Nintendo Would Rather "Organically Expand The Organisation" Than Rely Solely On Acquisitions

Not that any future mergers are off the table, mind

by · Nintendo Life
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As a part of its recent Corporate Management Policy Briefing for FY2025, Nintendo has reiterated its stance on mergers and acquisitions. Namely, while future acquisitions are never off the table, it would rather "organically expand the organisation".

This, the briefing note claimed, is so that new staff members to Nintendo can "fully learn and understand our creative culture" — as opposed to splitting things across too many studios, we'd imagine.

In an age where smaller studios are constantly snatched up by the gaming giants, Nintendo has made very few acquisitions in recent years. In fact, since 2021, the studio has only pulled out the merger net on a handful of occasions. Most recently, Shiver Entertainment was pulled under the Nintendo umbrella back in May, but before that, we have to go back to 2022 when the Big N picked up Dynamo Pictures (soon renamed Nintendo Pictures) and SRD, with Luigi's Mansion 3 developer Next Level Games being purchased before that.

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To be clear, the briefing specifies that future purchases of this ilk are not off the table — "we do not rule out the possibility of further mergers and acquisitions" — but, as ever, Nintendo would rather go its own way and develop things organically before calling on the help of others.

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What do you make of Nintendo's approach to acquisitions? Let us know in the comments.

[source nintendo.co.jp]

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Comments 6

Nintendo is one of the smartest companies out there. 💯

That's smart as we've seen where too many acquisitions have led other (gaming) companies, not to mention that it happening infrequently means that each acquisition Nintendo makes is more meaningful for everyone involved!

I still think they need to merge GameFreak into the company at least, like Sony did with Insomniac. I mean, aside from what, three games on PS4/others, everything they make is Pokémon. And it would hopefully give them the kick in the pants they need to improve quality.

Aside from that, I do agree that all these constant mergers lately have either been pointless (Activision) or pointless (whatever companies Sony just closed). Honestly, if you can’t make the games yourself and have to constantly buy other companies so you can just slap your name on something, then why keep trying? Looking at you Microsoft.

You taking notes, Philly?

Another perfect thumbnail.

@LavenderShroud I lean more towards Nintendo selling their share in Game Freak, making them fully third party, but if your suggestion comes true and Pokemon games become good, then we might be looking at a brighter future.

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