Category archives: Nintendo

Until Pokemon GO, a mobile game, was launched just over a week ago, Nintendo had taken every opportunity to say its main focus was still gaming consoles, and games for smartphones were just a means to lure more people to them.

Coders find strings that indicate potential partnership between Niantic/Nintendo and McDonald’s.

Japan, according to Amsterdam-based research firm Newzoo, potentially representing a big opportunity loss for Nintendo and game publisher Niantic if it can’t be officially rolled out.

Basically, if you log into Pokemon Go through your Google account on an iPhone – which is the first option provided — it gives “full access” to your account. According to Google’s help page, that should only be “granted to applications you fully trust…

Shares in the Japanese games company surged on Friday as consumers flocked to try out its new Pokemon GO smartphone game, raising hopes that the company’s long-awaited shift into mobile gaming will pay off.

Nintendo’s president, Tatsumi Kimishima, says the company is in talks with several global production companies.

Its first mobile title launched in March, Miitomo, was more of a social networking application, leaving investors and fans awaiting games based on bestselling franchises such as ‘Super Mario Bros.’