Nintendo to Acquire Bandai Namco Studios Singapore - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 27 November 2025 / 9,858 Views
Nintendo announced it has signed an agreement to acquire developer Bandai Namco Studios Singapore from Bandai Namco. The deal is expected to close on April 1, 2026.
The studio will become a subsidiary of Nintendo and be renamed to Nintendo Studios Singapore.
"[Bandai Namco Studios Singapore] was established as one of Bandai Namco Group's overseas bases and is a development company with strong expertise in creating in-game art assets," reads the press release from Nintendo. "It has contributed to the development of Nintendo titles, including the Splatoon series, and has an ongoing business relationship with Nintendo.
"Considering this business record, Nintendo has made the decision to acquire shares in [Bandai Namco Studios Singapore] to strengthen the development structure of the Nintendo Group.
"Subject to the satisfaction of all relevant customary conditions for transactions of this nature, Nintendo plans to acquire 80% of [Bandai Namco Studios Singapore] shares on April 1, 2026. The remaining shares will be acquired after a certain period, once the subsidiary’s operations have stabilized."
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These are aquisutions I like. Small support studio. They were a supporting studio on other Nintendo games like Splatoon 3 and supposedly the studio that was making MP4.
"Strong expertise in creating in-game art assets"
So in other words, it's gonna be a support studio to supply visual assets for other Nintendo games who do most of the programming then.
Earliest 1 April joke ever.
It's no joke, though. This is real.
But what if it turns out it isn’t? 😉
Nintendo announced it themselves.
Ugh. You guys are terrible at jokes. Or maybe I wasn’t clear enough. Obviously I know that; It says this thing happens on 1 april, usually silly jokes are made on 1 april, it is still november now, so still a long time from april.
Next time try a joke that's actually funny.
To be fair, it's kinda hard to tell when someone's joking or not sometimes.
It's harder when it's just through text.
