That said, try not to get too excited: Nintendo may have a large stake in The Pokémon Company, but the former's operations pertain exclusively to the latter's console and handheld games. Moreover, the iPad app is merely a port of a game already available for free on the Pokémon website -- a Nintendo property is definitely dipping its toe in water, but this doesn't mean we're going to see Mario on mobile any time soon. Still, investors have been nagging Nintendo president Satoru Iwata to experiment with mobile apps for some time; if The Pokémon Company's foray into the space is a success, he could be swayed.



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