Samus Aran said:
It doesn't matter, these studios have good relations with Nintenùdo and don't need to be bought out. They could however buy some stock from each other, like happened with NeDa. Capcom: - Monster Hunter is currently exclusive to Nintendo - Ryu from Street Fighter is a DLC character in SSB4 - They actually support Nintendo's VC Bandai Namco: - They made SSB for Wii U and 3DS - They make the arcade versions of Mario Kart - They're making Pokken Tournament Level-5: - Their most succesful franchise, Yo-kai Watch, is exclusive to the 3DS - So is Professor Layton and Inazuma Eleven - The Snack World, supposedly their next big hope, is coming to the 3DS |
Nintendo probally would avoid trying to get Namco, they almost bought them during the Wii years and the Japanese government intervened to prevent the sale, that is why they ended up with Monolith Soft, though I do believe Nintendo does own a sizable stake in the company sill, just not a controlling one.
Capcom is the weakest of the three but I still don't see them going for them, if anything they would try what they did with Zelda with them again to help them out. (Though I don't know what they will do, I don't see them lending them Zelda again. Maybe Metroid or Kid Ikarus.)
I really don't see them going for a game publisher. Though they do need to get more studios. Maybe buy open studios to make their internally made Mobile games and another one that will just do VC/e-shop only software. Heck getting a controlling stake in a toy manufacturer may be beneficial for them to help increase Amiibo production.
