Are nintendogs, brain training, wii sports, and wii fit platformers? No. Are they shovelware.....yes.
I have played all of those....my god yes and i regret it. All at one place. (except for brain training which i actually did at six flags) They are not good games and they don't even need an honorable mention. Everyone knows zack and wiki right? That game didn't do so well sells wise and im pretty sure Galaxies had something to do with that. Mario does not mean nintendo in general. While he may be a logo of theres he is not the company. I' am all for creativity....something mario drains.

Nintendogs, Brain Training, Wii Sports, and Wii Fit are obviously not platformers and I didn't suggest they were.  My point was that whether you like them or not, they are 4 of the most innovative new games in a really long time, and they are also 4 of the most successful new games in a really long time.  Nintendo's success comes directly from their creativity.  And they are not shovelware when they sell like free beer.  Nintendo is fully capable of simultaneously making new games in their tried and true genres and making new creative games that are like nothing else.

I' am talking about new platformer IP creativity mainly. I want to see something else being made with some good engines other then a character that has been reused for 20 years and counting. I understand he's a beloved character, but that doesn't mean make him into everything...I want to see someone other then mario doing these games. The same goes for crash bandicoot......let him DIE. Jak is dead as far as i can tell....and thank god for that. Why buy okami when something with mario in it is going to be out soon??

Well yeah I would say the Star Fox franchise is the most LIKELY to die.

It seems Play Action football died after it's one release, reasonably so.
Would that count as a franchise though anyway?
Same could be said for Ice Climbers (except the reasonably so part, that game was great!)
and of course there is Wii music. I'm suprised noone said that just cause, though Iagain I think the idea of franchise is it has to have more than one release.

Mario Party. Please.

I loved MP1, thought MP2 was better; MP3 was the best...

...and every game has gone downhill from there. They keep shuffling features rather than making something new!

smash brothers god i hate that franchise

Oh I see.  Well if you're talking about platformers, Nintendo made some on the DS starring Yoshi, Princess Peach, Donkey Kong, and Kirby.  Wario has a platformer on the DS and a new one on the Wii.  Sadly shooters have replaced platformers as the dominant genre since the advent of the 3rd dimension.  I think all the greatest platformers are on the Virtual Console, and if you really need some 3-D platforming, your only 2 choices are Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Galaxy.

Come on. Sunshine too. Probably Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie as well.

Most of these are derived from mario though. this is exactly my point.....

Because Mario is the best.

@Soleron, I guess I'm exaggerating, but my standards for 3-D platforming are way higher than my standards for 2-D platforming.