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FloatingWaffles on 05 January 2021

Was just posted on their Japanese Website which you can google translate, but the official statement is here. The deal should close by March 1st should everything go correctly.

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/release/index.html

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2021/210105.pdf

English Version:

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2021/210105e.pdf

[任天堂HP]ニュースリリース「カナダのソフトウェア開発会社 Next Level Games Inc.の子会社化に関するお知らせ」を掲載しました。https://t.co/fZPxSIJ1K2
— 任天堂株式会社 (@nintendo) January 5, 2021

Nintendo acquires Next Level Games https://t.co/ErA5Mga9OY pic.twitter.com/Rufsm4mHWK
— Gematsu (@gematsucom) January 5, 2021

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AngryLittleAlchemist on 05 January 2021

Acquire Platinum before they keep making fucking stupid decisions

I'm glad that one of Nintendo's most talented and successful partners is now officially Nintendo

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PAOerfulone on 05 January 2021

Pretty much a given since Next Level has worked exclusively with Nintendo for a while now.

They've been a subsidiary for some time, now it's just on paper.

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FloatingWaffles on 05 January 2021

AngryLittleAlchemist said:

Acquire Platinum before they keep making fucking stupid decisions

I'm glad that one of Nintendo's most talented and successful partners is now officially Nintendo

hey I was gonna say they should get platinum next ;_;

Spoiler!

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Spoiler!

maybe

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Darwinianevolution on 05 January 2021

Wait, they weren't part of Nintendo already? They've been doing Mario games for more than a decade now! Huh...

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Zero_Revolution on 05 January 2021

This is honestly fantastic news. They were already working exclusively with Nintendo, so it's not like they were looking to develop on other platforms anyway. This just secures them and ensures we don't see another AlphaDream situation, and means they can work more closely with Nintendo as well. The devs at NLG are extremely talented, Luigi's Mansion 3 finally showed their full potential and what they are capable of. It's a phenomenal game and easily the best looking game on Switch. (It's not even close)

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curl-6 on 05 January 2021

This is kinda like marrying your girlfriend of 15 years.

Not a bad move though, Luigi's Mansion 3 was pretty damn good, and it always helps to have more first party studios.

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B6a6es on 05 January 2021

Excellent news, As Nintendo were lacking presence in its Western Portfolio (Retro studio is stuck in development hell) so its a good start nonetheless.

AngryLittleAlchemist said:

Acquire Platinum before they keep making fucking stupid decisions

Nah too late, the CCP Got them

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Vodacixi on 05 January 2021

Awesome. Now... Give me a new Punch-Out!!, please ^^

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