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c0rd on 31 January 2010
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The Ghost of RubangB said:

It's not necessarily a new strategy for Nintendo (Mario and Sonic at the Olympics by Sega, Star Fox by Namco, the Mario Kart arcade game by Namco, F-Zero by Sega, Mario Basketball by Square-Enix, Mario DDR by Konami, etc.), but they're REALLY cranking it up a notch right now, and I'm loving it.

And on top of the games mentioned in the OP, they're going to help market Monster Hunter Tri for Capcom and Dragon Quest X for Square-Enix.

To be honest, if Nintendo really drops a Mario/Metroid/Zelda/Pokemon/Wii super-bomb all in one year, 3rd parties won't stand a chance. So Nintendo's just being a good sport and helping everybody out.

 

(EDIT: forgot about the Zelda games made by Capcom.)

Most of the games named in the OP, as well as DQX are directed at Japan, anyway. The 3D Mario / Metroid / Zelda super-bomb will... not do much in Japan, they're all pretty damn weak in that region (relative to their western performances). I'm not even sure if any of these will reach a million.

I'm psyched for the MH3 and (hopefully) DQIX support by Nintendo, though. I'd love to see these franchises get some popularity in the west - the quality is there, they should stand out due to their massive content (and budget) as it is.