This is a list of new Nintendo franchises released or announced since 2001:
Golden Sun, Magical Vacation/Starsign, Legend of Stafy, Rhythm Heaven, Drill Dozer, Artstyle series, PictoChat, Band Brothers, Nintendogs, Trace Memory (Another Code), Elite Beat Agents (Ouendan), Elektroplankton, Brain Age, Hotel Dusk, Mystery Case Files, Chibi-Robo, Pikmin, Eternal Darkness*, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles*, Giest, Odama, Wii series (Sports/Music/Fit), Big Brain Academy, Captain Rainbow, Project HAMMER (canned?), Endless Ocean, Disaster: Day of Crisis, Soma Bringer, Kensax, Spawn Smasher, Line Attack Heroes, Dynamic Slash, Maboshi, Cosmic Walker, Girl's Mode,Master of Illusion
* = Co-owned in some shape for form
And that's actually trimmed down...I left out some of the obscure Japan-only IPs. But I'm not done yet!
List of Nintendo franchises REVIVED or localized for the first time outside of Japan since 2001:
Doshin the Giant, Mother (3), Metroid, Custom Robo, Kid Icarus, Advance Wars, Fire Emblem, Animal Crossing, Punch-out, Sin & Punishment, Excite (Truck), New Super Mario Bros. and probably more I'm forgetting.
EDIT: Added some more to the lists above and made the third list below...
List of new games/franchises/series spawned from existing IPs since 2001:
Metroid Prime (& Hunters/Pinball), Mario & Luigi RPG series, Warioware, Wario World, Batallion Wars, Zelda: Four Swords, Donky Konga, Mario Baseball, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, Kirby Air Ride, Super Princess Peach, Mario Hoops, Tingle's Rosy Rupee Land, Mario Strikers, Pokemon XD
Tag - "No trolling on my watch!"
