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And the winner is...

Monster Hunter Tri 64 35.56%
 
Goldeneye 007 18 10.00%
 
Rayman Origins 14 7.78%
 
Tatsunoko vs Capcom 7 3.89%
 
No More Heroes 12 6.67%
 
No More Heroes 2 12 6.67%
 
Little King's Story 8 4.44%
 
Other 45 25.00%
 
Total:180
outlawauron on 22 January 2013
ulieq said:
curl-6 said:
Fireforgey said:

Edit: I just noticed, why isn't there a poll option of The Last Story?  And don't tell me it's not a third party game, Nintendo only published it, and even that it didn't publish everywhere.  Please add. Thank you ^^.

I was under the impression that it was 1st party since Ninendo owned the IP. Can anyone confirm whether it's technically 1st or 3rd?


That is Xenoblade with Monolith that you are thinking about.

Whom Nintendo owns and completely underutilizes.



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ishiki on 22 January 2013

Rahman...

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noname2200 on 22 January 2013
ulieq said:
curl-6 said:
Fireforgey said:

Edit: I just noticed, why isn't there a poll option of The Last Story?  And don't tell me it's not a third party game, Nintendo only published it, and even that it didn't publish everywhere.  Please add. Thank you ^^.

I was under the impression that it was 1st party since Ninendo owned the IP. Can anyone confirm whether it's technically 1st or 3rd?


That is Xenoblade with Monolith that you are thinking about.

It's also The Last Story. Nintendo owns the IP outright.



Kresnik on 22 January 2013
noname2200 said:

They're paid for and published by Nintendo, and the developers are either wholly owned by or completely independent of (and routinely work with rivals of) Nintendo.

What do you guys think second-party means?


First party = developed, funded & published interally.

Second party = published by the company (often the IP is kept); developed externally. 

Third party = no association with the company other than putting it on their platform.

 

Uncharted is a first party game on PS3.  They own the studio, IP & published the game.  Resistance is a second party game on PS3.  They own the IP & published it, but it was developed by Insomniac Games who are an independent team.  Fuse will be a third party game on PS3.  It's developed by the same external team (Insomniac) and Sony are not publishing the game nor retaining the IP.  It is merely appearing on their platform.

 

That's how I've always understood it, at least.



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noname2200 on 22 January 2013
Kresnik said:


First party = developed interally.

Second party = published by the company (often the IP is kept); developed externally.

Third party = no association with the company other than putting it on their platform.

 

Uncharted is a first party game on PS3.  They own the studio, IP & published the game.  Resistance is a second party game on PS3.  They own the IP & published it, but it was developed by Insomniac Games who are an independent team.  Fuse will be a third party game on PS3.  It's developed by the same external team (Insomniac) and Sony are not publishing the game nor retaining the IP.  It is merely appearing on their platform.

 

That's how I've always understood it, at least.

The classic definition, at least in my understanding, is that a second-party is a developer who is not owned (or primarily owned) by a first-party, but whose output is exclusively for a first-party. Examples included Rare (barely: Nintendo nearly owned a majority there) and Insomniac.

Second-parties have always been pretty rare, and they seem to be even more so now.



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Kresnik on 22 January 2013
noname2200 said:

Second-parties have always been pretty rare, and they seem to be even more so now.


I hope this was intentional :)



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NoirSon on 22 January 2013
outlawauron said:
ulieq said:
curl-6 said:
Fireforgey said:

Edit: I just noticed, why isn't there a poll option of The Last Story?  And don't tell me it's not a third party game, Nintendo only published it, and even that it didn't publish everywhere.  Please add. Thank you ^^.

I was under the impression that it was 1st party since Ninendo owned the IP. Can anyone confirm whether it's technically 1st or 3rd?


That is Xenoblade with Monolith that you are thinking about.

Whom Nintendo owns and completely underutilizes.


To be fair, Nintendo often lends Monolith's services out to their original company owner Namco Bandai (or Bandai Namco I forget which). They just finished Project X Zone and did the previous game in that series as well.



curl-6 on 22 January 2013
NoirSon said:
A few other games that were very good but not listed include, Deadly Creatures, Epic Mickey, the Trauma series especially Trauma Team, all of the Call of Duty titles were superb ports, plus a lot of on rail titles mainly House of Dead: Overkill, Dead Space: Extraction and Resident Evil: Umbrella and Darkside Chronicles.

Thank you! I don't meet many who share my love for this game. It's criminally underrated in my opinion.

 

 

Bienrico said:


Other Great third party games:

GoldenEye 007

Pandora's Tower

Project Zero 2

Red Steel 2

Silent Hill Shattered Memories

Sin and Punishment

Tatsunoko vs Capcom

The Last Story

Trauma Center

Xenoblade Chronicles.

Not sure if it's third party as Nintendo now owns the IP and published the game, but once again I'm very happy to see someone else who has actually played (and likes) this amazing game. It's such a hidden gem even most hardcore Wii gamers seem not to know it exists.



farlaff on 22 January 2013
NoirSon said:
I really wanted to vote No More Heroes or No More Heroes 2 but thinking about it in terms of quality and not just personal preference, I had to go for Monster Hunter Tri.

A few other games that were very good but not listed include, Deadly Creatures, Epic Mickey, the Trauma series especially Trauma Team, all of the Call of Duty titles were superb ports, plus a lot of on rail titles mainly House of Dead: Overkill, Dead Space: Extraction and Resident Evil: Umbrella and Darkside Chronicles.

Man, those are words that could have come out of my mouth. The only difference is I have not played the second NMH. But for playing time and cheer fun, MH3 for the win.

(A bit Off Topic) Zack & Wiki is really a hidden gem, although the best pure Wii experience remains with ExciteBots, which is second party. Man, I played that game for almost a whole year, from 2009 to 2010. The friends I made at that time are the best online folks ever and they STILL play it and are also STILL GETTING more records. Hard to see a game having such depth. And to think Nintendo did not market it properly... I bought it over Mario Kart and it was the best decision ever. If you never tried it, you own it to yourself.



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SwansVanTerif on 22 January 2013

1. No More Heroes
2. Muramasa TDB
3. Monster Hunter Tri
4. House of the Dead Overkill
5. Tatsunoko vs Capcom
6. Kororinpa
7. Little Kings Story
8. Rayman Origins
9. No More Heroes 2
10. Zack & Wiki

The Wii 3rd party support was beyond terrible, in my opinion. When the marked leader only has about 20-30 3rd party games worth buying over a 5-6 year period, something has gone terribly wrong.