I don't think EA is very attractive. And acquiring them would move Nintendo very heavily into the PC market....where they really don't have any desire to compete.

I do think that Capcom and Sega would be excellent acquisitions, however. In the case of Sega, I worry about the talent of their development teams. So long as Nintendo top brass would be able to evaluate their teams and make sure they still have the cream of the crop, then I'm game. Also, would Nintendo be asking Sammy to sell off Sega, or would they want Ninty to purchase the whole shebang? Because I don't see any need for Sammy...just Sega.

I think Nintendo should buy HVS. With their help the next games (like The Grinder or The Conduit 2) will be even better(quality and sales wise)

That's the main problem: many talented people have left, and Sega is only a shadow of its glorious past... Nintendo doesn't need to buy them, just do some "2nd party" partnerships à la Mario & Sonic is the way to go: you fund one game at a time, and you don't take any risks with the management and the business side of things...

Capcom, on another side, is a very different story: even with the Clover/Platinum guys out, their teams are still awesome. They release only a few games each year, but usually all of them are top quality. Plus it's not that big, and would cost only a fraction of Nintendo's fortune (10%, if the numbers in my head are correct)...

That's why it think it's doable, and also wishable...  :)

Atlus

hmm i want nintendo to buy rareware back.. how much do they worth now? 1 dollar?.. retro studios, next level games, HVS they need some push

I think they should have bought Factor 5 or Free Radical Design when they gone bankrupt...

Good points, and Capcom would help diversify and stretch Nintendo's portfolio like I'm hoping for. Not sure how Capcom's corporate culture would mesh with Nintendo's, though. Anyone have any insight?

I don't want an acquisition to be like Square Enix, where it seems like they're just two different companies that happen to be one. I want it to be more on the level of Retro into Nintendo or Maxis into EA (that one seemed to go very smoothly). Very seamless and a nice match of corporate cultures to help merge into one.

I'm not sure about buying any studios like the ones mentioned.. I'd like them to build more studios from the ground up around the world and internally and head hunt top devs from other companies so that they can craft Nintendo-like culture in each instead of trying to teach it to dev teams already set in their ways.

And that idea about EA is the stupidest idea I've heard in a while. Next Level Games would make sense though.

I don´t think shareholders (or most of them anyway) would like to sell Capcom to Sony/MS/Nintendo...it´s far more than just huge piles of $$$...they seem to be a studio that wishes to remain independent.

Japanese -> Grasshopper, Treasure, Cing
American -> Next level games, Silicon knights
European -> ...

so buy companies with good term, and create new partnerships (with more american teams)

generaly -> buy a company who can create an IP who can remplace what Nintendo lacks.
an IP for an racer-game like GT or Forza
an IP for an action-game (God-OW, Gears-OW...)
an IP for an FPS (not an FPA like MPrime, more like Killzone or Halo).

with this, Nintendo can ultimately survives alone. fuck the 3rd party

NB: sorry if my english sucks.