The CG animation and movement seize firm Nintendo Photos, previously often known as Dynamo Photos, has been revealed to have labored on Sony’s Death Stranding 2: On the Seaside.
VGC spotted the corporate’s identify within the Death Stranding 2 credit. Whereas it might sound shocking to see a Nintendo-owned firm work on a PlayStation recreation, it is not completely surprising. Previous to Nintendo’s acquisition of Dynamo in 2022 and re-branding to Nintendo Photos, the corporate labored on the unique Death Stranding.
Since 2022, Nintendo Photos’ work on recreation tasks has centered on Nintendo video games, together with Tremendous Mario Bros. Surprise and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. But it surely’s attainable the work Nintendo Photos did on Death Stranding 2 was carried out previous to Nintendo’s buyout, or {that a} earlier contract was in place to permit the corporate to work on Death Stranding 2 at the same time as an organization owned by Nintendo.
One other principle is that Nintendo Photos’ work past video games is allowed to go ahead for animation tasks. In spite of everything, Nintendo Photos did work for the Fairly Remedy anime from Toei Animation following Nintendo’s buyout of the corporate.
In any occasion, this is not the primary time Sony and Nintendo will work collectively, as the 2 corporations are partnered up for the live-action The Legend of Zelda film. Sony Photos and Nintendo are co-financing the film, which was just lately delayed a bit.
As for Death Stranding 2, it is accessible now for individuals who pay extra, whereas the usual version unlocks on June 26. GameSpot’s Death Stranding 2 assessment scored the sport a 7/10. Reviewer Diego Nicolás Argüello wrote, “Death Stranding 2: On The Seaside is fixated on revisiting previous concepts, which limits its impression to being a superb however not nice sequel.”