Should Nintendo try and seek out second-party start-ups (ala HAL, IS, Grezzo, etc.)?

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Manlytears said:

yes, absolutely. Nintendo should do more buyouts along the lines of Monolith software, I just hope they don't try to buy a publisher like they "apparently" tried to do with Bandai Nanco in 2003.

I don't like the idea of them buying "platinum games" and I find it difficult for them to buy Gamefreak, but they really should buy studios capable of improving Nintendo's technological capabilities, which, with all due respect, falls short when compared to the other two rivals...

Also, imho, no need to buy 2º party studios like Intelligent Systems, HAL Laboratory and others... these studios are almost "Nintendo dependent" they are not going away...

But you never know. Nintendo should buy Intelligent Systems and HAL as a precaution. Had Nintendo bought Alpha Dream they wouldn't have had to close. -_-