Monolith Soft would help with Zelda U

[DivinePaladin]

noname2200 said:

DivinePaladin said:

Nintendo owns shares in GF so technically they ARE part of Nintendo. Nintendo just doesn't care what they do so long as they keep pumping out Pokemon every few years. Just like GF doesn't care what Nintendo does so long as they're allowed to choose what platforms to work on (hence why BW2 was on the massive-install base DS instead of the then-struggling 3DS).

I don't believe Nintendo is anywhere near a majority owner of Game Freak though, just like Sony owning some Square Enix shares does not make Square Enix part of Sony. Don't forget how much of a control freak Nintendo can be: if Nintendo had enough ownership of Game Freak to stop it from making games for competing platforms, you can bet your ass they'd exercise that power, especially when they need far more games than their developers can pump out

If Nintendo wanted to control GF they can, as they already have a controlling share, that's the thing. Nintendo has sole ownership of Pokemon company (GF may have a bit of share too, I don't believe so though), Pokemon Company and Nintendo each own I believe 33% of GF. Nintendo therefore owns a majority of GF. But GF has never made a good/successful game outside of Pokemon, and until they do Nintendo is gonna let things happen. It's not worth it to try and cause a problem because GF made a mediocre PS4 download game.