Reggie Fils-Aime has said that Nintendo need third parties to create the experiences that they can't provide on the Wii.
Speaking with Industry Gamers, the Nintendo Of America president said "For us, it is important that third parties bring their very best content to our platform.
"You could say 'Why?' It's because... well, let me focus in on the West. There are 28 million Wiis out there in the marketplace. We know, based on our data, that we've got consumers from 5 to 95 playing on that platform.
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"The fact of the matter is we know we create great content for younger consumers, we know we've got great content for more casual players, and we want fantastic content for that more active player who loves Metroid or Zelda but maybe also wants something like a BioShock 2 to play as well.
"And we also recognize that we don't create that type of content ourselves. We're not good at it and it's not a key focus area. So we want that content on our platform, so we have to court third-party developers and encourage them to make [those games], but it also has to be financially viable for them as well."
By backing games like Monster Hunter Tri and Dragon Quest IX, Nintendo is certainly backing their third party developers at the moment.
