Taken from another thread, I posted it before, but here's an almost complete list of franchises owned by Nintendo.
1st tier franchises: Mario Platformers, Zelda, Metroid, Donkey Kong, Star Fox, Pikmin, F-Zero, Super Smash. Bros, Mario Kart, Kirby, Animal Crossing, Punch-Out, Mario Party, Fire Emblem, Advance Wars, Mother, Wario Platformers, Wii Series.
2nd tier franchises: Pilotwings, Kid Icarus, Yoshi Platformers, Luigi's Mansion/platformers, Super Princess Peach platformers, Golden Sun, Mario RPG's, Sin & Punishment, WarioWare, The Training games (brain training/age, cooking, face, vision, English, etc), Rythm Heaven, Wave Race, 1080º, Excite Series, Chibi Robo, Custom Robo, Eternal Darkness, Starfy, Endless Ocean, Nintendogs, Elite Beat Agents, Mario&Sonic, Duck Hunt, Tetris, Dr. Mario, Pokemon Snap, Pokemon Puzzle League, Pokem Stadium, Main Pokemon RPGs, Mario Sports.
3rd tier: Mach Rider, Star Tropics, Faxanadu, Ballon Fight, Ice Climbers, Trace Memory, Lost Magic, Doshin the Giant, Geist, Odama, Magical Vacation, Disaster: DoC, Captain Rainbow, Dynamic Slash, Span Smasher, Line Attack Heroes, Baten Kaitos, Soma Bringer, Glory of Heracles, Cosmic Walker, Band Bros, Meteos, Jump Super Stars, Polarium, Picross, Wagamama Fashion, Hogan's Alley, Urban Champion, WildGunman, Wrecking Crew, Sky Skipper, Clu Clu Land, HeliFire, Space Demon, Radar Scope, Space Fire Bird, Space Fever, Monkey Magic, Sheriff, Space Launcher, SF-HiSplitter, Computer Othello, MR Game & Watch, Kensax, Wild Gunman, Test Driver, Battle Shark, Sky Hawk, Shooting Trainer, Link's CB Training, Tingle RPG's, Block Fever, Popeye, Ladies Gold, Arm Wrestling, Gum Shoe, Stack-Up, R.O.B., Devil World, Pro-Wrestling, Kung Fu Masters, Eggsplode, To The Earth, Barker Bill's Trick Shooting, Joy Mech Fight, Battle Clash, Yoshi's Cookie, Yoshi's Saffari, Vegas Stakes, Metal Combat, Tin Star, Stunt Race FX, Uniracers, Kirby's Avalanche, Old DK series, Mario vs DK, Donkey Konga, Kirby's Airride, Panel de Pon, Marvelous, Tetrisphere, Mishcief Makers, Mario Paint, Cubivore, GiftPia, ArtStyle Series, Kururin, Eyeshield 21, Magnetica, MaBoShi, Lonpos, Bonsai Barber, Rock n' Roll Climber, Yakuman, Balloon Kid, Radar Mission, Solar Striker, X, The Frog/Bell Tolls, Pinball Nintendo games, Mole Mania, Pokemon Trading Card, Crystalis, Kirby Tilt n' Tumble, Card Hero, Monster Tactics, Warlocked, Teleroboxer, Galactic Pinball, Red Alarm, Panic Bomber, Family Jockey, Hamtaro, Drill Dozer, Picto Chat, Pokemon Dash, Electroplankton, Pokemon Trozei, Project Hacker, Touch Panic, Hotel Dusk, Master of Illusion, Jet Impulse, Slid Adventure MAGKID, Exclamation Warriors, ASH, Mistery Case Files, Monado.
Shit I'm not saying you should write all of those down, I did the list of their franchises because I was bored, but hell they've got a lot to work with.
Just imagine a SSB game with elements from all these games :O
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Bets with Conegamer:
Pandora's Tower will have an opening week of less than 37k in Japan. (Won!)
Pandora's Tower will sell less than 100k lifetime in Japan.
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