I get your point, but I doubt those IPs were worth the asking price. None of them, save Banjo Kazooie, were beyond niche. If Nintendo could have just bought the IPs for a cheaper asking price, that would be another thing.

What about the droughts from the 3DS, the Wii, the DS, and the N64? This is not to diss Nintendo or the Wii U, it's more or less to say that anyone who's been gaming since the Clinton administration should expect an early drought with every single console ever.

I'm of the belief that yes, the more first party games, the better. Nintendo should stop worrying about trying to please overly fickle, sensitive and diva third parties and let the haughty ones worry about themselves. They'll come around regardless once they see a console flying off the shelves and that there's a market for their games, which is what Nintendo needs to help create.

I don't know that they need to create more studios. However, I DO think they need to get back to making their own goddamn franchises themselves, in house. It has bothered me in general that it has become a growing practice for Japanese studios to hand off their properties to other developers, especially Western developers, to make new games for.

I don't think there's much denying that when it comes to the BEST entries in Nintendo's main franchises (excluding ones that were always made by outside studios like Fire Emblem, Smash Bros. and Kirby), they have always been made by Nintendo, in house. Whether it's Mario, Zelda, Metroid, F-Zero, Wave Race, whatever. They used to develop most of their big franchises themselves. They've moved away from that, and I would really like to see them PERSONALLY develop a new 2D Metroid, a new proper Star Fox, a new F-Zero, a new Wave Race, etc.

You aren't, Retro hired some ex Vigil Games developers.

OT: Nintendo could get a few more studios (2-3) to work on genres their actual teams aren't used work with, but what they should do is hire more people to increase their actual teams to make the development time shorter.

The partnership with other 3rd parties is good as long as is profitable, but that is only a temporary patch, not a long term solution.

It wont happen cause then 3rd party will say we can't compete with Nintendo games.

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I would be happy to be one of those people who says that myself lol. This is why I also wish they kept a hold onto RAREs IPs even though it cost 400million. Cause they be a selling point for Nintendo consoles.

I want Nintendo to create a small studio that does not seem to be connected to Nintendo. They can bring out a ton of games with low production value that are exclusive to the system (stuff like Hyperdimension Neptunia etc.)

A studio that seems seperated/not connected to Nintendo so their reputation doesn't get damaged and they can produce more stuff like PushMo etc even if the new games are not that great they are least exclusives.

I mean I hate that most japanese RPGs end up on the PS3 why? It all started on Nintendo platforms so why do all the rpgs end up on Nintendo handhelds or Sony main consoles? Why not Wii and WiiU

And if those games exist they dont get localized I AM LOOKING AT YOUR EARTH SEEKER!

Unquestionably yes!

It did wonders for Sega in making the Megadrive competitive for example.

Also, since the western third parties mostly act like douchebags, Nintendo should open their own western studios.
Bergsala AB starting in-house game development would be epic.

Maybe buy a few other studios and all of their IPs. More Nintendo only games, the better.

The obvious answer would be yes but making a studio is not that simple the same way making a bottle isn't just blow hot glass.

Last gen they made absurd profits and are just sitting on stacks of cash. Microsoft is a company with stacks of cash, so it created 343i, Black Tusk studios and more with the idea that they will have more games, I don't understand why Nintendo wouldn't do the same

I really don't see what else Nintendo is doing with all this money. Their current games sell ludicrous amounts so the only possible sensible business decision is to make more games! To me, the most sensible thing to do is not to make more Mario games, but to create all new franchises, some appealing to Western and some to Japanese gamers. They could do this either by starting new studios, or simply by expanding their current studios, doesn't really matter.

Their studios might not all create hits, but is is better to try and make more games than just sit on all their cash