Looking back, 3rd party support on the 3DS wasn't that great

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TheMisterManGuy said:

Rogerioandrade said:

That´s only true ..... if you just look to Western Developers. Activison (Skylanders) and Warner (Lego and Scribblenauts series) seem to be the few ones who kept supporting it regularly. EA launched a couple of FIFA games too.

On the other side , Japanese developers like Capcom, Atlus, Level 5, Square Enix, Sega, Namco etc. launched many games for the 3ds. Most of them exclusives.

Series like Monster Hunter, Professor Layton, Dragon Quest, Yokai Watch got very good sales, as well as some stand-alone releases, like Fantasy Life, Kingdom Hearts 3D, Megaten games, Etrian Odyssey etc. The system was a paradise for Jrpgs. Overall, it had great 3rd party support. Not exceptional, but great.

Even Japan support was lackluster. Capcom just released nothing but Monster Hunter with the occasional AA games after Resident Evil Revelations released. Square Enix just had mostly Dragon Quest remakes and the Bravely games. Atlus and Level 5 were 2 of the only companies who gave the 3DS consistent and varied support, rather than sticking to the same 2-3 franchises. Compared to the DS where Square Enix put out all sorts of games from Final Fantasy, to Mana, to The World Ends With You. 

There were great third party games on the 3DS, but It's hard to say it had great third party support in general since it was so limited in terms of variety. 

Capcom: 9 Ace Attorney games, 2 Resident Evil games, 5 Monster Hunter games, E.X.Troopers, Gaist Crusher 1 & 2, Super Street Fighter 3D, Megami Meguri, Megaman Legacy Collection. Not better than DS but not lackluster that much.  Square: 11 Dragon Quest games, more than DS for sure. 3 Final Fantasy games (1 main and 2 spin-off, worse than DS sadly), 3 Theatrhythm games, Chousoku Henkei Gyrozetter, Kaku-San-Sei Million Arthur, 1 Kingdom Hearts games (at least better story and characters than Re:Coded), yeah, a bit lackluster compared to DS but still not too bad