| the_dengle said:
Bandai-Namco: as with Capcom, I am hard pressed to name major home console titles released by these guys in the past year and the immediate future. The Wii U did get a Tekken game at launch and their cooperation in Smash Bros development gives them some good publicity.
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I feel like that's looking at things the wrong way with Bamco. You're examining the Namco side which is basically dying and hasn't done anything relevant in a long, long time.
The Bandai side is the relevant part and I would submit that they release multiple "major" home console titles... just all of them are geared towards the Japanese market. Which admittedly isn't a huge player in the grand scheme of things, but it's a big enough deal that Nintendo should be caring about it.
All the anime stuff goes through Bandai. Gundam; One Piece; Dragon Ball; Kamen Rider; Naruto; Jojo. I'd say they all got a level of sales that was respectable enough to be worthwhile.
And the thing is, they do develop their games for multiple platforms. Gundam; One Piece & Dragon Ball all come to Vita as well, while Naruto comes to Xbox 360.
They also used to develop titles in these very series for Wii, as well, so it's not like they're opposed to Nintendo home consoles.
They're working on it. Kamen Rider 2 is also coming to WiiU and One Piece Unlimited World Red is coming to everything under the sun, but I still feel like they should get more flak for not supporting WiiU more. It's the equivalent of what the western third parties do in terms of ignoring the console, at least.