Nintendo buys Canadian studio behind Luigi’s Mansion 3, Super Mario Strikers

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Nintendo just announced who bought Next Level Games, the developers behind titles like Luigi’s Mansion 3, Dark Moon of Luigi’s Mansion and the Super Mario Strikers Series.

Nintendo’s announcement says the deal is expected to close in March and “will serve to ensure the availability of NLG development resources for Nintendo.”

For me, I read this and I can only see “it’s time for more Super Mario Strikers, my guys. “

NLG’s story of working directly with Nintendo goes back to the studio’s early days, when it was released Super Mario Strikers at the GameCube in 2005. Other games that the Canadian developer launched for Nintendo include Metroid Prime: Federation Strength in 3DS and in 2009 Punch-Out !! remake on the Wii.

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