There are at least two or three that have definitely said yes, but I'll have to go checking through the net for a bit to confirm.
But in any case, we should be hoping for and encouraging it instead of doubting it.
Positive reinforcement will paint a clearer picture for third parties than people saying "we're positive third parties won't be there.", as far as whether or not there's supporters waiting for them on NX.
It's all about image.

"There are at least two or three that have definitely said yes" ?

Who?

Any luck finding those sources as I don't recall any major publishers giving a 100% thumbs up to NX. Why would they at this moment unless something has changed?

What EA has stated even what Square has stated sounds like their stance is what MOST publishers stance are at this point with Nintendo.

Yes.....if Nintendo actually fixes the issues they had with Wii U, anyone that said no to Wii U and left, I'm not sure will be willing to spend money on NX development if things are not different. Ubisoft outright stated they are not even putting M rated games on Wii U, I don't really see that changing with NX unless NX has this HUGE turnaround with hardware and architecture ie x86.

"But in any case, we should be hoping for and encouraging it instead of doubting it" ?

I'm going off of what we've known them to do. This isn't prayer session, they either have it setup to aid 3rd party or not. The ball is in Nintendo's court in regards to making a platform easy to use.

Its likely why you see so many on the fence. I'm just not really that surprised considering Wii, Wii U etc. Nintendo needs to do something to get 3rd party support, meaning that its MORE likely they keep things the same, then radically change them.

Did they for Wii U? Its why EA and Square and many are even on the fence in the first place, it isn't their first Nintendo console.

We'll have to wait and see.

Any luck on those sources bud?

I think that's right, but I'd have to double-check...
Okay, double-checked it, and you're right.
March 27, 2011.

It could be argued that it's not the same thing because it's a hand-held and the NX is a home console [presumably], but a console's a console and the release date of March does stand as a precedent for a release month.

@Wonder- I feel its because its a hybrid and more so a handheld.

I think NX is Nintendo's warm exist out of the dedicated console market.

I firmly believe NX is pretty much a handheld that outs to TV either wirelessly or with wires or both. ala PSP3000.

They put the whole install base on 1 platform, all development on 1 platform and both TV console fans and handheld fans get what they want, AND they won't actually need western 3rd party support that typically doesn't make handhelds.

Answers why it has no disk too (rumor).

Them leaving the dedicated console market I feel is good for them as they can't keep fragmenting the market, wasting money and over all alienating gamers. If they can't support both markets, stop splitting them and just make the device both and call it a day.

Same with PS3 in U.K

? yet Twilight Princess and Wind Waker got ported? Buddy, they can re-release what ever they feel and nothing is really out of the realm of being ported by them.

Sony & Microsoft at least have third party games when for the NX it will just be Zelda & Nintendo Remasters

Twilight princess hasn't been out for at least 5 years, wind Waker had also been years, bit different to 2 games that have been out in the last year and one that's already been ported from Wii U to 3ds.

@Ros- that's nice.

At the end of the day the Wii U sold their least they're going to seek their return by porting those games to make more money I see no reason for them to continue to lose money on a dead platform they need to make as much money as they can on that software.
I'm not sure why you thought the relevance of the years mattered at the end of the day they need to still seek a return on some of that software and I believe it's wise for them to Port those titles over.

@wonder- there's also no evidence that this company has changed its stance the fact that EA is even stated publicly that they're on the fence and it depends on what's in it for them is saying that they likely haven't changed their infrastructure or architecture. Unless the publisher is just playing coy or trolling and they indeed have a lineup ready for the platform either way we haven't seen the Rumours stating otherwise which is telling me that it's likely the company is speaking the truth when they say it depends on Nintendo.

I haven't heard much rumors regarding it using a simple architecture or a bunch of games in development in fact before Xbox one and PlayStation 4 were revealed we had tons of rumors from many sources talking about their launch games and many of those sources were correct is there a reason why we barely have any rumors regarding its launch games by third party?

Also to my understanding Dragon Quest was never confirmed for their new platform Square specifically stated that it was a maybe and depending on, I don't believe they ever 100% confirmed it was ever a go.

Link?

I mean the fact that you went on searching and returned with an example that wasn't even confirmed kind of shows that indeed many third parties are not on board.

I'm not even sure why you stated something so absolute and definitive if you weren't really sure. We are all just speculating here there is no reason to lie on something that we know can be looked up as either a fact or a lie.

In regards to third-party development it's not for Nintendo to keep under wraps it's for those specific teams and I'm finding it very difficult to believe every last major team is just extremely secretive at the end of the day most times we know what's releasing for god sakes in 2012 we already knew of Destiny releasing on two platforms that have yet to been announced lol

Prior to their reveal Xbox one and PlayStation 4 had several games that were leaked in regards to information about them by Third parties. It happens all the time in the fact that it's actually not happening right now with the NX is something to worry about.

Unless Nintendo has yet to release Dev kits to the community.

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse