Nintendo: Make Next Level Games a subsidiary: studio ・’Luigi’s Mansion 3′
January 06, 2021
Nintendo:
On January 5, it announced that it would acquire all shares of Canada’s Next Level Games (Vancouver) and make it a subsidiary.
Next Level Games:
Founded in 2002 by CEO Douglas Tron’s Guard.
NLG has been involved in game development for Nintendo since 2005.
Luigi’s Mansion 3:
NLG has developed “Luigi Mansion 3” for Nintendo Switch.
Nintendo will sell this work in October 2019.
As of the end of September 2020, sales were 7.83 million.
Acquisition of NLG shares:
According to Nintendo, the acquisition of NLG shares is scheduled to take place on March 1, after undergoing approval procedures by the Canadian authorities.
–JETRO
https://www.jetro.go.jp/biznews/2021/01/fec8d9c6c3f2a65b.html
Nintendo is buying Next Level Games, studio behind ‘Luigi’s Mansion 3’ In a rare move,
Nintendo is outright buying a game-development studio:
Next Level Games, the Canadian firm behind the smash-hit Nintendo Switch game “Luigi’s Mansion 3.”
Next Level Games and Nintendo have worked closely in the past, with Next Level taking on major franchises like “Punch-Out!” and “Luigi’s Mansion.”
Their most recent collaboration, “Luigi’s Mansion 3,” has sold nearly 8 million copies since launch in October 2019.
The vast majority of Nintendo’s internal game development is handled within Japan, and it rarely buys third-party game studios.
Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/nintendo-buying-game-studio-next-level-games-luigis-mansion-2021-1
Next Level Games
We’re an independent video game developer in the beautiful city of Vancouver, Canada.
Working closely with Nintendo for over 15 years,
we have developed award-winning titles for the Nintendo Switch, Wii, 3DS.
Prior to that we developed award winning games on the Xbox and PS3.