Next Level Games Only Interested in Nintendo Platforms

While many 3rd parties seem to shy away from Nintendo platforms, Vancouver-based Next Level Games is only interested in what Nintendo has to offer.

[Venoxn4g]

I like this company :) good luck NLG

[Concertoine]

Lol i figured thisd be some no name indie but punch out and dark moon are among my favorites for the respective systems. Pleased to see what they'll do next.

[JohnnyTower]

God bless them for Dark Moon. Hopefully Nintendo opens up some other legacy titles for them to work their magic on. Maybe a new Advanced Wars?!

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

nope. Intelligent System gonna do it sometimes in the future since they are already did PM, FE, G&W and new IPs for eShop.

Nintendo hands Next Level Games the IP they no longer work on in-house

[_QQ_]

lets see them bring back an old IP on wiiu, Ice Climbers,Takamru's Ninja Castle?!?

[BlackWolf]

That sound really nice! Specially Takamaru. I'm looking forward to a new entry on that series.

[BlackWolf]

Good to know there are studios that are eager to work with Nintendo. I hope the big N allows them to work on more of their IPs. Their work on Luigi's Mansion and Punch Out! was brilliant.

[AndroidVageta]

Well I guess somebody had to do it. In all seriousness though I see this being more a move on the 3DS sector than the WiiU...just because, and disagree all you want, releasing a game solely for the WiiU isn't the brightest thing to do FINANCIALLY.

[AndroidVageta]

That's fine...let them ignant disagrees keep coming in.

[JohnnyTower]

Games sell consoles, bra. If the Wii U isn't doing so well, why not throw some game support their way? It could benefit both Next Level and Nintendo. Or even a cross platform experience would be nice, 3ds and Wii U. Nintendo needs to bring more to Wii U, not less. And if Next Level is already willing to work on the Wii U, I say let them at it.

[truechainz]

Next Level has a strong history with Nintendo so I think it is more down to the relationship, and I think it is not unlikely that we would see them do something for wii u. I did love me some super mario strikers!

[thegent]

Even though the other systems may pass wiiu sale. Wiiu has the most consoles out righy now. And with less third party games, there would be less competition. It'd be kinda bright. And if yiu think people are disagreeing with you because they're ignorant, maybe you are the ignorant one.

[thegent]

Also if they make a nintendo game they would fund and publish for them. You're just coming up with bull to hate on the console.

[JackieCruise69]

Great news for Nintendo! LM Dark moon was great, I can't wait to see more from them. :)

[from the beach]

Nintendo knows how to pick them!

I fully expect more great games by this studio in the coming years.

[LoaMcLoa]

Indeed! Retro Studios, Monolith, HAL, Camelot.. Awesome developers

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

HAL was Iwata original place so not really a pick up.

[gedden7]

Nintendo is building and building more internal and second party studios than Sony and MS combined... I just wonder what will Nintendo do? What will they EEVVER DOooo with all those GAME studios..........????

I hope you guys understand sarcasm.

Nintendo is about to become even a BIGGER game developer / publisher than it is now. That's very scary for 3rd parties. lol This wouldn't have been happening if those dumb companies where not alienating Nintendo hardware(s).

Jokes on them for having NO respect for the company that saved the game industry time and time and time again...

[linkenski]

Next Level Games + Miyamoto as supervisor = amazing games as proven by Luigi's Mansion 2/Dark Moon, which despite having some jarring design-decisions was a very polished game full of subtleties and charming Nintendo 64-era-esque touches. It's so full of "Miyamoto"

[Darkfist]

of course they like nintendo platforms when they use nintendo characters to make their games, they should try making a new ip and see how that sells.

[CouldHaveYelledUiiW]

Great interview,
This site gets a vote-up from me.

All of the insider information on the Culture of Nintendo 1st Party and 2nd Party, not to mention their insight on the industry as a whole, was very interesting.

[Austin48]

hopefully a new punch out game is being made