Walter Matthau
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A true sequel to the original Chibi Robo would be nice.
What franchise should Nintendo re-activate next? Kid Icarus, Starfox?
Second party is a bit nebulous, but basically its a type of first party game.is it first party then? if the IP holder is a 3rd party company and the developer is also a 3rd party company? it's more like 2nd party, with Nintendo funding the games, no?
Ah yes, Creatures or Game Freak was a spin out company from HAL if I remember. Yes, HAL likely have some stake in Smash then.If I remember correctly, Pokémon ownership is split three way between Nintendo, Game Freak and The Pokémon Company.
Then ownership of The Pokémon Company is split three way between Nintendo, Game Freak and Creatures.
For Smash Bros., the copyright is written as "© Nintendo / HAL Laboratory, Inc." so that makes me think HAL has some sort of stake in it. But I'm not 100% sure.
I had to double check this, but it looks like when Iwata was at HAL he helped the people who worked on the Mother series to found a new company called Creatures.Ah yes, Creatures or Game Freak was a spin out company from HAL if I remember. Yes, HAL likely have some stake in Smash then.
Level-5? Nintendo has nothing to do with those games, lol.Who owns Professor Layton IP? Nintendo or Level-5
Level-5? Nintendo has nothing to do with those games, lol.
And they don't own The Duskbloods either, which is also published by From Software in Japan.
A true sequel to the original Chibi Robo would be nice.
If I remember correctly, Pokémon ownership is split three way between Nintendo, Game Freak and The Pokémon Company.
Then ownership of The Pokémon Company is split three way between Nintendo, Game Freak and Creatures.
Yes you're right. I don't think we know whether Nintendo is a majority owner though.no, the Pokémon Company is the owner of the Pokémon IP.
and Nintendo, Game Freak and Creatures Inc all own 1/3 of the Pokémon Company.
but afaik Nintendo is officially the majority owner.
they created the Pokémon company together to manage the ip
Yes Nintendo may not be the majority owner, and not the overall controller for the IP, but it's the controller for video games of the IP. Which is what really matters.Yes you're right. I don't think we know whether Nintendo is a majority owner though.
To me the important thing is that they are the publisher. There's several first party games where the publisher doesn't own the IP (Indiana Jomes, Wolverine and MLB The Show for example).Yes Nintendo may not be the majority owner, and not the overall controller for the IP, but it's the controller for video games of the IP. Which is what really matters.
Just speculation, but it feels like they'd be even more heavily involved in the games if that was the case, at least in terms of quality control.Yes you're right. I don't think we know whether Nintendo is a majority owner though.
Yes I believe Nintendo does own the trademarks. I don't think we can judge IP ownership from game quality though.Just speculation, but it feels like they'd be even more heavily involved in the games if that was the case, at least in terms of quality control.
I'm pretty sure Nintendo is the sole owner of all the trademarks though (the name "Pokemon", every Pokemon name, logotypes etc.). So they seem to be sitting on the most valuable assets.
That's the key thing yes, that they're exclusive publisher of the Pokemon video games.To me the important thing is that they are the publisher. There's several first party games where the publisher doesn't own the IP (Indiana Jomes, Wolverine and MLB The Show for example).
Correct, Wolverine is closer to what Nintendo did with Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3. They own the rights to the first party game, but own 0% of the IP.That's the key thing yes, that they're exclusive publisher of the Pokemon video games.
Wolverine is a little different as it could potentially be published by different companies on a per contract basis (I think X men stuff has been in the past, not sure), whereas Nintendo seems to have exclusive indefinite publishing rights for Pokemon.
When this crashes and burns they can sell the rights to a western dev. It's a match made in heaven.OP forgot this one :
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mario paint. We got a mouse again.
Let's hope we get it on the VC.Eternal Darkness reboot would be amazing.
What constitutes as "active"?
We're getting new rhythm heaven and Tomodachi Life games next year. We got a new WarioWare just a few years ago too.
good point, Tomodachi is definitely another active Nintendo 1st party IP.
WarioWare is part of Mario IP
If WarioWare is Mario, then the amount of Nintendo IP needs to be chopped significantly.
Isn't Labo an active 1st party franchise?
A new Starfox game almost surely going to appear on Switch 2.
Where is F-ZERO?Nintendo active 1st party IPs:
1. Mario (including many sub-series: main series, Kart, Party, 2D platformer, RPG, Paper, Sports, etc)
2. Zelda (including Hyrule Warriors)
3. Pokemon (including Detective Pikachu)
4. Animal Crossing
5. Smash Bros
6. Metroid
7. Donkey Kong
8. Kirby
9. Splatoon
10. Pikmin
11. Fire Emblem
12. Xenoblade
13. Luigi Mansion
14. Tomodachi
What franchise should Nintendo re-activate next? Kid Icarus, Starfox?
Out of curiosity, how many active first party franchises do Sony and MS have?
EDIT: Added Tomodachi as pointed byBridges
Where is F-ZERO?
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Why no to Detective Club? And if you're counting things coming out next year then you should add Rhythm Heaven.dead
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Why no to Detective Club? And if you're counting things coming out next year then you should add Rhythm Heaven.
Why? They are franchises Nintendo are producing which have got new entriesit just doesn't count, rhythm heaven also don't count, same with Wii sports. Games like those or Labo, don't count
This and also I hope Nintendo doesn't forget about Astral Chain.Damn shame if Xenoblade 1 - 3 and X don't have day one free patches. They gotta keep growing the franchise.
This and also I hope Nintendo doesn't forget about Astral Chain.
I would love to see upgrade version for Switch 2 and later on sequel for it.
I hope we get for both.The one that needs it the most is honestly Bayonetta 3.
FZero99 was amazing
Why? They are franchises Nintendo are producing which have got new entries
What makes Tomodachi count that doesn't apply to Rhythm Heaven or Famicom Detective Club?
Same games every 5 to 6 years. No real new ip's.
This and also I hope Nintendo doesn't forget about Astral Chain.
I would love to see upgrade version for Switch 2 and later on sequel for it.