The James Bond IP is actually available for sale (Activision relinquished the rights). Capcom is not, and Nintendo is the last company that would pay what for Capcom to begin with (MS would buy them first if they were ever available, followed by EA, followed by Activision).
Buying out such a large company is simply not in Nintendo's business rule book, they don't operate that way, and people need to wake up and realize Nintendo *values* being a small company employee wise.
Nintendo had Resident Evil exclusivity for a few years and it didn't save the GameCube, so whats it supposed to do now when its a tired shadow of its former self anyway?
Nintendo needs IP that Western teenagers and adults relate to, not more B-tier Japanese franchises. If you're going to spend that kind of money you could get considerably better bang for your buck in any number of ways. Paying billions of dollars for Capcom and then limiting them to a tiny userbase and hoping that Capcom's old franchises can somehow increase your console share is grossly irresponsible IMO. It would more likely backfire and leave a huge chunk of Nintendo's cash reserves (which is about their only saving grace right now) gone.
Bond would be one I'd look at right now. Game of Thrones might be another IP that could buy Nintendo real credibility with older audiences in the West perhaps. I'd look at signing a deal with Disney/Marvel too to perhaps make games based on the Avengers/Iron Man movies, much like Nintendo had a deal with LucasArts in the 90s for exclusive Star Wars games. These three combined would buy Nintendo real credibility with core consumers in the West for probably well under $100 million so long as the quality of the games behind them was kept high.
