Nintendo has made 71 Brand new Franchises Since 2001

[VanceIX]

KLXVER said:

VanceIX said:

I'm referring to their recent franchises since 2001, which is what the article mentioned. Nintendo (and a lot of other devs) tend to throw new stuff at the wall and hope it sticks. Nothing wrong with that, but let's not pretend that they lovingly nurture their franchises into poularity.

And the only other relevant new game that has a chance of a sequel that I see is Wonderful 101, which recieved lukewarm sales at best. There are only 5 new major franchises on the list on the 3DS/WiiU, and out of them only Tomodachi Life has seen considerable success (Splatoon is not out yet). 

I just listed the 6 I felt were relevant. You might be able to include the Wii-series as well, but that's still 7 out of 71, which is less than 10% yet.

Why would they lovingly nurture a franchise if the first game didnt interest people...?

I didn't say they should. You said that Nintendo is one of the best at building franchises, and I pointed out that the vast majority (85+%) meet failure after the first game.