Though very early, it does feel like Pokemon GO is a water shed moment for Nintendo. Yesterday I was listening to the radio in the car and a woman called in to say she was addicted to Pokemon GO and would be spending the weekend playing it. 

The DJ responded he heard everyone is going crazy over the game. 

This type of stuff I haven't heard since well 2006/07 with the Wii. 

I've always felt mobile gaming was going to be more than small little advertisements for Nintendo IP ... it was going to become a central if not *the* main pillar of Nintendo's business. I think they can be one of the largest if not the large mobile game company in the world. 

Mobile is where the Wii/DS crowd went, these are extremely friendly pastures for Nintendo. Look at all of the really big success mobile apps too ... most of them are cartoony games, unlike console games where the majority of successful games are violent, realistic looking action-adventure titles. 

Seems like it is doing better than most thought. The game was kind of flying in low under the radar (even though there were some stories about it in the past (mainly about it being delayed)). If they can roll it out worldwide and fix any server issues then this could be a huge success if not already. It would be nice if there was a 3DS version but I suppose you have to have data for maps?

It can be but they gotta support it and quickly. The game is alright for now but it desperately needs transfer and fighting other trainers (outside of gyms). Those two things are crucial and the sooner, the better. I can see many people dropping the game if these important features are implemented soon.

I'm not sure anyone really doubted that they could dominate mobile if they chose to, what I'm curious to see is if they can reach any potential customers for their hardware by hooking them with samplers AKA mobile games.

Not sure that will work, but there's always been money waiting for Nintendo in mobile... they've an arsenal of old titles that would be huge hits if ported.

Do be honest games like NSMBU should off been released on Mobiles and have been called NSMBM instead. That sort off game could dominate android/is even if sold for a few quid ( with the odd avvert)

Could also become it's biggest lawsuit since European Price fixing...

What do you mean?

I think the game is a success already. A 3DS version wouldn't work, but I think they're planning some sort of iteraction with sun and moon.

It was a jesting post in response to some of the articles coming out about it right now like the nonsense from Kotaku:

http://kotaku.com/pokemon-go-could-be-a-death-sentence-for-a-black-man-1783388743

:)

I don't think a mobile game is a success for Nintendo. Their main business is hardware platforms, not videogames.