Topic: What are your top 3 game devs?

So no monolith soft:P?

nintendo is more than one dev, guys

in terms of nowadays
1. Monolith Soft (not just because of Xenoblade)
2. Ubisoft Montreal
3. Intelligent Systems

1. Naughty Dog
2. Rockstar
3. Ubisoft Montreal

Yes but they are united under 1 company so it still works

Nintendo
Irrational
and Media Molecule

Nintendo-cause it's Nintendo
Ubisoft-cause it's one of few devs who are actually supporting Nintendo.
Level 5- Cause Layton

Renegade Kid - Dementium, Moon, Dementium II, ATV Wild Ride, Mutant Mudds, Bomb Monkey...Basically, on the DS side, they made experiences that made me an atmosphere junkie, the darker the better. Of course, on the 3DS side, they presented basics with a friendlier charm and made them addictive. I'm looking forward to Cult County.

Nintendo Software Technology - It's not just due to Metroid Prime Hunters, though that is 98% of why I'm mentioning them. The other 2% is for Aura-Aura Climber from the DSiWare service, and to me, AA Climber is the best title Nintendo has produced on its shops.

AlphaDream - They just know how to make RPG gameplay an interactive blast in the Mario & Luigi titles. While I have yet to pick up Dream Team, I've been satisfied with the experience I've had in each of the earlier games, the "Fawful Trilogy." While Superstar Saga has been my favorite, Partners in Time and Bowser's Inside Story are hairs away from it. They're all really solid.

1) Atlus - The everything
2) Falcom - The Ys Series and Trails in the Sky
3) Banpresto - Project X Zone and every Super Robot Taisen game ever

Rockstar
Bioware
Insomniac/Pandemic tie

1. Nintendo
2. SEGA
3. Ubisoft
Honorable Mentions
1. Monolith ( I have yet to play Xenoblade)
2. Enix (Dragon Quest)
I know Enix is now Square Enix, but I still think Enix is better.

1. Nintendo
2. Yacht Club Games(they haven't even launched a single game yet and I freaking love them)
3. Erm, idk, Level-5 or Capcom, but both have been underperforming lately IMO.

Now, if we went for individual devs inside of Nintendo it'd be more like

1. Project SORA
2. INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
3. Treehouse

treehouse is a developer i did not know that

in no specific order

• SORA ltd. (Masahiro Sakurai is in it! )
• Gamefreak (at first it was only pokémon but Harmoknight got me for good )
• Atlus(everything I've played from atlus so far was great!)
  most honorable mention to NINTENDO (I just didn't put it on the list because it's limited to three XD)

Nintendo, Valve, and Bioware(before they became apart of EA)

Hideo Kojima - Just Metal Gear Solid 1 and 2 earn him a place on my list. Prior to that, his original Metal Gear game invented the stealth genre. He might have taken root in continously churning out MGS games now, but each have been a significant improvement on the last and he continues to inovate within the franchise.

Hediki Kamiya - Continuously redefining the action game genre and inventing new IPs. Each of which are a classic in my eyes.

Hidetaka Miyazaki - Demon's Souls was impressive, Dark Souls even more so. Whatever he's working on/directing next, I want in on it.

I really wanna add Shinji Mikami to the list too, but the only games of his I really enjoyed are Resident Evil 4 and Vanquish. I know he's stuck his oar in a lot of other great games but I haven't played them/they don't interest me so I can't justify his place in my top 3.

As for whole development studios.
Rockstar North.
Platinum Games.
Criterion Games (Burnout series, Black).
Intelligent Systems
Monolith Soft
Obsidian
Mossmouth (Spelunky)

...and many more, they're just the ones that stick out to me at the moment. There's too many good development studios out there that often get over looked.