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Soundwave on 11 March 2015
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Yeah these are the content deals I'd make, and they're all reasonable IMO, nothing stupid like "buy GTA exclusize Nintendo c'mon!".

- Buy the 007/Bond license or at minimum secure the rights to FPS Bond titles (meaning only Nintendo can make that type of Bond game). It's available and Bond is time-less, cool, appeals to multiple generations, and gives Nintendo an edgy product "mascot" without veering too far away from Nintendo's family friendly image. Parents are cool with Bond because they themselves grew up with Bond, it's not like the GTA or COD series.

- Cut a deal with Namco for a Soul Calibur exclusive title. Doesn't even have to be Soul Calibur VI per se, can just be built off the SCV engine with Zelda/Fire Emblem characters added in and other new features/fighters so that it feels like a new game while not being a huge investment for Namco. Have it at Fusion launch.

- Deal with EA. They get to either make separate Mario sports titles (Mario NFL, Mario FIFA), or get to incorporate Mario characters into the main Madden/FIFA/etc. games as as side mode. In exchange EA agrees to give the Fusion platform at least a yearly Madden, FIFA, and perhaps other IP like Sim City and Star Wars. Not a huge deal, but I think it's problematic when do you have any sports game presence on your platform; people love sports that's all there is to it.

- Ninja Gaiden exclusive for Fusion. Itagaki directs. Again Nintendo has all these relationships in place. They finance a new Ninja Gaiden game, Itagaki gets to back to the franchise he made famous and bring it back to respectability.

- I'd go ahead and just buy the entire Bayonetta IP from Sega, since they're bailing out of everything. Greenlight Bayonetta 3.

- I'd bring back things like Wave Race and 1080 and F-Zero. Pilotwings too perhaps. Make Punch-Out! a more regular franchise staple also (with Mike Tyson as a bonus boss). More diversity. And I'd encourage more new IP in this vein.