| Chrizum said: The game, along with every Metroid Prime game, is second party, because it's not being made (entirely) by Nintendo but it is owned by Nintendo. Definitely not third party. |
The Prime games are first party, Retro is a first party Nintendo developer as Nintendo owns 100% of the company.
its called "Second Party"
here is how it is so you can understand
First Party = Me
Second Party = We
Third Party = They
Second Party is like how Insomniac + Sony work on Ratchet And Clank
Third party is how Sega worked on Madworld without the aid of Nintendo
First Party is in house its by Nintendo and only nintendo
hope that clears it up 
its first party. i tend to ignore second party since its not a clear term
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Second party, like Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, or Star Fox Assault, or the new Wii Punch-Out!!
ZZetaAlec said:
The Prime games are first party, Retro is a first party Nintendo developer as Nintendo owns 100% of the company. |
I don't think that's correct. Retro is owned by Nintendo, but Retro is not an in-house developer. That's called second party as far as I know.
Chrizum said:
I don't think that's correct. Retro is owned by Nintendo, but Retro is not a in-house developer. That's called second party as far as I know. |
If you mean 'in house' developer as in are they based in the main headquarters then no, but Nintendo own 100% percent of the company and are as much a part of Nintendo as any of the EAD studios. A second party dev (while not a clearly defined term) is gerally accepted to mean a studio that is under contract to produce games exclusively for a certain company ( normally within within a period of time) while still remaining indepent. A good example of this would be Nintendo's relationship with Silicon Knights last gen.
I think the line between first and second party is so fuzzy, it might as well not exist.
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ZZetaAlec said:
If you mean 'in house' developer as in are they based in the main headquarters then no, but Nintendo own 100% percent of the company and are as much a part of Nintendo as any of the EAD studios. A second party dev (while not a clearly defined term) is gerally accepted to mean a studio that is under contract to produce games exclusively for a certain company ( normally within within a period of time) while still remaining indepent. A good example of this would be Nintendo's relationship with Silicon Knights last gen. |
I admit I'm no expert at this area. Your definition sounds very plausible.
Does it even matter?
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