After beforehand working with Bandai Namco’s studio in Singapore on Splatoon 3, Nintendo has revealed {that a} deal has been struck to deliver that developer in-house.
Nintendo made the announcement on-line, which notes that it’ll personal 80% of Bandai Namco Studios Singapore by April 2026 per its settlement with Bandai Namco. The remaining 20% the Singapore studio will probably be bought at a later date, “as soon as the subsidiary’s operations have stabilized.”
The brand new title of the studio will probably be Nintendo Studios Singapore. Nintendo additionally famous that the studio was chosen for acquisition as a result of it “has an ongoing enterprise relationship with Nintendo” and the writer wished to “strengthen” its inner growth construction.
Bandai Namco Studios Singapore’s collaborations with Nintendo included Mario Sports activities Superstars and New Pokemon Snap. It is also rumored to have been concerned with Bandai Namco’s model of Metroid Prime 4, earlier than the sport was utterly redeveloped by Retro Studios in 2019.
This deal does not seem to imply Bandai Namco is placing itself up on the market. Earlier this yr, Bandai Namco struck a $463 million take care of Sony for roughly 2.5% of the corporate. Bandai Namco retains among the largest franchises in gaming, together with Elden Ring, Tekken, and Pac-Man. Nonetheless, the corporate has disclosed {that a} former worker allegedly embezzled a lot cash from Bandai Namco that its executives have taken a pay minimize.