Whats Monolith made? I know Intelegent Systems makes fire emblem, thats SRPG. Monolith makes RPGs? Nintendo needs more though. They alos lack FPS. They should open studios covering their weaknesses. Ideally enough so that they can become self suffieicnt in case they get no support in later consoles.

I think retro studios is good for fpses. Even though metroid prime isn't a fps it still has aspects from fps games, and I think it does better than games that are fpses.

I can't find the exact quote, but I believe someone at Nintendo (Maybe Iwata) said they don't normally buy other companies unless it's one they feel has generally similar corporate philosophy and are willing to work under Nintendo. Otherwise they may simply buy a name, and the talent may jump ship in a hostile takeover.

EA has done this several times. Bought out a company and tried to bend it to their will only to alienate the people who made the companies what they were. In Retro Studios case, they were struggling to get something off the ground, so they were pretty happy when Nintendo offered a chance to revive the Metroid series.

It's possible this whole thing with Fatal Frame IV might have something to do with them trying to hire new talent. Kind of like what did happen with Monolith Soft. Nintendo was Disaster's publisher since that game's announcement and eventually they bought Monolith after they decided they'll work well together.

Would be Wierd if Suda51 became 2nd party or 1st party.

Nah man, the Wii has been getting tons of new 3rd party games announced lately. I think the Wii might actually end up with PS3 level 3rd party support before all it said and done.

They might buy up some small good developers to make them part of Nintendo IE Retro but i dont expect nintendo to flat out buy third party support escpecially since they dont really need it now.

 That is a good thing?

I've always felt having good 3rd party support is a good thing. It worked for the NES, SNES, PS1, PS2, Genesis. i think it's been the determining factor in which console is considered "the best" at the end of a cycle.

However, the concept of buying exclusives...

ARe we talking about paying a 3rd party to make an exclusive, like a special order, or buying an exclusive already in production and has potential. The former I think is absurd and a gamble. The chances of getting a game with any kind of love and care put into it "made to order" are slim to none.

Yes, it should, because I'd like more exclusives, who wouldn't like that?

No, it won't happen, maybe some small parties, some good ones, because Nintendo makes exellent games already. I wouldn't be very worried if Wii only had Nintendo developed or published games.