What other studio's do you see Nintendo buying?

[Meelow]

With today's news of Nintendo finally buying Next Level Games, I don't see this being the only one. Hal and Gamefreak seem to be the next obvious choices, but what other studio's do you think?

I know people joke about Nintendo buying Tecmo Koei, which I could see in the future.

 

[CeroMiedo]

Microsoft

 

[Bear and bird]

Sony

 

[Renna Hazel]

I don't really think this will become a trend, but if it makes sense for both parties, Monster Games seems like a good fit.

 

[Speevy]

Sony

 

[mopinks]

ask me again in nine years

 

[Jaded Alyx]

None.

 

[TheMoon]

None.

NLG is the only one they're buying.

Read the announcement, this was a special scenario where they were looking to sell.

 

[RedAhmed]

Japan.

 

[salromano]

None. One studio purchase after many years of working together doesn't mean Nintendo is going on a buying spree.

 

[Chalphy]

I don't think we're going to see a bunch of acquisitions, but I could see Nintendo looking at Velan Studios if they were to keep buying.

 

[eraFROMAN]

If they were to be buying anyone up, I could see a Flagship style situation where they eat a team up, likely from Bamco

 

[Nilaul]

Capcom

 

[J-Soul]

Studio Ghibli

 

[Lant_War]

Platinum

 

[Toumari]

If Rise sells well probably Capcom.

 

[Dyle]

Don't kid yourself. It is 100% the only one and they only did it because NLG asked them to.

 

[Deleted member 5491]

Apple

 

[Nilaul]

Studio Ghibli

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My man
Studio Ghibli + Universal Pictures

 

[sir_crocodile]

NLG were looking to sell, I suspect nintendo would not have bought them otherwise.

Don't see any other purchases happening unless a similar situation of a developer who pretty much exclusively makes games for Nintendo happens.

 

[Deleted member 79058]

If they didn't bought Hal or Gamefreak yet then I don't see it happening anytime soon. I think Next Level Games is a one and done situation.

 

[Wilf Netherton]

Nothing for a long time. The stars have to align just right for Nintendo to buy out a studio.

 

[Bear and bird]

Going by devs/publishers they have an active partnership with, these sound like the most plausible options:

Tecmo-Koei
Platinumgames
Grezzo

That said, I don't think they're actively looking for new acquisitions. The NLG purchase was the end result of a 15 year long partnership. And it was likely scooped up to avoid it ending up in the hands of a different publisher.

 

[Neoxon]

Capcom

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If Rise sells well probably Capcom.

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Like Koei Tecmo, Capcom is basically family-owned. So yeah, I wouldn't get your hopes up.

 

[oofouchugh]

Nintendo only bought NLG because of their specific working relationship. I don't know what other developers have a similar working relationship with Nintendo but I don't see them making anymore acquisitions like this.

 

[Plinkerton]

They're not going to make any more acquisitions just because this one happened. This was clearly a specific situation where it made sense; a long-term development partner looking to sell. It means nothing for future acquisitions.

I can only see it happening again if they're put in a similar scenario in the future, like with Intelligent Systems or someone else they have a long history with. They're not just going to buy a random developer out of the blue; that's not their strategy and it never has been.

 

[Deleted member 10737]

arzest

for real tho, they're not buying anything. getting next level games is not a sign that suddenly they've changed their stance on acquisitions. the owners of NLG were looking to sell, and nintendo did it to not lose a valuable and reliable partner. if one ot their other long time partner companies was looking to sell, i can see nintendo buying them otherwise i don't see nintendo going on a shopping spree.

 

[jariw]

Nintendo buys a studio every 10th year or something, so...

 

[FarSight XR-20]

I don't know if this really means that Nintendo will buy another studio unless they have to.

Next Level Games wanted to sell and I think that Nintendo felt they had to buy them before another company did, as Next Level Games was an important partner for them.

 

[Neoxon]

Going by devs/publishers they have an active partnership with, these sound like the most plausible options:

Tecmo-Koei
Platinumgames
Grezzo

That said, I don't think they're actively looking for new acquisitions. The NLG purchase was the end result of a 15 year long partnership. And it was likely scooped up to avoid it ending up in the hands of a different publisher.

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See what I said a few posts ago, but replace Capcom with KT. As for Platinum, they're gearing up to do more self-publishing projects, so they definitely have no interest in being purchased.

 

[Deleted member 8593]

The official PR perfectly outlines the circumstances of this acquisition and Daniel Ahmad later added some more perspective on Twitter. They will buy a studio if the owners want to sell and it's more beneficial for Nintendo to own them outright than risk the new owner jeopardizing the relationship. The most likely candidates for this are any of the companies that they already have an existing relationship with which also add significant value to Nintendo's business like Intelligent Systems, HAL Laboratory, Game Freak etc. But again, this would require the owners wanting to sell.

 

[Dolce]

Going by devs/publishers they have an active partnership with, these sound like the most plausible options:

Tecmo-Koei
Platinumgames
Grezzo

That said, I don't think they're actively looking for new acquisitions. The NLG purchase was the end result of a 15 year long partnership. And it was likely scooped up to avoid it ending up in the hands of a different publisher.

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Of those three, I can only see Grezzo being bought. Nintendo doesn't acquire studios the size of TK or Platinumgames very often. Grezzo on the other hand pretty much works exclusively with Nintendo.

 

[Mobu]

Kodansha

 

[SchroDingerzat]

People always seem to forget Arika. Tetris 99, Mario 35, and they also have been working with Nintendo for years.

 

[ShinUltramanJ]

I don't see them buying anyone else.

 

[Dekuman]

My new thread idea: how would you feel if Nintendo buys Sony

 

[Redcrayon]

This topic can easily fit in the main Nintendo OT threads, please continue discussion here:

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