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Thanks for sorting through all that and catching errors. The only thing I feel to be debatable of all the stuff you mentioned is Battalion Wars, if the Wikipedia entry is to be believed (or if I'm not misinterpreting it, haha): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battalion_Wars#Title
Sounds like it could be considered a fresh franchise or a spin-off.

Got a few more I'm fairly certain of: Clubhouse Games, Yakuman, Art Academy, Teleroboxer, Sennen Kazoku, Personal Trainer series, Wild Trax, Trade & Battle: Card Hero, Slide Adventure MAGKID, Master of Illusion, and Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru.

Ones I'm on the fence about: Red Alarm, Nester's Funky Bowling, Polarium, Flash Focus (could probably be tossed in with another IP), and Crosswords DS (Nintendo-made and published, but...yeah).



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Midorioshi said:
Thanks for sorting through all that and catching errors. The only thing I feel to be debatable of all the stuff you mentioned is Battalion Wars, if the Wikipedia entry is to be believed (or if I'm not misinterpreting it, haha): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battalion_Wars#Title
Sounds like it could be considered a fresh franchise or a spin-off.

Got a few more I'm fairly certain of: Clubhouse Games, Yakuman, Art Academy, Teleroboxer, Sennen Kazoku, Personal Trainer series, Wild Trax, Trade & Battle: Card Hero, Slide Adventure MAGKID, Master of Illusion, and Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru.

Ones I'm on the fence about: Red Alarm, Nester's Funky Bowling, Polarium, Flash Focus (could probably be tossed in with another IP), and Crosswords DS (Nintendo-made and published, but...yeah).

No problem. ^_^ And yeah, sometimes spin-offs can blurry the line of whether they're a new IP or not... Persona is one of the best examples of this. I guess it depends on the criteria. I would still put it as part of the Famicom Wars series though, given the titles used on both Japan and the West.

Polarium is certainly a dubious one. It seems Magnetica is actually a version of Puzz Loop, which is owned by Mitchell Corporation, so Polarium is probably owned by them as well and just published by Nintendo. That's what I get from this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Corporation

I'm not sure if Crosswords DS, Clubhouse Games and the NES/SNES sports titles (Soccer, Baseball, etc) could count as IPs, given their characteristics... Maybe including them separately could be an alternative. Although, now that I think about it, Yakuman is probably in a similar case as Crosswords DS and Clubhouse Games given that it's just a mahjong game... I don't know.

Red Alarm doesn't seem to be owned by Nintendo given how the title screen of the game doesn't mention them, just the developer. And Nester's Funky Bowling seems to be dependant on the relation between Nintendo Power and Nintendo themselves at the time, given how the main character appeared on a comic in that magazine. I'm afraid I have to claim ignorance here too...

The rest are fine and I believe Flash Focus could count as its own IP, just like Brain Age does.

By the way, here are other IPs from this gen that could count and haven't been mentioned yet, which I saw months ago when I did some digging on this subject:

Wii: And-Kensaku, Minna no Joushiki Ryoku TV (Everyone's Common Sense TV, apparently...)

WiiWare: MaBoShi: The Three Shape Arcade, Rock N' Roll Climber, You, Me and the Cubes, Eco Shooter: Plant 530, Line Attack Heroes, Snowpack Park, AquaSpace, PictureBook Games (also on DSiWare).

DS: Soma Bringer, Project Hacker, Jet Impulse, Style Savvy/Style Boutique, Tomodachi Collection, Fossil Fighters, Mawashite Tsunageru Touch Panic, Zekkyou Senshi Sakeburein, Make 10: A Journey of Numbers.

DSiWare: Aura-Aura Climber, Metal Torrent, Link 'n' Launch, Reflect Missile/Trajectile, Pinball Pulse: The Ancients Beckon, White-Water Domo, Spotto !/Bird & Bombs, A Kappa's Trail.

I don't know if Takt of Magic (Wii) counts, which is a spiritual successor to LostMagic on DS. LostMagic is owned by Taito as evidenced by the fact that they're releasing a new one on mobile phones, but maybe Nintendo owns Takt of Magic, like how Demon's Souls is a Sony IP but Dark Souls, its spiritual successor, isn't.

EDIT: Here's a comprehensive list of what Nintendo has published: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_products_published_by_Nintendo



padib said:
This is still very much on my mind to update. I constantly see this topic come back in threads and it would be great to have a reference list on hand.

Indeed...

By the way, here are more IPs for Nintendo's list which I believe count and haven't been mentioned yet:

Vegas Dream/Stakes, Marvelous: Mōhitotsu no Takarajima, Sutte Hakkun, Mole Mania, Alleyway, Solar Striker, Radar Mission, Kakurenbo Battle Monster Tactics, Time Twist: Rekishi no Katasumi de..., Phantom Zona.

There's still a few missing, mostly from Arcades, but I'm wondering whether the copyright is still valid for those... And then there's those which I don't know if they're owned by Nintendo or if could be counted as IPs. But I think most have already being mentioned so there's enough to make a fairly useful list.



padib said:
Seiya, thanks for that. Keep it coming, I'll try to get it into the table sorted by dates on an iterative basis.

You're welcome. ^_^ Although as I mentioned before, I'm also interested on the list anyway. And yeah, it would be great to have it ordered by dates, but you could do it by gen or 1st platform as well. It would probably be easier that way and I don't think there's much need for the exact dates...

By the way, Bonsai Barber seems to be a Nintendo IP, which I wasn't sure before:

http://www.siliconera.com/2009/05/26/nintendo-developing-wii-fit-plus-and-art-academy/

And Art Academy is in there too, in case there was any doubt. One that I still don't know for sure whether it belongs to Nintendo or not is Tin Star (SNES)...

I'll post again when I have more info.



For those interested.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqjMhi64zYzQdDAtM25IekJScGxFZ0J3QWFPVWlfNWc



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happydolphin said:
For those interested.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqjMhi64zYzQdDAtM25IekJScGxFZ0J3QWFPVWlfNWc

All we seem to have are the Nintendo ones, however. And thanks to our happy fun banning system, this entire thread has been rendered useless since the OP requested permaban



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spurgeonryan said:
Mr Khan said:
happydolphin said:
For those interested.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqjMhi64zYzQdDAtM25IekJScGxFZ0J3QWFPVWlfNWc

All we seem to have are the Nintendo ones, however. And thanks to our happy fun banning system, this entire thread has been rendered useless since the OP requested permaban


Well you could always quote each one and then leave the quote once you read what Padib said.

 

By the Way Dolphin, I was just banned for what is called Necro-bumping. I would advise you , to make sure you ask a mod before doing so.

Thanks sr. Since this was an official thread I thought it would be okay to bring it back. I was interested in the list and created a shared google doc for it. Next time I'll be sure to ask the mods, I appreciate your advice.

I saw interest for this in the thread, whoever likes go ahead and collaborate in the google doc file. Here is a tiny url for it:

http://goo.gl/Wz4nr

Since e3 is on the way, we might want to get to work. I'll certainly do my part. Mr Khan, I believe the xbox list was here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Studios_(game_studio)#Owned_franchises_and_properties

Thanks guys!



I thought padib was back. :(



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spurgeonryan said:
amp316 said:
I thought padib was back. :(


You act sad, but you have not kept up with his caption this thread.... That was going to be his legacy.

I'm sure he'd be much more satisfied if this list was completed. A much grander legacy imho.



The Microsoft game studios IPs have been added to the google doc, now we just need to fill in the other columns (# Gen Ages old, Platform of origin, ...)