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Nintendo has signed an agreement to fully acquire visual production company Dynamo Pictures, Inc., formerly known for its work on Pikmin Short Movies. Completion of the acquisition is expected to close on October 3, after which Dynamo Pictures will be known as “Nintendo Pictures Co., Ltd.”
In official documentation on the acquisition, Nintendo stated the following:
“Nintendo has decided to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares (excluding its own shares) from Dynamo Pictures and turn it into a wholly owned subsidiary to strengthen the visual content planning and production structure in the Nintendo Group.”
What does this mean in advance? Well, it’s not clear at this stage. Nintendo claims that the producer will focus on producing visual content for Nintendo IP, which is obvious, but what exactly this will imply is a guess. Could they be more short films? Full length features? We’ll have to wait and see, but the long-term implications are interesting!
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