Yoshi said: But the same applies to HAL and IS, too, doesn't it? Though they didn't make any phone games... Click to expand...

Ok, so just for fun, I'm going to do a Game Freak lesson hereGame Freak are an independent studio. While they are known for Pokémon and for having close ties to Nintendo (developing Yoshi in 1991 and Mario & Wario in 1995), they are independent and have developed on Mega Drive, iOS and PS1. Pokémon is co-owned by Nintendo and will never be on non-Nintendo formatsNow, in Game Freak, they have two standard teams (though this may have changed as development needs have increased). One for the main Pokémon games that start a generation and one for remakes/enhanced versions. There's quite a bit of overlap between these teams.Now, obviously they don't want to just do only Pokémon so a few years back they set up a system that allowed for their developers to pitch ideas and, if they've got worth, they can compile a small team and develop it. This is how James Turner's HarmoKnight came to be. Then Solitiba got developed through this and that team worked on the 3DS version at first, and then the iOS version.This is likely to be another of their small ideas that have come to light. Game Freak's content is always top quality, HarmoKnight was massively fun and Solitiba is ridiculously addictive, so this should be good.And Creatures Inc., too. They recently released a bizarre "game" featuring a llama on iOS called aDanza. It's inexplicable. https://itunes.apple.com/jp/app/adanza/id890734545?mt=8 These studios have very close ties to Nintendo, but they can work on other formats if they do so wish, especially Game Freak.