I think they'll let them work on more side story things like Super Mario RPG and Hyrule Warriors. They have to since they don't have the resources to fully support their home console. And Third parties believe software won't sell unless there's a Nintendo character on the cover. This kills two birds with one stone.
Just have someone from Nintendo oversee their projects to make sure third parties don't do something stupid like make Mario into some kind of muscle bound space marine and everything should work out good for everyone.







