Nintendo shares took a beating on Monday after the company released a statement saying Pokémon Go would have limited impact on its quarterly earnings since it only owns 32 percent of the Pokémon Company, which has the licensing rights to the game.

The announcement by Nintendo appeared to take investors by surprise and had an immediate impact on its share price, with stock dropping 17 percent at one point, wiping around $6.4 billion off their value – their biggest decline since October 1990.

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The news poured cold water on hopes of a stunning revival for the Kyoto-based game company, which said its earnings outlook would not be revised. Nintendo is due to reveal its Q1 report later this week.

Some observers remained optimistic however, noting that shares were still up some 60 percent compared with levels prior to the game's July 6 launch, adding nearly $12 billion in market value. They argued upward revisions of the company's profit targets so early after the game's release were beyond reasonable expectations.

"The market has overreacted to the Nintendo statement," said David Gibson, a senior analyst at Macquarie Securities Group who spoke to Reuters. Gibson noted the game in Japan had broken records with 10 million downloads in one day.

"I believe that Pokémon Go will be material in the company's earnings given the current trends for the game."

Global rollout of the game continued over the weekend, with Pokémon Go launching in App Stores in France and Hong Kong – the first Asian location outside Japan to gain access to the wildly successful title by U.S.-based developers Niantic.

CEO of Niantic John Hanke took to the stage Sunday at Comic-Con, where he revealed the new features coming to the game in the coming years, including new pokémon and a trading feature that will allow players to trade captured characters.

Niantic also revealed team leaders for Team Mystic, Team Valor, and Team Instinct, with each trainer set to communicate with players within the game world and offer them advice. Hanke promised fans the leaders would be making their way to the game soon.

Top Rated Comments

thekeyring Avatar
117 months ago
The game shows Nintendo can be successful on iOS/Android with minimal advertising. Imagine a Super Mario Bros game for 0.99 on the App Store ... If it is one tenth as successful as Pokemon Go it will generate an insane amount of revenue.
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rudychidiac Avatar
117 months ago
Pokemon trading woohoo
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Keane16 Avatar
117 months ago
The game shows Nintendo can be successful on iOS/Android with minimal advertising. Imagine a Super Mario Bros game for 0.99 on the App Store ... If it is one tenth as successful as Pokemon Go it will generate an insane amount of revenue.
I'd be happy with a bunch of remakes too.

As much as I like the NES Classic Edition coming soon, I don't really want another box to plug into the TV. Release the games, charge a premium and enable Apple TV support. I'd snap them up.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
goodcow Avatar
117 months ago
The game shows Nintendo can be successful on iOS/Android with minimal advertising. Imagine a Super Mario Bros game for 0.99 on the App Store ... If it is one tenth as successful as Pokemon Go it will generate an insane amount of revenue.
Playing any of Nintendo's platformers on a touch screen is going to be a terrible experience.
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)
acctman Avatar
117 months ago
The game shows Nintendo can be successful on iOS/Android with minimal advertising. Imagine a Super Mario Bros game for 0.99 on the App Store ... If it is one tenth as successful as Pokemon Go it will generate an insane amount of revenue.
To bad Nintendo had zero to do with the creation of Pokemon Go, everyone just assumed Nintendo was behind it.
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d00d Avatar
117 months ago
People who ask Nintendo to release cult games to iOS don't understand that it will hurt Nintendo's hardware business.
You would think Apple fans, out of everyone, would understand that.
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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