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Acevil on 14 July 2016
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kitler53 said:
Acevil said:

Kitler you and I know, Ingris is no where near the level of success as Pokemon is, and yes it would be Nintendo, you leverage the brand, and you can pick the partnership. I blame nintendo for Star Fox as well, even if it was made by Platinum Games. 

it wasn't, very true.  but it is still the same game. 

harry potter world is very popular for universal studios but that is because harry potter is a very popular franchise not because J.K. Rowling is great at desiging amusement park rides.  this is nintendo franchising pokemon to reskin ingris.  pokemon is admitedly the perfect reskin to make the game poppular but it is still just that, a reskin of a game released 2 years ealier.

nintendo is has the same claim to making this popular as sony has to making rocket league popular: market awareness not creation/innovation.

That is the thing, I do think J.K. deserves all the credit for the success for for Harry Potter, even an amusement park or merchandising (again you leverage your brand with suitable partners). 

The difference between Rocket League is Sony helped, but they don't own the franchise, and the title is pretty popular on steam as well. 

However, I do not take away credit from Niantic either. They were a good brand partner, and hopefully this company will grow more now, since Google and Nintendo invested in them and natured this new relationship.