Woopah
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Dragon Quest and Monster Hunter are the biggest ones they pay for. But they do a lot of deals with smaller franchises too like SMT, Disgaea, No More Heroes etc. or most recently with Raincode and Manic Mechanics.They can get a few if it's a series that's incredibly important in Japan, like Dragon Quest, Monster Hunter. Not a ton more than that. And they only have that relevance in Japan because it's handheld. And they're not even exclusive for long. I can't really think of anything on Switch that's a big 3rd party exclusive.
They don't spend nearly as much as Sony, but they do pay regularly to get exclusives from third parties.