That was a quick reply...

Fine, Nintendo should buy Mistwalker now! They don't want them to slip through like Square and Enix.

Sure, they have Monolith,  but the more the merrier!

In all honesty, Nintendo would be just as wise, if not more, to invest in the right people. This is especially true in Japan where there has been such a massive exodus of AAA developers from their respective companies...

If Nintendo were really keen on snatching up these developers, they could've offered lucrative positions to Yuju Naka, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Keiji Inafune, Tomonobu Itagaki, Keita Takahashi and others.

These men are more than capable of building up their own teams once given the funds. I would have especially liked to see Yuju Naka (Sonic, NiGHTS) and Takahashi (Katamary series) running another Intelligent Systems type of studio..

That would ROCK!

If I were Nintendo I would have bought FreeRadical...but it's too late, now Crytek owns them. What about Factor-5 they are still alive, aren't they?

Out of europe, I would also try to get closer relationships with Treasure, they are certanly a very talented studio, they would only need to make their games a bit more saleable. For example, having in mind their work with Gunstar Heroes and Alien Solidier on genesis, i think they would be a great candidate to make a new 2D metroid.

FreeRadical still exists as Crytek UK, and a new TimeSplitters from them is likely in the near future. If they intend to support Nintendo platforms then I would be glad to see a good relationship form between them and Nintendo.

Factor 5 is effectively dead for now. I started the thread about them recently to encourage speculation after some info was released about a possible spinoff studio in Germany, but after more extensive research into the subject it is clear that nothing of actual value remains. You can read about it all in the thread.

That would also be an interesting move, though several of those guys already have their own studios. Heck, they're making a new R&D center so they'd probably like to scout new talent. They could make more development devoted specifically to certain genres or tastes that some of Nintendo's other teams don't do.

In fact I saw the thread, but I haven't carefully read it. I'll do it right now^^.

Since Nintendo wants devs who will follow their development philosphies, the only western devs I see them buying are Eurocom, Monster Games, Next Level Games, and maybe Silicon Knights. There is always Rare, but I'm not sure Microsoft will want to give them up, especially after all the money they gave up to get them. They are opening that new R&D center in Japan, so maybe they are about to go through another corporate restructuring

I can only think that this the reason why Nintendo is busy mkaing another R&D close to their headquarters, in my opinion they've been trying plan this out since Retro's chains of succes. And seeing how Eurocom hit with GoldenEye, they're probably saying that their are maybe more western company that can nail Nintendo's philosophies if they are willing enough to be guided by the big N and for 2nd/3rd parties justify not to compete in sales.

Hmm, feels like I'm just paraphrasing in the end there...

*If you build it they will come*

Nintendo should build new studios in the west fro mthe ground up, hire the people themselves