This thread has gone to some weird places, but as far as the main question is concerned there are probably a number of different reasons. One could very well just be Nintendo's philosophy in selling their games, that maybe they simply consider the games to worth a certain price regardless of how old they are, to a certain point at least, and price them accordingly.
However, there are other aspects I would consider such as the fact that more often than not Nintendo's games are the main reason to buy a Nintendo console, and they know this. Hence, they know that even if they don't drop the prices of their games people will still buy them because they are the main attraction so to speak. People look for Nintendo games on their platforms, and in general there's no reason not to since they are usually among the platforms best titles.
This can lead to the issue that has often plagued Nintendo's consoles (not always of course), that third parties never see the kind of sales even when they release excellent games on the platforms. People are just satisfied with Nintendo's own output, and the rest of the game library often gets overlooked as a result. This might be another reason for the disparity between the price of the 1st and 3rd party titles on Nintendo consoles. Nintendo doesn't need to lower the prices to achieve great sales, while other companies need to drop them to get better sales.
Still, it could very well just be a difference in the ideology between Nintendo and other video game companies. Other companies may see it as a useful marketing tool to lower the prices of their games, and achieve higher profit that way, while Nintendo could see things in a different light, that the game's quality and name value is enough.
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