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t3mporary_126 on 18 May 2013

Old title was "If Nintendo exits gaming, where will Pokemon go?" But remembering how much negative Nintendo news and threads there were during these past couple of days, I think changing the title to this new one will make the mood/atmosphere/whatever of this thread lighter.  

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If Nintendo exits gaming, where will Pokemon go?

Can't find any articles about this on google at the moment, but I've remembered I read some articles where Miyamotto and Iwata said NIntendo will quit the gaming business if their home and handheld console fails. This means, Mario, Zelda, Metroid, F-Zero, Kirby, Donkey Kong, and many other Nintendo IPs will leave gaming. However, Pokemon isn't directly part of the Nintendo company. The games are actually run by GameFreak which is owned by the Pokemon Company. GameFreak also has a history of producing software outside of Nintendo consoles, including two games for the Sega Megadrive, one game for the Playstation 1, and several Pokedex apps for the iPhone. So the question is, if Nintendo goes under, where will GameFreak go or will it go under as well? Or where would you want GameFreak to go? 



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deskpro2k3 on 18 May 2013

Most likely Sony, since they're a Japanese company.



Otakumegane on 18 May 2013

Pokemon shares will be sold off.

Expect a Giant GIANT bidding war. Talking upwards of hundreds of millions.

It wuld be so funny if Google buys them and market Pokemon exclusively for Android. Would be hilarious.



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BloodyRain on 18 May 2013

I could see the Pokemon games doing rather well on tablets and mobiles. Sony handhelds are another option although they don't sell all that well. I don't think having Pokemon would change that.



BaldrSkies on 18 May 2013

iOS.

I'm not joking.



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Heavenly_King on 18 May 2013

smartphones and tablets



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Aielyn on 18 May 2013

Stupid question. Nintendo handhelds will never flop precisely BECAUSE they have Pokemon. If Nintendo were to exit gaming, it would be because Pokemon has already failed.



Otakumegane on 18 May 2013

Seriously though, there are tons of people out there playing GBA Pokemon on their phone emulator.

So that's where the audience will go.

(Way too many people in fact lol)



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zorg1000 on 18 May 2013
Otakumegane said:

Seriously though, there are tons of people out there playing GBA Pokemon on their phone emulator.

So that's where the audience will go.

(Way too many people in fact lol)


GBA emulator is my best friend on my phone, just got done playing Metroid Fusion and Zelda Minish Cap.



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Otakumegane on 18 May 2013
zorg1000 said:
Otakumegane said:

Seriously though, there are tons of people out there playing GBA Pokemon on their phone emulator.

So that's where the audience will go.

(Way too many people in fact lol)


GBA emulator is my best friend on my phone, just got done playing Metroid Fusion and Zelda Minish Cap.

Well see the thing is while the emulator itself is legal the ROM files aren't. Unless you straight up own the physical copies and rip them yourself.

But people do it because everyone does it. It's like pirating music.



http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/profile/92109/nintendopie/ Nintendopie  Was obviously right and I was obviously wrong. I will forever be a lesser being than them. (6/16/13)