AlfredoTurkey said:
AngryLittleAlchemist said:
AlfredoTurkey said:
Eternal Darkness wasn't developed by Nintendo.
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I know it wasn't, but they own the IP.
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But the company released games on PS3, PC, 360... they were basically contracted to release one game on Gamecube and one port of MGS. Eternal Darkness is no more a Nintendo title than Resident Evil remake as far as who had a finger in it's existance.
The only second party games I'd budge on are Retro and Rare games because Nintendo actually had their own guys working side-by-side on them.
Diddy Kong Racing is probably the strongest one-off.
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Silicon Knights were an official Nintendo Affiliate during the GameCube years. They had the same status as Retro and Rareware at the time (i.e. Affiliate company with equity method) as Nintendo owned more than 20% of the company. Eternal Darkness was developed by Silicon Knights but Nintendo had a lot of involvement in the development process ever since the games initial start on the N64.
Silicon Knights and Nintendo ended their exclusivity agreement with the advent of the Wii because Silicon Knights wanted Too Human to be a more graphical game than that which the Wii could handle. Silicon Knights is now defunct, but I don't think Nintendo ever sold its shares in the company.
The status of companies as related to Nintendo up to the September 2001 period below:
Subsidiary companies are the equal of Nintendo created and controlled official chapters and sub-divisions. Affiliates are the equal of externally created, acquisitioned partners and funded companies.Nintendo Company Ltd. and its related chapters and companies, which are composed of the Company, twenty-six subsidiaries and fifteen affiliates as of September 30, 2001, operate manufacturing and sales of electronic entertainment products as a major business.
Distributor – International Headquarters
(a) Nintendo of America Inc.
(a) Nintendo of Canada Ltd.
(a) Nintendo of Europe GmbH
(a) Nintendo of France S.A.R.L
(a) Nintendo of Benelux B.V
(a) Nintendo of Espana, S.A
(a) Nintendo of Australia Pty. Ltd.
(a) Nintendo of Phuten Co., Ltd.
Market Research etc.
(a) NES Merchandising Inc.
(a) NHR Inc.
(a) HFI Inc.
Special Retailer
(a) Nintendo Services USA Inc.
(a) Pokemon USA Inc.
(d) The Pokemon Company
Electronic Registration of Service Merchandise etc.
(a) SiRAS.com Inc.
(a) Nintendo Services Ltd.
Management of Game Creator etc.
(a) warpstar Co., Ltd.
(C) Fukuei Co., Ltd.
(d) Marigul Management Inc.
(d) MGM Fund Inc.
(e) Randnet DD Co., Ltd.
Software & Technology Development
(a) Nd Cube Co., Ltd.
(a) Nintendo Technology Development Inc.
(a) Nintendo Software Technology Corporation
(a) Nintendo Software Canada Inc.
(a) Brownie Brown Co., Ltd.
(a) Rare Acquisition Inc. / Rare Toys & Games Inc.
(b) A/N Software Inc.
(d) HAL Laboratory Inc.
(d) MONEGI Co., Ltd.
(d) Mobile 21 Co., Ltd.
(d) Rareware Limited
(d) Left Field Productions Inc.
(d) Retro Studios Inc.
(d) Silicon Knights Ltd.
(d) iKuni Inc.
(d) Ape Inc.
(e) Midway / Nintendo Inc.
Key Terms & Company Breakdown
(a) Consolidated subsidiaries -- 24
(b) Non-consolidated subsidiaries -- 1
(C) Non-consolidated subsidiaries without equity method – 1
(d) Affiliate companies with equity method -- 13
(e) Affiliate companies without equity method – 2
Total Subsidiaries -- 26
Total Affiliates -- 15
Subsidiary companies are the equal of Nintendo created and controlled official chapters and sub-divisions. Affiliates are the equal of externally created, acquisitioned partners and funded companies.
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