So here's a doozey, if there's one dev (anywhere) that Nintendo should buy the most, and of course is one they've worked so closely (but isn't a confirmed 2nd-party like Game Freak or Genius Sonority), who should it be?
You can make a list and put an opinion as to the likely hood and what not.
Good-Feel is certainly one, as well as Camelot (Camelot's status is confusing, they originally "broke away" to make a PC game that got canned, are they now back to being 2nd-party?). Pretty damn sure GF is not 2nd-party, it's like they're exclusive by choice.
Grezzo as well, Grezzo and Brownie Brown would've been a fantastic merger, hopefully Shinichi (co-founder of BB) ends up there after leaving, hell just buy Grezzo and put everyone you can who worked on the Mana series at Grezzo and make a new RPG on the 3DS, BOOM!
Platinum's not that close yet, it'd be a great score, but I'm sure there are some that would fit more perfectly.
Next Level Games is one that would truly benefit, considering they make shit if Nintendo's not involved.
Monster Games is another great pick.
Now Hudson would've been a pick, but Nintendo got them anyway, just under their own existing dev. XD
Arzest would be fantastic especially since Yasuhara is at NST.
It's hard to point at one company and go "yep, no doubt this one".
Hell NO ONE would've thought Nintendo was going to get Monolith, they only published two games (BKO and had Disaster underway), arguably their biggest out of the blue acquisition.
Mobiclip is as out of the blue, but they're a middleware dev.
Any ideas? Who is a match made in heaven with Nintendo?
If we don't count Camelot, Good-Feel and Next Level Games are my most likely picks for how close they've been, Good-Feel probably would be above for their exclusivity and sheer creativity. Grezzo is another close pick, such hard choices. XD Arzest would make me SQUEE the most actually. lol