> (or even just get bought wholesale by Apple.)

This is a crazy idea but... it might end up becoming reality. I don't see Nintendo selling any time soon though, it's been very independent for a very long time, to the point where it was huge when they released some things for smartphones (pokemon go, super mario jump, etc).

That said, Apple's been trying some things with gaming (they pushed gaming as one of the use cases for the Apple TV), but then I realize they already have one of the biggest gaming platforms in the world with the iphone.

Apple seems very uninterested in gaming on Mac.

You just gave me chills. That would 100% be the thing that would push me to piracy so I never give Nintendo money again.

Making a deal like that would probably cause the singularity, and Japan would never let Nintendo be bought by an American company.

That sounds more like a nightmare to me.