So basically, it's the same as what happened to SEGA during the Saturn era.

Basically they let it happen because they wanted it to happen

I hope F-Zero 99, Bowser's Fury, and Mario vs DK is a good sign of the studio reviving.

They recently developed F-Zero 99 and the Mario vs. Donkey Kong remake. Their first full games in a while.

It's worth noting regarding Pokemon Puzzle League that, from what I've read, NST did very little development work on it. Nintendo had already developed Panel De Pon 64 but decided to scrap it, and Nintendo of America decided to salvage it as a Pokemon project so NST in collaboration with 4Kids Entertainment reskinned Panel De Pon 64 as Pokemon Puzzle League.

0:33 I was excited for Project Hammer when it was announced:(

Im glad someones talking about the NST nintendo. They always get overlooked. I do agree with you on the fact the reason they failed was on both sides. Going overbudget on a mid game when at a time your just recovering from the lackluster sales of the gamecube would put things in perspective for the jpn side. Hey, if you gotta retool your game into something else to salvage whats there and it plays better, then i'd say thats a good thing. But on the other side, the jpn team not treating the west like equals for years would produce mid results. If they at least gave them some more good brand names to work on, it definitely wouldve helped on morale. Gave em star fox, f zero or some other IPs you haven't touched in years like star tropics. If they worked more closely with them instead of treating them like a 3rd party, things wouldve been better. Its a shame cause everyone lost in this. All that potential lost. Hell, maybe working more closely with them couldve helped the wiiu get better games out on it. Its a damn shame the missed potential this couldve had.

i am surprised it even still exists after all that.

Supposedly they were also gonna make a Nintendo 64 adaptation of Hatty Potter and the sorcerer's stone that was more based on the book than the movie.

9:58 Smoking in office 💀

As much as I love Nintendo, I can't in good faith defend them here. They basically screwed over a studio that had hidden potential! Man, that sucks....

Very nice video! 💯 i am still waiting for that project hammer game

I think things might be starting to look up for them now though, having recently done F-Zero 99 and the Mario Vs Donkey Kong remake. Still small projects but now that Nintendo has a new in-house porting studio and shiver entertainment we might see some more stuff from NST now.

You know, spending sooooo much on cut scenes before having a fun gameplay?

I think the entire Switch era has painted a bright future ahead of them. They barely did anything else in previous generations other than the obvious Mario vs. Donkey Kong games, but with the Switch, the amount of projects this time around have been the most that NST has ever worked on, and in the past few months now they put out pretty successful games like F-Zero 99 and recently the Mario vs. Donkey Kong GBA remake; I think with these there's a lot more potential now with the games they make, and also making Mario vs. Donkey Kong a really fun series again by bringing back the puzzle platformer formula as they've only been doing lemmings games and it got stale real quick, the remake is what the series needed to test the waters for the next game.

0:23 If by "Hit" you mean the multiplayer, and not the single player with two bosses being fought over and over with minor changes

This video completely overlooks the fact that NST developed F-Zero 99. So they're not rotting.

project hammer looked like s pretty average action game for the time minus motion controls

Nintendo ALWAYS self sabotages their Western studios.

I’m a Nintendo fan and defend them a lot but I can’t defend them here.

Didn't the Gamecube sell better in the West?

People from Washington are very sensitive, Im not surprised they started crying racism after Nintendo Japan cracked down on them for a subpar product. Project hammer looked awful.

Pokemon puzzle league was trash tho

Yeah well now they’re about to return the favor by SweetBaby-ing up the place like the rest of the gaming industry.

Basically racism. Ouch. 😢

Based Nintendo, they should have stayed racist.