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[64bitmodels]

Draugoth u need to speed up boi

 

[daclynk]

 

[Dacvak]

They handled the ports of the modern Mortal Kombat games iirc. Not sure what else, but those ports were pretty good…. all things considered.

 

[Chittagong]

Embracer fire sale continues.
And once again, Nintendo buys withered technology on the cheap.

 

[lh032]

pc port day 1 confirmed!

 

[ManaByte]

 

[Draugoth]

I feel op is hinting for a sequel.

Draugoth u need to speed up boi

I'm busy makin the hellblade thread

 

[BennyBlanco]

Probably a good buy. These games look like dogshit but probably sold well and took a massive effort to get running at all.

 

[64bitmodels]

They handled the ports of the modern Mortal Kombat games iirc. Not sure what else, but those ports were pretty good…. all things considered.

good for the switch at least.

 

[Alebrije]

Easy money for Nintendo incoming , they Will need a bigger money pool

 

[64bitmodels]

I'm busy makin the hellblade thread

no animosity lol i appreciate what you do for the site

 

[feynoob]

pc port day 1 confirmed!

Best I can offer you is PS day 1 on switch 2

 

[onnextflix5]

Interesting, guessing they will be used to port third party games to switch 2.

 

[nial]

It looks like they will still doing ports for other platforms even after the acquisition.
They do say "port and develop software for other platforms", but it probably doesn't mean much. Have they actually developed anything by their own?

 

[adamsapple]

Fucking acquisitions.../s

 

[64bitmodels]

Fucking acquisitions.../s

nah because acquiring a studio to make sure games get ported to your piece of shit potato console is reasonable and justified compared to hoovering up IPs and manpower like a vaccum

 

[West Texas CEO]

Xenoblade Chronicles X port confirmed.

 

[Draugoth]

no animosity lol i appreciate what you do for the site

I'm just joking

On a side note, Shiver Entertainment came from Embracer (they ported Mortal Kombat 11, 1 and Hogwarts Legacy to Switch)

So this acquisition was probably discounted and they made in order to save money with ports

 

[Shifty1897]

Hogwarts running on Switch was pretty impressive considering everything. Nintendo probably scooped them up for next to nothing too.

 

[diffusionx]

Makes sense to bring a team into the fold that has proven they can work with your hardware and you can just have these technical specialists at your disposal.

 

[daclynk]

port and develop software for other platforms

i think maybe switch OG and switch 2.

 

[nial]

i think maybe switch OG and switch 2.

-"including Nintendo Switch".
They also state that the Shiver's focus will remain the same as it is now.

 

[SHA]

I'm busy makin the hellblade thread

Wrong thread, my bad, I don't even remember it.

 

[Oddvintagechap]

Sony and Nintendo probably need to be a quick remastering studio.

 

[Holammer]

pc port day 1 confirmed!

Nintendo's Nixxes, yeah... Probably not.

 

[nial]

God those QRTs, Splatoon has become so damn cringe.

 

[dottme]

They were porting to the switch. So it’s a weird acquisition for Nintendo. I’m betting they might know some tech.

 

[Kilau]

Will be busy porting Switch games to Switch 2

 

[00_Zer0]

"Shiver’s focus will remain the same, continuing commissions that port and develop software for multiple platforms including Nintendo Switch.”

That little tidbit from above from the release has got me wondering if it only includes Switch, and Switch 2 titles. Or select ports of Nintendo titles that could go to PC. Even if it's only Switch or Switch 2 related, at least Nintendo now has a port house to help port the latest and greatest third party releases straight to their consoles.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Embracer fire sale continues.
And once again, Nintendo buys withered technology on the cheap.

Some people manage to make literally anything sound bad. I guess it’s a skill

 

[64bitmodels]

God those QRTs, Splatoon has become so damn cringe.

It's better than ever. It's just Twitter users in general being cringeworthy

 

[Magic Carpet]

??? Nintendo porting their own games??? Or they don't want 3rd party porting games???

 

[Zephyranthes]

The folks at Shiver are probably over the moon about this, considering the likely alternative. To my knowledge (reinforced by some quick Google research), Nintendo has never closed or even had any major layoffs at a fully acquired subsidiary.

 

[Gambit2483]

They handled the ports of the modern Mortal Kombat games iirc. Not sure what else, but those ports were pretty good…. all things considered.

Weren't those ports considered barely competent compared to past Switch ports? Especially MK1.

Why not acquire a Panic Button or Virtuous where their ports have actually been impressive?

 

[AJUMP23]

Embracing some change providing some job security.

 

[Sgt.Asher]

Probably the best outcome for the studio.

 

[diffusionx]

Weren't those ports considered barely competent compared to past Switch ports? Especially MK1.

Why not acquire a Panic Button or Virtuous where their ports have actually been impressive?

maybe those aren't for sale

Hogwarts Legacy is considered an impressive port. I know Virtuous and Panic Button have good ports but they're also porting older games than Hogwarts.

 

[BoxFresh123]

Nintendo want their own Nixxes

 

[LavitzSlambert]

Weren't those ports considered barely competent compared to past Switch ports? Especially MK1.

Why not acquire a Panic Button or Virtuous where their ports have actually been impressive?

Because Embracer group is desperate to unload, and Nintendo as a business is absolutely ruthless and frugal.

 

[BlackTron]

Interesting, guessing they will be used to port third party games to switch 2.

This was my guess as well. Then I got high, and decided that the only possible explanation is day one PC

 

[ReyBrujo]

NIS next, please.

 

[Robb]

Well,”Switch 2” is definitely going to be another machine that’ll get a ton of old 3rd party ports, so I can only assume this is a good purchase for Nintendo.

I would never buy MK1, Hogwarts, or most 3rd party Switch ports tbh, but the fact that they even run on the system to begin with is pretty impressive.

 

[GigaBowser]

nort bad if they could get it hogwarts running on crud switch hardware

 

[Power Pro]

Panic Button are the real wizards when it comes to porting games to the Switch. Doom and Doom Eternal are fucking crazy that they run and look as good as they do on Switch. Mortal Kombat 11 and 1....ehhh...they may run okay, but they look like dog shit.

 

[Kataploom]

Interesting, guessing they will be used to port third party games to switch 2.

Lol so Nintendo is finally going third party... On their own console? That definitely suits them.

Now srsly, maybe they are thinking on porting more from the old catalog like XCX or Starfox Zero?

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Embracer has so many random studios, that even Nintendo is doing an acquisition from them

 

[Panajev2001a]

This was my guess as well. Then I got high, and decided that the only possible explanation is day one PC

So third parties would let Nintendo port games for them? I mean if it came with a good fee Nintendo has secured a good developers that knows how to port software efficiently, but how many third parties would use it? Companies sometimes are weird with what they can and cannot control…

 

[Robb]

Embracer has so many random studios, that even Nintendo is doing an acquisition from them

Embracer is such a shitshow. Hard to believe anyone would be willing to sell to them in the future unless they explicitly want their studio to die.

 

[Hudo]

Embracer must have essentially gifted that studio to them. I genuinely thought Nintendo's next acquisition would be Grezzo.

 

[Hudo]

The folks at Shiver are probably over the moon about this, considering the likely alternative. To my knowledge (reinforced by some quick Google research), Nintendo has never closed or even had any major layoffs at a fully acquired subsidiary.

It certainly must feel like a massive upgrade. Just to be able to say "I work at Nintendo" instead of "I've been embraced..."