Ka-pi96 said:
They don't own enough of Creatures Inc to actually list it on their financial reports as one of their wholly or partly owned subsidiaries though. |
They do list them though but as an affiliate like Pokemon Company.
Creatures are the former developer known as Ape Inc who created the Mother series, Nintendo created and bought significant stock in them the same way they did Project Sora, the are many companies that are subsidiaries but operate with their own identity and stock as one of many such examples of different business handling of subsidiaries. Given how the stock information on Creatures is kept under wraps and how they operate the are tell tell signs Nintendo own the controlling stake through certain business means where the details don't require disclosure as owning even 1% means partly owned but even that isn't disclosed.
Creatures have also never been referred to as Creatures when they did appear on financial papers as even after formation they were still called Ape Inc on papers as seen in this document here from 2017 which lists them as an affiliate that doesn't adhere to certain circumstances. The document highlights Creatures as having no impact on other financial aspects that concern the report so is exempt from being talked about. Ape Inc. is likely the actual company name for Creatures with the latter being a trading name.
