Capcom could be taken over?

[Trinitronity]

Why does no one grasp the concept of "ownership /= development"?

Nintendo owns Pokemon. Do they make it? No.

Nintendo owns Kirby. Do they make it? No.

So if Nintendo owned Capcom, would they make those games? No.

What they would do is stop Capcom from making crazy-@$$ business decisions and probably make games based on franchises that Capcom considers dead.

Damn right!
You got it straight to the point!

[Jelux Da Casual]

...OMG, I just thought of something...

What if it goes down like THQ? The company stuck around, but their individual IPs were auctioned off.

What if Capcom's IP get split around the gamer-verse to whoever buys what they can get their hands on??

SONY buys Street Fighter, Microsoft buys Lost Planet, Nintendo buys Monster Hunter, etc....

WHAT IF THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS?!?!

[Macaulyn97]

It is both sad and dumb that women have to be sexy for anyone to be interested in their games. Women are not sex objects dude.

I never said they were, but the usual representation of women (and a lot of men as well) is of a perfect and attractive body. Nintendo doesn't use this, due to their younger public, but Capcom has a lot of sex appeal, some of which shouldn't be removed.

Also foul-mouthed characters are just a sign of a lazy writer.

No, it isn't.

[Arkady]

Also foul-mouthed characters are just a sign of a lazy writer.

THE ONLY OFFENSIVE WORD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS "TAXES"
IF ANYTHING ELSE IS ACCEPTABLE FOR SAILORS, ITS ACCEPTABLE FOR YOU!

[HyperVoiceActing]

the usual representation of women (and a lot of men as well) is of a perfect and attractive body. Nintendo doesn't use this, due to their younger public

Zero Suit Samus

[Macaulyn97]

Zero Suit Samus

Yeah, but how many times Samus appeared in her Zero Suit after Metroid Zero Mission? From what I know, only in Brawl, and now in SSB Wii U.

[DEMONKAI]

However, Nintendo putting the pressure on them to put out quality work would improve their titles significantly, stop them from just putting titles out and then fixing them later with patches because of a supposed deadline, hiding DLC on the disk, nonsense like that.

^^ Very very good point there man....i agree with that

...OMG, I just thought of something...

What if it goes down like THQ? The company stuck around, but their individual IPs were auctioned off.

That right there could either be a nightmare for a franchise or a blessing for us...

[-Whiplash-]

so how would a foul-mouthed character Dante be?

The REAL Dante Doesn't say any swear words worse then "Damn" or "hell" Both words that I'm pretty sure were in F-zero and Metroid Before.

[PR_1030]

I'm a die hard Nintendo fan and I love Capcom too, but I can't help but think what difference will it make? I think G Lux stated that ownership is different from development. I agree to that, but does that mean that Capcom will still develop the games? If so, what difference will it make? Is Nintendo merely providing financial support, or will they have other 2nd party or 1st part developers lend a hand (is that possible?)?

Well, that's in the view of Capcom and it's games. But in terms of Nintendo's games, I guess it's possible for  Capcom to develop some Nintendo published games as a 2nd party developer.
So overall, maybe a slight difference will be made...

Also, I feel disturbed by the statements of esn23. Most of Nintendo's systems were financial success. They only are having a little trouble now because of the Wii U (I'm pretty sure SSB4 of something else can help it out), but that's only because they are one of the only companies willing to take risks and start new things, which gives them a lot of respect (and sometimes money). They revived the video game industry with the NES while grossing tons of dollars. We can thank them for that. They revolutionized gaming industry with the N64 which provided an easier to code 64 bit game system other than the Atari Jaguar, while still grossing tons of money. They revolutionized again the gaming industry with an effective and easily playable motion gaming system, while still grossing bucks. So, I believe it is right to say that Nintendo does not suck, but it is the big boy (or grandpa) of the gaming industry.

[Jelux Da Casual]

...I think G Lux stated that ownership is different from development. I agree to that, but does that mean that Capcom will still develop the games? If so, what difference will it make? Is Nintendo merely providing financial support, or will they have other 2nd party or 1st part developers lend a hand (is that possible?)?...

I'll condense one of my eariler comments.

Nintendo owning Capcom would give them the option to have exclusivity to their stuff, but I don't think that is what they would do. Rather, they would let Capcom continue "business as normal", cross-platforming the major franchises like Street Fighter, Resident Evil, Dead Rising, and the like.

Nintendo WOULD however take shots at revitalizing "dead" IPs that people have been asking for, maybe even contracting other 2nd Party Devs like Retro Studios, Platinum, HAL to do stuff with them. Like, contract Platinum for a Viewtiful Joe 3, Retro Studios for Ghouls, Ghosts "n' Goblins, have HAL bring back Power Stone, call Comcept of course to work on [insert franchise name], stuff like that.

Yeah, maybe even have Capcom do some of their games. They dev'd the two Zelda Oracle games.

[Acey]

Nintendo would be a great bet for the future of the games. I'd rather see Disney (and Marvel) buy up Capcom in order to make a big move into the video game industry. Right now Disney is really only a publisher and has to outsource all development. They could use a good strong, established company to take over the world with. Plus licensing of MvC4 would get a lot easier.

[Magma MK-II]

First things first, let's correct some things:

Just take a look on main heroes - Ryu, Dante, X, Spencer, even Nilin at capcom's side and Mario, Link, Kirby, Bomberman at nintendo's

Bomberman has nothing to do with Nintendo, it belonged to Hudson, and since Konami bought them over it now belongs to Konami.

The idea is that Nintendo takes chances, chances that no one else is willing to make anymore. Everyone else is so steeped into their sequel routines that it's all the same. But for every Mario, Zelda, MarioKart, Pokemon they make, there was some title they put a risk on: Pikmin, Animal Crossing, Sin & Punishment, Electroplankton, Professor Layton, Starfy, etc

Sin & Punishment belongs to Treasure, and Professor Layton belongs to Level-5. Neither of them has anything to do with Nintendo.

Starfy is an established series with at least half a dozen games, so I don't see what's the risk there.

[O Ilusionista]

I hope Marvel buys it. I have a strong fear of what Nintendo could do with Street Fighter, for example.

[supa2520]

for marvel i say street fighter & darkstakers, for nintendo i say Mega man series unless the true owner of megaman & mighty no.9 gets it back

[Trinitronity]

I hope Marvel buys it. I have a strong fear of what Nintendo could do with Street Fighter, for example.

What fear?
What could possibly go wrong?

[O Ilusionista]

What fear?
What could possibly go wrong?

Street Fighter is not Brawl.

[Trinitronity]

Street Fighter is not Brawl.

And? I still don't see your point.

[ExeLord]

Played Guilty Gear Dust Strikers? That's what.

[O Ilusionista]

And? I still don't see your point.

Its self-explanatory. Street Fighter is not Brawl. Brawl is a fun game and such, but its not a "real" fighting game.

[Jelux Da Casual]

Sin & Punishment belongs to Treasure, and Professor Layton belongs to Level-5. Neither of them has anything to do with Nintendo.

Starfy is an established series with at least half a dozen games, so I don't see what's the risk there.

In the spirit of getting things straight:

Though Successor of the Skies is solely Treasure, the first Sin & Punishment was co-developed by Treasure & Nintendo R&D 1.

Starfy has 5 games, only one of which is localized outside of Japan, with a combined sales record across all five games of barely over 1 million units, and there hasn't been a new one in 5 years.


My point remains this: Nintendo takes risks other companies wouldn't even think to attempt. In fact, the only reason Successor of the Skies exists is because after seeing how well it did on Virtual Console (being the first time after it's release 7 years prior that anyone outside Japan could get it without port cartridges and systems), they took a chance on funding a sequel.

[Trinitronity]

Its self-explanatory. Street Fighter is not Brawl. Brawl is a fun game and such, but its not a "real" fighting game.

And?
Do you want to imply that Nintendo cannot do "real" fighting games?
Because if that's the case, then you're talking some "real" bulls***.
EDIT: Wait, friggin censoring now? What the hell?

[mon-el]

Its self-explanatory. Street Fighter is not Brawl. Brawl is a fun game and such, but its not a "real" fighting game.

Lets not forget tatsunoko vs capcom, which was just like any marvel vs capcom game, and scored great reviews, and was released for Nintendo, so I think a new street fighter game for nintendo would turn out as such.

Personally I think it would be a great idea for Nintendo to buy Capcom, to help revitalize some of their games that need it and release games they're working on.

 

[HyperVoiceActing]

Also, I feel disturbed by the statements of esn23.

He's probably just a Sony fanboy or something

[O Ilusionista]

Do you want to imply that Nintendo cannot do "real" fighting games?
Because if that's the case, then you're talking some "real" bulls***.
EDIT: Wait, friggin censoring now? What the hell?

We have that censoring since long time. Cussing is not welcome here. We are not that juvenile.
And yes, I am implying that. Give me a good example of a real fighting game done by Nintendo, please.

Lets not forget tatsunoko vs capcom, which was just like any marvel vs capcom game, and scored great reviews, and was released for Nintendo, so I think a new street fighter game for nintendo would turn out as such.

Wasn't made by Nintendo.

[Macaulyn97]

Nintendo didn't do any real fighting game. All the games published in nintendo consoles were made by Capcom, Midway, Namco, you know, the ones who know how to do fighting games. SSB is awesome, but is more like a 2D arena game. I wouldn't mind seeing Netherrealm taking Street Fighter and Darkstalkers. Their new gameplay in MK9 was cool, so I they could think of something new for SF and DS. And that would also open the way to a fighting game crossover everyone wanted to see. Want to give something for Nintendo? Give them Megaman. They would make better use of him.