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Anonymous Fri 30 Dec 2016 20:48:41 No.31121399 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>31121518 >>31121620 >>31121927 >>31121980

Considering that Nintendo only owns ⅓ of the Pokemon Company, could Microsoft or Sony theoretically just buy Pokemon?

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Anonymous Fri 30 Dec 2016 20:51:27 No.31121437 Report

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They would have done that years ago if it were that easy.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Dec 2016 20:56:06 No.31121516 Report

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More like Nintendo owns 2/3 of Pokemon. GF has 1/3, Nintendo directly owns 1/3, and Nintendo very likely owns controlling shares in Creatures who have the other 1/3.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Dec 2016 20:56:17 No.31121518 Report

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>>31121399
If all owners of the company were willing to sell it (Nintendo, Game Freak and Creatures) they could. But they aren't, so it's not happening.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Dec 2016 20:59:34 No.31121586 Report

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>>31121516

This. And even if Nintendo did actually only hold a minority share, they almost certainly have a contractual right of first refusal or other mechanism to block a sale to a competitor.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Dec 2016 21:02:00 No.31121620 Report

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>>31121399
Nintendo owns a controlling stake in Creatures, and part of Game Freak I believe.
Even if for some reason GF left Nintendo, they wouldn't be able to do a Pokémon game on their own because Nintendo wholly owns the trademarks.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Dec 2016 21:21:53 No.31121927 Report

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>>31121399

Game Freak owns 34% of Pokemon.

Nintendo and Creatures both own 33%.

Nintendo owns 53% of Game Freak, and 100% of Creatures.

On paper, the ownership of the franchise is split between the three, but in reality, since Nintendo owns significant portions (or the entirety) of the other two companies, they have complete ownership of Pokemon.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Dec 2016 21:25:44 No.31121980 Report

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>>31121399
No because Disney will buy it first.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Dec 2016 21:32:50 No.31122106 Report

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>>31121927
wow capitalism sure is cool

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