Nintendo will purchase Bandai Namco Studios Singapore (BNSS) to strengthen its growth construction.
The Japanese firm mentioned BNSS will change into a subsidiary of Nintendo and proceed growing video video games underneath the brand new title Nintendo Studios Singapore.
Nintendo plans to accumulate an 80 % stake in BNSS on April 1, 2026. It’ll then purchase the remaining shares “as soon as the subsidiary’s operations have stabilized.”
BNSS beforehand collaborated with Nintendo on Splatoon 3 by aiding with idea artwork, character modelling, atmosphere modelling, and animation. It has additionally labored on different main franchises corresponding to Ace Fight and Tekken.
“BNSS was established as certainly one of Bandai Namco Group’s abroad bases and is a growth firm with robust experience in creating in-game artwork belongings. It has contributed to the event of Nintendo titles, together with the Splatoon sequence, and has an ongoing enterprise relationship with Nintendo,” reads a quick press launch on the Nintendo investor web site.
“Contemplating this enterprise report, Nintendo has made the choice to accumulate shares in BNSS to strengthen the event construction of the Nintendo Group.”
Nintendo lately opened a brand new native entity in Singapore to speed up its enterprise in Southeast Asia. The corporate mentioned the acquisition will solely have a minor impact on its outcomes for the present fiscal yr.
