In a recent interview with Nikkei, Nintendo's new president, Shuntaro Furukawa, said that he wants to grow the company's mobile games output into a 100 billion yen ($910 billion USD) business, and hopes to echo the incredible and ongoing success of Niantic's Pokémon GO. "From what I can see, smartphone games are the ones I … Continue reading Nintendo wants its mobile games to echo the incredible success of Pokémon GO
Pokémon GO's first year worldwide revenue exceeds all other mobile games to date, including Clash Royale, Fire Emblem Heroes and Super Mario Run. Check out the chart above and read on below for more details: As the chart above reveals, mobile gamers spent more than five times as much in Fire Emblem Heroes during its … Continue reading Pokémon GO first year worldwide revenue exceeds all other mobile games including Clash Royale, Fire Emblem Heroes and Super Mario Run
Smart Device, IP related income: ¥11,176 million (~$102.9 million) for the quarter/ ¥29,101 million (~$268 million) FYTD Nintendo's earnings share from Pokémon GO: (Share of profit of entities accounted for using equity method:) ¥2,217 million (~$20.4 million) for the quarter/ ¥8,646 million (~$79.6 million) FYTD For the above two, Smart Device, Pokémon GO, Nintendo is … Continue reading Nintendo reveals its earnings share from Pokémon GO, company earns way more from its own mobile games
Pokémon Magikarp Jump was among the games that were nominated for Google Play’s Best of 2017 awards in Japan. The mobile title was up against a range of other games released within the past year, including Nintendo’s Super Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes. However, it wasn't able to take the top spot, which was given … Continue reading Fire Emblem Heroes beats Pokémon Magikarp Jump in becoming Google Play’s Best of 2017 games in Japan
Pokémon Magikarp Jump is among the games that have been nominated for Google Play's Best of 2017 awards in Japan. The mobile title is up against a range of other games released within the past year, including Nintendo's Super Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes. To see the full list of nominations and to vote … Continue reading Pokémon Magikarp Jump gets nominated for Google Play’s Best of 2017 games award in Japan
Nintendo recently detailed its earnings share from Pokémon GO - (Share of profit of entities accounted for using equity method): ¥6,429 million (~$57 million FYTD). For the aforementioned two, Smart Device, Pokémon GO, Nintendo is earning a lot more money from its own smartphone games compared to Pokémon GO. For comparison, Smart Device IP related … Continue reading Nintendo earns way more money from its smartphone games compared to Pokémon GO
New data has revealed that Pokémon GO is the highest grossing mobile app of 2017 on Android devices. On iOS, Niantic's immensely-popular mobile game is the second highest grossing app - directly behind Game of War: Fire Age. Elsewhere, Super Mario Run was the overall most downloaded free game of the year. For even more … Continue reading Pokémon GO is the highest grossing mobile app of 2017
The 99th installment of the Japanese version of The Cat Mario Show has gone live, giving us a look at various Nintendo Switch, 3DS and mobile titles. Among the games featured include Pokémon Gold and Silver, Splatoon 2 and Super Mario Run. To see some gameplay footage from each of these games, check out the … Continue reading The Cat Mario Show features Pokémon Gold and Silver, Splatoon 2, Super Mario Run and more
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