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GoOnKid on 06 August 2018
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curl-6 said:
GoOnKid said:

Sorry to crash into your discussion, but I just wanted to add that it wasn't Nintendo who approached MercurySteam, it was the other way around:

https://nintendoeverything.com/sakamoto-on-metroid-samus-returns-development-final-boss-switch-more

Also in your later post you mention Kirby being deleoped by HAL and Mario Tennis by Camelot. This is not outsourcing, though. All Kirby games are made by HAL and only Camelot makes Mario Tennis games, so it's rather natural that these games come from these studios.

Who approached who ultimately doesn't matter, nor does HAL and Camelot having worked with Nintendo properties many times before, the point remains the same, that Nintendo relies on external developers to keep their output of games up.

Yes, true.