lol nintendo has no plans on acquiring a developer, they don't even have a competent online multiplayer network. they have no intention of following the leader.

Nintendo is like the last company we should hope would acquire someone. They barely discount their games, and will lock it to Switch. Then quite a few years down the line make it super hard to play any of it.

Platinum Games would be a good fit. These games come to mind - Bayonetta, The Wonderful 101, Astral Chain. Nintendo is in much need of a development studio who would make more mature titles. I see this development studio as a perfect fit. Does anybody remember Anarchy Reigns. Vanquish, Mad World, Transformers Devastation and Nier Automata. All made for different publishing studios but I can see the potential along with, Nintendo DNA in game creation for a solid portfolio of games for Nintendo systems. Nintendo now is the time.

- Platinum Games would be a nice fit for them
- Wayfoward is also a nice choice

......an aggresive aquisition that might not happen but still can be possible is Sega or Capcom.

Camelot or Level 5 for starters

The Fall Guys studio is solid…. And Nintendo hasn’t really succeeded at online multiplayer like that have.

Nintendo doesn’t really need to IMO. Their biggest sellers are already made in house or by studios that already mostly develop for Nintendo, or a Japanese demographic where Nintendo is basically unopposed.

Sega

Out of all companies I don't ever want to see doing Microsoft style acquisitions, it's Nintendo.

I don’t think Nintendo cares to expand. They really don’t rely on any 3rd party support. They really push Mario, Pokémon, Zelda, Metroid, etc… and it works for them.

That’s difficult because anyone they acquire will ultimately be making Nintendo IP. I can be happy with the activision deal because it frees their IP. I can be happy with the bungie deal because they are remaining independent. Anyone Nintendo acquires will be making Mario spin-offs.

None, realistically speaking Nintendo is still stuck in the past and them acquiring a studio would old hinder the creativity of that studio.

They don't need to acquire anybody, Nintendo just sells itself.

Nintendo would sooner buy one of their longtime second party devs like Camelot, Cygames, DeNA, Good Feel, Genius Sonority, Grezzo, Hal Labs, Intelligent Systems, or Sora than any other out there predictions.

Nintendo especially wouldn’t be buying any other publishers.

Sega!

um how about none.. honestly Nintendo doesnt respect thier fans or IPs so why lock away more IPs just so they can stay dormant..

mh, quite honestly, if nintendo never buys out devs, they'd be fine regardless.
mario, smash, pokemon, zelda and mario kart are system sellers and have insane sales numbers.

so i think they'd be fine regardless.

None. Nintendo is Nintendo. They are not Sony or MS and doesn't need any studios as far as I am concerned, except the ones that churn out the Marios, Zelda, Donkey Kongs and others every generation. Nintendo, can we please get a Switch version of Punch-out from the Wii and or Wiiu version in the Switch store?

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau