If Nintendo had to, which one?

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CaptainExplosion said:

midrange said:
Nintendo would just go third party like sega. Being a third party dev/publisher means they can still have freedom in making what they want in whatever form they so choose

Uh, yeah. Remember how Sega being third-party worked out? 8bce00e2853c6e2114fa905d9e8feaba2ba1bc0753ab4c60a0ff55c99fb337a5.jpg

There's a little thing called history repeated itself.

the difference is Sega never had very strong IP / characters to begin with. that was one of their largest issues. besides Sonic who are their iconic characters in the Saturn/Dreamcast eras? they have some better IP in the earlier days (Alex Kidd, Streets of Rage, Golden Axe, etc.) but they all but abandoned their own series which damaged the properties

 

Nintendo has some of the most iconic brand names in entertainment. a Mario Galaxy would sell a kajillion copies on any system, just like a Zelda or Pokemon. granted I think Nintendo works best as both a hardware + sofware developer, they can't be too restrained

I wouldn't suggest Nintendo get out of making consoles for quite a while, too much potential. Nintendo simply needs to make a more streamlined game system without gimmicks and keep on focusing on what they always have, making good games