@Sal.Paradise
What is wrong with my list? THQ has a rich history and many licensing deals with Nickolodean. They surely would find better success than Microsoft in this area. Also, they would be able to release it on a platform that appreciates the fighting genre.

They weren't the first to have a gaming camera.

The main Microsoft IP is a FPS. Halo wasn't the first console FPS.

Joyride. Kart Racer. Mario Kart.

Analogue stick - Nintendo. Dual analogue - PlayStation.

Forza was made to be a direct competitor to Gran Turismo.

Avatars were made to be Xbox's answer to Mii's

I think that's enough stuff.

No.

The fact that the first selection of possible characters on your list reads, "Avatar based games" actually screams "Hell, no".

Microsoft has no exclusive properties to warrant such a game. If they did it would have to be 90% third party with a few Xbox characters spliced in. And that would be one of the most expensive failures in history.

@Enditall727
I am having trouble getting the pictures to paste into the reply box. I can provide you with links if you desire.
As for the Nick characters, Nintendo added 3rd party characters, so it would only be logical if THQ did too. THQ has a licensing deal with Nick, so its no biggie.

about that  http://palgn.com.au/xbox-360/14664/polyphony-interested-in-forza-3/ 

What does any of this have to with the topic at hand?

not like sony ever copied achievement and wii remote

huhh? am i stupid right now or was this microsofts idea?

but THQ is a 3rd party developer itself isnt it?

its not like THQ has their own dedicated console so it would of course be a 3rd party game by default. now why would other 3rd party devs add their 3rd party characters to this specific 3rd party game??

@ZaneWane
We can sit here and point fingers all day at who copied who until are faces are blue in the face, but that doesn't change the fact that Sony was working on the move way before the wii was released and that Microsoft in turn copied the achievement system from Pitfall.