| curl-6 said: So if Mario + Rabbids doesn't count, what about games like Astral Chain and Daemon ex Machina, that are Nintendo published but third party developed? |
The biggest complication I've found with this thread is how aggressive Nintendo has been as a publisher. It's impossible not to be arbitrary at times, but as a rule, I try to look at the nature of the developer, the nature of the relationship with Nintendo, and the IP's history.
For the purposes of this thread, I am inclined to accept both as third party since they were made by Platinum Games and Marvelous, which are both fully independent developers. It's something we could re-assess if there's strong feelings about it here, or if it comes out that those studios were simply developing on contract for Nintendo. In other words, I currently see it as being more like Square Enix and Octopath Traveler rather than Koei Tecmo and Smash.
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