Japanese fans eagerly awaiting the launch of "Pokemon Go" in the character's country of birth faced another day of disappointment Wednesday.
McDonald's Japanese business says it's working with the developers of Pokemon Go as they bring the hit Nintendo game to the country. The unit's shares rose as much as 10 per cent on Thursday (July 21).
Nintendo Co's (7974.T) shares fell 10 percent in early trade on Wednesday after they more than doubled in value over the past seven sessions powered by the record-breaking success of the Pokemon GO mobile game.
As the Pokemon Go game reaches new levels of obsession and popularity worldwide, a man in New Zealand has decided to quit his job to "catch 'em all" full-time.
The head of the developer behind Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.T) Pokemon GO said he wanted to launch the smash-hit mobile game in roughly 200 countries and regions "relatively soon" and was working on bolstering server capacity to enable the wider rollout.
A "Pidgey" Pokemon is seen on the screen of the Pokemon Go mobile app, Nintendo's new scavenger hunt game which utilizes geo-positioning, in a photo illustration taken in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 11, 2016.
With the addictive smartphone game sure to be released soon in Hong Kong, these are some of our hunting tips: take the Star Ferry, hike up The Peak, visit Government House
It only took two days of the Pokemon Go craze to make Shama Diegnan start fearing for her wallet.The 11-year-old son of Diegnan, a digital marketer from South Orange, New Jersey, had on Monday downloaded the popular app, an augmented reality game in which you search the real world for assorted Pokemon creatures.
An Australian expat has been sacked for insulting Singaporeans in a rant triggered by the unavailability of the smartphone game Pokemon Go in the city-state.
Nintendo shares soared on Monday after its new augmented reality mobile app, Pokemon Go, burst out of the gate over the weekend in the U.S and in key markets around the globe.
From the Pokemon trainers charging US$25 an hour to catch Pokemon, to the girlfriend suspicious about her beau snaring one at his ex’s place, to the player who found a body, these are some of the weirdest Pokemon Go happenings
Virtual reality is still waiting for its breakthrough moment, but augmented reality went mainstream last weekend with the launch of Pokemon Go – and it might be coming to Hong Kong soon
Depending on whom you ask, Pokemon Go is either a revolutionary smartphone experience or potentially lethal fad. Either way, the app has soared to the top of download charts, is poised to pass Twitter in daily usage and has added US$7 billion in market value to Nintendo Co.
Game developers around the world have watched in astonishment since the weekend as Pokemon Go, a mobile version of the beloved 1990s game from Nintendo Co, became an instant hit - rocketing to the most downloaded app on both Apple and Android phones.
Shares of Japan's Nintendo Co soared more than 20 percent after Friday's surge, adding $7.5 billion to its market value in just two days, on hopes that strong sales of its new Pokemon GO videogame for smartphones will boost earnings.
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