If this sells well this could mean a new direction for Nintendo when it comes to third party support, at least in the West. They should lend out their IPs to Western third party studios more often. A big complaint that third party publishers always have is that non-Nintendo games simply don't sell on Nintendo consoles. But if give them some of your IPs to work on that point is mute.
Next Level Games has had great success with games like Punch-Out!, Mario Strikers and Luigi's Mansion (let's ignore the monstrosity that was Metroid Prime: Federation Force). And what to say about Retro Studios with Metroid and Donkey Kong Country.
Now imagine what Western developers like Ubisoft, Activision and Bethesda could do with Nintendo IPs.
"The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must" - Thoukydides
