Zuh? What's going on? Nintendo seems to be getting chummier with Microsoft these days. As far as I know, while MS/Sony have occassionally spoken well of Nintendo or congratulated them here and there, Nintendo has never done that for Sony or MS. I don't believe they said anything to Sony for their 20th anniversary for example. Last week Nintendo sent Phil Spencer at Microsoft an NES Mini before its street date. 

Not sure why I can't post this in the OP:

They know their doom is near so they are sweet talking their way to a future company absorption.

I think Nintendos doom is older than Xbox...

Its just Nintendo being nice.

lol

They've never done that before and don't seem to be doing it to Sony. Free NES Mini for Phil Spencer too. 

I really do wonder if MS is pitching them a future partnership. Switch and XBox don't need to be direct competitors, they're different enough to not overlap much. 

Well, when you want to be nice to someone, you need to start somewhere right?

This is probably just Nintendo being humble and, if you really wanna just see the business side of this, free PR.Making things that are news worthy will give you free marketing and more brand awareness.This kind of act of niceness will make people that are both Nintendo fans and Microsoft fans(and more hardcore gamers in general) talk about it, how Nintendo was nice, how there is actually a conspiracy and that nintendo is going to Nuke MS headquarters and all.I mean, it made you do this thread, didnt it?It may sound silly, and evenunnecessary, as in that a small nod to XBox 15 year anniversary wont make Nintendo more relevant, but every news in its favor count.Especially with the Switch comming.

Or do it just like me, and see the positive side of things and think that Nintendo is simply being nice.This is one of few industries that rival companies actively gives "presents" to each others, congratulate others for its achievements, and praise great persons within the industry even if they are their direct rival(See Iwata as an example)

It is a little strange though that Sony seems to get no love from Nintendo, lol. No NES Mini for Playstation HQ? No congrats on 20 Years of Playstation? 

I think something might be up. I know some people are going to fight tooth and nail against the idea, but I think a Nintendo-MS partnership does make considerable sense if Switch type hardware is all Nintendo is really interested in making any more. 

Nintendo never had anything nice to say about playstation.