I never quite get why people claim that Nintendo hasn't helped 3rd parties this gen. IMO they've helped 3rd parties way more than either Sony or Microsoft.
- Nintendo fully advertised MH3 and published in the West, not only that but they let Capcom design the CCPro.
- DQ IX was fully marketed by Nintendo as well.
- Nintendo published Samurai Warriors 3 as well as Miyamoto developing a mini game for it
- What about Tenchu, again Nintendo pubished that
- NST assisted with RIDGE RACER DS
- They played a large party in Mario & Sonic and (I think) published it in Japan
- They published Trauma Centre, that probably wouldn't have been localised without Nintendo
- Motion Plus actually launched only with 3rd party games
- Retro assisted with Red Steel 2
- Intelligent developed DQWars for S-E
- I'm sure Nintendo helped with Jump Ultimate Stars
- Bonsai Barber probably wouldn't have got ads if it wasn't for Nintendo
