Poll of the Day > you get to play games from just one studio forever

(+) Yeah! (+)

Only games made in-house.

Ex: Star Fox Adventure gets included for Rare but not Nintendo. Paper Mario Thousand Year Door remake, isn't Nintendo either, that's Intelligent Systems.

On the other hand Clover studios counts as Capcom, as that was a studio founded and staffed by Capcom.

Anyway only one answer is correct and it's not Nintendo btw.

Rockstar

either paradox, creative assembly, or fromsoftware, they've all got a decent blend of genres

would probably go with creative assembly because i really, really like total war games

edit: although wait, monolithsoft. obvious contender for #1 if partial involvement was involved, still up there if only lead development

agesboy posted...

edit: although wait, monolithsoft. obvious contender for #1 if partial involvement was involved, still up there if only lead development

That was my thought. They're involved in a ton of different games, and even if it is just the ones they were leads on, that includes some of my favourites. Maybe not the best choice because those games aren't necessarily the most replayable, but I'll take them anyway.

So we're picking one development team?
I may have to choose electronic arts or maybe sega.
I feel like a lot of my classic games were made by them.

pedro45 posted...

I may have to choose electronic arts or maybe sega.

well like, sonic 1 was developed by the sonic team, not sega (the publisher). sonic team includes stuff like PSO and samba de amigo so it's not a bad choice!

but EA and sega are publishers, not developers

I'd have to say Squaresoft/Square-Enix -- The Studio, not the publisher --

Only for the fact that their library of games includes many of my all time favorites that I truly have loved, and have enjoyed replaying multiple times over the years.

Why doesn't intelligent systems count for nintendo?

agesboy posted...

well like, sonic 1 was developed by the sonic team, not sega (the publisher). sonic team includes stuff like PSO and samba de amigo so it's not a bad choice!

but EA and sega are publishers, not developers

Sonic Team is a good choice...
I do think i mean EA. I'm talking games like road rash and stuff for genesis.
I do confuse developers and publishers for games all the time though. Similar to producers, directors and writers for movies. It's hard to remember when someone is good at one compared to another.

HellHathNoFury posted...

I'd have to say Squaresoft/Square-Enix -- The Studio, not the publisher --

Only for the fact that their library of games includes many of my all time favorites that I truly have loved, and have enjoyed replaying multiple times over the years.

this was almost pick as well. So many classics

IntiCreates

I'm fine.

Easy choice, From Software.

Armored Core
Souls series
King's Field
Shadow Tower Abyss
Kuon
Otogi
3D dot game heroes

And countless other niche titles.

I be eating good.

Honorable mention goes to Treasure. An absolute top tier that was taken from us too soon.

green_dragon posted...

Why doesn't intelligent systems count for nintendo?

They're not Nintendo.

Id probably just quit video games tbh

either atlus or fromsoft tbh

bethesda, while they do release a fair amount of games, the main ones that i actually have interest in playing they don't.

everyone else i don't really care about that much outside of like a specific series

I guess it would be Squaresoft or Square Enix.

What do you mean get to? Have to would be more appropriate. I couldn't pick one. I mostly play indie games these days anyway.

Jagex cuz OldSchool RuneScape. If MMO's were to be ignored id also pick Square.

Square Enix

Vicaris posted...

you get to play games from just one studio forever

I'd pretty much be fucked then. The only studios I've ever really been a fan of (Square, Bungie, Bioware, Obsidian) are all mostly festering shit now.

I'd probably just wind up not gaming at all.

I can milk a lot of time out of games like Minecraft or Stardew Valley, but picking those studios means I'm not really able to play anything other than those games specifically, and that would get boring way too quickly. Picking studios like Activision opens the door to a lot of retro-gaming (even if their new releases are all terrible), but again, lack of variety means I'd lose interest fairly quickly. I could pick a studio where I love the old games - like, say, Bioware - but I've already done like three dozen runs through Mass Effect and another dozen or two through Dragon Age, so it probably wouldn't excite me all that much to go for yet another run, over and over, forever.

Nintendo's an obvious (if cheap) option, but I lost interest in most of their first-party franchises decades ago (and even when I did play on Nintendo consoles, it was almost always games by other studios that I was playing).

I honestly can't think of any studio that would hold my attention well enough that I wouldn't eventually just stop gaming entirely after a few months.

Not sure who I would pick, but it would be based off of back catalogue, rather than speculated future output.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

I'd pretty much be fucked then. The only studios I've ever really been a fan of (Square, Bungie, Bioware, Obsidian) are all mostly festering shit now.

I'd probably just wind up not gaming at all.

I can milk a lot of time out of games like Minecraft or Stardew Valley, but picking those studios means I'm not really able to play anything other than those games specifically, and that would get boring way too quickly. Picking studios like Activision opens the door to a lot of retro-gaming (even if their new releases are all terrible), but again, lack of variety means I'd lose interest fairly quickly. I could pick a studio where I love the old games - like, say, Bioware - but I've already done like three dozen runs through Mass Effect and another dozen or two through Dragon Age, so it probably wouldn't excite me all that much to go for yet another run, over and over, forever.

Nintendo's an obvious (if cheap) option, but I lost interest in most of their first-party franchises decades ago (and even when I did play on Nintendo consoles, it was almost always games by other studios that I was playing).

I honestly can't think of any studio that would hold my attention well enough that I wouldn't eventually just stop gaming entirely after a few months.

Capcom tho

To be honest, Id just stop gaming.

Probably Omega Force.

Vicaris posted...

They're not Nintendo.

They are though?

From wiki

Intelligent Systems started when programmer Toru Narihiro was hired by Nintendo to port Famicom Disk System software to the standard ROM-cartridge format that was being used outside Japan on the NES.

Unless im misunderstanding something

Vicaris posted...

Capcom tho

I think the last Capcom game I bought was RE4.

Based on the list of Capcom franchises from Wikipedia, there's only about 3 out of 28 that I've ever cared about at all, but I stopped caring about Mega Man after Mega Man 3 on the NES, and I haven't played Street Fighter since the era of three dozen different release versions of Street Fighter 2 (I think the last one I played might have been Turbo on the SNES).

Capcom's never really been that significant a studio for me personally. Like Konami, it's one of those studios that have been around for pretty much forever, and that other people love while I just sort of shrug.

green_dragon posted...

They are though?

Dragon Quest Wars[4] is a 2009 turn-based strategy video game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Square Enix for the Nintendo DSi via its DSiWare download service.

there's only a handful of games that aren't published by nintendo, but it's a long-term partnership, IS isn't an in-house developer

Bandai Namco

you have a lot of options with this

I don't play but I'd probably get a lot of time outta Wow classic, Wow retail, Wow hardcore. Then we got the starcrafts and Diablo's.

So probably Blizz

Intelligent Systems would be a good choice for me with Advance Wars, Fire Emblem, WarioWare, and Paper Mario games.

agesboy posted...

there's only a handful of games that aren't published by nintendo, but it's a long-term partnership, IS isn't an in-house developer

Ah, I see. So basically a second party dev, sorta like gamefreak.

green_dragon posted...

They are though?

From wiki

Unless im misunderstanding something

I'm confused now

Not all games developed by Intelligent Systems are published by Nintendo. Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest (which was co-developed by Intelligent Systems) was published by Atlus in North America; Intelligent Systems also developed various Dragon Quest games, which were published by Square Enix.[6]

ultra_magnus13 posted...

Not sure who I would pick, but it would be based off of back catalogue, rather than speculated future output.

If you were judging by back catalogue you wouldn't be able to speculate future output because those developers are not the same developers anymore. They've all been replaced.

Vicaris posted...

Capcom tho

Monster Hunter Wilds... Released February 28, 2025... Mostly Negative reviews... incorporates 3rd Party DRM: Denuvo Anti-tamper...

Vicaris posted...

I'm confused now

Not all games developed by Intelligent Systems are published by Nintendo. Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest (which was co-developed by Intelligent Systems) was published by Atlus in North America; Intelligent Systems also developed various Dragon Quest games, which were published by Square Enix.[6]

Yeah, I guess they'd be considered second party? Like hal laboratory.

I always thought they were first party.

Salrite posted...

Monster Hunter Wilds... Released February 28, 2025... Mostly Negative reviews... incorporates 3rd Party DRM: Denuvo Anti-tamper...

Still would

Insomniac for sure

Konami

You get all the old arcade classics.
Bemani (ddr, iidx, gitadora, etc)
MGS
Castlevania
Suikoden
A bunch of good sports games
the Hudson library
Contra
Ninja Turtles

Yeah eatin good

Level 5, probably. They're all over everywhere.

does all of ATLUS count as one option?

Salrite posted...

If you were judging by back catalogue you wouldn't be able to speculate future output because those developers are not the same developers anymore. They've all been replaced.

Presumably, that's the point: Picking based on what already exists and not on what might exist in the future, knowing that anyone you pick today probably won't be the same studio in a decade.

I think I would go with Paradox since their 4x games have a lot of replayability and mod support. That or Bethesda

Fan games seem like an obvious no go but what about romhacks, mods and randomisers?