From PC Mag: It turns out Nintendo isn't sitting idly by while Microsoft and Sony spend billions acquiring well-known game studios.
As VGC reports, Nintendo of Japan released a document yesterday confirming it has acquired game developer SRD Co. Ltd, making it a wholly owned subsidiary when the acquisition closes on April 1. You'd be forgiven for not knowing what SRD is, but it turns out the company has played a key role in Nintendo game development for the past 40 years.
A quick look at the SRD website reveals the company, which employs around 140 people, has been acting as a contract developer for Nintendo since 1982. Its work spans some of the most important Nintendo franchises, including Animal Crossing, Donkey Kong, Mario, Zelda, and the Wii Fit games (even Ring Fit). The first game SRD worked on for Nintendo looks to be the 1983 NES version of Donkey Kong.
In December, Nintendo announced plans to add a new building to its Kyoto Research Center with a view to creating more games in-house. The SRD acquisition seems to be a key part of this expansion. "Completion of the Acquisition will serve to strengthen the management base of SRD and secure the availability of software development resources for Nintendo, in addition to facilitating an anticipated improvement in software development efficiency," the company said.
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