| cycycychris said: Wow! That does surprise me, but the more games the better. One of there last 3rd party M rated games, I guess realse it everywhere they can. Since we now know they had some type of involvement in the development of this game(I asume partial funding), I'm guessing they're translating and publishing, kind of like Rayman. |
There are many way in which Nintendo could have provided help for the game.
-The easiest one is just plain funding, paying X amount of money to get the game finished
-They could also reduce the licenses fee for each copy of the game sold, so instead of charging Ubisoft 9 U$ per copy, they charge only 3 U$ and that way Ubisoft earns more for each unit and the bussiness could be more profitable for them
-They could offer technical support with a team of a few engineers working closely with the studio helping them solve the technical hurdles that they find on the way and getting a better response time, and improving their tools on the road
-They could lend a hand with the testing, since the Mario Club has so much experience supporting game testing on the console, they could get reports faster, identifying errors quick and reporting backso the studio could concentrate on the most common ones
-They could offer to publish the game in Japan, so Ubisoft ensures a few more sales without any extra effort, since Nintendo will be in charge of everything in that country.
And I am sure that there are more opptions, or it could be a combination of those mentioned.
