GC Remakes = Nintendo buying the 3rd parties some time.

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@Erik Aston: Not really, check my thread http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=44028&page=1

Nintendo is not making any of the games besides Wii Sports Resort. They are all outsourced to third party teams.

Also, the difference between a second and third party dev is that a second party developer was once a third party dev, but has been bought or has an exclusive deal with a console maker, so it's basically a 1st party team.

Third parties can make games and Nintendo can choose to publish them if they like. Nintendo may also hire a 3rd party team to make a game, though that very same team could be making projects for another console.

For example, Namco Bandai will never qualify as a second party dev, like you imply. They made Mario Super Sluggers, but only upon Nintendo's request. Alpha Dream or example makes only Wii or DS games, they will never be able to produce games for another platform that's not Nintendo, unless their contract is broken or Nintendo wants to get rid of them. Like it happened with RARE.