IamAwsome said:
Sony bought them after Motorstorm first released. If Motorstorm failed, then Sony would have never bought the developer and you can say the same thing for everyone else they acquired. In most cases developers apporach Sony with game ideas, etc and Sony funds the title and has a studio (usually Santa Monica in NA, Xdev in Europe, Japan Studio in JP) oversee development. With Nintendo it's almost always the other way around; they typically farm projects out. Golden Sun and Geist are anomalies. Nintendo signed Silicon Knights to a publishing/exclusivity deal so they own the Eternal Darkness IP. They didn't really "farm" the game out but they still owned the copyright, and just because Iwata didn't specifically tell them to make the game doesn't mean it's not their game. Nintendo's ownership of the name is part of the reason Dyak named the next game Shadow of the Eternals instead of ED2. But anyway here is an article that somewhat talks about Next Level Games' relationship with Nintendo.
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Interesting to know how Nintendo copycated Sega Soccer Slam (really loved that back on the day!) in Mario Strikers, it's more funny when you see Nintendo fans claiming they "created the universe"
"Ken Yeeloy: When Nintendo was interested in making their Mario soccer game, they had researched a game called Sega Soccer Slam that was similar to what they wanted. When they tracked down the developer of that game, Black Box Games, they learned that most of the development team had moved to a new company called Next Level Games. From there, they had Next Level Games build a demo for them and the rest is history!"
The Bitch is back! And better then ever! #BritneyReturns
SONY Bring them BACK for PS4 and VITA!
