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Nintendo owns 33% of TPC. But they also own some amount of Creatures Inc, which owns 33% of TPC (Gamefreak is the other third share). So it's not clear how much

Nintendo owns 33% of TPC. But they also own some amount of Creatures Inc, which owns 33% of TPC (Gamefreak is the other third share). So it's not clear how much control they have over pokemon, but it may in fact be a controlling interest. Never mind that not all shares are voting shares. I'd be pretty surprised if Nintendo weren't at least de facto in control of Pokemon, personally.

hkmurakami 10y ago
In addition, Pokemon is not the only strong IP that Nintendo has in its arsenal. I was in the audience at a Hironobu Sakaguchi interview recently, and one of the things that has stayed with me was that Nintendo told the FF team back in the 90's, "You need to take better care of your characters." Nintendo has certainly done that for itself over the course of many decades, and it's always paid off for them despite many short term troubles they've encountered.