Ka-pi96 said:
What's your source for this? If they owned that many they should be a subsidiary rather than an independent company, yet I've not even seen them listed on Nintendo's financial reports as partly owned, let alone majority owned. |
Strangely, that's the part I felt most confident about (I just tacked that last bit on to the end as it really wasn't even relevant as far as Nintendo keeping Pokemon is concerned) but I've been looking for a concrete source for some ten minutes now and can't find anything. I come across plenty of people claiming confidently that Nintendo owns half of Game Freak's shares (or sometimes more specifically 53%), but I'm honestly wondering if this is just some rumor that's been passed around over and over for so long that we all just assume it's true lol
Unfortunately, I can't find a single "primary" source, which makes me suspect it isn't true. Really, it would almost be a waste of money for Nintendo to buy Gamefreak shares: they already own 33% of the Pokemon Company and hold all of the leverage they'd ever need over Gamefreak by owning every trademark involving Pokemon, so it's really not necessary.
