Nintendo has entered an agreement with Bandai Namco to buy out all of its shares in its Bandai Namco Singapore development studio, bringing it under Nintendo's fold by spring 2026. Nintendo and Bandai Namco have shown a longstanding cooperative history with each other, and this business deal should open up new possibilities for the future of the Switch 2.
Bandai Namco's Singapore-based operations were founded in 2013 to ramp up development of games in Asia, while a Vancouver-based branch was established at the same time to cover the western market. Its biggest sales success by far has been Splatoon 3, which was developed in collaboration with Nintendo EPD and released in September 2022 exclusively for Nintendo Switch. The Singapore studio has also led some solo developments of late-stage entries in a few popular series, with credits for Soul Calibur 6, Ace Combat 7: Skies Unkown, and Taiko no Tatsujin: VR Festival under its belt.
Nintendo shines a spotlight on 10 games that are on the way, some for the original Switch and others for the Switch 2.
Nintendo has officially announced that it will be acquiring the majority of shares in Bandai Namco Singpore early next year....
