Nintendo Market Cap Overtakes Entire Sony Corp. (Pokemon GO!)

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GOWTLOZ said:

Goodnightmoon said:

Animal crossing only needs exposure, it creates fans very easily because it oozes charm, casuals adore it, mobile will make the franchise bigger than ever.

But anyways, both new games are gonna be a big success independently of the numbers Pokemon Go did, that game is the most succesfull ever on the mobile industry so is not like a game needs to achieve that to be extremelly succesful.

I don't think Pokemon Go has alreday made as much revenue as Angry Birds and Candy Crush Saga, it will need to continue to be popular to become more successful than them.

Animal Crossing I can see being successful due to its style and genre but Fire Emblem may or may not be successful, but it will probably be profitable.

Animal Crossing could be huge if handled correctly, Fire Emblem could do well too (Final Fantasy does very well on mobile). 

To my eye, Nintendo has several IP that all could be big hits on mobile -- 

Animal Crossing, Fire Emblem, Advance Wars, Mario Kart, Nintendogs, Pokemon (could make 7-8 different games easily from this IP alone), Super Mario, Amiibo Game, Legend of Zelda (touch based like the DS games), Tomodachi Collection, and of course Super Mario Brothers. 

Other IP characters like Donkey Kong, Pikachu, Kirby, and Yoshi could also be successfully branched into successful mobile apps too. 

Even Nintendo's lower tier IP I could see being a hit ... I think Punch-Out! on iOS/Android could clean up for example (add in Mike Tyson Nintendo, do it!). 

Pokemon Go is just barely scratching the surface of Nintendo's franchise potential on mobile. It's literally the tiny tip of the iceberg.