fordy said:
Soundwave said: Top Third Party games by Generation (games on Nintendo platforms are bolded) NES-Sega Master System Era: Megaman 2 (NES exclusive) Final Fantasy (NES exclusive) Contra (NES exclusive) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES exclusive) Wizards & Warriors (NES exclusive) Ninja Gaiden (NES specific) SNES-Genesis Era: Street Fighter II - Timed Exclusive to SNES Contra III - Timed Exclusive to SNES Final Fantasy VI - SNES Exclusive Mortal Kombat - Multi-plat NBA Jam - Multi-plat Chrono Trigger - SNES Exclusive Super Star Wars - SNES Exclusive PS1-N64 Era: Final Fantasy VII - Not on N64 Resident Evil - Not on N64 Resident Evil 2 - On N64 (2 years later) Metal Gear Solid - Not on N64 Tekken 3 - Not on N64 Final Fantasy VIII - Not on N64 Tomb Raider - Not on N64 PS2-GCN-XBox Era Grand Theft Auto III - Not on GameCube Devil May Cry - Not on GameCube Resident Evil 4 - Timed Exclusive to GameCube Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Not on GameCube Metal Gear Solid II - Not on GameCube Tony Hawk Pro Skater - Multi-plat Dragon Quest VIII - Not on GameCube Final Fantasy X - Not on GameCube Wii-360-PS3 Call of Duty - On Wii, but heavily downgraded BioShock - Not on Wii Metal Gear Solid 4 - Not on Wii Battlefield 3 - Not on Wii Skyrim - Not on Wii Left 4 Dead - Not on Wii Final Fantasy XIII - Not on Wii Guitar Hero - Multi-plat After the SNES, Nintendo's standing with third parties has completely fallen apart and they've become more of a speciality console manufacturer outside of the Wii craze from 2006-2010. |
What's your point? It seems to be causing you concern for some reason...
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It's to the OP's point, yes third party games don't sell well on Nintendo platforms, but for the last 15+ years, Nintendo platforms by and large have been shut out of the top third party franchises.
I don't ever recall hearing this "third parties don't sell on Nintendo platforms" nonsense during the NES and SNES days (and yes I was gaming back then). A lot of the most popular NES games were not made by Nintendo back then and probably the most popular SNES game was Street Fighter II, that was *the* "gotta have it" game for most of the SNES cycle.