treatment, in spite of your noticing of patterns.
If they did, why didn't they accept Nightdive's pitch considering stuff like FDC getting a remake came straight out of MAGES going up to Nintendo?
If an Eternal Darkness remaster did well and fans want more, who would Nintendo get to continue it if Nightdive themselves can't make an original Eternal Darkness from scratch?

>>725096902
And how are you certain there are people to spare with Intelligent Systems to make a new Advance Wars?
They already juggle so many projects right now across various teams

>>725096931
Halo and god of soi will be ours

>>725096707
That is not a demake, GBC Donkey Kong Country was a demake.

>>725096349
Doubt it's Arzest. Likely Good-Feel.

>>725096862
See, there you go again, I already described some of the story telling elements of the environments, both how the player changes the environment, as well as how the environments, reinforce the story telling especially the backstory, and what you're doing is just claiming that that just arbitrarily doesn't count, the dead experiment that comes back to life after the X-parasite gets a hold of it, the fact that the labs are dead by the time you get there, yeah, non existent, the way that the locations are laid out with labs, a contained environment for testing and then a natural environment, as well as a lab that is in containment, never happened, not a thing, according to you specifically.
You seem like you need some youtuber to do a breakdown of the whole game to make sense of anything, because that's the kind of person you are.

>>725074140 (OP)
figures that Nu-SNOY would do that
>>725096931
being a worthless cattloid slave

>>725097024
uh-oh melty

>>725096989
These are the idea of "good games" Nintendo should buy?
Huh...I guess it is unsurprising that goysloppers like tendies would want to play the worst games ever made.

>>725096876
>Is there anything to indicate that there will even be more Another Code, or whatever the series is called?
People think Hotel Dusk could be next
I'm not sure if Another Code itself story was over before CING died
Never played their games

>>725096981
They obviously don't, that's why they haven't made one. The point is they should take a break and prioritise it because there's a potential audience for it.

>>725096945
What were the details of Nightdives pitch, I suspect it would have involved a PC port, which Nintendo would have zero interest in, and Nintendo declining someone's pitch for a remaster doesn't say anything, they've done this before, I don't remember when but I've read about studios proposing a remaster and getting turned down.
>If an Eternal Darkness remaster did well
Haha.

>>725097061
why are you crying then nigger?

>>725097101
Nobody is crying other than you, though?

>>725097004
Good Feel has more style and skill then this (they use to be Konami's Kobe division), even Princess Peach Showtime had tell tale signs that it was Good Feel just by it's art direction alone, Yoshi and the Mysterious Book lack any of that and screams Arzest.

>>725097095
>but I've read about studios proposing a remaster and getting turned down.
For a dormant IP or for an active franchise?
For a series Nintendo owns entirely or something they only co-own?

>>725097114
Why would I be crying when I am winning? You’ll never get another game again that doesn’t have GAWDtendo logo on it

>>725096349
That looks great. I hadn't heard of a new yoshi game.

>>725097179
snoytranny moment

>>725085072
Eh, the only dubious partnership they got was Ritual. Turtle Rock did okay with them before the split and Santo Campo people thrived. Remains to be seen on Hopoo hires though.

>>725097005
>A metroid game has an environment where aliens are being experimented on
>This is incredibly unique and interesting, the environments are full of details I don't recall
>I remember absolutely nothing else about this environment so I'm going to talk about the vague existence another one that I remember nothing about and say that makes them all very detailed and interesting.
>My vague statements are not at all indicative of the vague, unremarkable environments in the game
Shit eater stuck up his own ass.

>>725097213
It was in the September 2025 Direct.

>>725097179
You're failing at life though.
>You’ll never get another game again that doesn’t have GAWDtendo logo on it
first of all I'll never buy a game with their logo on it even if they buy the entire gaming industry.
Second, Nintendo only has money to buy off small developers and I don't want their potential next games to be sullied by Nintendo's greed.
I am only concerned that indies might be tricked into joining the sinking shit knows as Shitendo and their games will never be bought again.

>>725097275
snoytendie* since gawdtendo is buying them

>>725093854
Call me autistic but after seeing the dialogue censorship in TTYD, I dread what would happen with an Earthbound remake like Ness no longer being fatshamed (unless said censorship is a one-time thing and we're no longer anal over words like crazy or fat anymore).
It wouldn't be a dealbreaker and I still enjoyed Earthbound's original localization (though I get why the changes had to be done) but between it being a monkey's paw situation and making the threads worse (you know it would happen), I just want to groan.

>>725075186
>Platinum
>The studio of maximum hype but absolute mediocrity
Why the fuck would anyone buy this studio?

>>725097308
NO GAMES LMAO
FUCK INDIE TRANNIES lMFAO

Nintendo should resurrect and buy Capstone so they can force Capcom to shut down.

>>725097326
It was 2004, it was a different time.

>>725097372
based

>>725097359
nintendo fans really hat the gaming medium, huh?
I guess like the GOP they are a cult of retarded manchildren.

>>725097282
Face it. He blew you the fuck out.

>>725097408
Not the case.

>>725097431
yes the case

>>725097408
>/pol/tranny
every time

>>725097445
No, you're delulu, seek help.

>>725097480
ywnbaw, nintentranny

>>725097505
you got raped tourist

>>725097428
I'm not interested in talking to another retarded empty vessel who jerks off to IP labels, the complete lack of substance is reinforcing my point. I only reply now to understand the mentality of a shit eater who invents quality where it doesn't exist.

>>725097537
shitendo games aren't real games though. You're the real tourist

>>725097576
>t. indieslop tranny
run on back to twitter brownie :)

>>725097638
all indiegames are better than nintendo's slop though
>run on back to shitendo's headquarter of manchildren
no thanks. /v/ is a Valve board.

>>725097685
>valveslop
KWAB

>greezo
Ports the studio
>platinum
Might be able to release consistently, but the games they make are limited to a type and they are average at best.
>good-feel
They need a proper breakout game first
>mercurysteam
This is a studio that cannot manage itself.
>artepiazza
This could work, but it would depend on the price and what their books look like
>Rare
Pls no. Nostalgia goggles, they were absolutely dogshit in the gamecube era, and to be frank and damn near everything they've done on xbox has been laughable
I dunno man, they did buy monolith soft and that shit has paid back dividends.

>>725097749
yeah? Microsoft and Sony are already dead and buried.
You're next, tendie.

>>725097760
>they were absolutely dogshit in the gamecube era,
Ghoulies is overhated and had to be scaled down due to having to restart development on Xbox

>>725097807
>schizophrenic delusions
LMAOOOOOO

I'm kind of surprised so little brought up Camelot
They are TINY

>>725097871
I thought Nintendo owned them already

>>725097868
keep crying. Soon enough I'll see the latest Mario on the Steam store, lmao

>>725097871
they already exclusively make mario sports games

>>725097871
I mean, what's there to say, they're in the mario sports mines

>>725097830
>Ghoulies is overhated
I can't speak to that, but it's not a good game
>had to be scaled down due to having to restart development on Xbox
A bad game is a bad game, excuses don't absolve it of that.

>>725097576
Yes, they are, they always get game of the year.

>>725097907
and then everyone clapped

>>725097934
these are all children's toys.
Consolefags are manchildren.

>>725097871
>small company that punches above its weight
>can grow if needed
seems to be the nintendo way

>>725097975
No, they're not.

>>725097934
BASED

>>725097991
yes, they are

Nintendo buys Rockstar

>>725074647
thanks for letting us know David Soliani

>>725098016
kids kino mogs adult slop

>>725098060
said like a true manchild.

>>725098038
Take 2 would never let Cockstar go.

>>725098080
better than being a childman like yourself

>>725098060
Those games are aimed at people of all ages.

>>725098125
No, it's definitely worse than being me.
I am far superior than you.
Simply because I am not a nintendo peasant.

>>725098178
you’re brown and trans so no

>>725075186
>Platinum probably will die soon if no one buys them.
Good! They deserve it for going woke with Bayonetta 3. Besides Kamiya has left the company seeing how his company ended up.

>>725098206
I'm white and straight though. Perhaps you're looking into a mirror?

god why are corpocattloids so fucking repulsive?

>>725098278
you will never be white pablo

>>725098340
I'm northern european though?

>>725098340
awww, the subhuman trannycattloid is seething

Pablo and Jose absolutely SEETHING

>>725094814
Kazuya Takahashi was just a quest designer for FFXV, not sure why you think he was put in charge of FFXV.

>>725074140 (OP)
Nindians really want to kill pc

>>725098746
Good morning, saar!

>>725086179
wasn't there something about how Iwata tried real, real hard to see DQXI on the Switch at some point as well? Never lived to see it though.

>>725099463
The Devs talked about his role in getting the Switch port.

>>725097282
Yeah, now you're just coping as hard as possible.