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The selfish part of me would never want Nintendo to go 3rd party because that would mean the eventual death of all of Nintendo's 2nd-tier franchises.  They'd probably lower their software output since they'd no longer have to diversify their library or churn out software for their hardware and instead focus on their A-List franchises while throwing an occasional bone with a Donkey Kong or a StarFox every now and then as long as they sell more than 5-7 million copies -- if not, then it's off to the graveyard like all of those dead Sega IPs.  Hell, I think most people who want Nintendo to go 3rd party don't realize that they'd probably focus most of their resources on mobile and largely neglect the console market.

Thankfully, Nintendo is too stubborn to go 3rd party anytime soon.