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It's much more likely Nintendo will, if this deal works, acquire DeNA and turn it into a subsidiary. DeNA's mobage service has 30 million users in Japan, and I think that's Nintendo's end-game here; a strong network platform that expands their audience through smart devices, and then retains a good chunk of those customers and their core base through consoles.