Nintendo always gets crap for rehashing the same games over and over, and while Mario, Zelda, and Pokémon do get disproportianally more represented, I think there are far more different franchises on current Nintendo consoles than people realize. So I decided to look into it and using the magnificence of Wikipedia, have created a list, sorted by platform of origin, of all franchises that are exclusive to Nintendo platforms. This includes franchises (need to have at least 2 games) that are on either 3DS or Wii U, both Nintendo developed/published and third party that are traditionally housed on Nintendo platforms, at least for the forseeable future. I might be going back to this as more games are announced over time, and will probably also make similar threads for Xbox and PlayStation. PC and mobile ports are excluded for no particular reason.

Arcade

1. Donkey Kong

2. Mario

NES/Famicom

1. Super Mario

2. Mario Golf

3. Dr. Mario

4. Fire Emblem

5. The Legend of Zelda

6. Kid Icarus

7. Metroid

Game Boy

1. Kirby

2. Pokémon

SNES/Super Famicom

1. Mario Kart

2. Yoshi

3. Star Fox

4. Pilotwings

5. Shin Megami Tensei

6. Harvest Moon

Virtual Boy

1. Mario Tennis

Nintendo 64

1. Super Smash Bros.

2. Paper Mario

3. Mario Party

Game Boy Color

1. Dragon Quest Monsters

Game Boy Advance

1. Mario & Luigi

2. Mario Vs. Donkey Kong

3. WarioWare

4. Rhythm Heaven (one coming out this year, Japan only as of current)

5. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

6. Ace Attorney

GameCube

1. Pikmin

2. Luigi's Mansion

3. Animal Crossing

4. Chibi-Robo!

DS

1. Pokémon Trozei

2. Brain Age

3. Art Academy

4. Fossil Fighters

 5. Scribblenauts

6. Professor Layton

7. Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor

8. Nintendogs

9. Tomodachi

10. Style Savvy

11. Etrian Odyssey

12. Cooking Mama

13. Inazuma Eleven (most recent entry is Japan exclusive)

14. Taiko no Tatsujin (Japan exclusive)

Wii

1. Wii

2. Pokémon Rumble

3. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games

4. Xenoblade

5. Monster Hunter main series

 6. Fluidity

7. Fatal Frame (V is Japan exclusive as of now)

8. Thruspace (Japan exclusive)

3DS

1. Pushmo

2. Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai

3. Bravely

4. Theatrhythm

5. Dillon's Rolling Western

6. Steel Diver

7. The Denpa Men

8. Yo-kai Watch

9. Project X Zone

10. Sonic Boom

11. Mighty Switch Force!

12. Disney Magical World

Wii U

1. NES Remix

So 67 total, 40 some odd not including spin off franchises from Mario and Pokémon

Thoughts or Questions? Have I missed any?

My PlayStation thread for comparison: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=198333

My Xbox thread: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=198643&page=1#

Wonderful 101
possibly Bayonetta

Wonderful 101 isn't a franchise, its a single game. As for Bayonetta... hmmm, judging by Kamiya's comments on wanting to continue it on Nintendo platforms... yea ok, I'll add it.

Maybe Splatoon? For now it's one game, but I'm sure it will do well enough to get a sequel. The same with Pokken Fighters. Does Nintendoland count as part of the Wii series or it's own IP?

I'm not counting stuff like Nintendo Land or Splatoon until we have an announcement of a series continuation. Nintendo Land is a unique IP and would be counted as such.

Wario Land

Much to my dismay, Wario Land is not current. Needs a new release on 3DS or Wii U.

Whoops, I missed the current part lol I would like to see a new one on 3DS

Ditto. I'm surprised it's been so long too. It's unlike Nintendo to not milk any platformers they can.

Especially ones that sell well, all of the handheld entries sold over 2 million