| HylianSwordsman said: I count W101 as a Nintendo exclusive. It's certainly not 3rd party. It was published by Nintendo and almost had Nintendo properties in it. You might as well call games like The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages/Seasons 3rd party if you're going to call W101 3rd party. Same goes for Lego City Undercover. It's Nintendo published. I currently have 100% 1st party if you count W101 as 1st party, which as I said I do. But if you count Indie games, I have several games I plan to buy that would balance it out to 50% each, once I can afford said games. |
...No. Same doesn't go for Lego City Undercover. That's a third party exclusive. Just because Nintendo published it doesn't mean it's first party. Nintendo actually owns the rights to W101. They don't own the rights to Lego, Sonic, or Bayonetta, three franchises with games published by Nintendo.
Someone couldn't just not count W101 as first party. They'd be wrong. It is first party and that's not up for debate. Not because Nintendo published it, but because Nintendo created and owns the IP. It's a first party IP being developed by a 3rd party studio. It's literally the exact same situation as the Oracle games. The only reason there is confusion is because it's a new IP.
Some one else tried calling Platinum 2nd party. They're not. They're third party. A company like Gamefreak is second party. I'm pretty sure Rareware was 2nd party as well, hence why Microsoft was able to buy them. Microsoft couldn't ever buy Retro, because they are first party.
