No offece taken unless my comment somehow applied to you and I ended up offending you.

No law it's just really difficult and expensive that's why there are so many Japanese company's in the auto and consumer electronics industry's while in every other country they merged till only a few remained.

First all employee's have the right to say no to being transferred to a new employer who must then make sure the employee has a new job before they stop paying them.

Second you can't get rid of any employee's of a Japanese company you buy you have to keep them.

Third all Japanese company's have 'Work Rules' that must be kept by the company buying if the buying company wishes to change these rules and the employee's don't like the changes they can stop the sale.

It is true that if Nintendo do this, it does add to their problem of being over-saturated with IPs. They already need to find a way to make more high-skill dev teams. On the other hand Nintendo usually regulate studios to certain franchises so, bar perhaps Megaman full-on joining Mario and Zelda over at EAD and Resident Evil maybe borrowing some of the team from Fatal Frame, I don't see much changing in terms of Capcom's release schedules.

First of all, may I just say, great response. It's quite refreshing seeing someone argue with good examples. Though I somewhat have to disagree about Bayonetta, since we haven't seen the final product yet. My point is, if Square Enix and Capcom managed to screw up Final Fantasy and Resident Evil respectively, who's to say that things won't change in a way that loyal fans won't like it under Nintendo? The best thing that can happen as far as I'm concerned is a company like Ubisoft (not Ubisoft itself) buying them and treating the developing teams the way that Ubi treated South park: Stick of Truth.

Haven't played the bolded, I'm afraid, but are any one them similar to Resident Evil? Or DMC? I don't particualrly like swaering in video games but I thought it fit perfectly young Dante in DMC.

97% of you need to read the actual article.

Buy them! Come on Apple, buy them!

It's all ok ;) I don't take things written here to the heart, sure all of us sometimes get carried away & we like to defend our opinions but I rather have constructive criticism than blind fanboydom (can we say that???). You sir do use your brain & give more to this forum than "because I say so" logic!

Back on topic, I doubt that Nintendo in the eventuality of acquiring Capcom, would ever do Street Fighter Baby Brawl, Street Fighter VS Nintendogs or Dead Rising on Rainbow Road.

I think both Nintendo & Capcom are needed in the gaming industry & I see them working together a good solution for both their distinct & respective problems.

While I would argue that Nintendo are very much inclined to allowing for base-breaking moves they atleast have the tendency to scrap such concepts if they don't hold up to rigourous play-testing. Admittedly that doesn't stop their being issues like Wind-Waker, which masterfully won over the player once they play it but which crippled its own sales with much of the same things that many (like me) feel made it so enchanting.

I will say that a company like Ubisoft would be great, provided it wasn't Ubisoft but truthfully I don't see that happening because nearly all of the big publishers have major draw-backs. Perhaps its the fact I own a Wii-U and a 3DS already and am currently leaning towards getting a PS4 in late 2015, but given the options of Activision, EA, Ubisoft, SEGA, Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft it is hard for me to think anyone other than Nintendo or Sony would be truly beneficial for Capcom.

ALSO: Hideki Kamiya lead both the original Devil May Cry and Bayonetta; and despite not working on any of the later ones he used Devil May Cry 4 for part of his research when making Bayonetta - It seems to have been very much intended as a spiritual successor. Both are often said to have very comparable gameplay. 

 Bayonetta is available on PS3 and Xbox 360 and by all accounts plays alot like the original DMC so you should check it out (unless you're a Wii-U owner or plan to be one, the first game comes free with the sequel).

In an unusual but rather faith-inspiring move Nintendo basically funded/bought the sequel when no-one else would touch the game. Sadly the original was a major financial failure and effectively a cult-hit despite its significant critical acclaim, but Platinum really wanted to work on the sequel for various artistic reasons.

Notably it was made by the team that made Vanquish and who are making Scalebound for the Xbox One. Bayonetta was apparently a much smoother game on Xbox 360 so if you have both HD twins from last gen and no intention of buying a Wii-U that would be the right version to go for.

Sony should buy all of its available stocks.

I just want to add that additionally to the benefits of ownership over Capcom IPs & the skilled manpower. it would be a paradigm shifting acquisition in Japan for other game companies.
Think about it, with PS4 dev costs & lackluster sales, Japanese game companies like SE, Namco, Konami, who have been turning their back on Nintendo for a few years now, would have almost no choice than aknowledge Nintendo prevalence in the Japanese Market, resulting in the possible coming back of IPs like Winning Eleven, Metal Gear, Final Fantasy, Tales of, Tekken...
There's more in it for Nintendo than just buying/owning Capcom.