Does Nintendo need more First Party studios?

[Baddman]

Egann said:

KingdomHeartsFan said:

pokoko said:
Acquiring Monolith is one of the best moves Nintendo has made in a long time. If they could pick up more small, high-quality developers like that, I think it would be very beneficial. Variety is what Nintendo lacks, so bringing in outside, pre-existing studios would probably be a better scenario than simply adding more internal teams under the same management.

Exactly what I was thinking.

Except Monolith is already a very close business partner of Nintendo's. I see no reason to spend the money (or risk the management interference) unless Monolith needs it to keep from going bankrupt. What would be cool, though, is if Nintendo encouraged Monolith to merge with Mistwalker. They're both basically old Square employees.

I'd rather Nintendo straight up acquire IP, though. We haven't seen a Tenchu game in five years and 3rd Birthday royally screwed over Parasite Eve. I'm sure Nintendo can pick those IP up on the cheap and take them places. 

hmmm not sure if you know this but monolith is already owned by nintendo been that way since 2006