Full List of Nintendo developed retail games announced in 2015. Conclusion? Nintendo is done with 8th gen.

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cycycychris said:

Next Level is a signed on Nintendo 2nd party studio... I don't know about the others, or feel like looking it up. But due to that, they deserve to be on the list.

"The studio has been working solely on Nintendo games for a number of years, and told us in our interview last year that it "actually feels like" it is an official Nintendo second-party. Yet despite its run of Nintendo titles it is still officially an independent company, unlike subsidiaries such as Retro Studios and Monolith Soft."

They work together on a game-by-game basis. As far as I'm aware, Next Level can walk away at any time between games. They have no contractual obligation to stick around.