Nintendo has hired employees from Naughty Dog, Visceral, Vigil, Insomniac... and apparently Crytek

http://www.revogamers.net/noticias/wii-u/nintendo-ficha-al-director-tecnologia-del-cryengine-3-7948.html


"In its transition to HD, Nintendo is getting fatter templates studies with seasoned and experienced people in these types of developments. Recently, Retro Studios expanded its staff with some employees of Vigil Games, Naugthy Dog, Electronic Arts and Red Fly among others. For its part, Nintendo has signed Mark Atkinson, former chief technology officer of Crytek, specializes in CryEngine 3. Atkinson's resume is enviable. Following his time at Crytek, he worked as Consultant Software Engineer for Ignition London and later as a Specialist Graphics Engine Optimization for Lionhead Studios. Since last September, Atkinson works for Nintendo Consultant Software Engineer. One of his most important achievements in the sector has been the adaptation of CryEngine 3 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. This graphics engine developed based on PC has been a laborious process until its arrival at consoles with Crysis 2. It is not known where Atkinson is working now, although there may be advised to Nintendo in the creation of new hardware, as Team Ninja."

Sounds like they want to rely more on 1st party games. Good stuff.

Very good news. I can't wait to see what Nintendo has in store for the WiiU.

This is a good sign in how WiiU make work.

SUPER MEGA AWESOME GAME INCOMING!!!...or atleast I hope

That's great news, the more man power they have the more games they can pump out, and hopefully they'll also be better

Heard about this a couple of weeks ago. The Naughty Dog guy said that this could be his "crowning achievement as an artist".

This will be huge.

This is very good news! Nintendo is becoming stronger and stronger.

awesome news

Good news. Retro is the best western studio, if Nintendo wants to keep this unaltered, its only natural they hire the best staff.