How about (gasp!) a new IP that isn't strictly aimed at casuals (Wii Sports, WiiFit, etc.) i.e. a "real" game. I will go ahead and count Wii Sports, but Wii Fit doesn't exactly fit the criteria. It's not really that hard. Sony and Microsoft (who supposedly aren't that innovative) can do it.
Sony: Infamous, Uncharted, Echochrome, Heavenly Sword, Lair, Little Big Planet, Folklore, White Knight Story, and counting ones already released this generation, Resistance and Motorstorm. I think I forgot a few as well on the PSN like Flow, Calling all Cars, Pain, etc.
Microsoft: Mass Effect, Crackdown, Alan Wake, Too Human, Vampire Rain (still counts even if bad), Shadowrun, Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, etc. I don't know their list of games as well as I do Sony's but those titles alone substantially outweigh the amount of fresh IP's Nintendo has produced.
Nintendo - rehashed IP's versus new ones on the Wii.
Rehashed:
Legend of Zelda: TP
Fire Emblem
Super Mario Galaxy
Metroid Prime
Smash Bros. Brawl
Mario Kart Wii
Mario Party 8
Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree
probably some more I am missing
New IP's:
Wii Sports
Wii Music (haven't heard from this one in awhile)
Project H.A.M.M.E.R. (o wait...)
Disaster (o wait...)
WarioWare Smooth Moves (uses the Wario name, but I will count it cause it is different)
Wii Fit
There you have it. Feel free to add any if I missed some, particularly on the Nintendo side, cause I would like to hear some more. No seriously, I am asking you to. D.S. games aside (which have, even if they aren't traditional, seen some new IP's like Nintendogs, Brain Age, etc. although there are plenty of remakes like all of the N64 rehashes), Nintendo has not been as creative as people give them credit for.
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