Mr_Moogle said:
Nintendo has improved in some apsects this generation but there second party releases have been less than impressive. They need to stop overusing the Mario franchise. Its ridiculous. They have plenty of popular franchises they could use...or better yet....CREATE NEW ONES!
DONT label Nintendo fans. Im a huge fan but I dont agree with Zeo and all the other fanboys who are blinded by their love for the big N.
In many ways...Nintendo's recent offerings have been indicative of the industry. They are too scared to release new IPs because they are unlikely to sell. People are also complaining about the amount of game releases....so Nintendo has rushed production on a few titles.
The quality of the second party companies isn't quite what it used to be. Retro were an acception. One example where Nintendo got it right. They need to try and repeat that form but I dont think they can do it with compnaies like N-Space and Kuju.
Retro is 100% owned by Nintendo.
And I disagree with your statement about 2nd parties. While Nintendo doesn't have a single 2nd party to rely upon like they did in the SNES/N64 era with Rare, they have had a crapload of collaberations with other studios in the development of titles. And a lot of these are good games.
Rareware
-Star Fox Adventures (GC)
-Donkey Kong Country (GBA)
-Donkey Kong Country 2 (GBA)
-Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA)
ChunSoft
-Fushugi no Dungeon: Pokemon World: Pikachu no Daibouken (NDS)
Silicon Knights
-Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (GC)
-Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (GC) (this one was kind of a 2.5 party title made by SK with input from both Nintendo and Konami. So I'm listing it under Konami and SK)
Konami
-DDR Mario (GC)
-Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (GC) (this one was kind of a 2.5 party title made by SK with input from both Nintendo and Konami So I'm listing it under Konami and SK)
Leftfield Productions
-NBA Courtside 2002 (GC)
Camelot Software Planning
-Golden Sun (GBA)
-Golden Sun: The Lost Age (GBA)
-Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (GC)
-Mario Golf: Advance Tour (GBA)
-Mario Power Tennis (GC)
Suzac
-F-Zero: GP Legend (GBA)
Alpha Dream
-Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (GBA)
-Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Sports (GBA)
-Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (DS)
n-Space
-Geist (GC)
Jupiter Corp
-Pokémon Pinball Mini (PM)
-Pokémon Puzzle Collection (PM)
-Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire (GBA)
Capcom
-The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords (GBA)
-The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (GBA)
-Disney's Magical Mirror starring Mickey Mouse (GC)
-Disney's Magical Quest starring Mickey & Minnie (GBA)
-Kirby and the Amazing Mirror (GBA)
Namco
-Donkey Konga (GC)
-Star Fox Assault (GC)
-Donkey Konga 2: Hit Song Parade (GC)
-Tales of Symphonia (GC) [Nintendo did help fund the NA and European localizations, didn't they?]
-Pac Man Vs (GC)
-Donkey Konga 3 (GC)
-Mario Baseball (GC)
Sega Sammy
-F-Zero GX (GC)
-Kirby and the Amazing Mirror (GBA)
-F-Zero AX (AC)
Hudson Soft + Eighting
-Mario Party 4 (GC)
-Mario Party 5 (GC)
-Mario Party 6 (GC)
-Mario Party 7 (GC)
-Mario Party Advance (GBA)
-Kuru Kuru Kururin (GBA)
-Kururin Paradise (GBA)
-Oriental Blue: Ao no Tengai (GBA
-Kururin Squash (GC)
Square Enix
-Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles (GC)
-Final Fantasy 1&2: Dawn of Souls (GBA)
-Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (GBA)
-Sword of Mana (GBA)
Vivarium
-Odama (GC)
-The Tower SP (GBA)
Skip
-Giftpia (GC)
-Chibi Robo (GC)
Tantalus Software
-Top Gear Rally (GBA)
Q Entertainment
-Meteos (DS) [Hey, nintendo published it outside of japan]
Cing
-Another Code (DS)
Mitchell Corp
-Polarium (DS)
Genki
-Napoleon (GBA)
TOMY
-Cyber Drive ZOIDS (GBA)
Paon Corp
-Donkey Kong: King of Swing (GBA)
Fuse Games
-Mario Pinball Land (GBA)
Seta
-Legend of Golfer (GC)
Ganbarion
-Jump Super Stars (DS)
Next Level Games
-Super Mario Strikers (GC)
If you want, I guess you can include SSX4 and NBA Street v3 from EA, too, and Soul Calibur 2 from Namco
That's all the announced collaberations Nintendo's had on the GC, GBA, and DS. I think.
Thanks to demi for helping me out a bit with this.
