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Next-Level Games now a Nintendo second party developer

“We have worked with a lot of other companies before, and we’re super happy with our relationship with Nintendo.There’s no reason to look anywhere else. They keep giving us better and better IP to work with, and as long as we do our job and make good games for them there’s no reason for us to venture out.”

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higgins783754d ago

Kudos Next-Level Games. None of the issues associated with multi-platform games and all of the benefits. Could we please be seeing the next Nintendo/Rare partnership? Before that is Microsoft threw money at them only for them to release nothing of note on either Xbox, 360 or (now) Xbox One.

Darkfist3754d ago

poor kamiya if nintendo let him use nintendo characters for wonderful 101, it could have sold millions and Platinum Games becoming a second party developer.

Concertoine3754d ago

Id rather there be an unsuccessful creative new ip than that personally. Does suck that people didnt buy it though.

Darkfist3754d ago

wonder how many Next-Level's Game was going to sell if it was an original new ip with the same story and gameplay, with ghost hunting without mario characters?

for we are many3754d ago

People are weird and satisfying them is an unreachable goal. They bash Nintendo for using their iconic stable of characters in different game genres and ideas and yell "milking" "give us new ip", and when they introduce a new ip they say "why didn't they use their known characters in that ip"!!

Weird or What?!

Concertoine3754d ago

Well dark moon is a sequel, if it came out as a new ip with gameplay cut and pasted from luigis mansion id be pissed. But w101 is totally new, it shouldnt take the mario crutch for the sake of sales.

Nevers0ft3754d ago (Edited 3754d ago )

To be brutally honest, this is what Next Level games needed. If you look at their back catalogue most of their games up until their partnership with Nintendo were so-so at best - they're talented coders but not the best designers so this partnership could produce some real gems.

Activemessiah3754d ago

Wow, there seems to be a lot of devs who really don't mind being attached to Nintendo... I'm gonna go and assume they like the TIME they're given to make games instead of being rushed on a schedule... that's my guess anyway.

Neonridr3754d ago

Loved Dark Moon. Can't wait to see what these guys bring to the table next.

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Megaton Musashi World Cup: Preview and First Round Results

Game Rant participates in the Megaton Musashi World Cup, checking out the game a little bit beforehand and winning the first round match.

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A New Kid Icarus Can Be The Perfect Celebration For The Switch 2

After being benched for 20 years, and returning only to be forsaken again despite being a splendid game, it's time Kid Icarus gets salvation.

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Wii U games that still haven't been ported to Switch

The Nintendo Switch is potentially nearing its lifespan, and several Wii U games haven't found their way over as ports yet.

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Vits6d ago

I think it's better to leave games like AC: Amiibo Festival and Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash forgotten on the Wii U. Best case, they are mediocre games; worse case, they are very bad. It was a dark time for the Wii U, and the first only exists to sell Amiibo cards, whereas the second was put together in a couple of months with a shoestring budget, and it shows.

The rest of the list does have some really cool games, though. I would love to see a remake of Star Fox Zero with decent controls, and Xenoblade X doesn't require that much modification to work.

Z5015d ago

How would XCX work without dual screens functionality?

Cacabunga5d ago

Same as Paper Mario color splash. One of the best wiiu games and getting even better with dual screen. Same reason why i prefer Splatoon 1

Profchaos5d ago

This article leaves out Nintendo's most controversial game to date devils Third.
I personally found the cover system really fun in that one compared to at the time most fps games completely lacking one.

Stevonidas5d ago

Devil's Third is HIGHLY underrated.

repsahj5d ago

They should remake Starfox to the switch 2. Very beautiful game during gamecube days.

Chocoburger5d ago

Kirby is always ignored or forgotten by people, so good to see it mentioned here.
Play Kirby Canvas Curse on DS, and then play Rainbow Curse on Wii U, they're really fun and unique 'platformers' without any actual jumping.

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