NEVER. They're still the same old stubborn Nintendo, at least its for the right thing. They still refuse to work with western developers. lol

So, I'm in Australia and got the New 3DS XL. And when I tried to log onto Facebook with it to post a screen shot Facebook claimed I was logging in on an iPhone. Eerie message from the future perhaps?

I voted Capcom. SEGA is just a B Grade Nintendo, where Capcom offers more mature variety which Nintendo is severely lacking. Where's my Metroid Nintendo?!?

Buyout Sega? No. Capcom? Yes.

I don't want any of the poll options to happen. They would all be bad.

Know what would be good? if you actually read the actual statment before talking about things that nintendo never said. Put simple: nintendo never said anything about buying or merging with another gaming companies. They were talking about companies to help them in the Qol Bussiness, that's all.

Nintendo purchase of Capcom

Buying Capcom would be a smart move that wouldn't cost *that* much when all the dust settled. It would cost a hefty chunk of change to get the company, but Nintendo could immediately make back sizable chunks by selling off franchises they simply have no use for. For example, Deep Down is a PS4 exclusive developed almost completely for the system anyway. They could just sell that to Sony or some other publisher to handle. Or let Capcom complete that obligation and reap the benefits.

They would also get the benefit of being able to play hero with many of the franchises Capcom has been shafting lately. A lot of people are *still* very upset over Resident Evil 6 and while the gameplay of DMC: Devil May Cry was good, everything surrounding it mostly served to piss the fanbase off to no end. Nintendo could probably convert a lot of those fans to their platform by bringing these franchises back to prime form.

They could also make use of many franchises Capcom has given little love. Mega Man being the obvious one. But Ghosts and Goblins could also be used as a launching point for a series kin to Demon's Souls. And while Capcom does a lot of releases with Monster Hunter, it is common knowledge that Monster Hunter teams have crappy budgets and Capcom also refuses to fund a proper, full console version even though that is the best chance that Monster Hunter has for success in the west (as an online focused game).

However, I think Nintendo and the rest of the industry frankly just want to watch Capcom - a company which has dealt in bad faith so many times it's ludicrous - just die and pick it's carcase for IP. Given Capcom's conduct in the last gen, can't blame them.

Nintendo buying Capcom would be sweet.

Nintendo should just grow, they should be able to dish out all kinds of games from the different genres they're missing out on due to the lack of 3rd Party support. If they can fill in those gaps of genres they don't have much of, while also producing the genres they're good at, they'll be good without the need to buyout or merge.

Nintendo isn't going to get bought by anybody.

But it seriously wouldn't hurt them to buy someone themselves. Companies like Vanillaware, Good_Feel, Monster Games, Platinum, and Next Level are good examples, though most of those are already at least working somewhat exclusively with Nintendo. It wouldn't hurt for them to consider buying a company that would be a bit more out of the norm, like Sega (great assets that Sega wastes) or Capcom (ditto). Both also still produce arcade games, an avenue, at least in Japan, that could generate revenue for Nintendo. Plus it wouldn't hurt at all to have those catalogs as Nintendo exclusives.

But who the hell knows. I'm not sure, when Iwata mentioned them being "open to M&A" , that he even meant video game companies. He might've meant more in the vein of Nintendo looking to branch out into other areas outside of gaming.