1st,2nd,and 3rd Party Developers

[Tanassy]

Second parties are still given creative freedom.. they make games and then show them to the first party for approval, I suppose. It's not like they're "under control", But considering they get their funding from the first party, it simply means if the first party asks for something specific to be done with said funding, then you do that.

[Hakudamashi]

Well I guess they just go down the route their comfortable with I suppose.

And I hear that Game Freak is actually 2nd Party... The thought of them pulling an Insomniac makes me uneasy. And yes I know Nintendo owns the IP of Pokemon and Harmo Knight.

[Tanassy]

I don't think they will. Nintendo still funds a lot of their projects and marketing, yes? The only reason they would is if Nintendo stopped supporting them.

[Hakudamashi]

Pfft, like that'll ever happen.

[Tanassy]

Yeah. No way in hell.

Unless the likes of Pokemon one day become irrelevant, we won't need to worry about Game Freak turning coat.

[Hakudamashi]

Unless the likes of Pokemon one day become irrelevant.

Then gaming would've officially lost all soul...

[Tanassy]

Not really. Even some timeless formulas eventually become old. The only way I can see that happening is if the brand doesn't change along with the times. The solution isn't always just to add more 'mon.

They seem to be doing that well.. for now.