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DreadPirateRoberts said:

curl-6 said:

So if Mario + Rabbids doesn't count, what about games like Astral Chain and Daemon ex Machina, that are Nintendo published but third party developed?

The biggest complication I've found with this thread is how aggressive Nintendo has been as a publisher.  It's impossible not to be arbitrary at times, but as a rule, I try to look at the nature of the developer, the nature of the relationship with Nintendo, and the IP's history.  

For the purposes of this thread, I am inclined to accept both as third party since they were made by Platinum Games and Marvelous, which are both fully independent developers.  It's something we could re-assess if there's strong feelings about it here, or if it comes out that those studios were simply developing on contract for Nintendo.  In other words, I currently see it as being more like Square Enix and Octopath Traveler rather than Koei Tecmo and Smash.

Koei T helped develop Fire emblem, Bandai N does Smash help