In a strange bit of collaboration that would make ’90s kids’ brains explode, it appears as if a Nintendo owned CG and motion capture studio assisted Kojima Productions in making Death Stranding 2. As spotted by VGC this morning, in the credits for the latest PlayStation 5 exclusive game from director Hideo Kojima, Nintendo Pictures is listed as having contributed to the motion capture technology used in the game. I suppose when you start to diversify your portfolio, you wind up working with the competition at points.
For those out of the loop, Nintendo Pictures was previously known as Dynamo Pictures until The Big N bought it in 2022. The history of the studio is a little complicated due to it not being a formal company until 2011, but it had been doing CG work as far back as 1995 and has contributed to games such as Dead or Alive, Ninja Gaiden, Killer7, and Lost Odyssey. Nintendo acquired the studio to aid in motion capture for its own games, something that the company has been doing since the acquisition. I guess due to Dynamo having contributed to the original Death Stranding, an exception was made for the sequel or a contract was in place before Nintendo purchased the company.
Whatever the reason, we’re now living in a timeline where you can play Xbox games on Nintendo Switch and PS5, can experience a PlayStation Productions game on Switch and Xbox Series X|S, and will see Nintendo listed among the credits of a PS5 game. That’s kind of wild and shows how collaborative the games industry has become over time. We also know that Sony Pictures is financing the live-action Legend of Zelda film, so I guess anything is possible.
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Written by Peter Glagowski
Peter has been a freelance gaming and film critic for over seven years. His passion for Nintendo is only matched by the size of his collection.
