They are probably acquired to be an art asset support studio to Nintendo EPD, it makes it easier for Nintendo EPD to work on several big projects at the same time such as Splatoon, Mario, Animal Crossing, Zelda etc.
By the way, Nintendo recently expanded into south east Asia, they also recently stated that they want to expand into Malaysia soon, and Bandai Namco also owns a studio in Malaysia. That studio could also end up at Nintendo eventually. Nintendo's expansion into south east Asia seems to be related to their wish to have support studios there.







