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Holy crap. Just like that? No fanfare? This has been a long time coming. Next Level Games has an amazing track record.
They had an exclusive contract with Nintendo for years now.
Definitely seemed like an inevitability. They've had a great working relationship for over a decade.
Interesting. I thought Nintendo didn't usually like to make straight-up acquisitions, and usually preferred to have development partners that they were simply close with. NLG already had an exclusive contract with Nintendo, so Nintendo must have some real big plans for NLG as a studio if they went the acquisition route.
NO FUCKING WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nintendo now has their FIRST Canadian dev, and the first western dev since Retro! :D
Nintendo now has their FIRST Canadian dev, and the first western dev since Retro! :D
Big news. A sensible acquisition on their part, considering how important they are for them and how closely they work together. A bit like Sony and Insomniac Games.
Consolidation isn't really a good thing, but it's the trendy thing to do right now. With MS and Sony buying up studios, it makes sense from Nintendo's perspdctive to secure some of their own necessary third party helpers for the future (by buying them).
Hopefully they will help them get to the... well next level. Sorry. NLG showed amazing promise by producing a close to 10M seller eith LM3. I'm surr Nintendo will want to develop them further and make them a steady producer of big games.
Consolidation isn't really a good thing, but it's the trendy thing to do right now. With MS and Sony buying up studios, it makes sense from Nintendo's perspdctive to secure some of their own necessary third party helpers for the future (by buying them).
Hopefully they will help them get to the... well next level. Sorry. NLG showed amazing promise by producing a close to 10M seller eith LM3. I'm surr Nintendo will want to develop them further and make them a steady producer of big games.
Huh, wonder why. Nintendo seems to like to just continue working with companies with exclusive contracts, and it didn't seem like these guys were going anywhere.
I can certainly think of some Nintendo IP that I'd like to see revived if that's the plan.
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Holy shit. And an announcement late at night in the US, so tomorrow should be interesting.
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And they did it without an E3 press conference?
Nah I call Fake News
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Nah I call Fake News
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Good for NLG. Now they have financial security and overall nothing should really change. They commited themselves to work only with Nintendo some years back and their work on Mario Football and especially Luigis Mansion were excellent
I wonder what the team has in the pipeline.
A new Luigi's Mansion might be too early even if it might have entered in pre-production.
A new Luigi's Mansion might be too early even if it might have entered in pre-production.
They've been making quality titles since the GameCube era. I'd assume Nintendo believes enough in the future of NLG to now officially acquire them. Hopefully they assign them titles that they know they'd excel at (please no Federation Force 2).
This may also represent a shift in priorities due to the relatively recent corporate shake-up. This may not be the only acquisition we see for the near future.
They're probably going to try and expand the studio. Luigi's Mansion 3 was a giant hit for what it is.