Should Nintendo buy third party support?

[Joelcool7]

CrashMan said:
I am just amazed that Nintendo hasn't announced an online Pokemon RPG that connects with Diamond and Pearl. That would be a huge money maker.

People talk about an MMO franchisethat could compete with World Of Warcraft not existing! Pokemon could easily become a major competitor if Nintendo was to throw it into the fray. I'm talking the long awaited legendary fully 3D online Pokemon game! People have been waiting since the N64 days to see a fully 3D Pokemon game and one would certainly mx up the MMO market!

Back to topic people mention buying exclusive games from developers. This works sometimes but can often go sour. Because once the game is a success the company is worth more and will do more to protect that success. Nintendo in the past with Retro, GameFreak , SiliconKnights and many Japanese studios has bought the studios out right to gain control of their future IP's. Not waiting for the studio to make that big hit but buying them before they do and controlling that big hit.

So now were talking actually buying studios. But liscensing franchises is fairly cost effective and really beneficial to the console. For years Sony ruled only because it bought IP liscenses from Square-Enix and RockstarGames as well as used their wealth to invest in third parties to bulster their support.

So what could Nintendo buy?

A couple exclusive Sonic games

An exclusive GTA

The next KH game exclusive

Monster Hunter 5, 6

A few games from Bungie (Exclusive new franchise)

Call Of Duty 5

StarWars anything