Nintendo buys a longtime support studio that's helped dozens of gamesThe team had had a hand in numerous Nintendo games across the entirety of Nintendo's gaming history.
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SRD, or Systems Research and Development, has been a collaborator with Nintendo since The Legend of Zelda.
The team aids in game development, but was technically a support studio, seperate from Nintendo itself.
Nintendo announced on Thursday that it is acquiring SRD for an undisclosed amount of money.
The deal is set to close by April 1, 2022.
Nintendo is acquiring SRD Co, a longtime partner and support studio. The company has worked with Nintendo going all the way back to Donkey Kong in 1983 and The Legend of Zelda in 1986. Despite working together closely for these many years and even operating out of the same building, SRD — Systems Research and Development — was technically a completely seperate company.
According to the announcement, the deal is set to close by April 1, 2022. After that, things should stay roughly the same, with Nintendo and SRD co...
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Nintendo buys a longtime support studio that's helped dozens of games
