No because the game wouldn't be 1st party. It would still be third party. If you use this method toward Nintendo games, then how about we do this for Microsoft and Sony published games. I wonder how much of those consoles would seem to rely on first parties.

That won't stop fanboys from saying it.  If it's published by Nintendo, in their minds it's a Nintendo game.  And I believe it would be considered a 2nd party game, not 3rd.

A second party wouldn't apply to a game rather than a developer. Second party developers are wii exclusive third party developers. Most of the time it is because they develop 1st party games that are owned by the first party. Camelot is an example of this. They only develop on the Wii, Ds, and PC. When they do develop for Nintendo consoles they usually make games that are Nintendo owned such as golden sun. Silicon Knights use to be another example. But I do agree to fanboys it would seem the same, but I would much rather the people at HVS to suceed with a good game and bring more, than have a bigger chance of failing just so we have arguments against fanboys.

I can't see Nintendo publishing this. It's not their cup of tea. If they did want a pure FPS I'd expect them to do something a lot more original. The Conduit looks to be about as vanilla a FPS as you can get.

I'd rather Nintendo did a Mario PaintBall game with online multiplayer and all kinds of wacky Mario power-ups so then I could play against my daughter too.

EA? Maybe but unlikely IMO. Again The Conduit lacks anything unique to set it apart aside from being on Wii. However if EA did publish it, that would be great because EA would use their own online solution meaning NO Friendcodes!!

More likely THQ, Sega or even a smaller publisher like Gamecock will pick this up.

I hope its not ea, they chipped Australia out of online for MoH heros 2. It was the only thing worth buying the game for and they took it out, not to mention the 3 or 4 month delay for them to do it and didnt tell anybody untill people complained after release.

If Nintendo published the game, I doubt that there will be any difference to the game from how it is now. The online might be changed to make development easier but other than that nothing much.

My mistake then about the 2nd party.  I just want someone who will advertise it.  This is exactly the type of game the core Wii owner has been wanting (not me personally, I got bored with shooters a long time ago) and if they can polish it and give it a little more character, it has a lot of potential.  This game NEEDS to do well.

Expect most of the blood and slime to disappear if Nintendo or EA publish the game. Heck even Id software removed blood and gore from Rage upon EA's insistence. Nintendo kind of undersold Metroid Prime Corruption if you look at the sales and the much awaited wifi multiplayer/DLC never saw the light of the day.

2K Would be a nice Publisher for Conduit, with their hands off style of functioning and Conduit is a walk in the park compared to Manhunt 2 w.r.t Gore.

That's just the thing, they won't sign to a publisher unless they agree to be totally hands off and not change anything.  So if Nintendo or EA were to publish it, we'd still get the game HVS is making.