SKMBlake said:
Well we can apply the Mario+Rabbids precedent, which is a Rabbids game (and thus a 3rd party title). |
That's not the same thing though, Mario + Rabbids was fully funded by Ubisoft and published by them everywhere outside of Japan where Nintendo published it.
TMS is a Nintendo published and funded by Nintendo, developed by Atlus.
The situation is more akin to something like Astral Chain - funded and published by Nintendo but developed by a third party.
TMS is a first party game.