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"IF" Nintendo did go under. which dev/pub would you like to get which IP?

HAHA what?! I like Crysis and all but what makes you think this is remotely a good idea.

Game so high res + superior graphics, it will take years to comprehend and get the right tech to see what the dev wanted you to see
Also by then the hate would've died down as it being an abortion, a plight on the franchise, and becomes a beloved title into the mix that is the Zelda cycle

Nintendo has huge sums of cash in the bank. They are not going anywhere.

Did you read the first word of the title perhaps?

Here I'll help "If", not when, where, how, only a matter of time, just If
 
I mean, in this scenario both come later.

Also, there's a new Jet Set Radio, Startropics, Goemon's Adventure and a new Shining In The Dark that plays similarly to Dark Souls. (This is part of the winter/spring lineup after the 9/9/2019 launch)

Who wants to come live in my dream land?

I was actually trying to finish SitD today but my fucking game froze and since I was playing it on the VC I had not saved for about 5 hours. So I watched the ending on youtube and lied on backloggery.

Anyway, add a sequel to Holy Ark that's old school and I am in. Does living here consist of spending hours reading about old developers and companies that are in dire straights or completely gone and being bummed, because if so I'm already there.
 
On the real though if consoles are failing for them, move the fuck over to Handhelds and blow everyone out the water

Compete with Apples/Sammys of the world and if anyone even dare to attempt to come into the market, smoke them out before they even get a foundation set-up for it

Disney... Mickey and Mario united with all Marvel heroes

They don't want to do anything with the gaming industry as a Publisher

Hell did you see what they did to Lucas Arts and the rest of the devs under their wing

Why on earth would Disney buy them?
I mean Nintendoland would really become a reality, but for how long?

1 thing though, Princess Peach and Daisy would flourish, but Anita will have headaches with the Damsel in Distress taken to new extremes
 
I'd ideally want them to be laid to rest with Nintendo. Franchises like Mario and Zelda aren't only massive gaming icons, they're massive cultural icons (especially Mario). They're cultural icons that are linked with another cultural icon: the Nintendo brand.

I think it'd be a huge shame to see them being driven into the ground by another company. I'd rather no one get them and them die with Nintendo if it came to it, than to take a chance that whoever gets them wouldn't run them into the ground and then abandon them.
 
Atlus gets Zelda and Pokemon.

Shin Megami Tensei: Pokemon Journey

NEUTRAL/CHAOS FINAL BOSS: MEWCIFER

On a serious note, I think Nintendo would likely just not let anyone get access to the IPs than to give them up to other companies. Not sure they would do well as third party either. But then again, money talks so who really knows what Nintendo were the situation to occur? (I seriously hope it never comes to pass)
 
Mario - EA Sports BIG
Zelda - Jaleco
Metroid - Hudson
Kirby - Rockstar
Fire Emblem - Insomniac
Advance Wars - Ubisoft Sofia
Donkey Kong - Jaleco again
 
I'd ideally want them to be laid to rest with Nintendo. Franchises like Mario and Zelda aren't only massive gaming icons, they're massive cultural icons (especially Mario). They're cultural icons that are linked with another cultural icon: the Nintendo brand.

I think it'd be a huge shame to see them being driven into the ground by another company. I'd rather no one get them and them die with Nintendo if it came to it, than to take a chance that whoever gets them wouldn't run them into the ground and then abandon them.

I agree that they are iconic but I consider them more iconic than Nintendo themselves to die.

I don't think gaming would be the same without Mario but at the same time thinks he stars in way too many releases and is what Nintendo strives on for guaranteed success.

I'd prefer that the devs stay with the IPs personally. I don't want these IPs handled by someone else.
 
I was actually trying to finish SitD today but my fucking game froze and since I was playing it on the VC I had not saved for about 5 hours. So I watched the ending on youtube and lied on backloggery.

Anyway, add a sequel to Holy Ark that's old school and I am in. Does living here consist of spending hours reading about old developers and companies that are in dire straights or completely gone and being bummed, because if so I'm already there.
Nono.

Nintendo-Sega Holdings has scooped up the likes of Irem and Hudson (and others) along with all of their IPs and lets them work independently on everything. A beautiful, HD Adventure Island with hand-drawn sprites and an online Bomberman with mechanics like the Saturn version actually kick off Nintendo/Sega's eShop in this world. There's no tears, only good games.
 
Some of these match-ups here baffle me. I can't see western RPG developers being able to deliver a good Zelda game. The "fantasy" setting is just the exterior of the franchise and even there the similarities are minimal.

I could see Capcom picking up Zelda. Dunno which of their internal studios would handle it but I could see them overseeing a good game. If Hidemaro Fujibayashi went back to Capcom after Nintendo closed down (and maybe brought Koizumi with him) I could see him directing more Zelda games even if I wasn't a fan of his latest work with the series.

Let Mario go down with Nintendo. I can't think of many studios who would make a good 2D Mario and I can't think of ANY who would make a good 3D one. Sega might be able to pull it off but I can't imagine the final product not having one of the following: shitty friends, Mario character redesign/modernization, or gameplay redesign/gimmicks that would be shallow and unwanted. Probably developed by Sonic Team.

Metroid to Konami. 2D Metroid for handhelds (or whatever is left of them post-Nintendo). I'm not really familiar with Castlevania but I'd assume it would best be left to whoever handles those games. Maybe they could oversee a good 3D game too (no clue who would develop that, maybe Platinum Games? obviously not expecting something like Prime).

EDIT: A Platinum Zelda could be alright but Platinum would never end up with Zelda on their own and I don't see a Capcom/Platinum partnership happening. The Rayman team at Ubisoft (Montpellier?) could maybe do it too but not without Ubisoft as a publisher screwing it up in some way.
 
Metroid - Platinum Studios
Mario - Sony
Zelda - FROM software

Nintendo has huge sums of cash in the bank. They are not going anywhere.
Thread doesn't ask whether they are going under.
It asks if they do, which devs would you like to buy the IPs?
 
I doubt Nintendo would ever go under, and in a worst case scenario they would just become a third party developer. Just imagine the amount of money they would make putting their classic franchises on every platform around.

But in this crazy world where Nintendo somehow got sold off into pieces, and assuming that we were just selling franchises and not each individual character in their stable.

Mario Kart to Sega.
Mario platformers to Ubisoft.
Zelda to MS and development being shared by Rare and Lionhead.
Metroid to EA or Platinum Games.
F-Zero to Sony to be worked on by one of their Euro studios.
Pokémon to Ubisoft or the Skylanders developers at Activision.
Smash Bros. I guess to someone like Netherrealms.
Animal Crossing to MS and Rare.
Ice Climber to Twisted Pixel.

None of this is ideal.
 
I think Nintendos biggest franchises would never see the light of day again and be known as some of the biggest franchises in gaming.
 
Mario - Sonic 2006 team
Zelda - Team Bondi
Earthbound and Xenoblade - imageepoch
Metroid - nStigate aka who made Black Ops Declassified
 
For starters lemme just be real in saying that we're at least a decade away from this ever even being a possibility, and that's IF the entire next decade is utterly disastrous for Nintendo financially.

That said, I'd still like to have fun with this subject:

Mario - No one. I can't think of anyone who designs simple platformers as well anymore. The closest is probably Michael Ancel at Ubisoft.

Zelda - No one. Again, no one really designs this type of game as well as Nintendo does. Not Vigil, not Team Ico, no one, and I wouldn't want to see it thrown to some WRPG house because that isn't what Zelda is. Again, the closest in my mind is probably Platinum (Okami). Maybe Capcom since they've made Zelda games.

Star Fox - Platinum or Treasure.

F-Zero - Sega, specifically Nagoshi's team. MAYBE Criterion but that would also mean EA.

Metroid - Zenimax. I would honestly like to see Arkane take a crack at Metroid. The Metroid formula shares structural similarities to the first person RPG game style that Bethesda and Arkane specialize in, the best example being Arkane's first game Arx Fatalis. MachineGames, being made up of former Starbreeze guys, also might not be a bad fit.

Kirby - Ubisoft or Sakurai. Preferably Sakurai, but I think Kirby's low-challenge-but-still-fun game style is basically what Ubisoft's been trying to do for the last several years but done right.

Pokemon - Blizzard. I'm just really curious to see how they would balance the different types and rules of the game. I have a feeling they would end up making a really well-crafted competitive Pokemon game.

Fire Emblem - Firaxis

Advance Wars - Firaxis.
 
Give it all to Treasure and Platinum. The only developers who have earned unquestionable trust.

Just make sure Bethesda/Bioware/Obsidian/EA/Microsoft/Randy Pitchford's Studio of Liars/anyone else without QA processes are kept well away.

The only western developer I'd trust would be Ubisoft Montpellier with Zelda, so long as Ancel had full control.
 
If even Pachter (and that's saying something) says Nintendo will survive then I wouldnt worry about dividing it's corpse so soon, especially when it's not even been a year released.

Edit: But if it did happen, I dont think I'd want to see the legacy of Nintendo shipped off to other consoles at all. It wouldnt feel right to me, Id sooner they became fond memories of times long past. Im sure others would disagree but it's just how I feel.
 
WTF GAF there's like 20+million "Will the WiiU die? If so what do you want to happen? 3rd party/sell ips/iphone mario" topics. When will the WiiU hate stop?
 
Why are people saying Mario to Ubisoft when Microsoft would probably outbid them for the IP?

Its where people would want these ips to go, not who would outbid who.

If it came down to who would win MS would have probably bought the entirety of MS and their would be meltdowns.

Except in America.
 
On the other hand, since theres completely irrational theories being thrown around how about giving all those ips to Electronic Arts?

We might be able to see alot more unprecedented support. Yearly releases or dead studios? Choose your poison.
 
I doubt Nintendo would ever go under, and in a worst case scenario they would just become a third party developer. Just imagine the amount of money they would make putting their classic franchises on every platform around.

But in this crazy world where Nintendo somehow got sold off into pieces, and assuming that we were just selling franchises and not each individual character in their stable.

Mario Kart to Sega.
Mario platformers to Ubisoft.
Zelda to MS and development being shared by Rare and Lionhead.
Metroid to EA or Platinum Games.
F-Zero to Sony to be worked on by one of their Euro studios.
Pokémon to Ubisoft or the Skylanders developers at Activision.
Smash Bros. I guess to someone like Netherrealms.
Animal Crossing to MS and Rare.
Ice Climber to Twisted Pixel.

None of this is ideal.

EWWW That is a terrible sale/idea

Also I highly disagree with some of the studios you have chosen to give franchises to.
 
Earthbound should go to Team Meat

What?


I'm going to repeat what I said earlier, I think its bad that the ips die, since they are more iconic than the devs, but if they want to be held down in legacy for being great they are better off dieing. Others will try their shot at them and fail hard only for the legacy to be tarnished or die a decade later anyways. See Crash Bandicoot.

Now in the other thread, although a tad bitter the devs are more valuable than the ip and I'm glad it was established that way. Not saying the ips are worthless, but its better to establish new ones and change things up than focus on the same old past.

The pressure wouldn't be as high then either, as I think Nintendo has the highest expectations from their brand than anybody else given their legacy. I think thats a doomed prophecy.
 
Ideally Nintendo themselves (as a third party developer) but they're more likely to just pack up all their toys and take them with them off of the playground. Then again we're talking about extremely unlikely cases already (Nintendo going under) so yeah, Nintendo as a third party would actually be kinda amazing.
 
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