Ever since Nintendo pulled its products out of the design gutter and making everything white and clean, there have been rumors about Nintendo and Apple becoming bed buddies. What form this fantasy relationship would take (casual or hardcore) has always been speculation. A wet dream, if you will.

CNET.co.uk rumormongers that this union is could happen as buying Nintendo is not out of the question. The article, which reads like a Neo-GAF post, says:

Cisco was rumoured to be looking at a purchase of Nintendo earlier in the year, so the idea of Nintendo being bought is not outlandish in itself. Apple's market cap is $51.7bn (Nintendo's is $23.1bn), so it's got a fair bit of financial clout. If Apple wanted to buy Nintendo it could theoretically raise debt to cover the cost because it has a good credit rating, not to mention $6.34bn in cash reserves. However, a city analyst told Crave that agressive takeovers of Japanese companies can be difficult and expensive. Japanese companies use the keiretsu system of interlocking holdings and partnerships, which makes conventional takeovers exceptionally hard.

If there was an acquisition, CNET believes it would be a friendly one with Steve Jobs giving Nintendo Prez. Satoru Iwata nuggies and purple nurples. Brian Ashcraft

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