Luigi's Mansion 3 originally made for Wii U

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betacon said:

CaptainExplosion said:

I thought Next Level Games was an in-house Nintendo studio.

They've proven themselves good enough to make Mario sports games, Luigi's Mansion games, and Punch-Out, so what other Nintendo properties should they take a crack at?

 If I remember correctly they're still independent but signed a exclusive contract deal with Nintendo 

CaptainExplosion said:

betacon said:

 If I remember correctly they're still independent but signed a exclusive contract deal with Nintendo 

Is the contract extending to Luigi's Mansion 3, or did they renew their contract with Nintendo for it?

There's conflicting sources as to whether NLG actually signed a contract to become a second party studio or whether they just decided to work with Nintendo exclusively while remaining independent.

Whatever the case, the result is more of less the same; they're either officially second party, or effectively second party in all but name.