Nintendo has made 71 Brand new Franchises Since 2001

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mZuzek said:

So, let's make the real list now, considering only the REAL IPs.
Which means "Cooking guide! Can't decide what to eat?" is not included.
IPs in bold are the ones that spawned several games and revolve around actual characters (which means the Wii Series is not in bold).

Pikmin
Eternal Darkness
Animal Crossing
Wii Series
Endless Ocean
Pandora's Tower
Xenoblade Chronicles
The Last Story
The Wonderful 101
Splatoon
Golden Sun
Nintendogs
Brain Age
Art Academy
Codename: S.T.E.A.M.
Steel Diver
Tomodachi Life
Pushmo
Dillon's Rolling Western

Pushmo and Dillon's Rolling Western in italic because even though they have their own characters and at least 2 games each, they consist only of eShop titles, so can we really consider them?

I find it very funny how you cut out a bunch of IP's to your choosing. The point of the list is just to show that Nintendo has created and owns these intelectual properties. Success has nothing to do with if they own them and or created them or not. Each and every development studio will have lists like this. 

What does "revolve around characters" or "spawned sequels" have to do with an intelectual property? Perhaps you should make a list stating something along the lines of 'successful IP's that are character centric' as opposed to your "REAL IPs" list. 

BTW, Brain Age was VERY successful and it had sequels. Unless of course you don't count 20 and 15 million sales successful...