Tantalus and Nintendo's relationship moving forwards

[bunchanumbers]

Darwinianevolution said:

bunchanumbers said:
Nintendo needs a porting studio. Maybe even 2 studios. Not just for Nintendo stuff, but they could have been in charge of multiple 3rd party games. They should have been doing this for Wii U from the get go. Nintendo should have used this company to get a port of Skyrim, GTA5, and Street Fighter 4. Nintendo should have been actively porting as many 3rd party games as possible once it was known that the 3rd party devs wouldn't do it themselves.

Aside from Tantalus, what other studio could be a good candidate for those porting jobs on Nintendo consoles?

Also, I would like to know how long did Tantalus take to remaster Twilight Princess. On Wikipedia, the list of games they've developed/ported in the past years is very slim.

 

I think that Nintendo should have built a 3rd party port team. 2 teams actually. These teams would be far more familiar with Wii U and what it is capable of than most 3rd party devs. They would know what Wii U can and can't handle and they'd be able to make it work. I think that this would have been the best option for Nintendo and even going forward with NX. This pretty much guarantees that NX gets the big games. Heck Nintendo could even offer their port teams to 3rd party devs if they struggle with the port. This ensures that NX gets the best ports possible and 3rd party devs get familiar with the hardware from the source.