hershel_layton said:
I'm shocked they only own one third. Don't see why they didn't buy the entire company. |
The Pokemon Company is a company to simply the ownership structure of Pokemon.
It's owned by 3 other companies
Gamefreak owned by the guy who invented pokemon
Creatures owned by the guy who funded the first pokemon game
Nintendo who published the first game
Nintendo wasn't able to buy the other two out because the guy who invented Pokemon and owns Gamefreak and the guy who financed Pokemon and owns Creatures where smart enough not to sell especially as they get the majority of all the non video game related profit of Pokemon merchandise as there companies actually make it rather than just publish like Nintendo does.
Honestly if Satoshi Tajiri (the inventor of Pokemon) didn't look to Shigeru Miyamoto as a friend and mentor he may have self published the followup Pokemon games and cut Nintendo out entirely.
