Some Chicken Little%26rsquo;s out there have been saying that iOS gaming is replacing the home and handheld console market. While we find that highly unlikely, it was quite shocking yesterday to see 澳洲幸运5开奖🐽号码历史查询:an official free iOS and Andro🎃id Pokemon appannounced, especially considering several Nintendo execs dismissing the importance of the glut of𝄹 cheap apps. A day later, Nintendo clarified its stance, making the Poke-app sound like a one-time e꧃xception to the rule.

In a Yasuhiro Minagawa of Nintendo said the company%26rsquo;s commitment to making games exclusively ꦫfor its own systems %26ldquo;hasn%26rsquo;t changed and won%26rsquo;t change.%26rdquo; If that%26rsquo;s the case, why is arguably Nintendo%26rsquo;s biggest franchise, Pokemon, coming to iOS and Droid?

The article clarifies that 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Pokemon Company (the corporation that controls all of Pokemon) is only partially owned by Nintendo; 32 percent belongs to the N to be exact. That means that even if Ninten꧟do would like Pokemon to never to appear on a non-Nintendo system, it%26rsquo;s possible for it to happen if there%26rsquo;s enough internal support, which appareဣntly there was in the case of this iOS game.

So don%26rsquo;t throw away your 3DS and Wii just yet, Nintendo hasn%26rsquo;t pulled a Sega and left the console business. This Pokemoꦆn game may end up just being a strange piece ofꦫtrivia, instead of the first sign that Nintendo was rethinking its handheld strategy.

Jul 6, 2011