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TalkBack / Re: Pokedex for iOS Available in The US
« on: December 12, 2012, 06:03:28 PM »
Nintendo went third party! Happy now, Hard Core gamerz?
No, you have to remember, this app was released by The Pokemon Company International. They are not directly a part of Nintendo, they just happen to work with Nintendo of the video game series.
You do know that Pokemon Company is 100% owned by Nintendo? They are like Retro Studios or Intelligent Systems in that they are subsidiaries of Nintendo. So, yes, they ARE directly part of Nintendo.
While TPCi is owned by Nintendo, they are still a subsidiary, which means they work independently from Nintendo.
I take this quote from the following IGN article:
Quote from: IGN
Please keep in mind that The Pokémon Company International is a subsidiary of Nintendo - the two companies are not one and the same. In other words, this development in no way contradicts Nintendo President Satoru Iwata's past commentsabout abstaining from releasing game-related content on mobile devices - nor does it reflect a change in this long-held standpoint. As a subsidiary, The Pokémon Company is, in many ways, separate from Nintendo - that's why it was able to do this, and why Pokémon-related iOS apps have already been released in Japan prior to this.