“It’s Not Just Us”: Creators of Astral Chain, Bayonetta and Nier: Automata Want to Continue Their Partnership with Nintendo

Japanese studio PlatinumGames interested in further cooperation with Nintendo… About this her representatives Atsushi Inaba and Hideki Kamiya told in an interview with the YouTube channel GameXplain

The developers emphasized that partnership decisions depend primarily on the publisher, because in the end it is he who produces, finances and distributes the game.

“In that sense, we have to keep working hard so that the publisher wants to work with us again in the future,” Inaba explained.

Despite the fact that the studio has long dreamed of independently releasing its games (and started this journey with The Wonderful 101 Remastered on Switch, PS4 and PC), while retaining the rights to its own IPs, she will not refuse further cooperation with large companies, and this applies not only to Nintendo.

“We have always been interested in independent publishing, but we are also interested in continuing to make new games in collaboration with large companies.”

PlatinumGames is currently working on Bayonetta 3 by order Nintendo and Babylon’s fall in partnership with Square enix… The studio released a game on Switch last year Astral chain (our review), which exceeded sales expectations

In an interview with GameXplain, the studio also revealed that Nintendo has not contacted it regarding porting. Star fox zero from Wii U on Switch.

“We took part in the creation of this game, but Nintendo came up with this franchise long before our studio even appeared. This is completely its IP. I think it would have done without us if it had brought Star Foz Zero to Switch,” said Inaba …

In turn, Hideki Kamiya added that he would like to see Amaterasu from Okami among the playable characters in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

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