twintail said:
http://www.valhallagamestudios.com/en/2014/09/thought-2014-09.html
Nintendo is fully supporting us in game design, testing and tuning. Especially Mr. Yamagami - every week he and I have great discussions about really fundamental but important ideas about what makes a video game - even the significance of simply "pressing a button," or what kind of emotions we want to evoke or what type of surprises we need. We've been able to form a deep understanding with each other and together we were able to create an easily accessible system that anyone can quickly pick up and play. Nintendo SPD being a co-developer is mentinoned in various other articles on the net too. The actual SPD group is SPD 2, who play a major role in the co-developing of games with 3rd party developers. And yes, Bayoneta 2 was not realy assisted by Nintendo. That was pretty much Platinum. Devil's Third is not only Valhalla. |
Then Nintendo has helped with the development of Devils Third via game design and Yamagami being the producer.
Concerning Bayonetta; I wouldn't be suprised if Yamagami helped with it too 'cause he is listed as producer (on wikipedia though) . And a tweet from (rather subtle with a "yup" though) Hideki Kamiya somewhat confirms that.
http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Nintendo-Producers-Working-With-Platinum-Games-Bayonetta-2-47340.html
You can find the tweet linked as "Yes" in the article. Though it's confirmation is not as detailed as the Devil's Third one.
