The following statement comes from Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima, in regard to Nintendo's Pokémon GO-inspired mobile strategy: "With our mobile business, we have three goals. One, of course, is because there are so many mobile devices in the marketplace and in the hands of consumers, this is a great tool for us to push our … Continue reading Pokémon GO helps shape Nintendo’s mobile strategy
Pokémon GO is celebrating Valentine’s Day early with a special event that enables you to earn more Candy, encounter increased adorable Pokémon and share long-lasting Lure Modules. Read on below for official event details from the development team at Niantic: With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, we couldn’t think of a sweeter time to … Continue reading Pokémon GO’s first Valentine’s Day event is now live, enables you to earn more Candy and encounter pink Pokémon
The following comes from Nintendo executives regarding Pokémon GO's significant impact on Pokémon Sun and Moon sales: Shinya Takahashi (Director, Managing Executive Officer at Nintendo): We were sure that Pokémon GO would have some impact, but its extreme popularity and the incredible impact it actually had on the sales of Pokémon software for dedicated video … Continue reading Nintendo explains how Pokémon GO “greatly contributed” to the sales of Pokémon Sun and Moon
Out of the countless mobile apps released in 2016, Pokémon GO has been selected as the winner in the Best App category at the 10th Annual Cruchies. It was up against four other popular titles - Musical.ly, Clue, Prisma and Weedmaps. Check out the video below to see staff from developer Niantic accepting the award. … Continue reading Pokémon GO wins Best App award at the 10th Annual Crunchies
A booth featuring Pokémon GO will be showcased at Game Party Japan 2017, with an actual PokéStop on display where visitors can take pictures. There will also be a time-limited in-game PokéStop. There won't, however, be any special or rare Pokémon that will be spawning during the event. The Game Party Japan is an annual … Continue reading Pokémon GO booth with an actual PokéStop to be featured at Game Party Japan 2017
Another session focused primarily on Pokémon GO has been announced for the 2017 Game Developers Conference (GDC). It is called "Creation of Planet-Scale Shared Augmented Realities" and will also talk about another AR game called Ingress. The session will be helmed by Edward Wu, the director of software engineering at Niantic. Read on below for … Continue reading Pokémon GO session about the “Creation of Planet-Scale Shared Augmented Realities” announced for GDC 2017
Pokémon GO made an estimated $10.2 million in its first 24 hours of availability. Nintendo's second mobile game, Fire Emblem Heroes, made about $2.9 million in its first day - while Super Mario Run made $8.4 million. In terms of downloads, the above chart shows that the recently-released Fire Emblem Heroes is on par with … Continue reading Pokémon GO first-day downloads compared to Fire Emblem Heroes and Super Mario Run
The following info came from Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima during the company’s latest financial briefing: "The release of the smart device application Pokémon GO led to increased sales of software in the Pokémon series released in the past and drove Nintendo 3DS family hardware sales growth, particularly outside of Japan. The worldwide sales volume for Nintendo … Continue reading Pokémon GO leads to increased sales of Nintendo 3DS software and hardware
