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[CaptainExplosion]

Wyrdness said:

VersusEvil said:

So with Nintendo announcing they’re gonna buy studios I’d imagine a safe bet on who would be studios they have a good relationship with like HAL, Good Feel, Int Systems. Possibly a risky purchase (given their current condition) maybe Platinum Games. I would love them to buy Game Freak and get some quality control on the Pokemon franchise but I wouldn’t be surprise if somehow they legally can’t.

PG are the obvious targets tbh as they've been in collaboration with Nintendo since the Wii, they make a type of game Nintendo doesn't have an in house equivalent for as well as utilize a gameplay/mechanics first approach, it may be nothing but Astral Chain had Nintendo staff actively working on it with three of the lead design team being Nintendo employees. Often such a move is to nurture talent that specializes in that field I can see PG just being acquired or a Retro Studios like scenario where some PG staff leave to form a first party studio (Original members of Retro were originally the Turok Team aka Iguana).

That explains why Metroid Prime turned out as good as it did.