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What would happen if Disney bought Nintendo?
- Thread starter Everlasting_Cyclone
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It would trigger in me a reconsideration of my relationship with fiction. Investment in fictional worlds is becoming futile and Disney is making it clear that engaging with media as a "universe" or iconographic entity is unhealthy. We are at the whim of corporations, themselves at the whim of the lowest common denominator.
Probably they would close the Gaming division and licensing the franchises to another studios to (urgh) put Nintendo games on Playstation.
Toho does theatrical and Disney does home, right? That's interesting.
Why would I want Disney, an all-consuming conglomerate not guaranteed to treat its purchased properties right, to buy one of the longest lasting modern companies, relatively small and independent compared to others in their market?
I'd panic for them, honestly.
I'd panic for them, honestly.
Disney wouldn't buy Nintendo. Not after they shut down their video game division and made it clear they would stick to other video game companies to adapt their IP.
That said if they did buy Nintendo expect layoffs and closures of studios. Just like what happened when they bought 20th Century Fox.
That said if they did buy Nintendo expect layoffs and closures of studios. Just like what happened when they bought 20th Century Fox.
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Its incredible how obsessed people on this forum are with Disney vacuuming up every company and property ever. When the Spiderman issue happened with Sony there were tons of people saying shit like "put Sony out of their misery, their film studio is trash and Disney can make use of their IPs". Then you had the thread about iger wanting to buy bond and people talking about how Disney could do it right. Disney is one of the scariest corporations given how successful they've been at making people cheer on their overwhelming growth as they continue to absorb every ip ever.
I very much doubt that Universal's existing deal would allow Disney to do anything with Nintendo on the theme park front.
for sake of humoring the idea (not saying it'd be a good/bad/possible thing)... let's say if it were to happen, disney's so large at this point and nintendo is so much it's own sovereign entity, i'm not sure a whole lot would change. though 10-20 years later as dedicated hardware is a harder sell Disney would "gobble it up" probably
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Jesus Christ, the amount of our popular culture that Disney owns already is disgusting enough as it is. Like them or not, Nintendo is a good example of a large, global company that still has some decent creative integrity left in them. So let's not.
Yeah, I don't want to see them get any closer to a monopoly than they already are.
Nah.
If anything, I would love for Disney to buy Capcom. Megaman would be propped up as a kid friendly entity in all sorts of media (like how Nick does for TMNT) and Marvel vs Capcom would be preserved for all time. Just imagine a Capcom film universe where it leads to a MVC film...
If anything, I would love for Disney to buy Capcom. Megaman would be propped up as a kid friendly entity in all sorts of media (like how Nick does for TMNT) and Marvel vs Capcom would be preserved for all time. Just imagine a Capcom film universe where it leads to a MVC film...
I'm genuinely shocked nobody came in to post 5 million videos shouting at you about how disney isn't a monopoly.
http://money.cnn.com/2004/08/04/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/index.htm
Nintendo's Perrin Kaplan said:
Disney wouldn't know what to do with Nintendo, honestly. They aren't very good with making video games.
That's kind of my thought, I mean you don't have to be worried about non-family friendly content from Nintendo. And due to the fact that Disney, does not do video games, I'd hope they will let it run a bit independently.
This is far from the most epic meltdown possible. My vote goes for Sony buying Nintendo as the thing that would break this site.
...if they have more people like Feige around that know and care about the franchises then i don't see how it's so negative like you put it. The way they handled Marvel and star wars (until solo happened) was great.
For all this doom talk let's not forget what kind of output disney releases yearly, be it animation studios, pixar, etc. They are the kings for a reason, with probably the best legacy ever.
Not with video games though.
And if they did have a positive turn out like some people in this thread want to imagine they would with Disney buying Nintendo, that still doesn't take away from the fact that it's Disney buying another company. They don't need that kind of growth, they're beyond fine as it is.
I don't think Nintendo is for sale sheerly under pride. Personally Disney has purchased enough right now. Plus I'd not trust them regarding remaining in the hardware business.
But if there's anyone that can keep Nintendo's vision regards family entertainment it's Disney.
But if there's anyone that can keep Nintendo's vision regards family entertainment it's Disney.
Finally someone says it. Don't worry about it, it literally can't happen.
Heh. Yeah when you land in Kyoto there's a huge Mario display to greet you.
Disney has already driven their own video game divisions into the ground a few times. I don't see them in a hurry to do it again.
I assume theme parks would be fast tracked more than anything
The video game division would probably be left to essentially self-operate with minor oversight, like Marvel Comics. At least for a few years. Disney doesn't really have any reason to interfere when they have limited, poor experience with the space.
We'd get Nintendo-made Marvel and Star Wars games, maybe even an Avatar thing from Monolith Soft because why not
The first movies and shows would probably be Disney+ exclusive and focus mainly on the smaller properties. Things like the Pikmin shorts Miyamoto directed.
A Mario movie would be inevitable but I figure it'd take a few years - longer than The Force Awakens took. Zelda might also be pretty early because Disney doesn't really have a live-action fantasy property, even as much as I'd prefer it to be animated by the Tangled team.
The video game division would probably be left to essentially self-operate with minor oversight, like Marvel Comics. At least for a few years. Disney doesn't really have any reason to interfere when they have limited, poor experience with the space.
We'd get Nintendo-made Marvel and Star Wars games, maybe even an Avatar thing from Monolith Soft because why not
The first movies and shows would probably be Disney+ exclusive and focus mainly on the smaller properties. Things like the Pikmin shorts Miyamoto directed.
A Mario movie would be inevitable but I figure it'd take a few years - longer than The Force Awakens took. Zelda might also be pretty early because Disney doesn't really have a live-action fantasy property, even as much as I'd prefer it to be animated by the Tangled team.
Don't think Nintendo really fits with Disney's "we have no strategy and are just sort of winging it" video game strategy.
TPC is a brand management firm owned equally by Nintendo, Gamefreak, and Creatures.
The Pokemon trademark is also held exclusively by Nintendo.
