The Moon Is Blue and Nintendo Just Bought a New Studio

[@mogoscratcher5703]

watching this b-roll is like watching one of those "I can't beat this level!" mobile ads.

[@DWN037]

I was about to say the exact same thing

[@avery-u1w]

zack scott sucks at games

[@seb_thoms]

does anyone know what the game is called? I like the artstyle

[@Azran127]

@@seb_thoms Scribblenauts Showdown. The artsytle is that of the Scribblenauts franchise.

[@GamerPhreek]

Yeah, I had to scroll down to just the comments after awhile, haha! It's agony!

[@minecrafter3448]

I like this acquisition, because Nintendo tends to enforce consistency. This studio is infamously inconsistent.

[@Domenic1407]

Well I love how we can count on that good feel games are consistently trash

[@PCEngineLives]

@Domenic1407 I wouldn't say that that's necessarily true: keep in mind that Good-Feel developed Kirby's Epic Yarn, Yoshi's Wooly World, and Wario Land: Shake It. They don't always hit the mark, but I think it's important to recognize the good projects that have come out of them. :)

[@1originalaccountname]

I disagree, they've consistently been able to get games that the Switch should not be able to run at all to be brought to the system in a playable state. Yeah, Mortal Kombat 1 looks hilariously bad, but it's functionally a PS5 game being ran on hardware that's more in line with the PS3 in terms of specs than the PS4.

[@minecrafter3448]

@@1originalaccountname They should have redone assets, there’s nothing about the gameplay that the switch can’t easily do. It’s all in the graphics.

[@joaocbcneto]

@@minecrafter3448 I'm not sure they had the time or access to a way to do that.

[@Fuzunga]

These guys are actually located in my hometown. I used to drive past their offices many times without realizing they were a game studio. They really hit the jackpot here, because they basically have a permanent guarantee of financial stability now. The chance that Nintendo will ever shut them down is absolutely minuscule with the amount of surplus money they’re sitting on.

[@JacksonVoet]

Nintendo loves buying things that actually help them, rather than just buying up IPs to hoard and never use. Nintendo has been struggling with hardware recently, so them buying these guys shows a desire to improve.

[@PikaPhantomVG]

Even if Nintendo no longer sees them as a third-party port team years down the line, odds are they'll use them for first-party ports/remasters or even put them to work on new games, instead of shuttering them

[@jarde1989]

To anyone bringing up Alpha Dream They didn’t need to buy the studio… They poached the employees instead

[@Chiavica]

Which is not a human move but is a good corporate move… Nintendo is still a company after all

[@madnessarcade7447]

@@Chiavicagiving employees who are about to be jobless some jobs is pretty human

[@TheAkuman27]

@@Chiavica They just needed the people, not the company (since it didn't come with any IP and they were going to have to take in the debt)

[@davismorgan99]

@@TheAkuman27so hiring the humans from a company and not taking the corporate entity is somehow the not human move?

[@crownified]

Fun fact: Japanese game companies hate working with Nintendo on games because often times Nintendo will steal their best talent. It happened specifically the Sonic Generations team who ended up working on Mario Odyssey

[@madnessarcade7447]

Before this acquisition apparently shiver was planning their own original ip Which makes it a Nintendo ip now

[@burgergud2804]

What was ip gonna be

[@rotciv557]

​@@burgergud2804we dunno, it wasn't publicly named or anything, they just said they were making something new

[@WhiteInk47]

Could easily be a big part of why they bought them. Must’ve impressed them

[@PikaPhantomVG]

Is there a source for that? Trying to look it up just brings up Nintendo acquisition articles

[@vi6ddarkking]

Since they are mostly a porting studio this makes perfect sense for Nintendo. They can get more games into the next switch and get paid for the privilege.

[@rockowlgamer631]

And we gamers can finally get the older games without needing to pirate,............hmmm

[@jameslawrenson1208]

As someone who only owns Nintendo systems, this is a big win!

[@CaravanNoobs]

I respect this acquisition. Shiver doesn’t have any IP of their own, so it’s obvious Nintendo’s interested in the talent instead. I’ve heard Shiver’s ports of MK11 and Hogwarts were pretty good. Having a studio to court 3rd parties by helping them get their games on Nintendo systems is a unique idea and it’ll definitely help get more games on Nintendo hardware in the future.

[@madnessarcade7447]

Actually they do before this acquisition they had announced that they were working on an original ip

[@Yoshizuyuner]

@@madnessarcade7447 working on isnt exactly having ip, lot things can get caned before then

[@rotciv557]

​@Yoshizuyuner even then, if it's interesting enough Nintendo might let them make it anyway, I doubt they'd say no to another exclusive for the Switch 2 if the ip interests them

[@imbored1179]

I don’t know why but whenever Nintendo buys a studio It just opens up old wounds for AlphaDream

[@jarde1989]

The absorbed the majority of the employees from Alpha dream… Stop the cap They did it the smart way

[@SuperMarioT]

It's because AlphaDream announced bankruptcy & Nintendo didn't bother buying them or salvaging their talent when it happened.

[@imbored1179]

@@jarde1989im not saying they were bad for not buying them up. Maybe it would have been a net loss to save them but im just talking from how it sucks for the games they produced specifically the Mario and Luigi series

[@TurtleCraftZ1]

Nintendo hired AlphaDream's core staff after the company closed

[@imbored1179]

@@TurtleCraftZ1 I know I’m just taking about how their IPs are dead with seemingly no plans to revive them

[@SuperSikarlo]

The Skyward sword background music makes me so happy

[@PsychoDiesel48]

I feel ashamed I didn't recognize it fast enough. I still freaking love Skyward Sword

[@jmtheelitefan9616]

Imo, Skyward Sword has the best OST in the series.

[@PsychoDiesel48]

@@jmtheelitefan9616 that orchestrated ost is the best

[@cosygracegames]

It makes me feel so happy and content while watching the video :)

[@noahweston4987]

Only reason why Nintendo bought Shiver is because the splatoon character won the character contest for best leader

[@WhyYouWahYoo]

Unlike *certain gaming companies* Nintendo’s acquisitions usually leave me going “holy cow that’s smart.” I was particularly happy with Next Level (I love them so much), but this one is also super smart of them! Also, on the Mortal Kombat 1 port, that was only bad because they rushed to be day and date with PS5/PC. They ported Mortal Kombat 11 to Switch and it worked really well and sold super well too, so I assume WB saw that and made them do a rush job for extra sales. :(

[@asompie1]

It's almost like acquiring studios is meant to improve your output, not just have someone else do your work for you. Surely big companies other than Nintendo understand this, right?

[@alexgrunde6682]

It also didn’t help that WB/Netherrealms was insistent they target 60 fps. If they had let them target 30 at launch and then patch up to 60 later it probably wouldn’t have looked so bad.

[@dorf7219]

@@alexgrunde6682 you should not be asking for a 30 fps fighting game. it literally breaks the game on a fundamental level since attacks are tied to frame data and this version would literally have a whole different meta. the issue being mortal kombat either shouldnt be on the switch at all or make some parts from the ground up to perform better

[@bloodbane93]

​@@alexgrunde6682pretty much what Dorf said. Fighting games NEED to be at 60fps. One of the reasons the PS Classic was so disappointing was some games like Tekken were the PAL version, which run at 50fps. It makes the game super jank and combos that work in one version won't work in another.

[@MedalionDS9]

The acquisition of Shiver is literally outlined in their document on their twitter page on Nintendo Co Ltd... they were purchased to specialize in ports

[@CarterInosencio]

Huge news bc even tho I def want new games there are so many things I want ported to switch still that I’m still waiting on so I’m hype 😎

[@gamemaster2819]

Of note for NLG, that seems to be a case of not wanting history to repeat. NLG, just like Rare, was going to be sold to another company either way. For Rare, Nintendo was not interested in buying out companies. This ended up with Rare instead going to Microsoft. Nintendo didn't foresee this possibility, and they lost one of their greatest allies. NLG wasn't in a bad spot like Rare, but the investors (I believe) were just done with them. They were going to sell the company one way or another. Nintendo didn't want what happened with Rare to happen again because NLG is one of their best partners. So they went ahead and bit the bullet

[@ListlessWither]

Technically Nintendo did actually throw in an offer to buy Rare but it was literally too little and too late since there were now other players involved besides just Nintendo and Microsoft (I forget who tbh) who were bidding higher.

[@ironicdivinemandatestan4262]

​@@ListlessWitherActivision was also bidding for Rare at the time

[@lukeo5761]

Honestly, I would love to know what led the investors to feel that way. NLG's previous game (Luigi's Mansion 3) had sold 14 million copies. That's guaranteed to be utterly ludicrous profit on the budget the game had assuming they get a cut of each sale, even if we don't know what it was exactly.

[@faithgrins]

@@lukeo5761 Investors don't actually care about the longterm strength of a company or their assets. They care about how much _growth_ the company can achieve. If a company has a crazy successful product launch but the product hits market saturation quickly and the next launch is another 5 years away, then they basically perceive the company as having "peaked," even if they can maintain steady sales of that product. Basically, it doesn't matter how good their revenue stream is - if the line isn't going _up,_ the investors see them as, at best, an asset that needs to be liquidated before it loses value.

[@edmanbosch7443]

@@lukeo5761 Maybe they didn't foresee much growth for them? 14 million copies is a lot, so much so that it's hard to beat that metric. The investors could get more money investing more into companies with a higher expected profit and potential growth.

[@peridrawland5955]

Parasocial feelings towards corpos aside, I definitely trust more in Nintendo acquiring studios for projects, certainly more than Microsoft with their lack of projects despite going gung-ho with acquisitions

[@rutgerniemeijer]

As the 72nd subscriber of your main channel I have been here for a while. I can only say I'm really happy with the amount of videos on this channel.

[@sandwichqueen]

The fact they bought a company that makes ports put together with the fact they've been going harder on emulation and we're expecting a new console, I wonder if the new Nintendo console will be focused on bringing old games to the forefront. They've already started going for it and if they make thier new consle dual screen somehow I feel like that would be a banger. Have a company make ports of the old while you focus on newer games. Release more games with half the effort. It seems like a no brainer.

[@Gold_Yoshi]

Mkds port when 😯

[@parkerlee4775]

Maxwell Scribblenauts locked in for the next smash bros game, how exciting!

[@PikaPhantomVG]

If only

[@jacobmanning7983]

Nintendo dribbles us Paper Mario and everyone loses their mind. A remaster studio is a great specifically for Nintendo

[@SheepFreak2]

I've actually had enough remakes and ports

[@DavidZMediaisAwesome]

this video is how i learned that scribblenauts showdown actually came out. i thought it was canceled!

[@1nisaro]

Makes perfect sense actually: If Nintendo wants to keep their quality up and avoid the trend of shitty ports they'll have a dedicated team for it

[@OhsoWoobie]

You are pumping out SO many videos. I’m glad you’re having fun with the new channel! Remember to KEEP having fun 😊 don’t over exert yourself pls

[@kroutonjr]

I still wish nintendo would have bought rare studios back in the day.

[@seereebee]

I feel as if Nintendo prefers having a strong relationship with these companies rather than outright owning them. That way, they WANT to make games for Nintendo platforms. Instead of being obligated to.

[@NoxideActive]

Indeed, I know some wonder why not buy a studio that's already works well with you but it's important to remember that studio independence and culture is important. When companies get bought, both those things are at risk. Nintendo letting studios be independent for better or worse is a sign of a company you can have a strong relationship with.

[@dr.whippersnatch7200]

Hopefully this'll open up more Gamecube and Wii games for Switch!!

[@Dakress23]

Makes sense in hindsight. That way they secure a developer who will always do the duty of porting other games to their system.

[@JustBoredGaming]

damn Arlo you are getting DESTROYED by that CPU

[@weebsquit347]

I can't believe they bought the best member of Deep Cut.

[@coffee_2234]

They were thinking about how they can buy an idol 😂

[@steveminecraft5887]

Dang big man got bought? He didn't seem like the typa man to be sold

[@mystrenula3911]

They bought Big Man?

[@null301_]

i didn't know they sold big man

[@Harry-potter7]

shiver me timbers

[@MaclaySkeen-zz7px]

They seem to be a studio that specializes in porting games from more powerful systems to the switch, so my theory is that they will be making switch 2 games cross-gen

[@ImpishFemboy]

Theory: They bought them for their name. Same name as an important splatoon idol character. Coincidence? Possibly, but it'd be funny.

[@AdventureKnockout]

Arlo also mentioned that Shiver was part of the Embracer Group, which has been laying off a ton of people recently. Nintendo may have saved them from being canned and even got it for cheap. With the power of the next-gen switch and the quality control of Nintendo, we shouldn’t have a Mortal Combat 1 situation (PS5 game quickly ported to the Xbox360 powered Switch)

[@lunchmeat9118]

I think this is cool! A port specialist for the next system, this seems like a really cool utility and an exciting prospect the future. Maybe they’ll try to be much more third-party friendly next generation!

[@sonicstarman9663]

I've never even heard of Shiver Entertainment until Nintendo bought it.

[@TheDiamondCore]

ARLO! STOP SPREADING MISINFORMATION!! The moon is purple.

[@squarethinkingdude]

TE END FROM SONIC FRONTIERS REFERENCE????????!!!!!

[@StarboundRose]

No it’s porple

[@Zuckfuk]

My dog said it's black and white idk what moon you're seeing!

[@HealyHQ]

@@StarboundRose poipull

[@Zordyn]

@@HealyHQ*prupill

[@Aether_Athea]

This is so cool! Excited to see what’ll come from this in terms of ports and stuff!

[@NoxideActive]

I know some wonder why not buy a studio that's already works well with you but it's important to remember that studio independence and culture is important. When companies get bought, both those things are at risk. Nintendo letting studios be independent for better or worse is a sign of a company you can have a strong relationship with.

[@Shadow-Joop-157]

Microsoft showed that just buying companies just because there is a chance to make a lot of money is a huge risk. Nintendo chooses to make their own studios better and bigger so that they have complete control over all projects. And if they buy a company, it is a company that they can trust completely. Nintendo knows that third party support on the Switch 2 will be huge, so Shiver will help with that

[@badwolf8112]

so now theyre even more equipped to port the wind waker

[@coffee_2234]

I mean when nintendo bought monolith soft back in 2006 because they had potential to make so it make sense to buy other studio also monolith soft was struggling as well

[@westfield474]

And that was a huge win on Nintendo's part, Giving them the Xenoblade series and a studio with a lot of the experience with open world games that could help them with their own series like Zelda.

[@avery-u1w]

2006?

[@coffee_2234]

​​@@avery-u1wyeah in 2006 or 2007 that when nintendo bought monolith soft from bandi namco

[@Crafty_boy70]

@@westfield474 Monolith also reportedly helped with Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion and Bowser's Fury. (I think)

[@rotciv557]

Is Monolithsoft Nintendo's best studio buyout ever? They were slept on for a while but from XC2 onwards Monolith has been an uber important part of their company both IP-wise and in regards to pure manpower and making their biggest games play as well as they do...

[@Miller_Man56]

Not to defend Embracer, but more for some clarification. Embracer had a $2 Billion deal with Savvy Games Group which had already previously invested $1 Billion into Embracer. Embracer unfortunately took this as a opportunity to buy up a bunch of studios to secure themselves as one of the next big entertainment groups. At the last minute Savvy pulled out of the deal (as far as I know, the reason still isn't public) which caused Embracer to start selling / closing everything. I remember watching a video with Bellular talking about the whole situation and then seeing videos of the CEO just looking absolutely destroyed over the news and I don't doubt that part of it is knowing how many people are about to have their lives made worse from this. I don't know the full scope of the entire deal between Savvy and Embracer, but most of all this could have been avoided if Embracer had waited for the deal to close before buying everything.

[@aminparker01]

これは非常に的を絞った、妥当な範囲の買収のように思えます。また、Switch 時代の他の買収 (SRD、Nintendo Pictures) とも一致しています。 Nonetheless I was really surprised by Nintendo purchasing an Embracer studio, but this acquisition makes a lot of sense. Embracer has been selling off many studios after their failed deal with the Saudi government, and Nintendo could use extra support to build up the Switch successor's library with third party ports. They don't do acquisitions that often, so this must be a big priority for them.

[@bennycaustic5102]

This channel is an overdose of Arlo, and I love it.

[@EnigmaticGentleman]

Apparently Iwata was good friends with the former head of this studio, Shiver obv has use in the porting department but id be surprised if that wasn't a big part of it.

[@rotciv557]

It probably kept them on their radar, if nothing else.

[@NobodyYouKnow01]

"The moon is blue" is the perfect opening title.

[@GunnarWahl]

I'm pretty confident they bought it because they own shiver, the logo even has shark fins in it. Clearly Nintendo saw that and realized it should be ours.

[@mr.curtis6730]

Now if only they could buy tango games, rest in peace tango you were taken too soon

[@YamadaDesigns]

I find it funny how Nintendo acquires Studios at a discount when they are on the brink of failure

[@bloodbane93]

I really cant blame them for MK1. WB gave them the near impossibe task of putting a highly visual PS5/XSX game onto hardware thats essentially just a suped up WiiU. Ive heard they did an incredible job with Hogwarts, so im excited to see what Nintendo has planned for them.

[@slimehunter84]

Oohh good one. I was going to go with Wrecking Crew HD Ultimate.

[@lyconxero457]

The interesting thing about Shiver is that they ported Mortal Kombat 11 to the Switch which is widely seen to be one of those "impossible ports" as the game actually runs at 60FPS in combat and was very competently done. Also, both MK1 and Hogwarts Legacy on the Switch run significantly better NOW than they did at launch which is usually more a testament to a studio not being given enough time to make a port happen. The thing is, for the next several years Shiver will just continue to do exactly what they were already doing as the tweet indicated so assuming they are already contracted to port a few games over to Switch 2 the real benefit from Nintendo is that they can give Shiver even more tech support for optimization with them becoming first party and other than that they can just leave them alone and they'll continue to do what they do. Really, I only see Nintendo pouring additional funds into Shiver IF they feel like they need to scale up their operation so that they can handle multiple projects at once as they are quite small currently (the number I saw was something around 20 employees).

[@rotciv557]

Shiver now being a 1st party studio could also mean that situations like what happened with MK1 is less likely to, since Nintendo probably wouldn't let 3rd party companies try to pull that kind of opressive timetable with one of their own personal studios.

[@Devininity]

I'm really hoping that Nintendo shows what honest growth through these kinds of deals looks like. There's nothing to tell me it won't be, but I really hope in light of studio shuttering as of late that this can be a success story

[@minecrafter3448]

9:21 Now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time…

[@madnessarcade7447]

Apparently shiver is working on their own ip before this happened so now Nintendo gets a new first party game in their line up I wonder what kind of game it is

[@zacharysmith8148]

Maybe it’ll be my sweet sweet kid Icarus uprising

[@Graphomite]

I can't wait for the _Wii Music_ 'wiimastered' edition.

[@samcomic_]

oh my gosh it's FOOTAGE FROM ZACKSCOTT :O

[@Batterskull]

Maybe this means that we’ll get some actual quality assurance for 3rd party ports.

[@EMLtheViewer]

Arlo where is the sequel to Bug Interview

[@TheMasterfulEmerld]

I bet twitter's going to have a field day with this one

[@chasedupthesky]

I'm really hoping Nintendo has designed the next console in such a way that allows for DS game ports/remasters. They'd make so much money oh my god.

[@cluesagi]

I wonder if Nintendo plans to have them handle next-gen patches for current-gen Switch games

[@robrobrobot6867]

rip the person playing, that CPU is smoking them

[@madnessarcade7447]

MK was fixed it’s good now

[@Geneolgia]

Yeah most people ignore this but it's been patched and aside from some long loading times the gameplay experience is solid now.

[@andreworders7305]

6:11 They should look into buying Big Red Button as well then

[@linkspokemon4114]

This is indeed a very smart decision to have a studio that focuses on 3rd party games especially in the long run!

[@ShadowTani]

Nintendo generally only acquire studios who have shown interest in becoming a part of their brand, thus avoiding the controversial purchases that is otherwise frequent in the market. Therefore your guess about there possibly having been talks behind the scenes is, based on track record, the most likely thing that happened and is what I would put my money on as well. Beyond that they prefer to cultivate their own developers, which is why they "recently" (2022) bought a plot next to their Kyoto HQ for the purpose of building an entirely new studio - that building won't be finished before 2028, but will allow them to eventually double their own talent. It's tagged for R&D, but a lot of Nintendo's R&D also result in new franchises, and this will also free up space in the original HQ for development of established franchises. In other words, Nintendo is growing positively right now.

[@MrStGeorgeIllawarra]

The fact that other than long load times Hogwarts Legacy runs perfectly fine on something as old as the Switch tells me they have talent.

[@andreworders7305]

2:27 they did it when Square Enix was selling after their buying spree, so the cycle continues

[@carlodavies9227]

This is the first time I’ve actually been distracted by gameplay footage, whoever’s playing is suuucking it

[@mekman4]

If we are lucky they’ll fix the ports they’ve made, especially MK1. Great Stuff as always.

[@rotciv557]

They already did, MK1 was patched recently and works well. Shiver released it as it was because WB forced them to port a PS5 game to Switch in basically no time at all.

[@magi-yoshi41]

My prediction for the first Switch 2 rerelease by Shiver is the Golden Sun duology (or maybe even trilogy) being remastered

[@DannyMexen9]

Ports galore on the New Nintendo Switch

[@JanTheMangaMan]

It's random at first but it makes sense when you think about it. Like you said it seems they are getting ready on all fronts for the next system. Apparently Shiver will continue to be able to work externally through commissions which is great. Hoping for a fruitful relationship between the two My guess for their first 1st party port would be Zelda related

[@actionboy3221]

@topicarlo what is this game in the background?

[@JuanaldDuck]

WHAT AN EXCITING TIME

[@Attikrow]

Something about this makes me wonder if this could be in any way related to Nintendo's history with third-party emulations of their older games

[@andreworders7305]

Nintendo might be interested in how they get next gen software running on last gen hardware

[@socialmediaaccount4206]

It seems everybody has forgotten about one major detail from last years 2023 Xbox games conference; which is when Phil spencer announced that he would be partnering up with Nintendo to bring activision and blizzard games to the switch; and more specifically, he mentioned call of duty. (Over watch is already a title, as well as a couple activision/blizzard games). Idk, i think this plays a huge role into Nintendo’s decision to buy this porting company. We all know how the old call of duty titles performed on Nintendo hardware… (not really good). This goes without saying that the switch 2 will be very powerful, I want to say competitive with the XSX and PS5, so porting/transferring games traditionally made for those consoles should bring in a lot of new customers, with an up to par quality of course given this action by Nintendo- and the deal Phil spencer made which acquired activision and blizzard in the first place (to make them more accessible, to make more money) will definitely play out in front of us on the activision/blizzard side of things for sure. In high quality!

[@MrGuy__]

the mortal kombat 1 port *was* actually pretty decent, after it got patched. the launch version was pretty bad though

[@TheRedlotusblossom]

My favorite sports are the old school arcade ports that you can buy. Hamster comes to mind. They've been hoarding every neo Geo game and all those old arcade games made by SNK in a couple other companies to all these new systems and I say keep them coming

[@andreworders7305]

I googled them, they made some really impressive ports so I guess that’s why.

[@Theepieguy]

DK 64 will be their first port. It's going to be legendary.

[@Agent719]

Steel Diver...? Yeah, that could work.

[@MedalionDS9]

I was initially baffled by the purchase after the ports of MK1 and HL to Switch but I was told HL was quite a miracle port to get running at all... MK1 was so bad at launch it was absurd... but there has come a recent patch that has made the game more or less in line with Mk11's port that they also did, which was generally regarded as decent.

[@rotciv557]

MK1 was simply because they were given no time to actually port the game, WB wanted it out on switch same day as PS5 & PC but Shiver were trying to make a game made for those consoles fit into the Switch...that wasn't happening at that time frame. Now that they had time to work on it the game runs fine.

[@jonathand827]

Maybe this will be Nintendo’s Nixxis equivalent studio.

[@Danominator]

I so wish that Nintendo would buy the guys who made Hi-Fi Rush...

[@alexgrunde6682]

More serious first big Switch 2 port: Tekken 8. There’s already a strong relationship between Bandai Namco and Nintendo, and given how well Tekken 8 is doing compared to prior titles I could see them wanting to snowball that success.

[@deathsyth8888]

Shiver me timbers!

[@waywardlaser]

Were you born under a blue moon, Arlo?

[@LookAHarryEagle]

I feel like Shiver could make a WarioWare game. Imagine Smooth Moves or WarioWare Gold remastered on Switch 2.

[@jellyface401]

They can also buy Panic Button!

[@wootmasterzorsx]

I’m gonna guess a Chibi Robo port.

[@catgirlgolem1298]

my dream is an arms port

[@ninjaeddy1717]

Ultimately, it was pretty obvious in hindsight, but I never quite pictured Nintendo coming out on top of the video game Industry after all these years. I always pictured them as being the constant third or maybe second place.

[@mellorebel4097]

I've played the game back in the day, I was 14 then and Vivians bully was indeed a thing, but the whole femboy thing is in Japanese version (or so I heard many moons ago) either way the game as a whole was amazing in 04 😊.

[@KittyLitterYT]

I'm really sorry that you had to play Scribblenauts Showdown

[@BloodlessWolf]

Maybe they'll be assigned specifically to Microsoft ports since there will be a steady stream of those. So, my guess will be Killer Instinct.

[@edwardnoi9788]

It would be awesome for Shiver entertainment to focus on not only Nintendo studios but to help companies port their games over to Switch.

[@rotciv557]

I mean...that's kinda the point of buying it, no? Nintendo doesn't need any of their own games ported, they want a company at hand that they can quickly point at and say: "take this WB/Bethesda/Activision/Ubisoft/etc game and make it play on Switch" without having to make deals with unaffiliated porting focused studios or having the company that made the actual game spend time doing it themselves.

[@edwardnoi9788]

@@rotciv557 only time will tell if they’ll exclusively work with third parties or Nintendo properties or both. Right now that information isn’t confirmed.

[@1originalaccountname]

This is a very good and strategic move for Nintendo. Having an additional studio on hand specializing with getting other people's games to run on Switch 2 will make things easier for big western 3rd party AAA games. Nintendo could easily lend Shiver out to a company like Take-Two/Rockstar and have them help in bringing say GTA6 to the Switch 2. Shiver being in the Eastern Time zone is also a nice benefit as it makes collaborating with studios in Europe and the rest of North America much easier as they'll be at work during the same time at various points in the day, not to mention no issues regarding a language barrier. Considering the Switch 2 is going to be close to the Series S based on the hardware specs list discovered earlier, it'll be getting significantly more third party games than the Switch, not just that, but many will launch on it the same day as other systems. Having a studio internally to assist others will only result in better third party games and relations.

[@rotciv557]

Shiver could also see a huge jump in manpower, since Nintendo will probably want them on hand for several games at the same time which obviously requires more hands on deck than what they currently have

[@1originalaccountname]

@rotciv557 Shiver only has 20 employees, it's not a big studio at all

[@rotciv557]

@@1originalaccountname yeah, that's what I meant. With 1st party backing Shiver could start hiring a lot more people and expand their manpower. If 20 people can port a game in a year, for example, then they could probably expand up to 50 and get that same game out 6 months earlier with the same level of polish. And it's not like there isn't a surplus of talent out there looking for work, what with all the many layoffs that every other gaming company is doing...

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@@rotciv557 I don't see them doubling in size soon, but maybe up to 30 in like a year or two. They have a great pitch to attract top talent though: Do you want to work for Nintendo and live in South Florida?