Whoa! Nintendo Buying Switch Port Studio Shiver Entertainment (Mortal Kombat 1, Hogwarts Legacy) 

They acquire the most random studios. Edit: but for a good reason. I have been educated now.

Bear in mind that Nintendo is only interested in acquiring companies that ‘understand the gaming market as we do’ (paraphrasing) so that’s why their acquisitions are seemingly random, they only want companies that are similar to themselves and are only interested in purchasing when it’s an explicit benefit over simply hiring like-minded people. Also the Hogwarts Legacy port was pretty good for a Switch port so this may be a good call.

Just keep in mind Nintendo doesn't buy Studios for the sake of buying Studios. They always have some 4D chess move that goes along with that purchase, and you know, Nintendo is always about that "family" business. They are extremely picky, especially with Studios outside of Japan.

Nintendo wants to keep studios with experience porting games to Switch in operation. Since they now own one, they could possibly offer third party publishers resources to incentivize porting games.

seems way more sustainable than the acquisitions by Sony and Microsoft

For a second I thought Nintendo was owning the rights to Scribblenauts.

Question, Has Nintendo ever shut down a studio they own? I know they have re-organized their own in house EADs but as for studios they own I cannot name one they have shut down.

Good on Nintendo for buying a company that would have died in the hands of the Embracer Group. Really curious to see what Nintendo stuff Shiver will bring to the table!

Acquiring a studio without shutting down a handful of other studios first? What is this revolutionary concept?

It’s honestly a good move by Nintendo, it’s nice that they will let Shiver Entertainment continue to make ports for them and other consoles

Nintendo is preparing for Switch 2 by acquiring Studios for exclusive releases. Nice!

The way Nintendo goes about making acquisitions is much better than with Xbox/Sony

My dude, MK1 and Hogwarts Legacy are PS5 games. The Witcher 3 is a PS4 game and we already know it doesn't look or run great on the Switch, the fact that this studio ported those two games at all and at a playable state is damn impressive. Kudos to them and congrats for being part of Nintendo now.

I'm hoping their first project will be porting Xenoblade Chronicles X to the Switch, since it is apparently too difficult and costly for MonolithSoft. We need to remember that the Wii U wasn't developer friendly.

0:47 My guess? Bought them both to save them from Embracer and to whip them into shape for working on hardware weaker than the competition.

The same studio that did the MK1 Switch port :)

Nintendo acquiring Shiver Entertainment was done at the right timing especially with Switch 2 being imminent, Shiver could definitely help out with future Switch and Switch 2 ports

Now this is a studio I've never heard before

Nintendo could use them for first party ports like NSMBU DX.

Need to get in touch with Microsoft and buy some of their studios for pennies on the dollar. **cough, cough** RARE

Why not the people who did the doom ports? Those were way more impressive and technically sound

Wasn't Hogwarts Legacy a decent port all things considered? Not the number one choice version for people with other platforms but decent enough iirc.

So Nintendo bought a company, honestly that's really cool

Too be fair. Its hogwarts legacy and mk1. Did we really expect them to run good on the switch in the first place?

Scribblenauts unlimited is my childhood ❤

To be honest, I think this might be a great purchase. With Nintendo using Unreal Engine a lot for their recent games, having more teams that have experience in porting games to Switch and potentially assisting main Nintendo projects will be a plus for them in the long run.

scribblenauts is mad underrated

Scribblenauts is one of my favorite games

Congratulations to Nintendo

I kinda hope a new ip comes out of this ontop of the port development

I don't wanna make it sound like I'm defending the Switch version of MK1, but the game has received multiple patches that makes the experience _serviceable,_ at least that's what I've seen from the channel SwitchPlayed. Maybe that game launched the way it did because NRS wanted every version to be out the same day. Now, I can't same the same about Hogwarts Legacy since I haven't watched gameplay. Who knows, with enough time cooking Shiver could make decent ports. I want to believe, since Nintendo seems more open to bringing back some of their GC era classics.

What's the music in the background??

having more porting companies is always nice! id love if we could get as many nintendo games as possible on switch

Oh they were located in Miami

The fact that HL and MK are on switch is aleready impressive so wich better ressources they can port big 3 party games for the next console.

So they bought out a port studio. What does that exactly mean in the foreseeable future? They will handle ports or will they function in the same manner as TOSE, with developing games internally for Nintendo...or rather develop games from the ground up?

0:54 scibblenauts was on ps4. How does that work

The fact that other than long load screens Hogwarts Legacy runs fine on something as old as the Switch proved Shiver had some talent.

Bro Shiver Deep cut From Splatoon Lol...

sooooo shiver is going to have a loooooooooooooooot of work the next years

I guess to help port more older Nintendo games to the new Switch Next Successor

….who?

How long until MultiVersus is prepared for a Switch successor audience to port it?

Embracer pretty much says sayonara to Shiver, but Nintendo saves them to keep making ports in operation. The layoffs with some of these game companies is making my mind scream in disgust and rage. Nintendo is doing something that not even Sony or Microsoft are even focused on... making games for GAMERS, not their WALLETS!? People always mock Nintendo for having hardware that is SOOOO behind the times and always call them the "Grandaddy of Gaming". Well here's the thing, grandads do what they do with their kids and that is to give love and nurture, and having companies that are willing to port games and use weaker hardware is a strong sign of a bright future ahead with these developers. Would it mean that Scribblenauts is coming back? NOPE! Warner Bros owns that franchise. I do hope that Nintendo will help Shiver Entertainment out on giving them resources to make the Switch Version of Mortal Kombat 1 better than it already is so far. The Switch Version is noticeably better and playable compare to its launch with the only things to tweak are the frame rates, performance, loading times and especially adding back intro dialogues to Local VS Mode. Now I wonder if Shiver Entertainment has a shark of sorts.

MORE SCRIBBLENAUTS PLEASE

I disagree, with what they had to work with, they did a pretty good job with Mortal Kombat and Harry Potter

Shiver me timbers!

That’s crazy!

What do Scribblenauts Unmasked, Mortal Kombat, and Hogwarts Legacy have in common? They're all connected to Warner Brothers! I don't know what this means for Nintendo though...

I would have thought that Panic Button would’ve made more sense, but still. Acquiring a porting studio makes sense. They can have better resources and time to improve their job.

awesome video

Scribblenauts isn't coming back 😔

Maybe the port of MK1 and HWL were actually impressive even tho they don’t run or look great.. it’s just what the machine can do.

Bandai Namco might start getting a bit closer to Nintendo now...maybe

Mario bros is making bigger plans for future, after style of maker series.

Hey, let’s give credit we’re credit is due, Hogwarts Legacy might not be ideal on Switch but it runs well for the hardware it’s on and that’s say ALOT. The game has issues, sacrifices were obviously made, but damn did they do a good job with the limitations presented to them. Hogwarts Legacy turned out better on Switch than it should’ve. Nintendo acquiring them is a very good asset if they can port games like that and make it playable.

I need new scribblenauts

Sounds like a good move

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At least HL runs somewhat and MK1 got fixed

Amusingly, Shiver's logo has shark fins.

MK11 and MK1 aren't really ports. They were developed _alongside_ the console/PC versions from the ground up for the Switch. Did MK1 have issues at launch? Yes, but afaik, it was mostly high-res textures not loading, and people abused that for views. The core fighting gameplay in MK11 runs at almost 60FPS, which feels buttery smooth, and that's really impressive! And *Hogwarts Legacy* has been praised for being another "impossible port", so honestly, this studio seems very talented (given the hardware limitations, although Panic button might top them) ⭐

Okay, now Scorpion can be in the next Smash Bros game! ...As if.

Nintendo's learning from Rare

Sounds kinda cool but I doubt they'll give a fair price for these games

Listen: I’m crossing my fingers that they’ll tackle Baldur’s Gate 3 as a launch title for the Switch successor. Minimum graphics settings, sure, but imagine local wireless multiplayer and maybe even some Zelda or Xenoblade themed items being added as a bonus!

Smart move for Nintendo and a great choice for a company who knows how to port games on Nintendo hardware.

AND MORE!!!!

0:21 lol this is such fanboy framing xD

ok

I'm guesing Nintendo is doing what they somewhat did in the early 90's just as DKC was in development...

GameXplain, This made me so happy! I liked and subscribed!

Why tho

I feel Nintendo should also secure *Mercury Steam* (developers of recent *2D Metroid* games) because they are such a talented studio and are perfect for 2D Nintendo games!

Not to sound dumb, but it's a good thing, right?

Didn't Nintendo reserve themselves from buying studios? I'm lost

I see…

Mortal Kombat 11 is a really good Switch port: Gameplay runs at 60 fps, the textures are successfully downgraded to meet the Switch's limited power. Even the Hogwart's Legacy port is lauded for that - and reminds me of the porting method used on The Witcher 3. Unfortunately the port of MK 1 doesn't work well - because summoning the Tag Team fighter during gameplay blows the Switch's capacities (memory and processor) instantly. And MK1 looks worse on Switch than MK11.

Well now we can get a new scribblenauts game

Neat?

Nintendo bought the game company?

Cool

Am I weird if i'm more interested of buying and playing Hogwarts Legacy to the Nintendo Switch tan PC or PS5? 😅😮

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So MK1 confirmed for switch 2?

MK 1 was atrocious, but dunno is because of the direction of model designs rather than the hardware being an issue. Hogwarts Legacy was pretty good though. My guess with them is that MK1 was bad but at least they learn the hardware enough to do a great port with hogwarts legacy!, a good investment!

They got so sick of their shitty ports, they decided to just buy them to give them a higher budget.

What was wrong with the Hogwarts Legacy port? I thought it was great!

Can we please just stop with acquisitions after this?

What? The Hogwarts Legacy port was very well received, and the Mortal Kombat port was not great...AT LAUNCH. Shiver patched it up later and the game looks SUBSTANTIALLY better than it did at launch. I expect other news outlets to not report that and ignore that.....not you guys. Come on now, do better.

Scribblenauts nintendo incoming

I would like if Nintendo acquire Mercury Steam.

Maxwell for Smash confirmed.

Oh I do hope Elden Ring makes it’s way to the Switch or it’s successor.

microsoft buys abk sony buys bungie and nintendo buys shiver entertaintment???Yep thats nintendo buy the most obscure studios no one's heard of.Well atleast they bought something.Would be nice if they could buy rareware back microsoft.

First

At least its better then being own by Microsoft, zing (he shoots, he scores)

Now they should buy gamefreak so the Pokemon games can run better lol

Please let this be good. I dont want another Microsoft situation

Let's just hope they don't turn into Retro Studios 2 and actually release games regularly.