3DS & Japanese devs, a key to Nintendo's 3rd party support for WiiU.

[DanneSandin]

happydolphin said:

DanneSandin said:
Question is, how much support did the original DS get from 3rd parties? I'm not sure at all, but from what I've heard, it was mostly Nintendo games that sold and and 3rd party support was rather poor. If this is the case, why would Japanese developers support the 3DS? It's probably not gonna sell as well as DS. Is your "3DS getting more support from J-games"-argument based on the fact that Vita isn't no PSP?

I believe that 3rd party support will be strong for all next gen consoles; it won't be like this gen when Wii only got shit ports.

And having a strong handheld console doesn't automatically mean better support for your home console. Case in point: the Game Boy series. This line up of HW dominated the handheld market from 1989 to 2004, coinciding with the N64 and GameCube; arguably Nintendos worst supported systems, and definitely worst selling home consoles. Going by your logic as formulated in the OP, these would have been great days of 3rd party support for Nintendo. And yet, they are remembered as the Dark Ages of Nintendo...

I'm applying this to a very different context than the N64 and the cube, which suffered from bleeding injuries from the get-go.

I'm taking a real, best-case scenario that Nintendo is currently in: 3DS destroying its competition from the get-go in japan (was not the case year 1 of last gen).

Nintendo is at the top of the industry, having just defeated the reigning champion (is now in the playstation 2's shoes upon the PS1 victory), with no sour feelings in j-devs (as was the case ushering into the N64).

Just very, very, completetly different cases. Your argument applies because of other much more damaging factors, and not the factor at hand (general support for the manufacturer). Also, the 3DS support from 3rd parties is very different from the DS'. The DS had IPs not usually found on consoles, like layton and twewy. The 3DS has some good capabilities, and so companies are putting their big IPs and serious offerings on it. That's very different.

The gameboy was never considered a full gaming diet like now the portables are in japan. It's a very different time.

Yeah, I guess you're right. I hope it all pans out the way you're describing here; but it is very much a "best case scenario"...