If Nintendo is thinking in buying any developer it will be a small one, nothing like a whole developer/publisher house (they have the money but I don´t think they would do such a big investment) if they are buying something it would be small to medium developer with great potential, what comes to my mind are the following as example, Level - 5 (Professor Layton, Inazuma Eleven, Ni No Kuni and Youkai Watch), Platinum Games (Bayonetta, Wonderful 101, etc.), Ganbarion (Pandora´s Tower, Wii Fit U), Mistwalker (The Last Story), Treasure (Sin and Punishment) or Vanillaware (Muramasa: The Demon Blade).
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