Best "second party" Nintendo game

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Mnementh said:

Does Kid Icarus: Uprising count as second party? I am quite confused about that. If not, I nominate Fire Emblem Awakening. I doubt Ganbarions Pandora's Tower falls under the second party umbrella (although Nintendo published), this is a game I like very much. Same with Another Code R from Cing, which was Nintendo published and now in a weird move got a remake as Nintendo first party.

So yeah, my difficulties are in the area of identifying what counts as second party.

Kid Icarus is tricky cos Nintendo owns 72% of Project Sora; for the purposes of this thread though I'll allow it as they're not a wholly owned subsidiary.

Mar1217 said:

I know someone nominated Kirby and the Forgotten Land but having played almost all of the series as of now, Kirby Planet Robobot is the best game in the series in my mind. So yeah, that's my nomination.

Though, technically, Smash Ultimate has been worked on by Bandai Namco lol, so does that count.
Also Metroid Dread is such a banger too.

Nintendo really had it good in terms of collaborations and 2nd party releases this generation. Here's hoping they stay strong for the next one !

Smash counts as a Sora/Bamco production, yes.

Wman1996 said:

Second-party is confusing because it's not as mentioned as first and third.
If Mother 2 or 3, or Xenoblade Chronicles 3 count then I would pick any of those.

Xenoblade is first party as Monolith Soft is wholly owned by Nintendo, but the Mother games count.